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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.…

$100 – $200

Portland Audubon’s Wild Arts Festival

Pure Space 1315 NW Overton Street, Portland

Join us at the 2019 Wild Arts Festival, the premier show that celebrates art and nature in the Pacific Northwest! With artists and authors presenting their work, plus more art, trips, outdoor gear and experiences available in our silent auction, Festival shopping is a delight. And, it's right in time for the holiday season. Proceeds benefit Portland Audubon’s work to inspire all people to love and protect the natural world. Get to know some of the best local and regional authors specializing in nature, birds, hiking, history, books for kids, and books that illuminate living in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest! You’ll have the chance to purchase books and get them signed by the author both days of the festival from noon to 4 p.m. Join…

$10

Local Comic Shop Day at Comic Cave!

Comic Cave PDX 1924 N Kilpatrick St, Portland

Save the date for Local Comic Shop Day! We'll have variants and other hard-to-get items, details to come as we get closer.

Free

Kids’ Storytime

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

Join us for kids’ storytime. Today we’re reading Pokko and the Drum by Matthew Forsythe.

Free

Local Comic Shop Day at Cosmic Monkey Comics

Cosmic Monkey Comics 5335 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland

Local Comic Shop Day is the day celebrating the independent spirit of local comic book specialty shops, returns for its fifth annual event Saturday, November 23, 2019. Here is a list of what will be available this year. LCSD 2019 THE WALKING DEAD: THE ALIEN LCSD 2019 ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #5 (OF 5) VIRGIN VARIANT – 600 copies LCSD 2019 ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #5 (OF 5) LCSD ARTIST VARIANT LCSD 2019 DCEASED HC – JOKER COVER – 1400 copies LCSD 2019 DOCTOR WHO 13TH HOLIDAY SPECIAL #1 LCSD 2019 DOCTOR WHO 13TH HOLIDAY SPECIAL #2 LCSD 2019 HAZEL & CHA CHA SAVE CHRISTMAS (UMBRELLA ACADEMY) LCSD 2019 OVER THE ROPES #1 (OF 5) LCSD 2019 INVADER ZIM TREASURY EDITION LCSD 2019 KILLADELPHIA #1 LCSD 2019 LEGION OF…

Free

Celebrate Local Comic Shop Day at Bridge City Comics!

Bridge City Comics 3725 N Mississippi Ave, Portland

Kick off the holiday shopping season in style with exclusive & cool items available first on Local Comic Shop Day... including a never-before-in-print Walking Dead story from Brian Vaughan! LCSD 2019 ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #5 (OF 5) ARTIST VAR (NET) LCSD 2019 CROW HARK THE HERALD #1 SEELEY LCSD 2019 DCEASED HC LCSD 2019 DOCTOR WHO 13TH HOLIDAY SPECIAL #1 LCSD 2019 DOCTOR WHO 13TH HOLIDAY SPECIAL #2 LCSD 2019 HAZEL & CHA CHA SAVE CHRISTMAS TALES UMBRELLA ACAD LCSD 2019 INVADER ZIM TREASURY EDITION LCSD 2019 KILLADELPHIA #1 (MR) LCSD 2019 LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #1 LCSD 2019 MMPR SHATTERED GRID BLIND BOX HC LCSD 2019 MMPR YEAR ONE & TWO HC SET LCSD 2019 NEW MUTANTS #1 ARTIST VAR LCSD 2019 THESE SAVAGE SHORES…

Free

Matt Fraction in Conversation With Chelsea Cain & David Walker

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

In a new sequence of three graphic novellas by Matt Fraction (and Elsa Charretier), November (Image) follows the lives of three women intersecting in a dark criminal underground. As fire and violence tears through their city on a single day and night, they discover their lives are bound together by a mysterious man who seems to be the cause of it all. Fraction will be joined in conversation by author Chelsea Cain and comic book writer David Walker.

