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Teen Time

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

Details TBA.

Free

I Never Knew There Were So Many Books About Us!

Multnomah County Library - Hollywood Meeting Room 4040 NE Tillamook Street, Portland, OR, United States

Come celebrate Black families and Black art with Interactive Science, Story, and Art Activities for grades K-2 and their favorite adult.

Free

First Thursday: This Magic Moment

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

Renée Staeck is an artist and illustrator based in Portland, Oregon. Her work celebrates the small moments in life where daydreams and magic reside. A lifelong love of nature, eastern art, and historical illustration inform Staeck’s eclectic aesthetic.

Free

Prix Fixe with Guest Chef Sami Scripter

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

Limited tickets available. Buy tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/prix-fixe-with-guest-chef-sami-scripter-tickets-98113182169 Hmong dinner hosted by the author of Cooking from the Heart: The Hmong Kitchen in America About this Event Menu Logans Chicken Curry Noodle Soup/Kraub Poob Jasmine Rice/Mov Stuffed Chicken Wings/Kooj Tis Qaib Nitim Stir-fried Garlicky Chinese Green Flower/Zaub Ntsuab Paj Kib Hi Chili Condiment/Kau Txob Ntsw Tropical Fruit Coctail with Agar-Agar Gelatin/Qab Zib Khov Txiv Hmab Txiv Ntoo The Event Author and Guest Chef Sami Scripter will prepare this meal for 10 guests who will eat together at the community table. Sami will be available during the main course to give a short talk and answer questions. Simple, earthy, fiery, and fresh, Hmong food is an exciting but still little-known Southeast Asian cuisine. We have gathered more…

$25

CANCELED – SFWA Portland Publishing Happy Hour – March 2020

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

Calling Portland-area publishing professionals, including writers (any genre), freelancers, editors, agents, publishers, designers, artists, and anyone interested in books and storytelling: Please join us for SFWA's 5th Portland Publishing Happy Hour! Held at rotating venues in and around Portland, PPHH is an informal gathering of the diverse creative interests that make up Portland's publishing and writing landscape. The meetups are sponsored by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), but you don't need to be a member to attend. The happy hours are intended as purely a social time with no fixed agenda, but a great place to meet fellow creatives in publishing fields in an informal atmosphere. Please register to join us at the Rose City Book Pub ; SPACE IS LIMITED.…

Free

Online: Coffee at Your Kitchen Table with Willamette Writers

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for coffee at your kitchen table with Willamette Writers Online! Warm up the coffeepot and get your cup — we’re ready for a coffee date with you online. Join us on Zoom for coffee and conversation. No reason — just connection. We will see you there! Details for joining online You can join us on your phone or on your computer. You do not need to have video, but it is helpful if you do. Log in a little early – sometimes it takes a second to load the online meeting on Zoom. You can click the link below on your computer or your smartphone to join. It will open an application: https://zoom.us/j/661140168 You can also phone call in to this number, and…

Free