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Intro to Letterpress: Two Day Workshop

IPRC (Independent Publishing Resource Center) 318 SE Main Street #175, Portland

Day 1: Typesetting Essentials Day 2: Printing Essentials Learn to set moveable type and print on table top and poster presses in the IPRC print shop. You’ll learn the vocabulary of printing and typesetting while getting a feel for this beautiful and historic process. Gain access to IPRCs collection of over 150 fonts of lead and wood type. Leave the class with a printed card and the satisfaction that comes with using 100 year old equipment! Successful completion of this 1 day class grants IPRC Studio Members access to open studio print hours so you can keep on printing. Nonmembers and Basic Members receive one trial month of Studio Membership after completion of the course. 2 Day Workshop Saturday & Sunday 10 am – 2…

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$150 – $250

The Work Poetry Workshop: Saturday Edition

Niche Wine Bar 1013 Main St, Vancouver

“Well, while I’m here I’ll do the work — and what’s the work? To ease the pain of living. Everything else, drunken dumbshow.” ― Allen Ginsberg, “Memory Gardens” (Fall of America, City Lights) Join us on Saturday, April 13 for The Work, a monthly poetry writing workshop at Niche Wine Bar led by Christopher Luna. Poetry encourages empathy and compassion, and sparks the shifts in consciousness which can lead to healing, personal growth, and an interest in fighting for progressive social change. I look forward to sharing my passion for poetry with you. The Work is a drop-in poetry writing workshop for beginners as well as more experienced writers. We will read and discuss poetry, and write several new poems together from 12-2:30. Doors open…

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Free

Graphic Novel Event with Graham Annabel

Green Bean Books 1600 NE Alberta Street, Portland

Local artist returns to Green Bean Books with Peter & Ernesto: The Lost Sloths on Saturday, April 13th at 1pm. The unlikely duo Peter and Ernesto are the best of friends and back better and funnier than ever. When a hurricane destroys their favorite tree, they're off on their biggest adventure yet in search of a new home! A signing will follow the reading.

Free

Corporeal Writing Workshop – Memory Space with Janice Lee: April 13-14

The Corporeal Writing Center 510 SW 3rd Ave #101, Portland

Memory Space: On Inherited Trauma & the Failure of Language Workshop Leader: Janice Lee When:  4/13/19: 1:00 - 4:00 4/14/19: 1:00 - 4:00 Where: The Corporeal Center; 510 SW 3rd Ave, Portland, OR 97210 Cost: $225 Click here to Apply for Scholarship “What really exists is not things made but things in the making.” - William James How are the frames of reference and relationships between and of living beings activated? That is, how do different bodies and worlds articulate each other, or, how do we learn to be affected? How do we reconcile personal experience with historical fact? How do we reconcile history with memory? How do we reconcile truths with other truths? How does writing open up space while processing trauma or grief? We will explore…

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$225

Jeremy & Audrey Roloff

Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton

Little People, Big World stars Jeremy and Audrey Roloff share what they learned from their own dating journey in order to equip readers to build godly relationships from their first date to saying "I do" and beyond. In A Love Letter Life (Zondervan), they share vulnerable insights from their own journey, offer perspective on male and female differences in dating, tackle tough topics like purity, give their nine rules for fighting well, suggest fun ideas for connection in a world of technology, and provide fresh advice on independence and boundaries as you seek the love you long for. Please note: A purchase of the Roloffs’ A Love Letter Life is required to join the signing line.

Free

HERE Humboldt by Black Life Experiential Research Group

Paragon Arts Gallery 815 N Killingsworth St, Portland

HERE || Humboldt by the Black Life Experiential Research Group April 4 – 25, 2019 Social Emergency Response Center: Thursday April 4, 2019 @ 12-7pm Friday April 5, 2019 @ 12-7pm Saturday April 6, 2019 by invitation only* Opening Reception: Saturday, April 13th @ 2 - 4pm Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Friday 12 - 7, Saturday 12 - 5 Paragon Arts Gallery at PCC Cascade presents HERE || Humboldt by Black Life Experiential Research Group. Please join us for our Social Emergency Response Center events Thursday - Friday, April 4 - 5, and opening reception on Saturday, April 13th at 2 - 4pm. All events are free and open to the public. In HERE || Humboldt, Lisa K. Bates and Sharita Towne, also known as…