Free

*Advanced* 4 Color Process for Riso Workshop

Outlet 2500 Northeast Sandy Boulevard, Portland

About the Workshop: Learn how to turn full color images into beautiful four color riso prints! In this workshop we will explore the history of four color printing and use of halftones in printmaking. We will walk through the process of setting up a full color image to print on the riso as a four color CMYK process print. The process of setting up these kinds of files can be confusing and frustrating, but we will have fun learning the how and why of four color printing. In the end you’ll walk away with a gorgeous print edition and a step by step guide to reference for future four color prints. We will be making an edition of four color prints, using the combination of…

$95 – $110

CA Conrad, Allison Cobb, Demian DinéYazhi’, Introduced by Jay Ponteri, Moderated by Daniela Molnar

Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) 511 Northwest Broadway St, Portland

CA Conrad is a 2019 Creative Capital Fellow, and the author of 9 books of poetry and essays: their While Standing in Line for Death (Wave Books, 2017) received the Lambda Award. A recipient of a Pew Fellowship in the Arts, they also received the Believer Magazine Book Award and the Gil Ott Book Award. Their work has been translated into Spanish, Greek, Polish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Danish, French, and German. They teach regularly at Columbia University and at the Sandberg Art Institute in Amsterdam. Allison Cobb is the author of After We All Died (Ahsahta Press); Plastic: an autobiography (Essay Press EP series); Born2 (Chax Press); and Green-Wood, originally published by Factory School with a new edition in 2018 from Nightboat Books. Cobb’s work has…

Free

Wordlights Poetry ft. Doc Luben

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 November 23rd, we'll have a feature from Doc Luben, mini-features from Devin Devine & Brennan Lucas Staffieri, and a short set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Doc Luben Doc Luben is the two time Portland Poetry Slam City Champion, and a finalist at the 2013 Individual World Poetry Slam. Doc Luben can also transform into a steam locomotive. Their writing appears in the collections Multiverse on Write Bloody Press and Nouns Of Assemblage on Housefire Books. They are a recurring feature on Button Poetry, including the Best Of Button live showcase in Oakland, CA. They were formerly the Tucson AZ Grand Slam champ. Their writing has been adapted…

Free

Daedalus Books Reading and Book Signing

Daedalus Books 2074 NW Flanders St, Portland

One week from today! free, accessible, & all are welcome New work from: Daniel H. Wilson (author of Robopocalypse), Jason Gurley (author of Eleanor), Benjamin Parzybok (author of Sherwood Nation), Curtis C. Chen (author of Waypoint Kangaroo), Jasmine Gower (author of Moonshine), and Arthur Smid (author of You Will Win the Future)

Free

Joan Dobbie + Erica Goss: Poetry Reading

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland

Goss and Dobbie co-host the River Road Reading Series with Martha Gatchel (riverroadreadings.blogspot.com) in Eugene, Oregon.   Aside from writing poetry, Erica Goss works on combining words with images in poetic videos. She teaches poetry and videography and publishes a beautiful newsletter, “Sticks and Stones.” Her poem, “State of Jefferson,” recently won Zocala’s eighth annual poetry prize.   Joan Dobbie has a 1988 MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Oregon, and has been writing and publishing poems for many decades. Her Woodstock Baby, A Novel in Poetry came out in 2013. Her second full length poetry book, The Language of Stone is “hot off the presses.” Her website is joanspoetry.blogspot.com.

Free

Submission Reading Series

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland

The reading is slated for poets Bill Carty (author of Huge Cloudy, Octopus Books), Sheila Dong (author of Moon Crumbs, Bottlecap Press), and Ally Harris (author of Dispersal, The Song Cave). Join us for a one-off event celebrating the launch of books n chapbooks by writers from the Pacific Northwest. Bill Carty (Seattle), Sheila Dong (Corvallis), and Ally Harris (Portland) will be reading from their newest releases, and the event will be emceed by Kate Garklavs Saul and Aaron Hand of Submission Reading Series. Doors at 7:30pm Reading promptly at 8:00pm Books available by cash and apps _ _ _ _ Bill Carty is the author of Huge Cloudy (Octopus Books) and the chapbook Refugium. He has received poetry fellowships from the Fine Arts Work…

Free