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For details regarding specific events please contact the organizers or venues. If you are an organizer or venue and would like to reach out to us please feel free to contact us or submit an event using our submission form. We’d love to hear from you!

Portland Correspondence Co-op

IPRC (Independent Publishing Resource Center) 318 SE Main Street #175, Portland, OR, United States

PDXCC is a monthly gathering where participants make and share analog correspondence in the great mail art tradition of Ray Johnson and Anna Banana: art and conversation through the mail. This uniquely democratic, DIY art form incorporates writing, drawing, collage, rubber stamps, faux postage, decorative tape, typewriters – anything goes, as long as it goes through the mail. Hang out, skill share and send the glorious results through the mail. Monthly events hosted by the Portland chapter of the Correspondence Co-op and Niko Courtelis. Basic materials will be on hand (scissors, glue sticks, envelopes’85), but you’re encouraged to bring whatever materials fuel your creative spirit. Free and open to the public, every third Tuesday of the month

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Breweries for Books 2019

Migration Brewing Company (Glisan) 2828 NE Glisan St, Portland, OR, United States

An event for all ages, with fun for children, families, and adults. · Free entry! · $5 for Trivia (with 50% of cash for the winning team) · 50/50 Raffle ($1 for 1 ticket; $5 for 6 tickets; $10 for 15 tickets) 4:30 – 6:00pm—Meet local children's authors Brian W. Parker and Josie A. Parker. They'll be leading craft activities for children and selling and signing copies of their books, including The Pawsons Move In, Obi The Changeling, and Darren Strider: Bumblebee Rider. 6:30 – 7:30pm—Trivia hosted by ShanRock’s Triviology 7:45pm—Raffle winner announced (raffle ongoing throughout the night) Remember, children are welcome at Migration until 8pm. A portion of proceeds during the event will be donated to us, so come hungry and thirsty.

Free

Third Thursday | Shelf Talker Party

Books Around the Corner 40 NW 2nd Street, Gresham, OR, United States

Celebrate Historic Downtown Gresham's Third Thursday with us! Join us for our Shelf Talker Party before or after checking out the live music, restaurants, and shop specials in the area! The Gresham Arts Festival kicks off this weekend. We are going to celebrate by writing shelf-talkers. Write a blurb about your favorite book and leave it for someone else to find! We pride ourselves in being a community bookshop for all ages and would love to include your recommendations!

Free

15 Paintings of Mother Foucault’s Bookshop

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

Closing Reception. After a year long residency, I created 15 portraits of Mother Foucault's Bookshop. All work done in plein air and is for sale. I will be playing good vinyl records and there will be a dance performance by my friend @sahrab. It will be a very unique, positive, and uplifting experience. There will be wine and other booze.

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Toast to New Charities on Tap

The Oregon Public House 700 NE Dekum St, Portland, OR, United States

You're invited to OPH for our Toast to New Charities on Tap! Help us welcome our oncoming partners: - Community Cycling Center - Greenspaces Restoration Urban Naturalist Team - Independent Publishing Resource Center - Proud Ground - Social Justice Fund NW - STEM Like a Girl All votes cast on 7/19 will count for double! And we will bid a fond farewell to our offgoing partners: - Community Alliance of Tenants - Portland Meet Portland - The Shadow Project - Sisters of the Road - Wild Diversity - Write Around Portland

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Future Feels 2030 – Launch Party

Outlet 2500 Northeast Sandy Boulevard, Portland, OR, United States

Come by Outlet on July 20th from 6-9pm to celebrate the launch of Grace Mervin’s (@endoplasmic_reticulum) pop-up collaborative exhibit @futurefeels2030, as well as the release of the second edition of the book they wrote & self published about climate change & the future. There will be beverages, snacks, wonderful humans & plenty of feels! Please BYO cup so we can reduce waste! This project is entirely self funded, any & all support is greatly appreciated.

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Bookish Happy Hour at Vertigo Brewing

Vertigo Brewing 21420 NW Nicholas Ct, Hillsboro, OR, United States

Have a drink and chat about books with fellow book lovers at Vertigo Brewing every fourth Tuesday this summer! Share what you've been reading, get ideas for what to read next, and talk about the latest bookish news. This event is 21+.

Free

Marvels Epilogue release with Kurt Busiek

Excalibur Comics 2444 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

Come join legendary writer Kurt Busiek at your friendly neighborhood Excalibur Comics for the release of the Marvels Epilogue! 5:30-8 PM on July 24th! Don't miss this event decades in the making! An all-new standalone epilogue to the classic MARVELS graphic novel written by Kurt Busiek and fully-painted by Alex Ross! A "Marvels" look at the "all-new, all-different" X-Men of the 1970s. In this 16-page story, Alex and Kurt bring Marvel's world to brilliant, realistic life one last time, as the now-retired Phil Sheldon and his daughters, in Manhattan to see the Christmas lights, find themselves in the middle of a clash between the outsider heroes and the deadly Sentinels, giving them a close-up perspective on the mutant experience. Also featuring a behind-the-scenes look at…

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Harry Potter Happy Hour

Books Around the Corner 40 NW 2nd Street, Gresham, OR, United States

Before we have our all ages party on Harry's actual birthday we thought we'd kick off his celebration with some magical libations. While supplies last!

Free

The Ultimate Harry Potter Birthday Party

Books Around the Corner 40 NW 2nd Street, Gresham, OR, United States

Celebrate Harry Potter's birthday with us for this all ages! We'll have themed activities, time to work on your quidditch moves, be sorted into a house, and so much more! Come dressed in your best wizarding (or muggle) clothes. Best dressed receives a magical prize! We'll also conjure up a Potter-inspired menu! This is an all ages FREE event!

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