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The Adventure Zone Graphic Novel Live!

Revolution Hall 1300 SE Stark St, Portland

Join us at The Adventure Zone Graphic Novel Live! Featuring some of the creative team behind the graphic novel: Travis McElroy and Clint McElroy. At this live show, your ticket to the show gets you a copy of THE ADVENTURE ZONE: MURDER ON THE ROCKPORT LIMITED! graphic novel and each copy will come with a bookplate signed by one of the McElroys! The live show will include a conversation with the team about the graphic novel and a live "reading" of an excerpt from the new comic, featuring special guests playing your favorite characters. See you there! Doors: 6:00 pm / Show: 7:00 pm SOLD OUT This Event is Reserved Seating and All Ages. Ticket includes a copy of THE ADVENTURE ZONE: MURDER ON THE…

SOLD OUT

Portland Correspondence Co-op

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

PDXCC is a monthly gathering where participants make and share analog correspondence in the great mail art tradition of Ray Johnson and Anna Banana: art and conversation through the mail. This uniquely democratic, DIY art form incorporates writing, drawing, collage, rubber stamps, faux postage, decorative tape, typewriters – anything goes, as long as it goes through the mail. Hang out, skill share and send the glorious results through the mail. Monthly events hosted by the Portland chapter of the Correspondence Co-op and Niko Courtelis. Basic materials will be on hand (scissors, glue sticks, envelopes’85), but you’re encouraged to bring whatever materials fuel your creative spirit. Free and open to the public, every third Tuesday of the month

Free

Chuck Wendig

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

Chuck Wendig’s Wanderers (Del Rey) is a gripping saga that weaves an epic tapestry of humanity into an astonishing tale of survival. Shana wakes up one morning to discover her little sister in the grip of a strange malady. She appears to be sleepwalking. She cannot talk and cannot be woken up. And she is heading with inexorable determination to a destination that only she knows. Soon they are joined by a flock of sleepwalkers from across America, on the same mysterious journey. And like Shana, there are other “shepherds” who follow the flock to protect their friends and family on the long dark road ahead. For on their journey, they will discover an America convulsed with terror and violence, where this apocalyptic epidemic proves…

Free

Everything is Fine Series #11

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland

A casual monthly reading to help you forget all that other sh*t. **LAST MONTH AT MOTHER FOUCAULT’S! Stay tuned for new venue news.

Free

The Moth: StorySLAM: Backfired

Holocene 1001 SE Morrison St, Portland

BACKFIRED: Prepare a five-minute story about the best laid plans that... weren't. From bungled diamond heists to busted dinner reservations, tell us about foolproof schemes gone bad, a cunning plot that went awry. Muffler malfunctions also welcome. This venue is 21+ *Tickets for this event are available one week before the show, at 12pm PT / 3pm ET. *Seating is not guaranteed and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before the show. Admission is not guaranteed for late arrivals. All sales final. Media Sponsors: OPB and Literary Arts

$15

The National Team: The Inside Story of the Women Who Changed Soccer

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

The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team has won three World Cups and four Olympic gold medals, set record TV ratings, drawn massive crowds, earned huge revenues for FIFA and U.S. Soccer, and helped to redefine the place of women in sports. But despite their dominance, and their rosters of superstar players, they’ve endured striking inequality: low pay, poor playing conditions, and limited opportunities to play in professional leagues. The National Team (Harry N. Abrams), from leading soccer journalist Caitlin Murray, tells the history of the USWNT in full, from their formation in the 1980s to the run-up to the 2019 World Cup, chronicling both their athletic triumphs and less visible challenges off the pitch. Murray also recounts the rise and fall of U.S. professional leagues,…

Free