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Pop-Up Magazine – Spring Issue 2019

Revolution Hall 1300 SE Stark St, Portland, OR, United States

A night of true stories, documentary films, photography, and radio from some of our favorite writers, performers, and musicians. Unrecorded, live onstage. Pop-Up Magazine is a live magazine, created for a stage, a screen, and a live audience. Each evening is unique, but here are a few things to look forward to: Some of the country’s most interesting writers, filmmakers, photographers, radio producers, and illustrators share new, true stories onstage. Stories come to life on a giant screen filled with photographs, films, illustrations, and animations. Story soundtracks are composed and performed live onstage by Magik*Magik Orchestra. Curious, creative people come to see old friends and meet new ones. Venues like BAM Howard Gilman Opera House in New York, Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, and The…

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$29

SFF Book Group – May

Annie Bloom's Books 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR, United States

This month our book is Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone. The Science-Fiction and Fantasy book group meets once a month to discuss works in this broad and varied category. All are welcome for the discussion.

Free

A Deadly Wind: The 1962 Columbus Day Storm

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

John Dodge’s A Deadly Wind (Oregon State) is a detailed account of the most powerful windstorm in recorded history to strike the West Coast. The Columbus Day Storm of Oct. 12, 1962, was a freak of nature, with deadly winds topping 100 miles per hour. The storm killed dozens, injured hundreds, damaged more than 50,000 homes, and leveled enough timber to build one million homes. A Deadly Wind tells the story spiced with human drama, Cold War tension, and Pacific Northwest history.

Free

Green Buddhism: Practice and Compassionate Action in Uncertain Times

Powell's Books on Hawthorne 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

With species rapidly disappearing and global temperatures rising, there is more urgency than ever to act on the ecological crises we face. Leading Buddhist environmentalist Stephanie Kaza has spent her career exploring the intersection of religion and ecology. In Green Buddhism (Shambhala), she offers guidance on how people and communities can draw on Buddhist concepts and practices to live more sustainable lives on our one and only home. Kaza will also present Conversations With Trees (Shambhala), a collection of evocative meditations on the beauty, fragility, and resilience of trees.

Free

No Adults Allowed Teen Book Club

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

This book club is for teens only. No adults allowed! It will be led by teens who attend. The club will start as a book talk book club. Teens can bring the book or books they've been reading and discuss with other group members. At the first meeting the teens will decide if they like that format or if they want to pick a specific book to discuss for the next month. If a specific book is picked it will be available for 15% off! We want this to be a safe space for teens to read, write, discuss, and of course have snacks which will be provided!

Free

Garden+ Lecture Series: Balazs and Botond Bognar

Portland Japanese Garden 611 SW Kingston Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Balazs and Botond Bognar present a public lecture at the Garden to mark the launch of their new book, Kengo Kuma: Portland Japanese Garden (Rizzoli, 2019). Come join us on the Garden’s beautiful Overlook to hear the story of the creation of the Garden’s Cultural Village and the inspiration it took from Japan’s monzen-machi, the small settlements built in front of gates or shrines. The conversation will touch on the Japanese tradition of dwelling in harmony with nature, the Garden’s evolution into a world-renowned Japanese cultural organization, and the bold vision shared across the Pacific that moved the project forward to fruition. The evening will be a chance to learn firsthand about the elements and features in the Cultural Village and their ancient lineage in…

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$15

2019 Orpheus

Fort Vancouver High School 5700 East 18th Street, Vancouver, WA, United States

Featured writers: Ash Good, Celeste Gurevich, Nastashia Minto, Skyler Reed

Free

Collage Night

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

Join us for the return of Collage Night, on the second Tuesday of the month. Glue sticks, scissors and collage materials will be provided. Free and open to the public.

Free

Pop-Up Magazine – Spring Issue 2019

Revolution Hall 1300 SE Stark St, Portland, OR, United States

A night of true stories, documentary films, photography, and radio from some of our favorite writers, performers, and musicians. Unrecorded, live onstage. Pop-Up Magazine is a live magazine, created for a stage, a screen, and a live audience. Each evening is unique, but here are a few things to look forward to: Some of the country’s most interesting writers, filmmakers, photographers, radio producers, and illustrators share new, true stories onstage. Stories come to life on a giant screen filled with photographs, films, illustrations, and animations. Story soundtracks are composed and performed live onstage by Magik*Magik Orchestra. Curious, creative people come to see old friends and meet new ones. Venues like BAM Howard Gilman Opera House in New York, Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, and The…

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$29

Jeffery Deaver

Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, OR, United States

From Jeffery Deaver, the master of suspense, comes the first novel in a thrilling new series. A young woman has gone missing in Silicon Valley and her father has hired Colter Shaw to find her. The son of a survivalist family, Shaw is an expert tracker. But what seems a simple investigation quickly thrusts him into the dark heart of America’s tech hub. The Never Game (G. P. Putnam’s Sons) proves once more why “Deaver is a genius when it comes to manipulation and deception” (AP).

Free
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