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Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table with Willamette Writers

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for coffee at your kitchen table with Willamette Writers Online! Warm up the coffeepot and get your cup — we’re ready for a coffee date with you online. Join us on Zoom for coffee and conversation. No reason — just connection. We will see you there! Details for joining online Click over to our events calendar to find the details for logging in: willamettewriters.org/events. New to Zoom? If you are new to Zoom you can go to a test meeting at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115002262083-Joining-a-Test-Meeting. We look forward to sharing a cup with you!

Free

Monday 7/6, Last Stand LIVE Open Mic on GetVokl, 8-10 PM

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

In these times of plague and revolution, where are you? How are you? We are here. Poetry! Humor! Mythology! Smut! Rage! Portland's longest running open mic goes VIRTUAL this Monday, July 6, at 8 PM. Jennifer Robin hosts. Do you want to read your private collection of hundreds of cut-up cereal box ingredient lists? A break-up email? A page from your Pandemic Diary? The final chapter of your history of lint? Maybe you'd like to read from another writer's work which is especially resonating with you right now. Oh, you may! Stuck wondering if your writing is suitable for the show? Look at the above declaration! The Last Stand treasures diversity, passion, and experimentation. The open mic is on the video conference site GetVokl, with…

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Free

Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table with Willamette Writers

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for coffee at your kitchen table with Willamette Writers Online! Warm up the coffeepot and get your cup — we’re ready for a coffee date with you online. Join us on Zoom for coffee and conversation. No reason — just connection. We will see you there! Details for joining online Click over to our events calendar to find the details for logging in: willamettewriters.org/events. New to Zoom? If you are new to Zoom you can go to a test meeting at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115002262083-Joining-a-Test-Meeting. We look forward to sharing a cup with you!

Free

Write Around Portland: Bi-Weekly Online Writing Workshop

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Writing is often thought of as something done in isolation; we know there is immense power when writing is done in community. Join us for 90 minutes of creativity and community-building, with generative writing exercises, sharing and strengths-based feedback. Our workshop model, refined over 21 years, is proven for people of all writing levels: from the budding writer to the published author. Workshops are held via Zoom. Weekly registration opens Mondays at noon and closes one hour before the workshop. Click here for more info. Wednesdays from 4 to 5:30 pm Sliding Scale Registration $5-$30. Register here. $0 registration available for past Write Around Portland participants at a social service agency and people experiencing financial hardship due to the coronavirus. Register here. Thursdays from 11 am to…

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$5 – $30

Book Talk Book Club (Remote)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The Books Around the Corner Book Talk Book Club is led by the owner/librarian, Stephanie Rose, and meets monthly on Wednesday every month. We would like to extend an invitation to all of our customers (RSVP is not required). Bring whatever book your are reading or have recently finished and book talk it to the group. This is a great way to find books outside of your genre that you may not have otherwise been introduced to! Our book discussions aim to bring people together to talk about books in a safe and inviting atmosphere. Our meetings are lovely and inclusive; we invite you to attend. Come and enjoy a lively discussion with other readers. REMOTE INSTRUCTIONS Join online! https://zoom.us/j/306490858 Meeting ID: 306 490 858…

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Free

Coffee Break with Reading is Resistance

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

A recurring conversation on building awareness through the books we read. Register and join the conversation via Crowdcast at: https://www.tworiversbooks.com/event/coffee-break-reading-resistance For a collection of recommended book lists curated by Reading is Resistance, please visit our Reading is Resistance Resource page: https://www.tworiversbooks.com/reading-resistance For the full Book Club, and all related information, check out their website: https://www.readingisresistance.com/book-club Topics by date: June 4: Jazz Baby (ft. live music with Farnell Newton) (farnellnewton.com) June 11: Activism/Community Engagement June 18: Collage and Craft in Social Justice Books for Kids June 25: Outdoor/Adventure Books July 2: Book Bundle Highlight July 9: Social Justice Teaching July 16: Poetry July 23: Book Bundle Highlight (ft. special guest Vera Newton, from Vera's Reviews) July 30: Interview (TBD) August 6: How to Get Involved in…

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Free

Write Around Portland: Bi-Weekly Online Writing Workshop

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Writing is often thought of as something done in isolation; we know there is immense power when writing is done in community. Join us for 90 minutes of creativity and community-building, with generative writing exercises, sharing and strengths-based feedback. Our workshop model, refined over 21 years, is proven for people of all writing levels: from the budding writer to the published author. Workshops are held via Zoom. Weekly registration opens Mondays at noon and closes one hour before the workshop. Click here for more info. Wednesdays from 4 to 5:30 pm Sliding Scale Registration $5-$30. Register here. $0 registration available for past Write Around Portland participants at a social service agency and people experiencing financial hardship due to the coronavirus. Register here. Thursdays from 11 am to…

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$5 – $30

The Write Place: An Online Meeting for Productivity

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Looking for writers in all the wrong places? Maybe you need the write place. Join at the Write Place each week, online. Discuss goal setting and productivity while encouraging, supporting, and connecting with other writers. We will share our rejections, sales, and other market news so that we can inspire and learn from each other. How to join the Write Place Please fill out the Google Form here, and we will send you details for logging in: https://forms.gle/4tN8y78Atcw3WbU87 See you at the Write Place

Free

Variety Show on Zoooooom

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a virtual show. Performers TBD. Please consider contributing to this live virtual event with an optional cover fee here: https://www.rosecitybookpub.com/shop/optional-cover-fee-for-virtual-events-5-suggested

Free – $5

Write Around Portland: Bi-Monthly BIPOC Online Writing Workshop

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

For people who identify as Black, Indigenous or People of Color (BIPOC). 2nd & 4th Friday of every month from 4 to 5:30 pm, Free. Workshops are held via Zoom. Pre-registration is required. Pre-register for July 10, 2020 workshop here. Pre-register for July 24, 2020 workshop here. Click here for more workshop details. Write Around Portland provides high-quality, participant-centered, creative writing workshops. Most of our workshops run for ten weeks, two hours per week. The workshop curriculum focuses on experiential learning, generating new writing and building on the writers’ strengths. Workshop participants write stories, poems, memoirs, letters and essays while experimenting with imagery, character development, dialogue and early-draft revision. To build community through writing, our workshops are facilitated by extensively-trained volunteers who write and share alongside…

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