Do you like making zines? Do you even know what zines are? Couve Zine Swap is on a mission to build a thriving zine community in Clark County, fostering connection, creativity, and gentle analogue resistance to an overly digital world. Whether you love to draw, write, or collage, Couve Zine Swap is on a mission to bring your zine to life.

🗺️ Visit them at couvezineswap.com or contact them at [email protected].

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🎉 This episode also celebrates Synergy Society.

⭐️ Thank you to this episode's sponsor: Gardner School of Arts & Sciences.  

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An invitation!  Please join us for a few awesome upcoming events - and share your voice with us!

🥂 RSVP for Women Who Shape This Place with Johnson Bixby

📚 Join us for a Night of Story, Song and Community to raise funds for the NEW Washougal Library

⭐️  Thanks to our sponsor, Gardner School of Arts & Sciences. Enrollment is open and financial aid is available!

⭐️  Thanks to our sponsor, Jessica Kipp! Reach her at [email protected] or 360.903.6259.

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📍 I'm Into This Place is Clark County, Washington's arts, culture, and heritage podcast. We take you behind the scenes with the artists, makers, and community leaders shaping our local culture - from art and music to food, history, and heritage. Find more at imintothisplace.com.

For over 20 years, Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic has offered a platform for poets and poetry lovers to explore and navigate the world together. Listen in as cohosts and poets Christopher Luna and Morgan Paige talk about how leaving our houses and hearing words out loud can connect and inspire us all. This episode is part of our celebration of National Poetry Month!

🗺️ Visit them:

• In person every second Thursday!
• printedmattervancouver.com 
• christopherlunapoetry.com
• @christopherjluna 
• @ghosttownopenmic 
• @morganpaigepoetry

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🎉 This episode also celebrates:

• Niche Wine Bar
• Paper Tiger Coffee Roasters
• Vault 31 & Don’t Die Cafe
• Eras Vintage Marketplace

⭐️ Thank you to this episode's sponsor: OpenSeat

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April is National Poetry Month! Check out some of the literary and literary-adjacent events coming up this month. And have you heard of the micro bookstore someone opened on their front porch? We let you in on that little secret, too!

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• Intro to Zine Making Workshop with Couve Zine Swap. Washougal, April 4, 2 - 3:30pm 
• Pour Choices Pub’s Writer’s Group. Vancouver, every Sunday, 2 - 3:30pm
• Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic. Vancouver, Apr. 9, 7pm 
• Poetry Street PNW. Camas, Apr. 22, 6:15pm
• Soup & Words at Plas Newydd. April 24, 6 - 9pm
• MORE EVENTS

Bookstores we love:

• White Oak Books
• Vintage Books
• Front Porch Books

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James Lee Hansen, a 100-year-old artist from Battle Ground, is considered one of the most innovative and important sculptors in the Pacific Northwest. Making over 700 pieces during his lifetime, his work has been seen all over the country from Portland to Washington, DC. What an honor to talk to someone who’s seen a century of artmaking. 

🗺️ Visit him at jamesleehansen.com.

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⭐️ Find Jim’s work in the wild at:

• Maryhill Museum
• Portland Art Museum 
• Clark College: The Guardian
• Clark College: Naga Spore #2

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The State of the City address for 2026, given by Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle, was held at the Arts Hub and was focused around Vancouver's commitment to arts, culture & heritage. Today's episode, part of our Advocacy and Action series, shares some key takeaways of the event. Check it out!

• Watch the full State of the City here 
• Inspire Vancouver Cultural Access Program
• Susan Dingle, Clark County Poet Laureate 
• Vancouver Ballet Folklórico  
• Vietnamese Community of Clark County 

Catch up on related episodes:

• Vancouver Ballet Folklórico
• The Arts Hub
• Clark County Historical Museum
• Vancouver Arts and Music Festival

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Action Alert for week of March 2, 2026

> Click here to email your reps about Capital requests.

> Click here to email your reps about Operating Budget requests.

Operating Request Overview:

• a $300,000 reduction in ArtsWA's general grants 
• fund an employee for the WA State Arts Commission (ArtsWA) to manage data effectively
• fund Humanities Washington’s Prime Time Family Reading program 

Capital Budget Request Overview:

• physical accessibility improvements in the Washington State History Museum. 
• for the WA State Historical Society to replace the chiller for the museum

For quick and easy action you can take, visit Inspire Washington's Inspiration League inspirationleague.org/advocate. They save your info so it only takes a second to send an email to your reps.

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The Two Rivers Heritage Museum is a space lovingly crafted to protect local history. Exhibits like hand tools, textiles, baskets, and other artifacts tell the thousands-of-years’ story of the Camas-Washougal region. Julianne Lawrance, our tour guide, is the first Executive Director of the museum and is a passionate historian. Along with a large group of volunteers and dedicated board, Lawrence strives to keep the museum growing, ensuring future generations understand how the past shapes our present.

🗺️ Visit them at 2rhm.com | Facebook | Instagram  

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🎉 This episode also celebrates: Downtown Camas Association & Pendleton Woolen Mills

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Action Alert for week of Feb. 25, 2026

Funding arts and reading programs. 

For quick and easy action you can take, visit inspirationleague.org/advocate.

HUMANITIES WA'S PRIME TIME FAMILY READING PROGRAM: Support Humanities WA’s Prime Time Family Reading program by sending a message to your Representatives: click here

ARTSWA GRANT FUNDS: The Governor’s budget proposed a $600K reduction in ArtsWA’s grant program. The Senate proposed cutting the funds by $300K while the House’s budget maintains ArtsWA’s funding level. 

Click to send a letter to your Senator asking them to eliminate the cuts to ArtsWA’s grants program AND click to send a letter to your Representatives thanking them for restoring ArtsWA’s grants budget.

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Did you know that some of the most delicious coffee you can find locally is funding the building of a medical center in rural Africa? RichlandHub Coffee Roasters works directly with cooperatives and small-scale coffee farmers in Africa, ensuring they receive a fair and stable income. With all profits returning to the place the coffee comes from, RichlandHub is more than just a place to buy coffee - it's a community working together to make a difference.

🗺️ Visit them at RichlandHub.com | Instagram | Facebook

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🎉 This episode also celebrates the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce

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