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Submission Deadline: RACC Professional Development Grants

The Internet 001 SE Cyberspace Lane, Portland

The Professional Development Grant Program supports artists, arts professionals, and arts organizations in Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington Counties with up to $2,000 toward distinct opportunities that will push forward their creative practice and business skill development. The Professional Development Grant Program is centered on whether the opportunity you would like funding for 1) is distinct from other experiences you have had previously, 2) is timely, meaning you are in a prime position now to benefit from the opportunity, and 3) has potential for new professional growth. Note: The opportunity you apply with cannot be geared toward the creation of a specific art project. If you are interested in grants for specific art projects, refer to our Project Grants Program. For more information see RACC's website.

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Books Around the Corner Writers Group

Books Around the Corner 40 NW 2nd Street, Gresham

Join fellow writers the first Wednesday of the month for a friendly critique. The goal is to support one another with constructive feedback and participate in writing exercises. All experience levels welcome!

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A Frayed Knot / AFRAID NOT – JACQUELINE KEELER: READING + PRESENTATION

C3:Initiative 412 NW 8th Ave, Portland

Join us for a presentation of a new essay by writer Jacqueline Keeler, created in response to Cannupa Hanska Luger's exhibition, A Frayed Knot / AFRAID NOT. This is a free, open to the public event. ABOUT THE WRITER Jacqueline Keeler is a Diné/Ihanktonwan Dakota writer. Her book The Edge of Morning: Native Voices Speak for the Bears Ears is available from Torrey House Press and the forthcoming Standing Rock to the Bundy Standoff: Occupation, Native Sovereignty, and the Fight for Sacred Landscapes will be released next year. ABOUT THE EXHIBITION A Frayed Knot There is a line, that spans across time in a continuum. This line is the record of our existence and is woven into the very fabric of being. But this line, through…

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Suspense and Treats: Sweethearts (a novel by Elizabeth Mitchell)

Broadway Books 1714 NE Broadway, Portland

Come join me (Elizabeth Mitchell) at Broadway Books for the launch of my new literary suspense novel, SWEETHEARTS! Nineteen years after finding Laura Hurst in a frozen lake, Ada Bailey agrees with her therapist: it’s time to revisit Lynn Pond and confront the past. But Silynn holds more than memories. Decades-old secrets tumble out as Ada explores the town she was sent away from, though her return dredges up more than sordid pieces of the townsfolk’s lives. Sam Pruette, a collector of innocents, worries Ada may remember details from that frigid day in November of 1988. Laura was only the first sweetheart. On Wednesday, October 2nd at 8 pm, I will be reading from SWEETHEARTS. There will be cookies, drinks, and cute take-home conversation heart…

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Nancy Richardson Fischer in Conversation With Colleen Houck

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

Join New York Times bestselling author Colleen Houck and author Nancy Richardson Fischer for an in-conversation chat about their novels, the writing process, and publishing plus an audience Q&A and treats!! From Nancy Richardson Fischer, author of When Elephants Fly, comes The Speed of Falling Objects (Inkyard), an exceptional new novel about a teen girl underestimated by everyone – including herself – who discovers just how strong she truly is right when it matters most. Fischer will be joined in conversation by Colleen Houck, author of the Tiger’s Curse series.

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Elizabeth Mitchell

Broadway Books 1714 NE Broadway, Portland

We welcome Vancouver author Elizabeth Mitchell joins us to read from her new suspense novel, Sweethearts. Twenty-nine years after finding Laura Hurst in a frozen lake, Ada Bailey decides it's time to revisit Lynn Pond and confront the past. But the town holds more than memories. Decades-old secrets tumble out as Ada explores the town she was sent away from. Her return dredges up more than sordid pieces of the townsfolk's lives. Sam Pruette, a collector of innocents, worries Ada may remember details from that frigid day in November of 1988. Laura was only the first sweetheart. Mitchell is the author of the suspense and magical realism novel I Never Stopped; this is her second novel. Being a woman with invisible illnesses, she enjoys a…

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OPP – Other People’s Poems!

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland

Come recite someone else’s poem from memory, or just listen. First Fridays 7pm sharp (First Wednesday in October, exceptionally)

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One Page Wednesday October

Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street, Portland

Writers, escape the solitude of your desk. Readers, come hear great fresh work. Here is an opportunity to share or listen to one page of work in progress from talented Portland writers.Come with a single page of work and sign up to read – or come to listen and prepare to be inspired! October's One Page Wednesday is hosted by Chelsea Biondolillo. October’s featured readers are Delphine Bedient and Sophia Shalmiyev. The reading begins at 7:00. Doors open around 6:30 p.m. Potential readers can sign up to read and after the list is full, they can add their name to the fishbowl and Natalie will draw as many additional names to read as we have time for before 8:30 p.m. One Page = one page,…

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Kristen J. Sollée in Conversation With Ev’Yan Whitney

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

By combining historical research, pop culture, art analyses, and original interviews, Kristen J. Sollée’s Cat Call (Weiser) explores the cat and its indivisible connection to femininity – and teases out how this connection can help us better understand the relationship between myth, history, magic, womanhood in the digital age, and our beloved, clawed companions. Sollée will be joined in conversation by Ev’Yan Whitney, sex educator and host of The Sexually Liberated Woman podcast.

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