Join us for the Bakery Cafe Open Mic to sing a song, play a tune, share a poem, or just to listen while you enjoy some tasty treats and refreshing sips.
Hosted by Alice. Everyone welcome.
Open Mic at the Bakery Cafe
Join us in the Bakery Cafe to sing a song, play a tune, share a poem, or just to listen while you enjoy some tasty treats and refreshing sips.
Hosted by Alice. Everyone welcome.
Open Mic at the Co-op Bakery Cafe
Join us in the Bakery Cafe to sing a song, play a tune, share a poem, or just to listen while you enjoy some tasty treats and refreshing sips.
Hosted by Alice. Everyone welcome.
Open Mic at the Bakery Cafe
Stop by the Co-op Bakery Cafe and play a tune, sing a song, share a poem, or just listen while you enjoy some tasty treats and refreshing sips. Hosted by Alice!
Free. Everyone is welcome!
20th Annual MLK Jr Day Event at the Co-op
Join us to celebrate Dr. King’s notion of a “Beloved Community,” envisioned as a society based on justice, equal opportunity, and love of one's fellow human beings.
Musical guest—
Checo Tohomaso communicates the positive, healing qualities of soul music.
Presentations—
“Healing Must Start with Actions” by Vernon Damani Johnson, director of the Ralph Munro Institute for Civic Education, professor of political science at Western Washington University, and co-founder of the Whatcom Human Rights Task Force.
“Racial Equity Work at the Co-op” by Amanda Grelock, Community Food Co-op Racial Equity co-chair and Human Resources assistant manager.
Open Mic—
Share a poem, story, or song focused on diversity, human rights, or related issues. Presentations limited to three minutes or less. Contact karlm@communityfood.coop to sign up.
Poetry Celebration with Local Poets
Community Food Co-op Downtown store mezzanine
Free, everyone welcome
Enjoy an evening with local poets as they share their award-winning work and celebrate one year of the Poem Booth Project—a community-funded art project that brings poetry and art to the street by turning abandoned phone booths into communal treasures. A compilation of 2017 poems will be available along with information about a Kickstarter campaign to fund the Poem Booth through 2018. Visit the Poem Booth located on the Forest Street side of the Co-op’s Downtown store.
LEARN MORE at poembooth.weebly.com.
The Premiere of the Poem Booth
by Laura Steiger, Outreach Team
Transforming abandoned phone booths in the age of cell phones. Stop by the Poem Booth to read the poem of the quarter and check their website to read the runners up.
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Have you noticed some activity around the abandoned phone booth on the outside of our Downtown store along Forest Street? For several months now, a team of three dedicated artist-writer-activists have been putting a plan into action to create something beautiful from the former eyesore.
Along with gussying up the booth, the team solicited poetry submissions from the community and selected a featured poem that will be on display in the Poem Booth from March 1 to May 31. The prompt for the writing content was, “If you could call anyone, anywhere, any century (including this one), what would you say?”
As we excitedly anticipated the unveiling of the booth and the winning poem we also pondered who we would call. On March 4, the winning poem was unveiled in a ribbon cutting ceremony that officially kicked-off the project.
Stop by the booth soon to read the winning poem, and go to the Poem Booth Bellingham website to read the runner-up poems. Every three months, a writing contest will be hosted with a new prompt and another featured poem will be selected for display at the booth.
Will you be the next featured poet? In addition to three months of acclaim, the winner of the first contest received $25 cash and a $25 Community Food Co-op gift certificate, so what have you got to lose? Check the website for submission guidelines and get in touch with your inner poet!
Learn more at poembooth.weebly.com.
First Friday at the Co-op
Free, all ages
Art: Joel Brady-Power, photographer (joelbradypower.com).
Join Joel Brady-Power of Nerka Sea Frozen Salmon to take a virtual salmon-fishing adventure in the spectacular waters outside of Sitka, Alaska. Nerka (nerkasalmon.com) provides the Co-op with top-quality salmon during the off-season.
Entertainment: Poetry with Kevin Murphy, Matt Brouwer, and Rena Priest.
Food: Tasty tidbits and sips throughout the store including smoked salmon from Nerka and a special treat from the Co-op bakery.
MLK Day Jr Day Open Mic and Poetry Reading
Join us to listen and enjoy community, or to share a poem, song, or reading. Please limit presentations to 5 minutes. No registration required to attend. If you want to sign up to present, contact Kevin Murphy at 360-734-8158, ext. 313, or kevinm@communityfood.coop.
