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Fandom PDX 2020

Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel 8235 Northeast Airport Way, Portland, OR, United States

Fandom PDX® (formerly Newcon PDX/Anime PDX) is Portland, Oregon's hotel based pop culture convention celebrating cosplay, video games, anime, tabletop gaming, comics, and "all things geek". Our twelfth event will take place at the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel on Saturday and Sunday: January 4-5, 2020. The event features an Exhibitor's Hall, Artist Alley, celebrity guests, video game rooms, CCG/RPG/tabletop gaming, panels, workshops, and much more. Details coming soon!

$20 – $35

Are Girls Turning into Killer Cats?

Multnomah County Library - US Bank Room 801 SW 10th St, Portland, OR, United States

Listen to the creative team of the Eisner Award–nominated comic book Man-Eaters talk comics, felines, and feminist agendas. Featuring NYT bestselling writer Chelsea Cain (Man-Eaters, Mockingbird), Lia Miternique (Man-Eaters co-creator), and 14-year-old contributors Eliza Fantastic Mohan (writer), Stella Greenvoss (artist), and Emily Powell (Haiku-writer-in-residence).

Free

Write to Publish Conference

PSU - Smith Memorial Student Union 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

Write to Publish is an annual publishing conference hosted by Portland State University’s graduate program in Book Publishing. It is the largest fundraising event for both the program and the student-run general trade publisher, Ooligan Press. This event serves as an open house for people interested in the publishing program, while also being a great networking event for local publishers and writers. Every year, we hold panels, workshops, and seminars about the latest trends in publishing, making it a great conference for writers and industry professionals alike.

$20 – $65

Longreads Club: Who was Qassem Suleimani?

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

READ THE ARTICLE: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/30/the-shadow-commander If you are paywalled, here is a cached version: http://archive.is/lJuYA In 2013, the New Yorker published a lengthy profile on Qassem Suleimani, the Iranian commander who was killed last week by an American drone, during his involvement in Syria's civil war. Although older than articles that we typically read, this piece has suddenly become very timely and useful for understanding what's going to happen in the months ahead. 10,580 words, about 45 minutes If you prefer to listen to the article, you can create a Text-To-Speech mp3 for free here: http://www.fromtexttospeech.com. The TTS is a robotic voice, but many people get used to it fairly quickly. The Longreads Club gets together every other week to discuss a long-form article focused on…

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Free

St Johns Salon: A Quarterly Conversation

Two Rivers Bookstore 8836 N Lombard Street, Portland, OR, United States

Hosted by Two Rivers Bookstore and moderated by Rebekah Courpet, this quarterly meetup is all about expanding our knowledge on selected subjects and practicing respectful communication to share thoughts and ideas with each other. We will announce topics and suggested reading lists a month prior to the scheduled meet up so everyone has time to educate themselves on the topic and form initial thoughts and impressions to be shared with the group (if desired). Come to listen, come to share, come to connect! First meeting: January 12th at 4:00pm Meeting Topic: Clothing and the fashion industry as it pertains to conscientious consumerism as a whole. Visit our website for the conversation reading list! https://www.tworiversbooks.com/event/st-johns-salon-community-connection%C2%A0-conversation-rebekah-courpet

Free

From Historical Trauma to Historical Wisdom: How a Generation Is Healing

Multnomah County Library - US Bank Room 801 SW 10th St, Portland, OR, United States

The Indigenous 20-Something Project began as a movement to heal Native young adults from the lasting impacts of intergenerational trauma caused by colonization. In this interactive talk, Shalene Joseph (A'aniih, Athabascan) and Josh Cocker (Ka'igwu, Tongan) will share their perspectives on the power of historical wisdom to create resilience, hope and community connection. Join us for Everybody Reads, Multnomah County Library’s annual community reading project.

Free

Rene Denfeld in Conversation with Stephanie Rose

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

We are thrilled to welcome Rene Denfeld to Books Around the Corner on January 16th at 6:30-7:30pm. Rene is the internationally bestselling author of the novels The Enchanted, The Child Finder, and The Butterfly Girl. Rene will discuss The Child Finder and The Butterfly Girl with Stephanie Rose, former librarian and owner of Books Around the Corner. Page Turner Book Club attendees of The Child Finder and/or The Butterfly Girl will have priority. This will be an intimate event so attendance will be capped at 15 people. To RSVP please come in and order a copy of The Butterfly Girl and/or The Child Finder or if you've attended one of the two book clubs already please let us know you plan on attending. Bring your…

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Nicholas Buccola in Conversation with Tony Wolk, James Baldwin Celebration

Broadway Books 1714 NE Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

Nicholas Buccola in Conversation with Tony Wolk, Discussing the Baldwin/Buckley Debate of 1965 Please join us at 7 pm on Thursday, January 16th, as we cap off our year-long celebration of James Baldwin with a conversation between Nicholas Buccola, author of the recently published book The Fire is Upon Us, and Tony Wolk, professor of literature at Portland State University. Buccola’s book focuses on the historic televised debate in 1965 between James Baldwin, civil rights firebrand, and William F. Buckley Jr., the father of modern conservatism. The topic was "the American dream is at the expense of the American Negro." The Fire is Upon Us tells the full story of the event, the radically different paths that led Baldwin and Buckley to it, the controversies…

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Diana Lo Mei Hing in Conversation with Horatio Law

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

Diana Lo Mei Hing was born in Hong Kong and spent her childhood in Guangzhou during the volatile run up to the Cultural Revolution. Her father fled with his family to Milan, Italy where Diana was raised. A well known abstract watercolor and mixed media painter, photographer, and poet in Italy, where she continues to exhibit, Diana moved to Portland with her American husband, also a fine arts photographer, in 2015. This is her first solo exhibition in the Northwest. Front Gallery Followed by a no-host lunch at the Red Robe Tea House Tickets: $12/General; $10/Members

$10 – $12

Celilo Collaborations: Sharing the Stories of a Place and Its People

Oregon Historical Society 1200 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR, United States

The Native fishing community of Celilo Village was in crisis following World War II. Large dams, highway widening, and federal policies of termination and relocation conspired to remove Indian people from a place their families had occupied for more than 12,000 years. Stepping into this maelstrom were two women from very different backgrounds. Together, they forged an alliance that made a difference. Flora Thompson and her husband, Chief Tommy Thompson, fought to protect fish drying sheds, fishing stations, and Celilo Village homes for decades. Joining her was Martha Ferguson McKeown, a high school English teacher, community activist, and author of several local histories, including two children's stories about the Thompsons. Their intertwined stories, as told by historian Dr. Katrine Barber, illustrate the importance of cross-cultural…

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