Bent: A Writing Institute

BENT INAUGURATION DAY CELEBRATION:: Featuring Bent Poets
Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave
Tuesday, January 20th
Doors 6:30pm/Curtain 7:00pm
Cost: $8

Bent will celebrate on the Hugo House cabaret stage on the evening of Tuesday, January 20, 2009. None other than Inauguration Day! Why? Because we want to ring in the new administration by putting some of our own visions into the world. Please join us as over thirty Bent writers, whose works are generating much attention both locally and nationally, bring underrepresented voices to our greater communities.

BENT: Bent, a non-profit organization, is the only queer writing institute in the nation. The mission of Bent is to promote and encourage written and spoken word among LGBTIQTS people and in our communities. The concept and work of Bent began August 2000, in the living room of Tara Hardy, Seattle-based writer, performer, and Slam Champ. Since, Bent has grown to a full institute, having served over 500 students, offering a variety of weekly classes and local and regional performances.