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Michael Namkung – Seeing the Invisible INTERACTIVE

Alberta Rose Theatre 3000 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR, United States

Part spoken-word poetry, part storytelling, part extreme athletic art performance. Michael Namkung’s one-man show Seeing The Invisible is a no-holds-barred love story that journeys through the emotional life of men with a rawness and vulnerability that will break your heart wide open and reveal the creative power that lives within us all. Join Michael as he invites the audience directly into the work in his debut presentation of Seeing The Invisible INTERACTIVE. …….. Michael Namkung is Bob Ross diguised as an Olympic athlete. Michael is a father, poet, artist and multiple world champion. He is best known for Drawing Gym, an art form that inspires audiences to transcend their personal limitations by drawing while performing rigorous physical exercise. He has spoken and performed in museums,…

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$25 – $40

Wordlights Poetry ft. Brett Elena

Rocking Frog Cafe 2511 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR, United States

Wordlights Saturday poetry evenings presented by NovaPDX, Rocking Frog Cafe and hosted by Igor Brezhnev. On Saturday, January 4th, we'll have a feature from Brett Elena and a long set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Brett Elena Brett calls the Blue Ridge Mountains and her best friend's couch home. She writes because it makes her happy, without any awards to her name. When not scribbling, she can be found attempting to learn piano or tormenting her twin sister. She has crossed six continents in her search for the zero-calorie cookie and is currently working on her latest project, “The Stories I Never Told.” *** Sign-ups start at 5:30, show starts at 6PM. On first and third Saturdays each performer in the open mic gets 10…

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Free

Marilyn Stablein and Brittney Corrigan – Reading and Q&A

The Tiny Theater PDX 3306 SE 65th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

The Voice of Empathy continues at thetinytheaterPDX, 3306 SE 65th Ave, Portland, OR. Please spread out the parking around the neighborhood to avoid congestion. The series showcases poets whose work investigates the human capacity for compassion and generosity and invites the reader/listener to care deeply for others and the world. This description is for the poets’ reference only and does not presume to impose any constraints on the work selected for presentation. There is room for 37-39 poetry lovers. Please come a few minutes in advance to reserve your seats. In case of snow, please monitor this event for possible rescheduling. Marilyn Stablein, poet, essayist and multimedia artist, published 3 books this year: Milepost 27: Poems; Houseboat on the Ganges & A Room in Kathmandu:…

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Free

Slamlandia January Literary Arts Show ft. Ken Yoshikawa

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

Join us on JANUARY 9TH for a Thursday Poetry Open Mic and Slam! This is a qualifying slam to get into our semi finals for our Grand Slam later this year. Doors and sign-ups are at 6:30 PM Get there on time to get a spot in the open mic or slam! Show begins at 7:00 PM Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street Portland, OR 97205 This show is all ages. Please see our Accessibility and Safer Space info below. No door admission. We will have a feature from the fantastic Ken Yoshikawa! Ken Yoshikawa is a half-Japanese third culture American poet-actor from Portland, Oregon. He has been active in the Portland spoken word community since 2014. In his theatre career he’s appeared at Artists…

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Free

Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic with Luther Allen & J.I. Kleinberg

Angst Gallery 1015 Main St, Vancouver, WA, United States

Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Hosted by Christopher Luna and Toni Lumbrazo Luna of Printed Matter Vancouver Featuring Luther Allen and J.I. (Judy) Kleinberg 7 pm Thursday, January 9 Open mic sign up begins at 6:30 and closes at 7 $5 Suggested donation No one turned away for lack of funds Angst Gallery 1015 Main Street Vancouver, WA 98660 angstgallery.com Food and libation provided by Niche Wine Bar, 1013 Main Street Sound provided by Briz Loan & Guitar: http://briz.us/ LGBTQ+ FRIENDLY, ANTI-FASCIST, ALL AGES, AND UNCENSORED SINCE 2004 Luther Allen writes and designs buildings from Sumas Mountain, Washington. He facilitates SpeakEasy, a community poetry reading series in Bellingham and is co-editor of Noisy Water, an anthology of local poets. His collection of poems, The View…

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Free – $5

Winter Poetry Festival

Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) 511 Northwest Broadway St, Portland, OR, United States

Portland’s second Winter Poetry Festival is a joyful gathering of poets and poetry lovers. Winter is a magical time where the beauty of language burns brightly in the darkness. The festival will feature a marketplace where you can support poets by buying from them directly, inspiring workshops for poets of all levels of experience, innovative performances and craft-talks from top-notch poets, a guest-screening from Seattle’s Cadence: Video Poetry Festival, and the “Poet’s Playground” an ephemeral pop-up of poetic challenges and collaborations. The Festival will be housed in the beautiful PNCA. ADA accessible. Centrally-located, near many major transit lines.

Free

Wordlights Poetry ft. Brianna Grisby

Rocking Frog Cafe 2511 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR, United States

Wordlights Saturday poetry evenings presented by NovaPDX, Rocking Frog Cafe and hosted by Igor Brezhnev. On Saturday January 11th, we'll have a feature from Brianna Grisby, mini-features from Julia Gaskill & Stephen Meads, and a short set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Brianna Grisby Brianna Grisby is a spoken word poet born and raised in Portland Oregon. She was the 2018 grand slam champion. She has been on the Portland unified slams team twice and will be representing Portland Poetry Slam at the 2020 Women of the World Poetry Slam in Dallas Texas. She loves using her voice to advocate for others, and to help people feel valid. MINI-FEATURES FROM: Julia Gaskill Julia Gaskill (she/her) is a professional daydreamer hailing from Portland, Oregon. She has…

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Free

MC Hyland & Chloë Bass

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

This Saturday, January 11, poet and book artist MC Hyland will be in Portland and reading from her latest collection, THE END (Sidebrow 2019). She’ll be joined by New York artist and public practitioner Chloë Bass. MC Hyland is a poet, publisher, scholar, teacher, and public artist. Her poems have been published in journals in the US, UK, and Australia, and she is the author of two full-length books of poetry—THE END (Sidebrow, 2019) and NEVERAGAINLAND (Lowbrow/ H_NGM_N)—and a dozen poetry chapbooks and artist books. From 2009-2012, she ran the Pocket Lab Reading Series in Minneapolis with Jeff Peterson, and she now occasionally curates poetry readings in New York City with various friends. The founding editor of DoubleCross Press, she has worked at Minnesota Center…

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Free

Monster Colored Glasses, Poetry with Ken Yoshikawa

Japanese American Museum of Oregon 121 NW 2nd Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Poet Ken Yoshikawa will read from his newly published book, Monster Colored Glasses a bilingual narrative exploring personal issues of trauma, vulnerability and personal transformation while addressing social responsibility themes. Ken Yoshikawa is half-Japanese, and a poet-actor from Portland, Oregon. He is an active voice in the spoken word community and his acting has been seen in diverse performances in local theatres. Ken’s powerful use of words are featured in his first autobiographical poetic solo, The Art of Fly Swatting, which was performed off-Broadway in NYC at the Pan Asian Repertory Festival in 2019 and his poems have appeared in Nailed Magazine, Letters from the Void, Hapa Mag and Discover Nikkei. The evening includes a reception, book signing, and poetry readings by Ken and guest…

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$3 – $5
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