The Fire of Love – 2nd Annual Valentine’s Day Event at Orcas Center
Friday, February 14th from 7:30-9:30pm
In the Madrona Room
Hot Cider, Tea and Popcorn Provided
Bring your own mug and some yummy finger food to share if you like!
Hosted by Debra Lee Babcock and Jill McCabe Johnson
There’s a lot to consider right now about the need for love and compassion in so many places, isn’t there? Last Sunday I attended a packed memorial service for one of our own, right here in the Madrona Room. Artha Kass was an islander who offered her volunteer service here on the island in many, many ways, but it was the sharing about the experience of her love, over and over, that moved me the most. One sentence in particular struck me to my core —
That’s it, isn’t it? Please join local artist / writer Debra Lee Babcock and poet Jill McCabe Johnson to cozy up in the Madrona Room around the fireplace and listen to local readers reading their own and other’s words on the subject. There will be lots of open-mike slots as well, so if you’ve got a favorite of your own or someone else’s, please sign up!
The evening is FREE and UN-TICKETED, by DONATION – All funds will be in support of the WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN for those suffering loss from the CALIFORNIA FIRES
Debra Lee Babcock is an artist and writer (Art & Word Studio), teacher of Intentional Creativity, member of the San Juan Makers Guild and the Orcas Island Studio Tour, producing board member of the Orcas Island Lit Fest and this year’s WA state inter-island ferry Writer-in-Residence
www.DebraLeeBabcock.com
Jill McCabe Johnson is the author of three books and two chapbooks, and editor of three anthologies. Her most recent poetry collection, Tangled in Vow & Beseech was named a finalist for the Sally Albiso and Wheelbarrow Books poetry prizes, and is due out this spring from MoonPath Press. Jill is editor-in-chief of Wandering Aengus Press and its imprint, Trail to Table Press. She spends her free time writing, hiking, and in close observation of the natural world. www.JillMcCabeJohnson.com
