Women, Words & Music at Josephy Center for Arts and Culture
Friday, March 13, 2026, 7:00 PM
Join us at 7pm on Friday, March 13, 2026 at Josephy Center for Arts and Culture to celebrate words and music by women from around the northwest. Songs and readings by a variety of performers will be featured as part of the 2026 Women’s Art Exhibition – Stories in Bloom on display in the gallery from February 27 through April 4.
The Music Alliance is pleased to partner with Fishtrap and the Josephy Center to present music from Karyn Ann, Jezebel’s Mother, and Sister Siren, and readings from Nodya Papineau, Zanni Schauffler, and Pamela Steele. Admission is a suggested donation of $10.
Women, Words & Music is presented by Josephy Center for Arts and Culture, Wallowa Valley Music Alliance, and Fishtrap, with support from Soroptimist of Wallowa County and the Ronald W. Naito MD Foundation.
With a voice that’s equal parts church bell and bourbon barrel and a gut-punching grit reminiscent of Bonnie Raitt or Grace Potter, Portland-based singer-songwriter Karyn Ann has charming audiences across the US and beyond for over a decade with her brand of Soulful Americana. She’s opened for acts like Chris Isaak, Oliver Wood (of The Wood Brothers) and Seth Walker, and her songwriting has been recognized at national festivals like the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival (CO), Red Ants Pants Music Festival (MT) and Tuscon Folk Festival (AZ). Her forthcoming EP, recorded at historic Muscles Shoals, AL is slated to be released this year.
Jezebel’s Mother is the duo of songwriters Carolyn Lochert and Janis Carper, who blend their talents to form a unique sound; swirling with rhythms and harmonies, sentiment and smiles, tight but spontaneous, each performance a musical adventure that reveals the bond of best friends. Whether they’re belting out blues on a big concert stage or crooning in the corner of a cozy coffeehouse, these two seasoned musicians entertain with soul and style.
Nodya Papineau is a 26-year-old mother, writer, book lover, coffee-enthusiast, and outdoorswoman. She and her two daughters can often be found exploring the Wallowa County wilderness, knee-deep in a frigid river, or paddling on the lake when they aren’t experimenting in the kitchen or snuggled up with a good story. Nodya received her Bachelor of Science in English from Eastern Oregon University in 2023 and now works as Fishtrap’s Office Coordinator. Once strictly a poet, she has recently begun to explore creative non-fiction in her writing.
Zanni Schauffler is a poet and writer who also makes visual art and sometimes combines all of them together. She lives in Enterprise, Oregon with her husband, her dog, and her two cats. Her favorite things are swimming, blueberries, and laughing so hard the sound stops coming out.
Sister Siren is from La Grande, Oregon and has appeared with local line-ups like Bag of Hammers, the Wasteland Kings, and the Depot Street Syncopators. As a solo project, Sister Siren blends alternative 90’s grunge, blues, and folk styles, backed by her ukulele.
Pamela Steele is a native Appalachian. She received her MFA in Poetry from Spalding University in Louisville, KY. Her poetry collection, Paper Bird (Wordcraft of Oregon, 2007), was nominated for an Oregon Book Award. Her first novel, Greasewood Creek (Counterpoint) was published in 2011. In the Fields of Fatherless Children, (Counterpoint) her second novel, will be released on March 24, 2026. Pam lives on a ranch in Umatilla County, Oregon.