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Saturday April 18, 2026 12:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Foray for The Arts is a Spokane-based traveling multidisciplinary event founded by Greg Bem and Sarah Rooney. The event is intended to provide a place for local artists of all kinds to perform with each other in order to collaborate, network, and gain experience. The first two hours will celebrate local writers solicited by Foray, and the final hour will be open mic. Writers interested in reading as part of the open-mic will need to arrive at the top of the event to sign up. Foray is known for traveling to local businesses and even local parks to present their events, in order to celebrate the unique variety of venues that Spokane has to offer while providing opportunities to connect with different parts of the community. This unique rooftop Foray hopes to give writers the exciting opportunity to share their work from a sky-high venue overlooking downtown Spokane.

Sign ups for the open mic portion will be available at the beginning of the event. Please note that the sign up list is limited, arrive early to reserve a spot directly with the hosts, Sarah and Greg. 

Featured artists include: Ciara Totton, Robert Jenson, Joe Williams, Alyus Vasquez, Christina Momono, and Asyia Gover.

This event is free and open to the public. 

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Authors
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Ciara Totton

Ciara Totton was born and raised in Spokane. Her curiosity and her love of the written word was fostered from a young age.

She studied in Southern California at Azusa Pacific University and graduated with a Political Science degree. She taught English for three years in a rural town in South Korea and moved to New Zealand in 2020 where she lived nearly three years, balancing  her time between writing... Read More →
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Robert Jenson

Robert John Jenson has published two novels and two collections of short stories, mostly in the science fiction, urban fantasy and horror genres. He has, at his advanced age, taken up poetry, and while he most definitely has no clue what he is doing in this endeavor, he forges ahead... Read More →
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Joe Williams

Joseph A. Williams was born and raised in Washington state. Never living outside of the Pacific Northwest, he now resides in the city of Spokane. Ley Lines is his first poetry collection. You can find him on Substack at joesarchives.substack.com... Read More →
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Christina Momono


Christina Mitma Monono is an adventurous artist - little poetry- prose- videography. She received her Bachelors of Arts in Creative Writing at Eastern Washington University and attained a teaching degree from Gonzaga University.  She teaches English as a world language in higher ed... Read More →
Saturday April 18, 2026 12:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Montvale Event Center: Rooftop

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