RASP:
Redmond Association of Spokenword

Welcome to RASP! — The Redmond Association of Spokenword, founded in January 1997, is the home of Spokenword performance on King County's Eastside. Throughout its history, RASP has promoted written and Spoken arts in East King County through inclusive education programming and performance events.

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RASP Reading Series

Friday, February 26 — featuring Rebecca Meredith

RASP features the City of Redmond's first poet laureate, Rebecca Meredith. Join us to celebrate this historic appointment!

Rebecca Meredith is a poet, writer, and psychotherapist, as well as a RASP cofounder, who served as its coordinator and president for years. Her work has been published in numerous literary magazines and anthologies, and performed in such venues as the Burning Word Poetry Festival, the Seattle Moon Viewing Festival, Redmond's Arts in the Park, and on KUOW's The Beat. Her chapbook, Intergenerational Delta Blues, was published by Pudding House Press. She is a fellow of the Jack Straw Writers' Program, an alumna of Hedgebrook Women Writers' Colony, and was recently appointed the first Poet Laureate of the City of Redmond.

Read about Rebecca's appointment in the Redmond Reporter.

February's emcee: Michael Dylan Welch

New day (Friday) and new meeting place

Old Redmond Scoolhouse Community Center — Beginning with the January Reading, RASP is making two major changes. We're moving the monthly Reading series to the last FRIDAY night of each month.

And we'll hold the monthly Reading and Open Mic in the Auditorium of the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center (ORSCC) at 16600 NE 80th Street, Redmond, WA 98052—Directions to ORSCC

Add these coming events—and featured readers—to your calendar

Jared Leising — March 26
Gerri Russell — May 28

The RASP Reading Series is the last Friday of each month starting at 7:00 PM.
At the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center (ORSCC) at 16600 NE 80th Street, Redmond, WA 98052—Directions to ORSCC