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A Toast to Mom: Poems & Pints

Celebrate Mom at Structures Brewing (Old Town) on Sunday, May 10th from 12pm–3pm! Bring the kids and treat her to an afternoon of good food and brews, laid-back Bellingham vibes, and something truly special: poetry composed just for her by celebrated local poets with their trusty typewriters. 

Listen to live music, paint a rock for Mom’s garden, and enter our raffle to win a beautiful garden poetry pole. 

Open to the public, this fundraiser for the Salish Sea Poetry Festival is an ode to all those with a mothering soul. The Salish Sea Poetry Festival brings poetry to the people through poetry crawls, public art, theatrical collaborations, and streetcorner readings. 

A program under the nonprofit Whatcom Poetry Series, the festival has events year-round and culminates in a celebration of poetry throughout Whatcom County the second weekend of every November. Keeping the majority of these events free and open to the public is our mission– hence the fundraiser!

Starts: May 10, 2026

Time: 12 - 3 p.m.

Admission: Free!

Location: Structures Brewing (Old Town)
601 W. Holly St., Bellingham, WA 98225

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Produced By: Salish Sea Poetry Festival

Contact Person: Elizabeth Vignali

Phone: 360-510-2288

Email: salishseapoetry@gmail.com

        We acknowledge that Whatcom County is located on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples. They cared for the lands that included what we’d call the Puget Sound region, Vancouver Island and British Columbia since time immemorial. This gives us the great obligation and opportunity to learn how to care for our surrounding areas and all the natural and human resources we require to live. We express our deepest respect and gratitude for our indigenous neighbors, the Lummi Nation and Nooksack Tribe, for their enduring care and protection of our shared lands and waterways.
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