Silver Tongued Saturdays: A Poetry Circle
Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United StatesCome and share your poems with us!
Free
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Readings
Rob Katsuna reading his 1-man play American Spirit
Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United StatesBeautiful, moving, totally worth coming to this show.
Free
Johnny No Bueno vs. The Last Stand
Wildwood Saloon 1955 W Burnside St, Portland, OR, United StatesOpen Mic Poetry, sign ups at 7:30. No guitars.
Free
Jane Kirkpatrick in Conversation With Craig Johnson
Online N/A, Portland, OR, United StatesClassically trained pianist and singer Natalie Curtis isolated herself for five years after a breakdown just before she was to debut with the New York Philharmonic. Guilt-ridden and songless, Natalie can't seem to recapture the joy music once brought her. In 1902, her brother invites her to join him in the West to search for healing. What she finds are songs she'd never before encountered — the haunting melodies, rhythms, and stories of Native Americans. But their music is under attack. The US government's Code of Offenses prohibits America's Indigenous people from singing, dancing, or speaking their own languages as the powers that be insist on assimilation. Natalie makes it her mission not only to document these songs before they disappear but to appeal to…
Free
Livestream Reading: Warren Easley: No Witness
Online N/A, Portland, OR, United StatesAnnie Bloom's welcomes back Portland author Warren Easley for a livestream reading from his latest Cal Claxton mystery, No Witness. Please register in advance for this Zoom event: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvf--uqDMvH9P-uEId5ogzubxmVBQwpVd7 About No Witness: Running a one-man law practice in the heart of Oregon's wine country, Cal Claxton hires a young, undocumented man as an assistant, hoping to give him an opportunity to create more stability for himself and his family. Timoteo Fuentes is a bright, hardworking student by day and Cal's legal clerk by night, juggling both roles with determination and grit. When one of Timoteo's family members is brutally murdered, the migrant community is reluctant to cooperate with the police investigation for fear of deportation. Devastated by the loss and nervous about engaging with the…
Free
Marilyn Johnston Poetry Reading
Online N/A, Portland, OR, United StatesMarilyn Johnston's poetry reading will be livestreamed on September 8, 2021 on the Ledding Library YouTube Channel. Marilyn Johnston is a writer and filmmaker. She has received writing fellowships from Oregon Literary Arts and the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund for Women, and was the winner of the Donna J. Stone National Literary Award for Poetry, a Robert Penn Warren writing competition prize, and the Salmon Creek Journal’s Flash Fiction Contest. She is the author of Red Dust Rising (The Habit of Rainy Nights Press, 2004), a chapbook of poems about her family’s healing from war, nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and a full collection, Before Igniting (Rippling Brook Press, 2020). She lives east of Salem, in the village of Macleay, and teaches creative writing in…
Free
Incite: Queer Writers Read – September
Online N/A, Portland, OR, United StatesIncite: Queer Writers Read is a curated, bimonthly reading series for Queer writers. Incite’s hope is to create conversation, connection, and greater understanding both within the Queer community and with other communities. Hosted by Vinnie Kinsella and Jennifer Perrine. The theme for September is “History Lessons.” Register for this event in advance. Alan Rose is the author of The Legacy of Emily Hargraves (2007), a gay paranormal mystery, Tales of Tokyo (2010), a modern quest novel based on his years of living and working in Japan, and a novella The Unforgiven (2012), a complex psychological thriller that explores the relationship between memory and guilt. Alan's most recent novel, As If Death Summoned, was published by Amble Press, an imprint of Bywater Books, on World AIDS Day,…
Free
Thom Hartmann
Online N/A, Portland, OR, United StatesIn his new book, The Hidden History of American Healthcare (Berrett-Koehler), popular progressive radio host Thom Hartmann reveals how and why attempts to implement affordable universal healthcare in the United States have been thwarted and what we can do to finally make it a reality. For-profit health insurance is the largest con job ever perpetrated on the American people — one that has cost trillions of dollars and millions of lives since the 1940s. Other countries have shown us that affordable universal healthcare is not only possible but also effective and efficient. Taiwan's single-payer system saved the country a fortune as well as saving lives during the coronavirus pandemic, enabling the country to implement a nationwide coronavirus test-and-contact-trace program without shutting down the economy. This…
Free
Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Returns to In-Person Readings with Featured Poet Jeffrey Morgan
Art At The Cave 108 E Evergreen Blvd, Vancouver, WA, United StatesGhost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Jeffrey Morgan Hosted by Christopher Luna and Morgan Paige 7 pm Thursday, September 9 Art at the Cave 108 E Evergreen Blvd Vancouver, WA 98660 https://artatthecave.com/ $5 Suggested donation Masks must be worn at all times to participate in this event. Open Mic readers may remove their masks while reading. The microphone will be sprayed after each reader. Statement on Healthy Spaces from the gallery: We want to provide a healthy space to enjoy art. We are practicing safety precautions such as regular cleaning, social distancing and mask wearing. We kindly request that you wear a mask and practice social distancing while visiting the gallery. If needed, we will limit the number of people in the gallery. Masks and…
Free – $5
Open Mic and Poetry Reading on Zoom
Online N/A, Portland, OR, United StatesOpen Mic and Poetry Reading a virtual event on Zoom. Co-sponsored by the Milwaukie Poetry Series and St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church. This event is postponed one week due to the Labor Day weekend. Our Featured Readers are our community leaders, names TBA. The Open Mic will follow their reading. Email Greg Chaimov at gchaimov@gmail.com to register. You will receive a zoom link prior to the event. Plan to read 1 or 2 poems depending on the number of participants and length of the poems. If time permits additional poems will be allowed. The event will be recorded and available for viewing on demand on the Ledding Library YouTube Channel after the event.
Free
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