Featured August performances:

Julian Bost

Rowen Foliver
Rowen (they/them) is a person who partakes in many types of things: philosophy, poetry, potatoes, pictures, parsimony, piano, painting, pondering, procrastinating, pacing, puzzle-solving, and, evidently, words that begin with the letter "p." They possess a desire to generate benevolent confusion.

Cortney Collins + Martin Dadisman Collab
Cortney Collins is a poet living on the Front Range with her beloved partner and their five beloved feline companions. Her poetry has been published in a variety of online and print journals, and her flash fiction has been published by Twenty Bellows. She is a certified Listener Poet with The Good Listening project, and plays keyboards in the poetry band Brand New Queers. She does her best to pay attention.

Doc Martin Dadisman is a country station tuned to the frequency of a heartbeat – the one beneath the floorboards of the long-buried West. He’d trade you his flag for a true america – a tall-tale, like a poem, we’d all rather believe in. Martin is a sketchbook, an ink stain, a black americano, keeper of the Chickasaw Manor, and the sharpest dressed poet at any event. There’s a Wonder Woman and more, wrapped in his lasso of words. Give a mighty welcome to Doc Martin!

Virginia Schultz
Virginia Schultz is a Poetry Expansionist, Minder of Resolve, and enthusiastic Breather of Air residing in the Douglas Fir/Ponderosa Pine Forest on the lower north side of Gold Hill, Colorado. It is intrigued by the mycorrhizal network, the colors and sounds of Nature, and the many forms of water. Virginia enjoys exploring the wiggle-ness of the world in bits and bites, chewed on and filtered into poems using words both common and imagined. It wonders how we have forgotten our connection to all beings; what it will take to remember.

River is an aspiring adult, currently pursuing a PhD in “you should put your hands in the dirt more often” and “have you eaten any vegetables recently”? A lover of children’s books and sci-fi, she is still looking for that bi-directional time rift that she’s pretty sure is somewhere around here, (so if you have any leads let her know).

Andy Dooley
Andy Dooley is a storyteller, spiritual comedian, and creator of a one-man Lion King experience that somehow turns a Disney classic into a hilarious, heartfelt, and interactive journey. Blending character voices, live storytelling, and audience participation, Andy takes people on a ride that often includes laughter, unexpected emotion, and the occasional lion roar. His work lives at the intersection of theater and transformation, reminding audiences that the story isn’t just about Simba — it’s about all of us. Based in Colorado, Andy is on a mission to make awakening feel a little more fun.