[cid:image003.jpg@01D735E7.76702EE0]<https://www.facebook.com/events/285192383113887> Join us for Pass the Torch, a free virtual poetry event, this Thursday, April 22, at 6-7:15 PM and meet Lydia K. Valentine, our new Tacoma Poet Laureate! As a wrap-up to National Poetry Month, 2019-2021 Tacoma Poet Laureate Abby E. Murray and the Tacoma Arts Commission will host Pass the Torch where Lydia K. Valentine will officially be awarded the title. This free, public event will be held Thursday, April 22, from 6-7:15 PM on TV Tacoma, livestreamed on the City’s Facebook page<https://www.facebook.com/CityofTacoma/>, and on Zoom<https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89029163019?pwd=KzZ1a3krUjZYWUQzWWpKNlcwYjN2UT09>. Pass the Torch will feature past poets laureate Kellie Richardson (2017 - 2019), Thy Nguyễn (2015 - 2017), Lucas Smiraldo (2013 - 2015), Josie Emmons Turner (2011 - 2013), Tammy Robacker (2010 - 2011), Antonio Edwards, Jr. (2009 - 2010), and William Kupinse (2008 - 2009). Have friends and family on Facebook? Invite them with this Facebook event link: facebook.com/events/285192383113887<https://www.facebook.com/events/285192383113887>. On Instagram? Check out this link: https://www.instagram.com/p/CNSzmb4LeVX/?igshid=mikolz8qkfuj Learn more about Lydia K. Valentine and the Tacoma Poet Laureate program at www.cityoftacoma.org/poet<http://www.cityoftacoma.org/poet>.