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LitCrawl – A Live Storytelling Event and Surprise Unveiling

Kickstand Comedy 16 NW Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

Last year, we packed the room and had to turn people away. This year, we're coming back even stronger with a surprise unveiling...We've got 5 performers with a live house band, hosted by Jude Brewer -- at the start of the evening, we'll be making a major announcement. Our Performers: DeAngelo Gillispie Rick Hall Jennifer Robin Adam Strong Brianna Barrett Our House Band: The Colin Trio No cover charge. All ages.

Free

Kids’ Storytime

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

Join us for kids’ storytime. Today we’re reading Just in Case You Want to Fly by Julie Fogliano.

Free

Heaux Stories: Portland’s First All PoC Femme Storytelling Show

Portland Center Stage 128 NW 11th Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for the debut of Heaux Stories, Portland’s first all poc femme storytelling showcase. Created by renowned journalist and storyteller Jagger Blaec, this event aims to provide a sex-positive safe space that will foster intimacy and community by centering femmes of color through the empowering act of authentic storytelling. Doors at 7:00 PM. Event begins at 8:00 PM. ABOUT STORY TELLERS: ELINA LIM: She tells stories all across Portland and Asia. She has a pet snake. She is a heaux. Pronouns: She/Her/Hers/They/Them MONEL CHANG: Monel Chang is a sex-positive LGBTQIA+ advocate and in/discreet weirdo. Raised in Los Angeles and groomed by hippies in various intentional communes, Monel has come to Portland to enmesh social justice with somatics and medicine in a naturopathic graduate program…

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$35

Blackout Party feat. David Loftus

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

In honor of the fun we had last year when the power went out, we have established an annual blackout party. We will operate by candlelight, no recorded music. David Loftus will launch the evening with Story Time for Grown Ups, and then guests are welcome to play non-amplified acoustic music or simply enjoy a gentle, quiet evening.

Free

Stories My Mother and Father Told Me

Portland Chinatown Museum 127 NW Third Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Diana Lo Mei Hing My Childhood in Canton City on the eve of the Cultural Revolution Thursday November 14th 5:30-7:00 PM This event is part of our ongoing series Stories My Mother and Father Told Me, featuring artists, writers, and community elders. The series is sponsored in part by a grant from Oregon Humanities.* Tickets: $15/General; $10/Members

$10 – $15

Kids’ Storytime

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

Join us every Saturday for kids’ storytime. Today we’re reading Sofia Valdez, Future Prez by Andrea Beaty.

Free

TELLABRATION™ Performance One Ocean, Many Shores: Stories Real and Imagined from Around the World

Multnomah Arts Center 7688 SW Capital Highway, Portland, OR, United States

Told by Ingrid Nixon Sailors of long ago sailed the “Seven Seas.” But in truth we only have one ocean, one body of water that flows around our continents -- one body of water that essentially unites us all. Come aboard for a sea voyage with peripatetic storyteller Ingrid Nixon to explore stories and peoples of far-off shores. It’s an evening of folktales, true tales, myths and legends; after dipping your toe in this evening, the ocean will never quite feel the same. “These are stories I really love,” says Ingrid. You will, too. TELLABRATION!™ is a worldwide evening of storytelling: a network of storytelling enthusiasts bonded together in spirit at the same time on the same day. In 1988 the event was launched by…

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$15 – $20

Elizabeth Rusch Story Time!

Green Bean Books 1600 NE Alberta Street, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a special story time with author Elizabeth Rusch! She will be sharing her new book, Mario and the Hole in the Sky. Kids will also get to do a fun activity after the reading!

Free

Tender Table: Shilo George, Daela Muñoz, Michelle Week

Social Justice Action Center 400 SE 12th Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Please join us for an afternoon of stories and food by Shilo George, Daela Muñoz, and Michelle Week in Portland, OR. This event is being held at the Social Justice Action Center, a place to gather, organize, and build culture. ***This event is not ticketed*** ***Limited capacity, please arrive early*** Tender Table provides compensation to all presenters- thank you in advance for your donations. We suggest a $5-$15 donation, with no one turned away for lack of funds. We will accept cash donations at the door and through Venmo. Tender Table is a storytelling platform for women, trans, and non-binary folks who are Black, Indigenous, or people of color. We seek out narratives about the sweet, savory, sour, and bitter relationships to food and its…

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$5 – $15
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