Cafe Bouzingo, coffee shop, tea room, art gallery, live music
Get Lit! is Café Bouzingo’s weekly poetry show. Every Sunday, sign up starts at 6:30 p.m., join the crew at Café Bouzingo for an evening of spoken word — local and nationally renowned touring poets are frequent features, and each show spotlights one of Bellingham’s many vibrant poetry organizations. The first portion of every evening is an open mic, so don’t forget to bring your own words to share!
Open mic sign ups begin at 6:30pm.
*Café Bouzingo is an 18+ hookah lounge, with a yearly membership fee of $5
Cafe Bouzingo, coffee shop, tea room, art gallery, live music
Shannon Laws is an award-winning poet, performer, and advocate for the arts. She has been recognized with two Mayor’s Arts Awards and the Dr. Asha Bhargava Memorial Award — Community Champion. Her work has been featured in numerous journals and anthologies, and she has captivated audiences at esteemed literary events, including the Jack McCarthy Evergreen Invitational Slam, SpeakEasy, Poetry Night, Kitchen Sessions, and the West Coast Tagore Festival.
Beyond her writing and performances, Shannon actively fosters literary
and artistic communities. Since 2022, she has curated Corridor, a monthly
“found-art” zine project that showcases the work of more than 50 contributing
poets and artists. She is also the founder and host of Poetry Club, an engaging
discussion group established in 2015.
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