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Electric Euphoria Queer & Neurodivergent Open Mic

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Electric Euphoria is featuring powerful poetry by Hillary Gonzalez, and musical artist Just Iris, and hosted by Casey Catherine Moore.

Sign ups for the open mic will begin in person with Casey at 6:45pm. Show starts at 7:15-7:30.

Live ASL interpreters.

Hillary Gonzalez (they/she) is a Baltimore based queer, disabled, and AuDHD poet,
whose work explores themes of ecopoetry, identity, and healing. They are the authors
of Seasons, and the ecopoetry collections, Wild, Unfelt World (Gnashing Teeth
Publishing 2026), and Where the Osprey Nest (Palewell Press 2026). Their poems have
been published by South Broadway Press, Cosmic Daffodil Journal, Canid Press, and
in anthologies by Bi+ Book Gang, Yellow Arrow Publishing, Loblolly Press’ anthology:
Understory, a fundraising anthology for the victims of Hurricane Helene, and In
Praise of Despair, an anthology for disabled artists and writers by Beyond the Veil
Press.

Iris (she/her) is an indie pop/electronic artist from Loudon County, Virginia. She writes, records, and produces all her music in her bedroom, and her goal is to make music that sounds like how the sky looks.

Casey Catherine Moore (she/her) is a bipolar, bisexual writer, educator, and writing coach. She holds a Ph.D. in CompLit from U of SC with a focus on Latin poetry, invective, and gender studies. Her disability and mythology-inspired poetry collection, Psyche, was published by Anxiety Press (2024).

Special thanks to the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for funding this project.

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