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2019/2020 Portland Arts & Lectures: Colson Whitehead (virtual event)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Colson whitehead will be joined POST-LECTURE In conversation with Mitchell S. Jackson. This event is underwritten by The Eberwein Family NOTE: Colson Whitehead will not be traveling in person to Portland this season. Rather than wait until 2022 for an in-person event, we have decided to make this event virtual and will take place on Thursday, September 24, 2020. What you need to know: High Quality: This event will have a high production value, and will deliver a unique evening with one of our greatest writers at work today.  This event will only be available to subscribers to the 2019-20 season, which is sold out, via a private channel online. More Communication Coming: We will be sending you more emailed information on how you can access the event online. We appreciate…

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Free

Telltale: Nothing Ever Goes Away

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Hey, champ! Thanks for checking out Telltale. This used to be a monthly curated storytelling event for people that like to get vulnerable and take no shit, and perhaps it will be again. We are into genuine connection, laughter, heartbreak, poignant moments, and community building. We, in theory, should be just kicking off our 4th season, but...things got real weird. So I can’t promise that Telltale is back, because the future feels pretty hard to predict or commit to. But we are at least going to have a September show. Yeah, it’s going to be on zoom and not in person. Yeah, it’s not the same. But it’s better than nothing. And I said I’d do the show until the government stopped making me angry…

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Free – $7

Write A Book: Fiction & Creative Nonfiction Workshop

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Write A Book: Fiction & Creative Nonfiction IPRC Creative Workshops for Fall 2020 will be held online via zoom, PST. Instructor: Michael Heald Wednesdays, 6:30 – 8:30 Nine students maximum (ages 18+) Class meetings: 24 (8 per term) Cost: $825 *2 spots available at sliding scale, BIPOC prioritized; email hquinn@iprc.org *2 spots available at no cost, BIPOC prioritized; email hquinn@iprc.org October 7, 2020 – June 9, 2021 This workshop will consist of three eight-week terms. Writers currently working on memoirs, essay collections, novellas, novels, short story llections, oral histories, and long-form journalism are all strongly encouraged to apply. Hybrid forms welcome. Over the course of 24 sessions, writers will work towards a draft of a manuscript in a supportive workshop environment. We’ll explore non-linear solutions…

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$825

FALL Online: Life Sketch: Pandemic Workshop w Wayne Gregory

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

“There is no greater burden than carrying an untold story.” ~ Maya Angelou We live in a time when it is more important than ever for us to tell the stories of our lives. All of us have been affected. Some on the front lines; others stuck at home, working, minding kids, and wondering what’s next. And for many, stories have begun to emerge. Stories we’ve lived. Stories we’ve created. Stories that teach. Stories that question.  This workshop is for the one who wants to discover how to identify a compelling story from the pandemic experience (as it has been and as it continues to unfold). You will work on a single life sketch - a short slice of your life experience -  with the…

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$215 – $242

2020 Haunted Walking Tour (virtual edition)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

***This is a virtual event streamed on YouTube. A private link will be emailed to ticket holders 30 minutes prior to airing*** CCHM, in partnership with Spirit Tales, brings you a (virtual) haunted walking tour of Clark County all October long. Join Brad Richardson, Jeff Davis, and special guest, Pat Jollota, every Friday and Saturday at 7pm as they explore the scary but true dark past of Clark County’s historic haunts. 10/9 – Pat Jollota’s Top Four Haunts 10/10 – Tales of the Cemeteries of Clark County 10/16 – The Haunted Streets of Vancouver, WA 10/17 – Dead Files of Esther Short Park & the Slocum House 10/23 – Haunted Camas 10/24 – Haunted Battle Ground 10/30 – The Vancouver Barracks Post Hospital 10/31 –…

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$10

Attic Institute: Successful Methods and Habits of Composition w David Biespiel

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

This workshop, led by Attic Institute founder David Biespiel, is the kind of study every writer needs, from beginners to the most advanced. It's an opportunity to practice successful methods and habits of writing that all writers eventually adopt. The approach demands a fresh unworking of your current practice for a day, so that you allow yourself a new, fresh approach to thining, imagining, noticing, and writing. Our focus will be almost entirely on making new pieces of writing with hardly any time dedicated to critique or revision. Included in your tuition is a signed copy of the tenth anniversary edition of David's book, Every Writer Has a Thousand Faces, with a Foreword by Chuck Palahniuk, which we will use as a "textbook" for the workshop. Register for this Workshop NOTE: To…

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$155 – $175

Writing Flash Prose

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

In this 2-day intensive participants will create a mini scrapbook of vibrant vignettes, short short stories that tell tall tales. Mini epics. Through a series of experimental exercises focusing on key literary and poetic devices, students will bust through standard forms to draft vivid snapshots of life. We will also dig deep. Go behind the scenes, explore and bring to light what lies beneath. This is a generative workshop for flash fiction or non fiction. All genres welcome. Access Program We want our writing classes to be accessible to everyone, regardless of income and background. We understand that our tuition structure can present obstacles for some people. Our Access Program offers writing class registrations at a reduced rate. The access program for writing classes covers…

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$95

Poet’s Essay

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

IPRC Creative Workshops for Winter 2021 will be held online via zoom, PST. Register here Somewhere between prose poetry and lyric essay there’s a genre of weird and brilliant writing I’m calling “the poet’s essay.” From Hanif Abdurraqib to Chris Kraus, this genre combines the imagistic musicality of poems with the argumentative structure of an essay. In this six-week generative course, students will explore and discuss examples of essays by poets and have the opportunity to generate work that follows different structures within this exciting genre. Reading list will/may include writers such as Maggie Nelson, Mary Ruefle, Eileen Myles, Joe Wenderoth, Claudia Rankine, Alexander Chee, and others. Open to writers of all levels. Students will leave the class with several starts and a greater understanding of…

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$225

Delve Readers Seminar: Nigerian Authors: Abi Dare and Akwake Emezi

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

This seminar focuses on two Nigerian authors who rely on the use of foreign languages in their work. In The Girl With the Louding Voice, Abi Dare’s pidgin (broken English) is used in the narrator’s voice throughout the story. Discussions will include topics around class, race and the roles of children as domestics in African culture. In The Death of Vivek Oji, by Akwake Emezi, we will explore the story about the freedom of expressing one’s sexuality as it pertains to Nigerian culture through their eyes. Texts The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Dare The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwake Emezi Delve Access Program We want Delve seminars to be accessible to everyone, regardless of income and background. We understand that our…

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$240

Write A Book: Fiction & Creative Nonfiction Workshop

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Write A Book: Fiction & Creative Nonfiction IPRC Creative Workshops for Fall 2020 will be held online via zoom, PST. *Waitlist Instructor: Michael Heald Wednesdays, 6:30 – 8:30 Nine students maximum (ages 18+) Class meetings: 24 (8 per term) Cost: $825 *2 spots available at sliding scale, BIPOC prioritized; email hquinn@iprc.org *2 spots available at no cost, BIPOC prioritized; email hquinn@iprc.org October 7, 2020 – June 9, 2021 This workshop will consist of three eight-week terms. Writers currently working on memoirs, essay collections, novellas, novels, short story collections, oral histories, and long-form journalism are all strongly encouraged to apply. Hybrid forms welcome. Over the course of 24 sessions, writers will work towards a draft of a manuscript in a supportive workshop environment. We’ll explore non-linear…

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$825
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