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LitPDX seeks to amplify marginalized voices, and welcomes all, their ideas, their events, and their words.
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Loose Cornrows Presents: Jasmin Oya Tender Mercy Series Reading Refreshments included, donations encouraged.
Visit Passages Bookshop between now and December 21 for great holiday bargains! * * ALL BOOKS 30% OFF * * PLUS: Hundreds of books, and all framed art, marked down 50–75% Markdowns in all categories: Poetry / Literature / Philosophy Music / Film / Video Art / Photography / Graphic Design Original prints, drawings, photographs; mixed media pieces; posters: Karel Appel / Tom Phillips / Antoni Tapies Mar Goman / John Martineau / Clayton Holcomb Josef Hodek / Ben Nelson / Jacqueline Brito * * TWO WEEKENDS ONLY * * Thurs-Sat, December 12-14 Thurs-Sat, December 19-21 12:00-6:00 pm each day = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =…
Three fabulous writers look at how gender happens. A curated, monthly reading series with well-selected readings. Always a delight!
Details TBA.
Join us for a special evening of tales from some of our amazing local authors! Kate Carroll De Gutes will lead the evening. Rene Denfeld will delight us with a selection from her own works. And Willy Vlautin will be treating us to a live performance of A Jocky's Christmas, a dark comedy about a misfit, overweight, alcoholic jockey whose career has dried up. After the reading, stick around for conversation and a book signing. Be sure to reserve your copies here: https://www.tworiversbooks.com/event/tales-home-home-town-author-reading Also participating will be: Matt Minicucci, Winner of the Oregon Book Award for Poetry {Small Gods} Author Taylor Zajonc Taylor Zajonc {The Maw} Martha Shelly {A Meteor Shower}, whose self-published book will be available for purchase in-shop at the event. AND! Rob…
Join us for a launch event with reading from contributors to the latest issue of Deep Overstock, the booksellers' journal. The theme for this issue is Horror. Deep Overstock #7: Horror is here! Come out on Friday the 13th for readings, journal copies, booze, and snacks. Confirmed readers: Robert Torres Mark Savage Benjamin Kessler Doug Chase
In “Seeing Through Your Characters’ Eyes,” Cindy Baldwin, author of Where the Watermelons Grow, teaches how to use point of view to deepen the setting and relationships in your story. Hosted by Rosanne Parry, the League of Exceptional Writers is a monthly workshop where authors and illustrators share their knowledge with young people who are interested in creating books. Join us!
A reading by Tom Blood and other literary locals.
Join us for readings from the upcoming Fall issue of VoiceCatcher.
Voices for Change: Songs & Stories for Mental Health Awareness $10 suggested donation per family or group All Ages December 15 at 4PM Portland Baha'i Center 8720 N Ivanhoe Street March 15 at 4PM St. Johns Christian Church 8044 N Richmond Avenue May 31 at 3PM University of Portland 5000 N Willamette Boulevard Voices for Change: Songs & Stories for Mental Health Awareness is a new choral concert series led by Cathedral Park Performing Arts Collective. The series will feature works that cultivate open dialogue about mental health experiences, care, and resources. In this series, splashes of song and spoken word will be woven together in three separate concerts over the 2019-2020 season. In the end, audiences, performers, and contributors alike will have taken part…