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Leaving Richard’s Valley book reading and signing with Michael DeForge

Floating World Comics 1223 Lloyd Center, Portland

Join Michael DeForge for a reading and book signing to launch Leaving Richard’s Valley, his new graphic novel. Leaving Richard’s Valley documents a group of forest creatures attempting to survive in the big city after being forced out of their cultish community.  What unfolds is an entertaining meditation on the meaning of community and the many forms it takes. WHO: Michael DeForge WHAT: Leaving Richard’s Valley book reading and signing WHEN: Friday April 5th, 6-8pm WHERE: Floating World Comics, 400 NW Couch St. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Michael DeForge was born in 1987 and has written eight books including Ant Colony, First Year Healthy, Big Kids, and Sticks Angelica. He has been a celebrity judge for the Midland Buttertart Festival. He is currently on a treadmill.

Free

Katie Arnold

Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton

In the tradition of Wild and H Is for Hawk, Outside magazine writer Katie Arnold tells her story – of fathers and daughters, grief and renewal, adventure and obsession, and how running saved her life. When Arnold’s father died of cancer, she was forced to confront her own mortality. Running Home (Random House) is a memoir about the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of our world – the stories that hold us back, and the ones that set us free. Mesmerizing, transcendent, and deeply inspiring, Running Home is a book for anyone who has been knocked over by life, or feels the pull of something bigger within themselves.

Free

HOT MIC

Woodlawn MIC 1425 NE Dekum St, Portland

In February, two Black women organizers were unexpectedly laid off in an attempt to quietly dissolve the radical organizing collective, The Woodlawn MIC. Located in the heart of NE Portland’s historically Black, and heavily gentrified Woodlawn neighborhood, The Woodlawn MIC is the city’s only space dedicated to the preservation of local, progressive, Black- and Brown-led community organizations. Since 2017, The MIC has been returning space, place, power, and resources directly to BIPOC communities and organizers, by circumventing structural accessibility gaps that limit our ability to organize ourselves, create our own solutions, and build within our own communities. HOT MIC is an open mic & fundraiser presented by Gentrification is WEIRD! for these women extending themselves to keep the collective running and make Portland a better…

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Free – $10

The Widmer Way: How Two Brothers Led Portland’s Craft Beer Revolution

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland

Portland didn't always have a wildly successful craft brew scene. Someone had to be daring enough to innovate, and the Widmer brothers were just the men for the job. Written by Portland beer guru Jeff Alworth, The Widmer Way (Ooligan Press) chronicles Kurt and Rob Widmer’s journey from humble homebrewers to craft beer pioneers and purveyors of the iconic Widmer Brothers Hefeweizen.

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