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TRUE NORTH STUDIOS OPEN HOUSE AND ARTS SWAP MEET

True North Studios 455 NE 71st Avenue, Portland

We are finally ready to have friends over to our new space! FRIST FRIDAY OCT 4th 6-9 TRUE NORTH STUDIOS OPEN HOUSE AND ARTS SWAP MEET with DJ Domino Pop FREE Free to vend arts, crafts, vintage, vinyl, home goods, care goods, sellables etc! Come out to this new rad community event that will be reoccurring every 1st Friday for the rest of 2019. Vending is 1st come 1st serve Vendors need to bring their own tables, chairs, displays etc. Shoot us an email at Hello@truenorthstudios.com to lets us know your coming -or- just show up ✌ Membership and Studio Space Available! Visit truenorthstudios.org .

Free

Cabaret des Arts: A Fusion of Visual Arts & Burlesque

West End Ballroom 1220 SW Taylor Street, Portland

Lacy Productions presents... CABARET DES ARTS: A Fusion of Visual Arts & Burlesque Friday, October 4th at the West End Ballroom/ Theater in Portland (Located in the gorgeously restored 1920's landmark and former Portland Women’s Club, movie house, and playhouse! https://westendballroom.com/) Cabaret des Arts raises up sex/body positivity, feminism, and inclusivity through the visual arts and burlesque! Join us as we merge these genres together and experience an empowering, entertaining, and exclusive evening of artistic sensuality. Begin your evening perusing our Artist Exhibition (showcasing PNW local artists working in a variety of mediums) while sipping cocktails and sampling food available to purchase in our speakeasy-style soiree downstairs (provided by the West End Ballroom). Afterwards, head upstairs into The West End Ballroom Theater for our Cabaret…

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$25 – $40

3rd Annual East Portland Arts & Literary Festival

Orchards of 82nd 8188 SE Division St, Portland

Will we see you at 3PALF — oops, we mean, EPALF? Our third annual festival featuring artists and cultural workers of color will animate two community hubs in East Portland: Orchards of 82nd (O82), APANO’s brand-new home and community space, and Fubonn, the largest Asian grocery store and shopping center in Oregon! Spanning October 4-5th, EPALF will feature a spectrum of live performances, interactive creative activities, a full family-friendly lineup, and more at O82, plus our hallmark Book & Craft Fair at Fubonn. Join us in celebrating local artists, entrepreneurs, and small business owners in East Portland through this signature event. Suggested donation is $5, and no one will be turned away from lack of funds. Hosted by APANO’s Arts & Media Project. WITH PERFORMANCES…

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Free – $20

Daria’s Confessional Cabaret

White Eagle 836 N Russell St, Portland

7 Deadly Sins welcomes you to the premier of their newest show, Daria’s Confessional Cabaret. This live confessional gameshow will be hosted by Portland’s own Queen of Darkness and radio icon Daria Eliuk. Watch three seasoned raconteurs confess their twisted, depraved, and often hilarious sins. It will be up to you and Daria to decide who will be granted absolution, and who must atone live on stage. Plus, you'll be able to win valuable prizes competing against your fellow audience members in our new Virtue: Oh So! game. Daria’s Confessional Cabaret kicks off on Friday, October 4th at McMenamins White Eagle Saloon. So get ready, because Judgement Day is coming -- and it will be full of shock, horror, laughs, and prizes.

Free

OLIVIA GATWOOD Life of the Party Tour with Ari Chi & special guest Cailin Nolte

Star Theater 13 NW 6th Ave, Portland

Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Olivia Gatwood has received national recognition for her poetry, writing workshops, and work as a Title IX Compliant educator in sexual assault prevention and recovery. As a finalist at Brave New Voices, Women of the World and the National Poetry Slam, Olivia's performances have been featured on HBO, Huffington Post, MTV, VH1, and BBC among others. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Muzzle Magazine, The Winter Tangerine Review, Poetry City U.S.A., Tinderbox Poetry Journal, and The Missouri Review. Her Amazon Best Selling collection, New American Best Friend, reflects her experiences growing up in both New Mexico and Trinidad, navigating girlhood, puberty, relationships, and period underwear. Olivia is a full-time touring artist, and has performed internationally at over two-hundred…

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$15
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