Tacoma will be saturated with verse thanks to Jackie Casella’s Creative Colloquy.

She’ll gather brilliant South Sound writers to tell short stories, prose, or poetry, and then the floor will open for listeners to do the same — all while enjoying cocktail-themed beers and ciders at Peaks & Pints.

For the past 10 years, writer Jackie Casella has mined Tacoma’s rich literary talents and fostered relationships built upon mutual admiration of the written word. She was part of the “ten of us” last year honored for her Creative Colloquy, as well as years as the Weekly Volcano food critic plus pouring creative cocktails at several local bars through the years.