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Intro to Risograph Printing

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

In this 4-hour introductory course, participants will learn the basics of risograph (riso) printing and will leave with an understanding of how to use this print technology to create zines, fliers, posters, or other printed matter. While this technology is not new, riso printing has recently become one of the most exciting developments in independent printing and publishing because of its cost-effectiveness for print runs between 25 and 1,000. Workshop participants will learn how to best maximize the many quirks of riso printing to achieve striking results. Participants are also encouraged to bring files of artwork that they’d like to print (files should be 100% grayscale, letter or tabloid size). For more information on riso printing and the modern riso resurgence, check out the riso wiki.…

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$100 – $200

All-Ages Festival at the Mercado

Portland Mercado 7238 SE Foster Road, Portland

Celebrate Portland Comic Book Month at the Mercado with this free, family-friendly event! Learn from professional artists at comic book creation stations, take part in a “Cover Portland in Comics” sculpture project, browse graphic novels, and discover the Mercado’s food carts and marketplace. Check back for more details soon.

Free

Classical Up Close

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland

The musicians of the Oregon Symphony present a free concert as part of “Classical Up Close” – a unique series of chamber music performances celebrating classical music in our community. At these informal events, you’ll hear our symphony musicians perform intimate, beautiful music, and you’ll be encouraged to do all the things you might not normally do at a classical concert: take photos, tweet, text, applaud freely, and ask questions.

Free

Drag Queen Storytime with Poison Waters

Books Around the Corner 40 NW 2nd Street, Gresham

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!! We are proud to present a kid-friendly all ages Drag Queen storytime welcoming back the fun, entertaining, and sparkly Poison Waters. She will read stories about diversity and inclusion and follow it up with a dance party. There will also be time for Q&A and photos! Wearing/bringing of dress up accessories such as feather boas, tiaras, and wings.

Free

Marisa McClellan in Conversation With Martha Holmberg

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland

Marisa McClellan, author of Food in Jars, wants everyone to know that a pantry full of homemade jams, jellies, salsas, and pickles can do a whole lot more than accompany toast. They can add bold bursts of flavor to your home cooking! In her fourth book, The Food in Jars Kitchen (Running Press), she provides 140 recipes for incorporating preserves into everyday dishes. McClellan will be joined in conversation by Martha Holmberg, author of Modern Sauces and coauthor of Six Seasons.

Free

Peach Blossom Poetry Series: Stella Jeng Guillory

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

.:LOOP:. Reading and Performance by Corporeal Writing Mammals

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

Please come witness Corporeal Writing participants read along with me and Lidia Yuknavitch at Corporeal Center on Sat, 4/20 from 5-8pm. You can find us at 510 SW 3rd Ave Suite 101, in the old Postal building just across the Morison bridge and in the same bldg as Killler Burger. We don’t call our comrades students because that top down jam just isn’t how we roll. Just so you know, no one will be turned away for inability to pay at the door, but we are asking you to consider $5 or so, so we can keep offering a space for anyone to write for free on Tues-Fri, 12-6pm. Love .:LOOP:. Domi Our phenomenal readers/performers are: Dot Hearn Pamela K. Santos Annie Gudger Jewels Bethann…

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Free – $5

Happy Hour with Columbia Land Trust

Portland Center Stage 128 NW 11th Avenue, Portland

Join us for a pre-show happy hour featuring an interview with Elaine Espirito Harvey of the Rock Creek band of the Yakama Nation and Columbia Land Trust Executive Director Glenn Lamb to hear about her family’s experiences with Lewis and Clark, Sacajawea and changes to fishing on the Columbia River system in the last 200 years. Saturday, April 20, 2019 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Alan J. Beard Mezzanine FREE About Elaine Harvey Elaine Harvey manages the Rock Creek Fish and Habitat Project for the Yakama Nation Fisheries Resource Management Program. In 2018 Harvey was awarded the Biologist of the Year by the Native American Fish and Wildlife Society, recognizing her work that initially started the project. Harvey also has a passion for preserving knowledge of…

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Free

Dovesong Labs Salon Series 001

The Stacks Coffeehouse 1831 N. Killingsworth St, Portland

The first of Dovesong Labs Salon Series ft. Luther Hughes (Seattle), Mase Johnson, Ahsante Sankofa Foree, & Sea Mason (PDX). This is one part: informal panel, 2 parts: art share & all parts necessary! Luther Hughes is a Seattle native and author of Touched (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2018). He is the Founding Editor of The Shade Journal, Executive Editor for the The Offing, and is 1/3 of The Poet Salon podcast. His writing has been published or is forthcoming in Poetry, The Seattle Times, New England Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, and others. Luther received his MFA from Washington University in St. Louis. You can follow him on Twitter @lutherxhughes. He thinks you are beautiful. -- Sea Mason is a queer writer, cook, plant lover, astrology…

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Free

Comic History Lecture

Books with Pictures 1401 SE Division Street, Portland

Comics author and critic Douglas Wolk will lecture on "Batgirl on Burnside: A Brief History of Superhuman Activity in Oregon."

Free

The Mystery Box Show – 7 Year Anniversary!

Alberta Rose Theatre 3000 NE Alberta St, Portland

From vanilla to kinky, queer to straight, and everything in between, a night at The Mystery Box Show brings you tales of one-night stands, explorations into fetish, awkward first times, dark fantasies come true, and much much more. Storytellers have included bestselling authors, nationally touring comedians, adult film industry veterans, theatre professionals, sex toy experts, members from the kink community, students and people from all walks of life. Nothing here is too raw, too sweet, too strange, or too deep; it's all about the sex, and all about the story. 21+ Show Doors open at 6:00 $22 Advance $27 Day of Show $57 VIP (includes preferred seating, sponsor gifts valued at $450, and post-show reception - available in advance only) The Mystery Box Show is…

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$22 – $57

An Evening of Poetry with Rob Schlegel and Katie Peterson

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland

Join us Saturday, April 20 at 7 pm to hear Rob Schlegel and Katie Peterson read from their new collections of poetry. Rob Schlegel is the author of The Lesser Fields (Center for Literary Publishing 2009), selected by James Longenbach for the Colorado Prize for Poetry, and January Machine (Four Way Books 2014), selected by Stephanie Burt for the Grub Street National Book Prize. His third collection is In the Tree Where the Double Sex Sleeps (University of Iowa Press 2019), selected by Brenda Shaughnessy for the Iowa Poetry Prize. With the poets Daniel Poppick and Rawaan Alkhatib, he co-edits The Catenary Press. Most recently, he has taught at Whitman College, and in the MFA Program at Portland State University. With calm abandon, Rob Schlegel stands among…

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Free
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