Commissioned by Richard Hugo House as part of the 2012-2013 Hugo Literary Series, National Book Award finalist Patricia Smith; cartoonist and zinester Kelly Froh; and poet Arlene Kim find the power of the female, with new music from Katie Kate.Get your tickets online here, or by calling (206) 322-7030. (Not a member? Become one today

Join us for Castalia:Our readers will be UW MFA students Derek Robbins (poetry), Jay Yencich (poetry), and Kristine Greive (prose); UW alumni Anca Szilagyi (prose) and Rachel Welty (poetry).Castalia is a monthly reading series at Richard Hugo House featuring graduate students, faculty and alumni from the Creative Writing Program at the University of Washington.http://uwcastalia.blogspot.com/

Five WITS writers mirror the creative process they inspire in their students and read from their own, original works-in-progress on Thursday, January 31 from 7:30 - 9:00.The reading takes place in the Richard Hugo House Cabaret and will feature Karen Finneyfrock, Aaron Counts, Kevin Emerson, Daemond Arrindell, Ann Hedreen, and Tracy Vicory-Rosenquest.Free and open to