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Rose City Comic Con

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

Portland’s premier pop-culture event, Rose City Comic Con is produced locally with a focus on creating a fun and friendly event for everyone! While our primary focus is that of comics, comic creators, and the creative process, Rose City Comic Con also provides its attendees with access to gaming, sci-fi, cosplay, anime, fantasy, and everything in between. Our goal is to provide you with a rewarding, fun, and family-friendly event experience. Plans for the 2019 Rose City Comic Con are under way — stay tuned for more details!

$35 – $700

Grace Paley’s Life Stories with Judith Arcana

Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education 724 NW Davis Street, Portland, OR, United States

To ensure that you are able to join us for the event, please rsvp for all guests. Guests who are walk in on the day of the event are not guaranteed seats. On September 15, please join Judith Arcana, author of Grace Paley's Life Stories, for a conversation with poet and publisher Carl Adamshick, and for readings by both writers from the book. Grace Paley's Life Stories is the only biography of renowned author and activist Grace Paley and explores the roots of her political consciousness and traces her work as an activist as it grew into her work as a storyteller. It was recently reprinted in a glowing 2nd edition by Eberhardt Press in Portland. Arcana and Adamschick will discuss the importance of this…

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$8

Whitenoise Project 22 + Caldera

Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street, Portland, OR, United States

Whitenoise Project 22 + Caldera: Jolly Wrapper / Ahmed / Cheuk / Peñaloza September 17, 2019 7:00 p.m. Literary Arts (925 SW Washington St., Portland, OR 97205) Join Whitenoise Project and Caldera for a special event at Literary Arts! The night will feature readings and book signings from alumni of Caldera’s Youth Program and Artists in Residence (AiR) Program, including authors Michelle Peñaloza, Leland Cheuk, and Farooq Ahmed, all of whom have just-published or soon-to-be published books that were completed at Caldera. Special guest Jolly Wrapper will open the evening.

Free

Pirate (and Potty!) Story Time with Dawn Prochovnic

Green Bean Books 1600 NE Alberta Street, Portland, OR, United States

Celebrate Talk like a Pirate Day with us as we welcome local author Dawn Prochovnic on Thursday, September 19th at 3:30pm. Dawn will lead a lively, interactive story time and pirate party to celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day and the pre-launch of one of her latest books, Where Does a Pirate Go Potty? For pirate enthusiasts and potty humorists of all ages! Her previous book in the series, Where Does a Cowgirl Go Potty?, will also be available at this event. Signing and questions will follow the story time.

Free

Kami McBride Book Signing

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

The Herbal Kitchen with Kami McBride Is your kitchen ‘herb-ready’? Having the antimicrobial, carminative and antioxidant power of your herbs working for you at maximum capacity is what is needed now. Setting up an effective herbal kitchen is the foundation for making sure you get the daily dose of herbs you need if you really want a pro-active herbal health care plan in place for your family. The goal of your herbal kitchen is to feel inspired to get lots of herbs and spices into your meals every day. With 30 years’ experience helping families feel confident in their home herbalism skills, Kami has a few tricks up her sleeve, so you can sort through the herbal information overwhelm and fortify the therapeutic and nutrient…

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Free

Matt Fraction & Steve Lieber Signing at Cosmic Monkey Comics

Cosmic Monkey Comics 5335 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

Matt Fraction & Steve Lieber will be signing copies of the first 3 issues of SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN September 21st noon-2pm at Cosmic Monkey Comics. Jimmy Olsen must die! Wait, we're getting ahead of ourselves. Jimmy Olsen lives! Superman's best friend and Daily Planet photographer Jimmy Olsen tours the bizarre underbelly of the DC Universe in this new miniseries featuring death, destruction, giant turtles and more! It's a centuries-spanning whirlwind of weird that starts in Metropolis and ends in Gotham City. And then we kill Jimmy.

Free

From Hell’s Heart Signing – Excalibur Comics

Excalibur Comics 2444 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

On September 21st from 1 - 3 PM, Excalibur Comics is excited to welcome John Arcudi, Matt Sheean & Brandon Graham for a signing event 100 years in the making! Join editor John Arcudi (B.P.R.D, Rumble) and artists Matt Sheean (Expansion, Ancestor) & Brandon Graham (Prophet, Island) as they celebrate Herman Melville’s Bicentennial with their gorgeous new art book FROM HELL’S HEART published by A Wave Blue World. FROM HELL’S HEART is the new high quality artbook featuring over 50 brand new illustrations commemorating Melville's greatest work including MOBY DICK, BARTLEBY, THE CONFIDENCE MAN, BILLY BUDD and many more.

Free

Lifeformed: Hearts and Minds

Books with Pictures 1401 SE Division Street, Portland, OR, United States

Cleo, orphaned in the wake of an alien invasion, left behind the life she knew to fight for the future of Earth. Now she and Alex, the shapeshifting rebel alien posing as her father, make a fearsome team in a guerrilla war against the invaders. But Cleo's past is about to come back to haunt her: An adversary she thought she'd seen the last of is out for revenge, determined to ruin Cleo's life and destroy the trusting relationship Cleo has built with her alien "dad." Join creators Matt Mair Lowery and Cassie Anderson to celebrate Lifeformed: Hearts and Minds, the second book in their creator-owned Lifeformed series! Snacks, signing, friends, PARTY. Be there! Kids especially welcome.

Free

Comics & Cartoons @Old Town Coffee

Floyd's Old Town Coffee and Tea 118 NW Couch St, Portland, OR, United States

Come one come all the to the GREATEST COMIC & CARTOON SPECTACU- okay well maybe not that epic but pretty epic. But seriously come down to Floyd's Old Town and join three of the coolest cartooning talents around as they spend the afternoon waxing all things comics and sequential. They'll have their books and swag on hand to buy and there will be great coffee and snacks and foods. ALSO, COSPLAY is encouraged! So come on down as your favorite character and let's have a blast! Here's the bios on our guests- Alex Delaney is a Portland, OR based illustrator and cartoonist. He is the creator of The Derelict, Other Side of Town, Swan Song & The Geese of Milwaukie. He is the co-creator of…

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Free

My Shape is Sam Story Time with Amanda Jackson

Green Bean Books 1600 NE Alberta Street, Portland, OR, United States

Author Amanda Jackson will be at Green Bean Books to share her picture book My Shape is Sam on Saturday, September 28th at 1pm What's it like to be a square peg in a round hole? Sam wants to do more than what other Squares do in this sweet story about defying outward expectations. A signing will follow the reading!

Free
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