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The Work Poetry Workshop Zoom Edition with Christopher Luna

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

NOTE: Due to the restrictions to keep us safe from the Coronavirus, The Work will continue as a remote workshop via Zoom. Please email Christopher Luna at christopherjluna@gmail.com by midnight the night before each workshop to RSVP if you would like to participate. Also, please share this event with others who might be interested. The cost for the workshop is a suggested donation of $20 to Christopher Luna’s PayPal account. Suggested means that we would like for you to join us regardless of whether or not you can afford it right now. SATURDAY AFTERNOON EDITION Join us on Saturday, July 11 for The Work, a poetry writing workshop led by Christopher Luna. The Work is a drop-in poetry writing workshop for beginners as well as…

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Free – $20

NO EXIT | Le Chat Noir Moderne

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Hell is not the bother of other people, it is other people who see us as we really are. Experience Theatre Project, in artistic association with Lacy Productions, present an eTheatre presentation of NO EXIT by Jean-Paul Sartre, adapted by Alisa Stewart and the debut of a new artist's salon LE CHAT NOIR MODERNE JOIN US on July 11 as we celebrate the grand opening of our beautiful online salon for artists, featuring a live, fully rehearsed, online performance of Jean-Paul Sartre's NO EXIT, an adapted online pastiche by Alisa Stewart. Virtual doors open at 6pm PDT at the Experience Theatre Project website to experience the glitz and glamour of world-wide artists performing in a salon setting. Enter your key (your personal password) to access…

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$10 – $25

Moving with Every 1st reading

6766 SE 78th Ave 6766 SE 78th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

No bookstore readings possible, and I have a need to read, so will be reading in the schoolyard across from my house, near corner of 78th and Cooper. Plenty of space for distancing. you might want to bring something to sit on. I will read for 20-30 minutes. Poet & teacher Leanne Grabel says of Moving with Every "dan raphael's world is a world where decimal points become poppy seeds, rivers hurl their fish bones at the stars, eagles drink at the bar, starling play pool, bass riffs twitch like perches, the wind, pocketless, collects things anyway, crows wear edwardian capes, hair is infested with sun, a sun that later gets stuck in traffic. The descriptions are impeccable." right next to Jade Garden, Melba's 100…

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Free

SUMMER Online: Poets Studio Summer Sessions | July 13 – Aug 31

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Apps due July 8 One of the things I feel Poets Studio participants, regardless of experience and skill, can benefit from, is an extended concentration on only a few pieces over a couple months. That’s my goal for the Summer Sessions, which would progress as follows: Sessions 1-3: Making. We’ll start from scratch on a few poems, developing strategies of imagination, research, trial and error, and writing several “test” drafts over several weeks. Sessions 4-6: Noticing. Here we’ll begin to be attentive to what might be possible with various drafts of poems, in the writing process — noticing what they are doing and not doing, what they are implying and avoiding, and what they are potentially able to become, and what they can’t ever become…

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$505 – $535

The Work Poetry Workshop on Zoom with Christopher Luna

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

NOTE: Due to the restrictions to keep us safe from the Coronavirus, The Work will continue as a remote workshop via Zoom. Please email Christopher Luna at christopherjluna@gmail.com by midnight the night before each workshop to RSVP if you would like to participate. Also, please share this event with others who might be interested. The cost for the workshop is a suggested donation of $20 to Christopher Luna’s PayPal account. Suggested means that we would like for you to join us regardless of whether or not you can afford it right now. MONDAY NIGHT EDITION Join us on Monday, July 13 for The Work. The Work is a drop-in poetry writing workshop for beginners as well as more experienced writers. Poetry encourages empathy and compassion,…

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Free – $20

Slamlandia Digital Open Mic ft. Gigi Bella + Marty Adamsmith

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Slamlandia is hosting another digital poetry open mic. This open mic - only poetry, no music please - will take place on July 16th. We'll be hosting this event with the help of Literary Arts. You can access our Zoom link in advance. Here is the link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvcOuhqD4qGNXQuygbKflMOYGXeTgPhGA7 Sign ups for the open mic will be posted at 6:30pm PT day of via Facebook posts and an Instagram story. Comment / reply to get your name on the list. Open mic will promptly begin at 7pm. Poets gets 3 minutes to share poetry - please do not go over time. We will have a feature from Gigi Bella and Marty Adamsmith. gigi bella // has been ranked the tenth woman poet in the…

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Free

Stay Home Stay Queer

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us Thursday July 16th for another night of poetry. We strive to be a dynamic space for spoken word and visual arts to live, be, and own queer identity. Zoom code to come.

Free

The Edge of Reason: poetic line w/ Brigid Yuknavitch

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

WHERE: Online, for six weeks (please note: there is no live/Zoom component to this class—poets will go at their own pace each week) LEADER: Brigid Yuknavitch COST: $350 SCHOLARSHIPS: Yes, scholarships are available. Please follow this link to apply. The Edge of Reason: poetic line The form of the poem organizes our sensory and felt experience as we read. It supports and disrupts what the language is saying. The line slows the sentence down. The line makes a dance inside the sentence. The line breaks open the sentence. The line registers what the sentence tried to contain. The line takes a walk as Paul Klee described it in painting. And because the line can make these many moves it lets us do more with words…

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$350

Virtual IPRC: Youth Poetry Workshop

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Teen Poetry Workshop Sliding scale: $15-20 These youth poetry workshops are for everyone, whether you currently write, or are curious to try! We are going to be focused on reading, listening, and discussing poems from many different poets and writers. This will help get our creative inspiration flowing and help us to learn about the different styles of poetry, which there are many! Most of the written work we will do is free form unless we choose to delve into a specific style together. We will work with prompts, group writing exercises, and explore free/continuous writing! We will experiment with tools in our writing practice, this includes oracle cards, objects, and spoken word! In addition to a notebook and headphones, if you have objects that…

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$15 – $20
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