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Shapeshifters: A Cloud Watching Workshop

Carnation Contemporary 8371 N Interstate Ave, Portland

Both a space for day dreams and data storage, clouds have always captured the human imagination. Join artist Hannah Newman and Carnation Contemporary at Kenton Park for a relaxing afternoon of cloud watching, as we observe the constantly shifting shape of the clouds above and around us. Listen to an audio tour of the waves of data in the sky, draw a sketch of the clouds, or simply lay on a blanket and let the clouds pass by! Dogs, children, and families welcome! Blankets for lounging provided. RSVP @ https://www.digitalexhibition.space/publicpresence > 30 person limit > Cost: FREE > Jun 08, 11:00 – 1:00 PM > Carnation Contemporary, 8371 N Interstate Ave #3, Portland, OR 97217, USA

Free

Fonograf Benefit Fundraiser Party

Outlet 2500 Northeast Sandy Boulevard, Portland

On Saturday, June 8 from 7pm-9pm at Outlet, the non-profit literary record label Fonograf Ed. presents a benefit fundraiser to inaugurate both the summer and the label’s new and forthcoming releases. The event will feature readings/performances from poet Anis Mojgani (http://thepianofarm.com) and musical groups Whip (https://www.timesbold.net/) and Deserve (https://deserve.bandcamp.com/). Sara Brant Guest and Jeff Alessandrelli will host the evening. The zero waste pop-up shop UTILITY will also be on site from 5-7pm; find more info about UTILITY at https://www.utilityzerowaste.com/. Outlet is the studio space of Kate Bingaman-Burt. It also hosts workshops and facilitates pop-up events and projects. About Fonograf Editions: Fonograf Ed. publishes albums influenced by language and literature. Each release is available in both an analog and digital format, with a particular focus on…

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Free

Wordlights: Saturday Poetry Evenings

Rocking Frog Cafe 2511 SE Belmont St, Portland

Wordlights Saturday poetry evenings presented by NovaPDX, Rocking Frog Cafe and hosted by Igor Brezhnev. On Saturday June 8th, we'll have a feature from Micah Fletcher, two mini features from Red O'Hare & David McIntire, and a short set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Micah Fletcher Micah Fletcher is a nationally recognized poet and spoken word artist who took first place in Portland Oregon’s city wide youth poetry competition called Verselandia in 2013. MINI FEATURES FROM: Red O’Hare Red O'Hare is a Ashkenazi Jewish American poet from Oakland, California where she featured twice with Bay Area Generations. A product of Presbyterian missionaries from the Belgian Congo and Eastern European carny folk, Red has been performing poetry for 20 years with varying rates of success. She…

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Free

M.F. McAuliffe: I’m Afraid of Americans

Books Around the Corner 40 NW 2nd Street, Gresham

The stories of I'm Afraid of Americans are set in a high school in Los Angeles County in the 1980s. They show students, teachers and support staff busy with daily details, but also living in the history, geography, and dislocations of their time. Join us for an reading and signing with M. F. McAuliffe is an Australian writer who has lived in Portland since 1992. She is co-author of the poetry collection Fighting Monsters (Melbourne, 1998) and of the limited edition artist’s book Golems Waiting Redux, which documents the destruction of Portland sculptor Daniel Duford’s experimental installation in downtown Portland in 2002. She has also contributed to The Clarion Awards, Overland, Australian Short Stories, The Adelaide Review, Poezija (Zagreb), and Prairie Schooner. She is also…

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Free

Signal Fire 10th Anniversary Party!

C3:Initiative 412 NW 8th Ave, Portland

Organized by: Signal Fire and hosted by C3:Initiative When: June 8th, 6–9 pm Where: c3:initiative, 7326 N. Chicago Ave, Portland, OR 97203 $25 admission, open to the public Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/signal-fire-10th-anniversary-tickets-61429771099 Signal Fire was founded 10 years ago on three beliefs: first, that artists offer creative approaches to our world’s most daunting challenges; second, that activists foster drive and resources to strengthen communities; and third, we knew y’all had to be friends. Signal Fire could have really grown to become anything, and you have made this thing so much more dynamic, rigorous, and playful than we ever initially dreamed. At the outset, we imagined small groups traveling together into threatened wildlands, discussing ways to shift the dominant views of land in the American West.…

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$25

Spare Room Reading: Alan Bernheimer and Seann McCollum

Passages Bookshop 1801 NW Upshur, Suite 660, Portland

Alan Bernheimer's latest collection is From Nature (Cuneiform Press, 2019). Recent work has appeared at Across the Margin and at SFMOMA's Open Space and in The Equalizer, The Delineator, and Hambone. The Spoonlight Institute was published by Adventures in Poetry in 2009. Born and raised in Manhattan, he has lived in the Bay Area since the 1970s. He produces a portrait gallery of poets reading on flickr. His translation of Philippe Soupault's memoir, Lost Profiles: Memoirs of Cubism, Dada, and Surrealism, was published by City Lights in 2016. More information is at The Electronic Poetry Center. Seann McCollum is an art-school dropout from Philadelphia and the author of twenty-odd self-published books of poetry and prose.  He is currently at work on a book-length apology for helping…

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Free – $5

Ken Scholes Reading

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland

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

The Mystery Box Show – Annual Pride Show

Alberta Rose Theatre 3000 NE Alberta St, Portland

The Mystery Box Show celebrates Pride month with 5 stories of LGBTQ+ adventure and triumph from Woody Shticks, Paymon Salahshoor, Tara Zaugg, Kate Trower, and Noah Grabeel! 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.

$22 – $57

Fake Radio Presents: a 70th-Anniversary Celebration of “Dragnet”

The Old Church Concert Hall 1422 SW 11th Ave, Portland

In June of 1949, a radio show that changed the nation premiered it’s first episode. To celebrate its 70th anniversary, Fake Radio proudly recreates two episodes of the hit radio show "Dragnet"! Joining the cast is guest star John Pirruccello, acclaimed comic actor from the TV series Twin Peaks and Barry on HBO. This performance is ONE NIGHT ONLY, so get your tickets while you can! Times: Doors at 7pm, curtain at 8pm Tix: $20 for general admission $30 VIP seating in first three rows Purchase tix here. Featuring top talent from both Portland and Los Angeles, Fake Radio will re-enact two 30min episodes of this historic radio show the old-fashioned way: dressed in period clothing and standing with scripts in hand in front of…

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$20 – $30
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