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NEFP Benefit Raffle Drawing at Excalibur Comics!

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

We're gathering items the Northeast Emergency Food Program needs from October 1st through November 1st. For every item on the list you bring in, you'll get a raffle ticket. And then, on November 2nd, we're raffling away an assortment of incredible prizes, like: a Kurt Busiek signed script, Benjamin Dewey Comics & Illustration signed prints, Rogue Ales & Spirits and The Nerd Out gift cards, A Wave Blue World graphic novels, original art and MORE!

Free

One Year Anniversary Halloween Party

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

Join us for an all ages spooktacular celebration of reaching our year anniversary! We love Halloween and want to celebrate a year with all of you! We will have a sale ALL DAY! From 7-11pm we'll have our Anniversary Halloween Party! The sale will still be going on along with a costume contest, giveaways, festive music, and cupcakes. Stay tuned for more details as we get closer to the date!

Free

Our First Anniversary

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United States

We’re so excited to be celebrating our first anniversary! 2-4 pm Family party: puppy pinata for the kids, button making, and other entertainment for our younger guests 10 pm Dragon pinata for the grown ups Prizes and surprises all day and night! Drawing for the Golden Ticket winner! Nerd contest winner announced! Live music! Poetry! Gratitude! Great food and drinks, as always, shared with our unendingly charming and clever customers.

Free

Portland Stories of Change

Castaway Portland 1900 NW 18th Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Join us in celebration of our incredible Caldera Community at this year's Stories of Change! RSVP Here 2019 Portland Stories of Change Wednesday, November 6, 2019 Castaway Portland 1900 NW 18th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209   Cocktails & Art Exhibitions - 5:30 PM Dinner & Program - 6:00 PM   Please RSVP by October 1

$150

Community Day Part Two

Ladd Taphouse 2239 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Hey folks! Do you love Telltale? Do you always mean to stop and say hi, but then get sleepy and run out the door as soon as the show is over? Do you have questions, but then you get too nervous to ask? Do you want to meet the performers, but then remember that talking to strangers is hard? THIS IS THE NIGHT FOR YOU! November 7th, at Ladd Taphouse, from 5:30 until I get sleepy, we will be having our second ever Telltale Community Day. This is a low key, chill event where folks can come and have a lemonade/beer/sparkly water and eat nachos and say hey to other rad people. This is when we really get to bust out the “community oriented” part…

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Free

Telltale: Community Day Part Two

Ladd Taphouse 2239 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Hey folks! Do you love Telltale? Do you always mean to stop and say hi, but then get sleepy and run out the door as soon as the show is over? Do you have questions, but then you get too nervous to ask? Do you want to meet the performers, but then remember that talking to strangers is hard? THIS IS THE NIGHT FOR YOU! November 7th, at Ladd Taphouse, from 5:30 until I get sleepy, we will be having our second ever Telltale Community Day. This is a low key, chill event where folks can come and have a lemonade/beer/sparkly water and eat nachos and say hey to other rad people. This is when we really get to bust out the “community oriented” part…

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Free

First Thursday

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

In “Nurture vs. Nature,” Portland artist Jess Bronk brings new collections of watercolor, women, and dark dreamy landscapes in oil. Mysterious landscapes have long been a subject explored by Bronk. A couple years ago she began painting stern, resolute women, which for her has evolved into a many-faceted exploration of both homage and resistance.

Free

Friends of the IPRC Benefit Show

Village Ballroom 704 NE Dekum Street, Portland, OR, United States

6:30pm Happy Hour Set Featuring Marisa Anderson $25 Ticket includes 1 drink token & admission to the Main Show; Limited capacity 8:00pm Main Show Featuring Amenta Abioto, Brown Calculus, DJ Cuica $15 Get your tickets in advance here! Proceeds support the musicians and the community print shop & programs at the Independent Publishing Resource Center. We regret that this venue is not ADA accessible. Please contact info@iprc.org if you need assistance.

$15 – $25

OryCon 41

Red Lion Hotel on the River Jantzen Beach 909 N. Hayden Island Drive, Portland, OR, United States

https://orycon.org/41/ OryCon is Oregon’s premier, fan run, annual science fiction/fantasy convention held in Portland since 1979. All are welcome to this weekend celebrating Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations! We are a 100% volunteer based production of Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (OSFCI), which is a non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)3 corporation. For questions, please contact us via the Contact tab on the website above.

Free – $70

AMA: Ask a Magazine Anything

Oregon Humanities 921 SW Washington St #150, Portland, OR, United States

What’s the editorial process like at a magazine? How do creators pitch and market their work? What do magazines pay? Ask these questions and any others on your mind over free snacks and drinks at this magazine mixer that brings together the staff at various Portland-based online and print publications. Writers, artists, and readers will mingle, snack, and chat one-on-one with people from the editorial teams at Oregon Humanities, The Nib, and Vortex Music Magazine and Catapult’s marketing team about the publishing process. This event will take place at the Oregon Humanities offices at 921 SW Washington St. Ste. 150—accessible entrance on SW 9th Ave. Both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks will be available.

Free
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