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Free

Peach Blossom Poetry Series: Clemens Starck

Lan Su Chinese Garden 239 NW Everett St, Portland

Chinese gardens in China and Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland are filled with poetic inscriptions: as text, calligraphy, engravings and plaques. Inspired by the culture of literature in Chinese gardens, prolific poets share their work with garden visitors every Saturday in April at 3 p.m. Included with Lan Su membership or admission; no registration is required. April 6 A. Molotkov April 13 Clemens Starck April 20 Stella Jeng Guillory April 27 Joni Renee Whitworth About the Presenters: Born in Russia, A. Molotkov moved to the US in 1990 and switched to writing in English in 1993. His poetry collections are The Catalog of Broken Things, Application of Shadows, and Synonyms for Silence (Acre Books/Cincinnati Review, 2019). Published by Kenyon, Iowa, Antioch, Massachusetts, Atlanta, Bennington and…

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$10

Michelle Nguyen and Ben Fisher signing

Books with Pictures 1401 SE Division Street, Portland

Michelle Nguyen and Ben Fisher’s anthropomorphic graphic novel series The Underfoot tells the story of animal kingdoms struggling to survive in the aftermath of the disappearance of the Giants-That-Were. In The Underfoot Volume 1, the Hamster Aquatic Mercenaries journey to support their allies in the badger kingdom struggling to survive a dangerous flood. The hamsters recruit the most ambitious hamster pups to join the mission, a journey that will become a grand adventure complete with heroic battles and dark mysteries as well as a world of deadly threats to their survival.

Free

DWP 2019: Tender Table: Stories about food, family, identity

The Eleanor 1605 NW Everett St, Portland

Tender Table is a storytelling platform for women, trans men and nonbinary folks who are black, indigenous, or people of color. Tender Table seeks out narratives about our sweet, savory, sour, and bitter relationships to food and its connections to identity, memory, and community. Local Chefs Kusuma Rao of Ruchikala, Arlyn Frank of Platano Rising, and Dashia Fontleroy of Blackstreet Bakery will be sharing stories and food with us for this special edition of Tender Table curated for Design Week. **All ticket sales will go directly towards paying presenters** Through food, we connect with our culture, and at times it is through food that we share our culture with others. At Tender Table, all are welcome — expect to be immersed in stories, and sample…

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$25

Stories and Songs with Ken Scholes

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland

Come out for an evening of stories and songs with local author and musician Ken Scholes. Sample the food, music, and books of this unique Portland venue! Ken Scholes is the award-winning, critically-acclaimed author of five novels and over fifty short stories.  His work has appeared in print for nearly twenty years.  His series, The Psalms of Isaak, is published by Tor Books and his short fiction has been collected in three volumes published by Fairwood Press.

Free

Future Prairie: Spring Fling

The Hallowed Halls 4420 SE 64th Ave, Portland

Please join the artists of Future Prairie as we dance our way through camellia season and into the cherry blossoms. This will be our spring fling: calling on visions of paradise, utopia, dreams, romances, and joy. Musical performances by Joni Renee Whitworth, Vivian Cecylia Tylińska, and Allegra Jongeward Live painting by Jasmine Co, Kathleen Boudwin, and Megan Krzmarzick Comics by Sabine Rear Poetry by Chris Gonzalez, Julia Laxer, and Olivia Marovich Dance by Jaleesa Johnston Photography by Sam Reynolds and Kimberley Hasselbrink Lecture by Roseanna Zanna Colabella We will have American Sign Language interpreters. Thanks to a grant from CymaSpace, our show can be inclusive of the Deaf and hard of hearing community! Our queer variety show is inspired by the chautauquas of the 19th…

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Free

Songbook PDX 15

American Legion Post 134 2104 NE Alberta St, Portland

Writers on the songs that terrified and inspired them. Eight readers, eight experiences, eight readings eight songs played after the eight readers read their eight pieces. April's SongbookPDX is already on fire. Come on out for the literary mixtape you always wanted. Featuring: Carmel Breathnatch, Flint, Daniel Dagris, Chris Bleiler, Bethann Cartino, Missy Ladygo, Carol Fishbach, and Adam Strong

Free
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