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The Moth: StorySLAM: Flawed

Holocene 1001 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

FLAWED: Prepare a five-minute story about pitfalls. Imperfections....a glitch that changed your course either for the better or for the worse. Times that even Beyonce couldn't say "I woke up like this." Some say the flaws are what makes something beautiful. This venue is 21+ *Tickets for this event are available one week before the show, at 12pm PT / 3pm ET. *Seating is not guaranteed and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before the show. Admission is not guaranteed for late arrivals. All sales final. Media Sponsors: OPB and Literary Arts

$5 – $20

The Hour That Stretches: May 26, 2019

Ford Food and Drink 2505 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Portland virtuoso poet and spoken word favorite Christopher Luna. Witch Mountain drummer and Weird Fiction savant Nathan Carson. Ford gallery luminary and Hour favorite, poet Alexandria Levin. Special Mystery guest. And your MC, reading a piece that's going in Weirdbook magazine over across the pond, "Give Me The Roses While I Live." Come help keep live spoken word alive in Portland and keep this read going. Bring everyone. FORD FOOD AND DRINK, 2505 SE 11TH. SUNDAY MAY 26. FREE BY DONATION, DONATIONS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. NOMINALLY ALL AGES, SO BE MINDFUL. SAFE SPACE.

Free

Do Right Sunday – A Benefit & Hang for Tender Table

Dig A Pony 736 SE Grand Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Every last Sunday of the month we partner with a different local nonprofit or community organization to highlight the work they're doing in Portland and contribute 10% of daily sales to the group. It's a simple way for us to do right in the city we love. This months Do Right Sunday will be held May 26 and funds will go to Tender Table. Tender Table is a storytelling platform for women, trans and non-binary folks who are black, indigenous, or people of color. It seeks out narratives about our sweet, savory, sour, and bitter relationships to food and its connections to identity, memory, and community. The night is always free to attend and is anchored by DJs, Shi Shi & Black Daria of XRAY.FM's…

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Free

7DS Pants On Fire!

White Eagle 836 N Russell St, Portland, OR, United States

Pants On Fire! features seven storytellers telling the most insane, outrageous, hard-to-believe stories from their own lives. The catch? One of those seven will actually be telling a bald-faced lie -- a whopper that never actually happened. Think you can spot which of our seven storytellers is the liar? If you can, you might win a stay at McMenamin's Edgefield Hotel on us. Not sure you can which is guess the liar? No worries! There will be other ways to win valuable prizes throughout the evening, including a chance to take on one of your fellow audience members in our Two Truths & A Lie Mano-y-Mano Cage Match. Even if you don't win, you'll walk away having heard seven of the most wild, outrageous, hard-to-believe…

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$10

Whitman at the Whitsell

Portland Art Museum - Whitsell Auditorium 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

An evening of animation and poetry in celebration of the American poet Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday. Portland-based animator Marilyn Zornado reached out to a handful of other animators from around the globe including Northwest-based artists Devon Damonte, Teresa Drilling, Deanna Morse, Barbara Tetenbaum, and Academy Award-winner Joan C. Gratz, to create new short works representative of Whitman’s writings. Interspersed throughout the screening will be readings of Whitman’s poems by special guests. This screening is in partnership with David Abel and Passages Bookshop. Complete Program can be found here. Reception at 6 pm.

$5 – $10

Whitman at 200: Words of Resistance

Roll-Up Studio + Gallery 1715 SE Spokane St, Portland, OR, United States

Leaves of Resistance, Secret Society of Book Artists Show Closing GALA Friday, May 31 7 PM Celebrating Walt Whitman’s 200th Birthday with Animation and Poetry Readings, in Partnership with Passages Bookshop • Animation by Gratz, Zornado, Jetten, Kuehn, Tetenbaum & Others • Whitman political readings by David Abel & Friends • Projection performance by Devon Damonte • Birthday cake Secret Society of Book Artists Dawn Banker Anita Bigelow Marian Christensen Mary Elliott Ellen Fortin Joely Helgesen Judilee Fitzhugh Deanna Lautenbach Megan Leftwich Ilsa Perse Kathy Karbo Kathy Kuehn Bernie Smith Gay Walker Marilyn Zornado See exhibition page here.

Free

Future Prairie Screening + Q&A

Multnomah Arts Center 7688 SW Capital Highway, Portland, OR, United States

Please join us for a free screening and showcase of recent interdisciplinary work by Future Prairie artists, followed by a Q&A. Founded in January 2018 by Joni Renee Whitworth in Portland, Oregon, Future Prairie is a 501c3 non-profit organization and artist collective led by women and queer creatives. We develop and mentor emerging and under-represented artists. We also produce a monthly podcast, host a quarterly variety show, and curate exhibitions, panels, performances, and published works. When we say "under-represented artists", we are specifically referring to creatives of different abilities, races, gender identities, national origin, religion, and age. We serve historically-marginalized groups such as women, disabled, racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual minorities, and low-income individuals. This event is free to attend and open to the public.…

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Free

Booklover’s Burlesque: As You Tease It

Crush Bar 1400 Southeast Morrison Street, Portland, OR, United States

Lacy Productions presents... Booklover's Burlesque: As You Tease It (Shakespeare Edition) Friday, May 31st, 2019 on the Crush Bar stage in Portland, Oregon! Booklover's Burlesque is the Pacific Northwest's sexiest literary salon which matches titillating, inspiring, and empowering book readings with burlesque performances all in one show! Professional readers, actors, and/or local authors & writers read aloud a three to five minute piece of poetry, fiction (from any genre), memoir, non-fiction, etc, which is then followed by a burlesque performance inspired by the piece. Hosted by the illustrious Hyacinth Lee Starring: The Infamous Nina Nightshade Sandria Dore Mandy Flame (Seattle) The Mad Marquis Bayou Bettie Miles Wilder T L Ford & Fannie Fuller Princezz Monochokeme Our readers include members of Speculative Drama, Lily Le Fauve,…

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$18 – $30

Portland Storytellers’ Guild: The Sarah Hauser Festival of Stories – Storython –

Multnomah Arts Center 7688 SW Capital Highway, Portland, OR, United States

The  Portland Storytellers Guild will again host our two day Sarah Hauser* Festival of Stories to close our storytelling performance season.    Friday’s performance will be May 31st and Saturday’s performance will be June 1st. Friday evening, May 31. emcee Eric Foxman presents eight of the Guild’s most popular performers – Barb Fankhauser, Edward Hershey, Pam Maben, Gretchen Peterson, Holly Robison, Franz van der Horst and the team of Norm Brecke and Anne Rutherford  The evening’s tales will range far and wide and provide a cross section of styles, themes, and inciteful pictures of life and how we address the challenges that confront us. Saturday evening, June 1, brings again one of the highlights of every Guild season — “Storython” — with a dozen tellers coming to…

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$12 – $15

The Moth: StorySLAM: Chemistry

The Secret Society 116 NE Russell St, Portland, OR, United States

CHEMISTRY: Prepare a five-minute story about the power of combinations. Complex reactions, sparks, explosions…magical solutions. Dynamic rapport and explosive interactions. Opposites that attract or pheromones that fizzle. Lessons in the lab of life. Transformation. Safety goggles ON. Cu There. This venue is 21+. *Tickets for this event are available one week before the show, at 12pm PT / 3pm ET. *Seating is not guaranteed and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before the show. Admission is not guaranteed for late arrivals. All sales final. Media Sponsors: OPB and Literary Arts

$5 – $20
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