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Winter Poetry Festival

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

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

Wizard World Portland

Oregon Convention Center 777 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

Join tens of thousands of fans as they converge at Wizard World Portland to celebrate the best in pop culture. Wizard World Portland brought to you by the group who produces the most widely attended pop culture tour and has it all - Movies, Comics, Toys, Video Gaming, Games, TV, Anime, Manga, Horror, Wrestling, Original Art, Collectibles & More! SHOW HOURS Friday, January 24, 2020 - 4:00pm – 9:00pm Saturday, January 25, 2020 - 10:00am – 7:00pm Sunday, January 26, 2020 - 10:00am – 4:00pm ADMISSION DETAILS • All Admissions gain entry to Wizard World Portland 2020. • Important: Bring your printed e-Admissions to the event to gain admittance. • Up to 2 Children 10 and under get in FREE when accompanied by a paid adult • Admission will not be refunded. •…

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$29.99 – $149.99

Fallout Comics Cosplay Day & Half Off Sale Party

Fallout Comic Books 700 NE 22nd Street, Portland, OR, United States

FALLOUT COMIC'S COSPLAY DAY Hosted by Voodoo Donuts and Culmination Brewing Company Get ready kids of all ages. Cosplay-Day is comin! Half off all comics in the store! March 7th 9AM-9PM our 50% Off sale begins. During this time, the Fallout will be playing host to the PDX Avengers Cosplayers, and many more throughout the day. Dont forget. Free Voodoo Donuts during the day, and the after party event with open bar Special guest appearances by graphic artists & Illustrators: Neil Jorge, Iron Gate Comics, Rodney Locket, bring the best of their works - Yes, this is a free signing. 6-7pm the official party and free raffles start, with grand prize of $200 for best team effort, and $100 for best solo costume. Winners announced…

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Free

PDX Pop Up Con

Comics Adventure 15705 Southeast McLoughlin Boulevard Suite A, Milwaukie, OR, United States

Free Pop Up Con in Portland area to help creators affected by the postponement of Emerald City 2020 March show.

Free

Rose City Virtual Book Fair

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us! The Rose City Virtual Book Fair is an experience, not a website. It will be a fun and dynamic event, offering an opportunity to visit and explore. Browse, chat, connect, buy, collect. We hope to see you there! Starting at 9:00 AM PST on June 12, you will find a portal to enter the book fair at cascadebooksellers.com. Once you click to enter the virtual book fair you’ll be able to visit our individual exhibitor’s experiences, or “virtual booths.” They will be offering a wide variety of the best in used, rare and collectible books, paper ephemera, prints, postcards, maps and more using a variety of social media, websites and electronic catalogs. You’ll find many of your favorite booksellers from the Rose City…

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Free – $10

Antique Book and Ephemera Sale

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United States

Over 1,500 books, ephemera and postcards will be available for sale here at the Rose City Book Pub from 2pm to 8pm! This collection is from a book collector who we’ve loaned our space to for the day. Books will be placed on tables with set prices: $2, $5, $10, or some variation thereabouts. In addition, there will be a section for some special books and ephemera that will be priced individually. Please bring a mask. Cash, credit card, and Venmo accepted. To-go orders and regular book sales will still be available, so feel free to stop by.

Free

TFAW PDX Location Closing Sale

Things From Another World 2916 NE Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

Our NE Broadway store will be officially closing the evening of June 27! As a final thanks for your years of support, we’re having a big location closing sale during its final four days of operation! • ALL FOUR DAYS – All single issue comics $1* • June 19-20 – 30% off everything else • June 26 – 50% off everything else • June 27 – 70% off everything else Please remember that our improved safety rules and guidelines remain in place during the closing sale. If maximum occupancy is reached, you will be asked to queue up outside (practicing social distancing) until someone leaves the store. For the safety of our staff and our shoppers, we are also asking people coming for the sale…

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Free

Backstory Books & Yarn Summer 2020 Book Sale (Ends: July 22nd)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Buy 2 get 1 Free* Browse online or by appointment in the store. Shipping is available. Ends July 22nd. No credit for sale, no free new books. *Some restrictions apply. Our sale ends July 22nd There should be time to make appointments for browsing. Feel free to stay home and browse the website maskless. Obviously books about cats will sell first. That is just bookselling 101.

Free

DC comics Tuesday!

Comic Cave PDX 1924 N Kilpatrick St, Portland, OR, United States

The comics from the new DC distributor came in in plenty of time to actually try out a Tuesday release! Call it market research. I can't promise I'll always do it (Wednesday is the big day, there's a pandemic, I'm a 1-man shop so not able to work 7 days a week) but I thought I would do it this time since we have a busy week for DC comics. Please follow all precautions as usual and I'm happy to do curbside or free delivery to North Portland. Thanks! Let me know if questions. Offerings include: Batman 94 Batman The Adventures Continue 2 Batman's Grave DC Classics The Batman Adventures 2 DCeased Dead Planet 1 (of 6) Detective Comics 1023 Joker War Flash 757 Green…

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Free

Portland Zine Symposium: #virtualpzs

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Time isn’t real, the year 2020 is an exhausting tornado, and on July 11th and 12th, #virtualpzs will be happening on the internet. We are currently in planning stages, but below is a list of some of our programming. We have not yet set a schedule, but all programming will take place between 11am-6pm on July 11th and 12th. Radical Animal-Style Singalong Kids of all ages and kids at hearts are invited to join Sine in the animal kingdom for a radical singalong to lift our spirits, soothe our hearts, and share some laughter and fun! Come with your best animal costume, noises, snacks, and dance moves and get ready to roar! Interactive Story Time (Children ages 2-5 and their families) Join the Portland Childcare…

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Free
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