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Write to Publish Conference

PSU - Smith Memorial Student Union 1825 SW Broadway, Portland

Write to Publish is an annual publishing conference hosted by Portland State University’s graduate program in Book Publishing. It is the largest fundraising event for both the program and the student-run general trade publisher, Ooligan Press. This event serves as an open house for people interested in the publishing program, while also being a great networking event for local publishers and writers. Every year, we hold panels, workshops, and seminars about the latest trends in publishing, making it a great conference for writers and industry professionals alike.

$20 – $65

Intro to Risograph Printing

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

Intro to Risograph Printing 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,…

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$100 – $200

Image Comics Partners Signing at I Like Comics!

I Like Comics 1715 Broadway St, Vancouver

**!! THE EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED!!** For the first time, Image Comics' current partners will sign together in one place. That place is I LIKE COMICS in Vancouver, WA!. THIS IS A COMPLETELY FREE SIGNING! Image Comics President Todd McFarlane (Spawn), Vice President Jim Valentino (ShadowHawk), Chief Operating Officer Robert Kirkman (Oblivion Song, The Walking Dead), Chief Financial Officer Erik Larsen (Savage Dragon), Marc Silvestri (X-Men, Witchblade), and Chief Creative Officer & Publisher Eric Stephenson (Nowhere Men) will be present at the shop to meet with fans and sign comics. Again, THIS IS A COMPLETELY FREE SIGNING! Please stop by the shop and get your FREE ticket to guarantee your place in line. A ticket is NOT required to get signatures. One ticket per person.…

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Free

Craig Thompson Signing at Excalibur Comics

Excalibur Comics 2444 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland

Excalibur Comics is excited to announce our first 2020 guest! Eisner Award-winning Craig Thompson (Blankets, Good-bye, Chunky Rice, Habibi and more) returns to our store for an exclusive early signing of his newest Uncivilized Books release, Ginseng Roots #3, amongst others!

Free

Winter Poetry Festival

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

Portland’s second Winter Poetry Festival is a joyful gathering of poets and poetry lovers. Winter is a magical time where the beauty of language burns brightly in the darkness. The festival will feature a marketplace where you can support poets by buying from them directly, inspiring workshops for poets of all levels of experience, innovative performances and craft-talks from top-notch poets, a guest-screening from Seattle’s Cadence: Video Poetry Festival, and the “Poet’s Playground” an ephemeral pop-up of poetic challenges and collaborations. The Festival will be housed in the beautiful PNCA. ADA accessible. Centrally-located, near many major transit lines.

Free

The League of Exceptional Writers

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

In “From ‘Ahoy, Matey’ to ‘Howdy, Pardner,’” author Dawn Babb Prochovnic teaches how to create vivid characters by giving each one a unique voice. Hosted by Rosanne Parry, the League of Exceptional Writers is a monthly workshop where authors and illustrators share their knowledge with kids, ages 8 to 18 years old, who are interested in creating books. Join us!

Free

Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns, and Moonage Daydreams

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

Inspired by the one and only superhero, extraterrestrial, and rock-and-roll deity in history, Michael and Laurie Allred’s Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns, and Moonage Daydreams (Insight) is the original graphic memoir of the great Ziggy Stardust! In life, David Bowie was one of the most magnetic icons of modern pop culture, seducing generations of fans with both his music and his counterculture persona. In death, the cult of Bowie has only intensified. The Allreds will be joined in conversation by Ben Saunders, director of the University of Oregon’s Comics and Cartoon Studies program.

Free

Seeing It Through: A Visual Manifestation of the Black Panther Party’s Legacy in Portland

Collins Gallery 801 SW 10th Avenue, Portland

This exhibition is open during Central Library's hours of operation. Black history is far more than the Civil Rights era. In response to the racism that marginalized and harmed Black Portlanders, the Portland Black Panther Party formed its Portland Chapter in 1969. Their goal was to build equity for the oppressed in our city. This exhibition features artwork by Elijah Hasan and the HeArt Gallery that responds to the legacy of the Black Panthers' Ten-Point Program. Opening reception on Saturday, January 11, 3-5 pm. Explore the legacy of the Portland Black Panther Party through art, music and storytelling featuring Kent Ford. Light refreshments will be served.

Free

Wordlights Poetry ft. Brianna Grisby

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 January 11th, we'll have a feature from Brianna Grisby, mini-features from Julia Gaskill & Stephen Meads, and a short set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Brianna Grisby Brianna Grisby is a spoken word poet born and raised in Portland Oregon. She was the 2018 grand slam champion. She has been on the Portland unified slams team twice and will be representing Portland Poetry Slam at the 2020 Women of the World Poetry Slam in Dallas Texas. She loves using her voice to advocate for others, and to help people feel valid. MINI-FEATURES FROM: Julia Gaskill Julia Gaskill (she/her) is a professional daydreamer hailing from Portland, Oregon. She has…

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Movie Screening: The Space Between Words

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland

ONE NIGHT ONLY! The super awesome, super intimate, super screening of our award winning feature film TheSpaceBetweenWords at The Rose City Book Pub! "Everything here simply feels true." Richard Propes, The Independent Film Critic. The romantic dramedy stars Lindsae Klein, Michael Draper, Beth Moesche and Willow Finney AND a virtual cavalcade of Portland's finest actors! Come and mingle, eat, drink, laugh and cry. See the film before it's release in 2020.

Free

MC Hyland & Chloë Bass

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland

This Saturday, January 11, poet and book artist MC Hyland will be in Portland and reading from her latest collection, THE END (Sidebrow 2019). She’ll be joined by New York artist and public practitioner Chloë Bass. MC Hyland is a poet, publisher, scholar, teacher, and public artist. Her poems have been published in journals in the US, UK, and Australia, and she is the author of two full-length books of poetry—THE END (Sidebrow, 2019) and NEVERAGAINLAND (Lowbrow/ H_NGM_N)—and a dozen poetry chapbooks and artist books. From 2009-2012, she ran the Pocket Lab Reading Series in Minneapolis with Jeff Peterson, and she now occasionally curates poetry readings in New York City with various friends. The founding editor of DoubleCross Press, she has worked at Minnesota Center…

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