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Running Wild Poetry Slam

The Jade Lounge 2342 SE Ankeny, Portland, OR, United States

Running Wild Press Portland Poetry Slam: Featured Readers and Open Mic. Your chance to share and perform in Portland. Bring your best five minutes of material for the open mic session. There will be time for about eight readers in the open mic portion, so get there early. Sign-up list will be followed in order. Poetry is encouraged, but all kinds of pieces are welcome. Refreshments available from the Jade Lounge. Contact: Lisa Montagne Organization: Running Wild Press Featuring: Host: Lisa Montagne, Ed.D. Director of education for Running Wild Press. She is a poet, author of creative non-fiction, college professor, artist, and dancer from Southern California. lisamontagne.com Armine Iknadossian Born in Beirut, she immigrated to the U.S. in 1974 to excape the civil war. She…

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Sobrang OPM! Original Pilipinx Merienda of Filipino Food & Writers

Tryst Bar 19 SW 2nd Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Sobra means extra / Filipinx anywhere together is extra af! An almost-midnight merienda party of Filipinx writers. Food! Karaoke! Open Mic! Free door admission. Socialize over cocktails and mocktails. Filipino menu specials include lumpia, sisig burgers, adobo chicken fried rice. Gratitude Open Mic where readers share favorite Filipinx writers. Emceed by Pamela K. Santos, featuring writers from Bitter Melon Collective, Roseminda Nabehet and Lilian Ongelungel, guests Asa Drake, and beats by Nathaniel Jams. More TBA. See http://bartryst.com/ for vegetarian options; accepts cash or card. Contact: Pamela K. Santos

Free

RHINO Reading and Book Launch Party

Rock Bottom Brewery 206 SW Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a glorious evening of all the free poetry your ears can hold! Nine featured readers — Brandon Jordan Brown, Rick Bursky, Marcene Gandolfo, Perry Janes, Alicia Mountain, Emily Perez, CT Salazar, Alix Anne Shaw, Jeremy Wilson — plus open mic for RHINO poets and launch of our gorgeous new 2019 issue. There will be cake! Contact: RHINO

Free

SPD 50th Anniversary Reading & Karaoke Party

McMenamins Kennedy School 5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Join Small Press Distribution, together with a cavalcade of publishers and singing poets, for our 50th anniversary celebration. It kicks off with a poetry reading featuring Gramma Poetry, City Lights, Ugly Duckling Presse, Birds LLC, Nightboat Books, and Krupskaya, followed by . . . Poet's Karaoke! Sign up and sing or just wallflower it—your choice—what happens at karaoke stays at karaoke. It all takes place in the gymnasium at the iconic Kennedy School, a former elementary school turned hotel-restaurant-brewery-event venue. We’ll provide the snacks! Contact: Brent Cunningham

Free

Belles & Bitches: A Disruptive Debutante Ball

Shout House 210 SE Madison St #11, Portland, OR, United States

Introduce yourself to impolite society! Join Southern Fried Karma for Belles & Bitches: a Disruptive Debutante Ball. We’re going to kick off the night with an open mic and then transition into a wild dance party directed by DJ Melvin. Open bar is on us, and we'll have some giveaways so you don’t leave empty-handed. Admission is free, but space is limited. Visit us at our Bookfair booth (#6002) to claim your exclusive invite and sign up to perform. Located at the Shout House in Portland’s Central Eastside Industrial District, directly under the on-ramp to the Hawthorne Bridge. Contact: Southern Fried Karma Introduce yourself to impolite society! Join Southern Fried Karma at the 2019 AWP Conference & Bookfair in Portland, OR for BELLES & BITCHES:…

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Marc Janssen, Carolyn Martin, James Merrill

Multnomah County Library 2300 NW Thurman Street, Portland, OR, United States

Free Range Poetry presents Marc Janssen, Carolyn Martin, James Merrill Monday, April 1, 2019 Northwest Library 2300 NW Thurman Street Portland An open mic will precede featured poets. Open mic readers limited to two pages of material. Sign up for open mic at 5:45 pm. Reading 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm. Marc Janssen Marc Janssen is an internationally published poet and poetic activist. His work has appeared haphazardly in printed journals and anthologies such as Off the Coast, Cirque Journal, Penumbra, The Ottawa Arts Review and Manifest West. He also coordinates poetry events in the Willamette Valley of Oregon including the Salem Poetry Project, a weekly reading, and Salem Poetry Festival. Carolyn Martin From Assistant Professor of English to management trainer to retiree, Carolyn Martin…

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Grief Rites Readers Series ~ April 1

American Legion Post 134 2104 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR, United States

A monthly storytelling showcase about grief, loss and love. Gather in community with others who share grief in all forms and manifestations. Come ready to cry, laugh, listen and hold space for yourself and others. *Trigger warning, because Grief. Content not edited for language or topic. Mature audience. *Venue is accessible; gender-neutral restrooms on premises Readings begin promptly at 7pm. Come early, grab a drink (full bar) and find your seat. Please consider bringing canned goods or cold weather clothing/blankets to donate to the Post 134 food & clothing pantry, which serves local veterans, houseless and anyone in need. ***This month's event will include an open mic, in addition to our curated readers. If you have words to share about your grief, we welcome you.***…

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One Page Wednesday: April

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

Writers, escape the solitude of your desk. Readers, come hear great fresh work. Here is an opportunity to share or listen to one page of work in progress from talented Portland writers. Come with a single page of work and sign up to read – or come to listen and prepare to be inspired! Doors open at 6:30. Please, no reading from electronic devices. Hosted by Natalie Serber Featured Readers for April: Aaron Gilbreath is the author of the personal essay collection, Everything We Don’t Know, a finalist for the 2018 Oregon Book Award, and This Is: Essays on Jazz. His next book is titled Through the San Joaquin Valley: The Heart of California. Vanessa Veselka is the author of the novel, Zazen, which won the…

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Slamlandia April Guilder Slam ft. Desireé Dallagiacomo

Guilder Cafe 2393 NE Fremont St., Portland, OR, United States

Join us for our APRIL Poetry Open Mic and Slam at Guilder! Doors and sign-ups are at 6:00 PM Get there on time to get a spot in the open mic or slam! Show begins at 6:30 PM. Guilder 2393 NE Fremont St Portland, OR 97213 This show is all ages. Please see our Accessibility and Safer Space info below. There is a $1-5 suggested donation. We will have an spotlight performance from the superb Desireé Dallagiacomo! Desireé Dallagiacomo is a poet, performer, and educator from rural California. She is the program director & lead teaching artist at Forward Arts, a youth spoken word and social justice writing non-profit in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee and she has been a finalist…

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HOT MIC

Woodlawn MIC 1425 NE Dekum St, Portland, OR, United States

In February, two Black women organizers were unexpectedly laid off in an attempt to quietly dissolve the radical organizing collective, The Woodlawn MIC. Located in the heart of NE Portland’s historically Black, and heavily gentrified Woodlawn neighborhood, The Woodlawn MIC is the city’s only space dedicated to the preservation of local, progressive, Black- and Brown-led community organizations. Since 2017, The MIC has been returning space, place, power, and resources directly to BIPOC communities and organizers, by circumventing structural accessibility gaps that limit our ability to organize ourselves, create our own solutions, and build within our own communities. HOT MIC is an open mic & fundraiser presented by Gentrification is WEIRD! for these women extending themselves to keep the collective running and make Portland a better…

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