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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

Longreads Club: Is Brazil’s Anti-Corruption Task Force Corrupt?

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland

READ THE SERIES: https://theintercept.com/series/secret-brazil-archive/ This is one will be a little different. Rather than a single article, this is a series of articles from The Intercept called the Secret Brazil Archive. It's great if you can read the entire series, but you are not expected to. Drawing from leaked texts and messages, this exposé seems to show that the heralded and groundbreaking investigation, known as Operation Car Wash, that rooted out corruption in Brazilian politics turned into a coordinated effort between prosecutors and a judge to jail political enemies and clear the path for a Jair Bolsonaro victory in last year's presidential election. 20,267 words. Est. reading time: 1 hr 14 min. If you prefer to listen to the article, you can create a Text-To-Speech…

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Free

Street Roots’ Street Party

Street Roots 211 NW Davis St, Portland

Did you know that Street Roots turns 20 this year? Help us celebrate in style at our summer Street Party! Due to volatile demonstrations taking place just blocks away from our planned event, we moved our party from August 17 to Sunday, August 18. We apologize for the last minute change, but decided it was best as we want to foster a fun, family-friendly atmosphere at our Street Party, which will be located on NW Davis St. between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. Come join us for live music, fun activities for kids and a Marketplace, where you can purchase art and other goods created by Street Roots vendors. Enjoy complimentary food from Laughing Planet Cafe, cold brew from Stumptown Coffee Roasters, as well as other…

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Free

Why There Are Words: Truth and Reconciliation

Corkscrew Wine Bar 1665 SE Bybee Blvd, Portland

Join Why There Are Words – Portland (WTAW-PDX) for “Truth and Reconciliation” August 18, from 4 to 6 pm at the Corkscrew Wine Bar. We’ll have an amazing afternoon with the following featured authors. Chelsea Biondolillo is the author of The Skinned Bird, and two prose chapbooks, Ologies and #Lovesong. Her work has been collected in Best American Science and Nature Writing 2016, Waveform: Twenty-first Century Essays by Women, and How We Speak To One Another: An Essay Daily Reader, among others. She is a current Oregon Literary Arts fellow and a former Olive B. O’Connor fellow at Colgate University, and her work has been supported by the Arizona Commission on the Arts, Wyoming Arts Council and the Consortium for Science and Policy Outcomes/NSF. She has…

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Free

Seek

Leach Botanical Garden 6704 SE 122nd Ave, Portland

In honor of our inspiration and namesake, Lilla Leach, the intrepid explorer of Oregon's most wild spaces, we present "Seek," a literary reading featuring Idris Anderson, Kate Gray, Takashi L. Kendrick, Missy Ladygo, Gigi Little, and Anis Mojgani. Join us for this literary expedition on the East Terrace of Leach Botanical Garden, August 18th, 4-6PM. Discover new authors to love (or discover something new about an already-loved author), plus ample supplies of food, wine, and conversation, all in Lilla's magical back yard. Come early and explore the Garden! $10 suggested donation at the door. Proceeds to benefit Leach Botanical Garden, a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Idris Anderson’s second collection of poems Doubtful Harbor won the Hollis Summers Prize and was published by Ohio University Press in 2018.…

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Free – $10

Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. The Rain City Slam Team

Tiny's Coffee - NE MLK Jr 2031 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland

Join us for another amazing poetry slam and open mic!!! This slam is a qualifying slam for the Women of the World Poetry Slam Finals. There is a 5 dollar suggested donation for this event but no one is turned away. We will have a feature from The Rain City Slam Team! We will be at our venue, Tiny's Coffee Northeast! This means our show is all-ages! Everyone is welcome. We do not censor our mic except for instances of hate-speech. Please also note that we start a little earlier then at previous venues. Accessibility info: Tiny's is on the 6 bus line, which is a frequent service line. It is a quarter mile from the the streetcar line and about a half mile away…

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Free – $5

Family Portrait Poetry Reading

Turn! Turn! Turn! 8 NE Killingsworth St, Portland

Hello wonderful poetry people! We're doing 'family portrait' again! I miss you. It's been too long. This reading is at: Turn! Turn! Turn! 8 NE Killingsworth St 6pm doors open 6:30 reading starts The lineup: Jake Vermaas KMA Sullivan manuel arturo abreu Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner This is an all-ages, accessible venue. Food and drinks are available, including alcoholic/non-alcoholic beverages. Please let us know if you need accommodations to attend. * * * * * Jake Vermaas is a 1.5 or 0.5-generation immigrant or a natural-born citizen, depending on who you ask. A poet and engineer in Portland, OR, he co-founded (with friends) the Whitenoise Project, a reading and discussion series aiming to center writers of color and underrepresented voices. He has won a couple contests and…

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Free
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