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VIRTUAL IPRC: Elementary Art Club

Online N/A, Portland

Zoom meetup link here Sue Pezanoski Browne will be hosting Elementary Art Club meet-ups to lead young artists and writers through activities you can do at home. Sue has a list of fun projects listed at https://lafratneyart.blogspot.com and is asking students to tell us which projects they’d like to try together. Let us know in the comments of the FB event! Some supplies it’s good to have on hand: – old magazines – scissors – glue – plastic grocery bags – paper – pencils and pens for drawing – recycled cardboard boxes (cereal, crackers, etc.) – string/yarn – peeled crayons – watercolors If you’re in need of any supplies & in Portland, an IPRC staff member can deliver them to you! Email info@iprc.org.

Free

Two Rivers Virtual Book Club April

Online N/A, Portland

April's pick is The Friend by Sigrid Nunez A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog. To order: https://www.tworiversbooks.com/book/9780735219458 As always, please consider supporting our friends at 45th Parallel! Order for curbside pickup or delivery. https://www.45thparallelwines.com Liz Smith is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Two Rivers Book Club April Time: Apr 28, 2020 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/102894691?pwd=eDlCTU1qeVFpNUJzZDB5R3JIckJGZz09 Meeting ID: 102 894 691 Password: 567529 One tap mobile +16699009128,,102894691# US (San Jose) +13462487799,,102894691# US (Houston) Dial by your location +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 301 715 8592 US +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 558…

Free

Delve Readers Seminar: Delve Online: William Gaddis: The Recognitions

Online N/A, Portland

Before William Gaddis won the National Book Award for JR (1976) and A Frolic of His Own (1994), he wrote The Recognitions (1955), his ambitious debut novel. Its length and complexity are challenging, though it’s far more conventional in its narrative form than Gaddis’s later novels. The Recognitions is savagely critical of our capitalist society and culture, but it’s also a serious novel of ideas and very funny. A celebrated work of genius, it remains as relevant today as in the ‘50s. Delve Access Program We want Delve seminars to be accessible to everyone, regardless of income and background. We understand that our tuition structure can present obstacles for some people. We are happy to offer an Access Program which provides reduced tuition to qualifying…

$220

Delve Readers Seminar Online: Memory and Ancestors: Paula by Isabel Allende

Online N/A, Portland

This two week Delve meets via Zoom teleconferencing, Participants who register will receive information on how to log onto the Zoom meeting. “So it is with my life, a multilayered and ever-changing fresco that only I can decipher, whose secret is mine alone. The mind selects, enhances, and betrays; happenings fade from memory; people forget one another and, in the end, all that remains is the journey of the soul, those rare moments of spiritual revelation. What actually happened isn’t what matters, only the resulting scars and distinguishing marks. My past has little meaning; I can see no order to it, no clarity, purpose, or path, only a blind journey guided by instinct and detours caused by events beyond my control. There was no deliberation…

$75

Live Stream Reading: Kate Ristau: Shadow Queene

Annie Bloom's Books 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland

This reading will be streamed live. Event link to come! Annie Bloom's welcomes back local author Kate Ristau to read from Shadow Queene, the long-awaited sequel to the enchanting dark fairy young adult novel, Shadow Girl. Just when her dreams are about to come true, Hennessey’s world is torn apart. She is dragged into the Shadowlands, while Áine is forced into the light. But in a world of magic and darkness, where the fae whither and monsters reign, Hennessey finds a power all her own. She embraces the shadows and enters the endless night.

Free