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Comics and Zines for Middle Schoolers

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

9am-12pm (Breakfast and snacks provided) What better place to learn about comics and zines than the region’s largest Zine Library? Using the library as inspiration, youth will have workshops in character development, layout, lettering, inking & coloring, and risograph printing. They will produce several original comics and zines by the end of the week. Space for 12 youth – aged 11-14; $200/week (partial and full scholarships available – email showtell@iprc.org)

$200

Ulysses Support Group (Book Club)

T.C. O'Leary's 2926 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR, United States

Everyone welcome! ⁣😊 ⁣ The next cycle of the Ulysses Support Group will begin on Monday, July 15th from 6-8pm. ⁣ ⁣ This relaxed group of readers will meet weekly in the snug with the goal of finishing the novel by next Bloomsday (June 16, 2020). ⁣ ⁣ No need to be experienced in reading Joyce, but please bring your own copy of the book (any edition is fine). 📖

Free

Emperors of the Deep

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

From the Jaws blockbusters to Shark Week, we are conditioned to see sharks as terrifying, cold-blooded underwater predators. But as Safeguard the Seas founder William McKeever reveals, sharks are evolutionary marvels essential to maintaining a balanced ecosystem. We can learn much from sharks, he argues, and our knowledge about them continues to grow. In his groundbreaking new book, Emperors of the Deep (HarperOne), the documentarian and conservationist dispels misplaced fears and corrects common misconceptions, exploring in depth the secret lives of sharks – magnificent creatures who play an integral part in maintaining the health of the world’s oceans and ultimately the planet. McKeever goes back through time to probe the shark’s prehistoric secrets and how it has become the world’s most feared and misunderstood predator,…

Free

Oh Word!?: a Creative Writing Workshop on Poetry & Media

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

Oh Word!? is a generative & developmental workshop space where writers will bring both original work & create new work from found & provided materials. Each session will feature a creative exercise & dedicated workshop time for works in progress. Structurally, we will be navigating media, poetics & the digital landscapes of which we attempt to make sense. Works created or completed in the workshop sessions will be collected into a small bound zine & participating writers would be invited to read a public installation. Dates: Mondays 7-9pm July 15th – August 12th Class Capacity: 10 Price: Sliding scale $25-50* Audience: QTBIPOC Instructor: jayy dodd *2 scholarships spots available. To inquire about scholarships email hquinn@iprc.org

$25 – $50

Erik Davis

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

A study of the spiritual provocations to be found in the work of Philip K. Dick, Terence McKenna, and Robert Anton Wilson, Erik Davis’s High Weirdness (MIT) charts the emergence of a new psychedelic spirituality that arose from the American counterculture of the 1970s. These three authors changed the way millions of readers thought, dreamed, and experienced reality – but how did their writings reflect, as well as shape, the seismic cultural shifts taking place in America? In High Weirdness, Davis – America's leading scholar of high strangeness – examines the published and unpublished writings of these vital, iconoclastic thinkers, as well as their own life-changing mystical experiences. Davis explores the complex lattice of the strange that flowed through America's West Coast at a time…

Free

Story Time for Grownups

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

Dorothy Parker was born on August 22, 1893. In honor of her August birthday, David Loftus will read from the work of the woman with the pen dipped in acid. David Loftus reads from the stories, poems, and witticisms of Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker was born on August 22, 1893. In honor of her August birthday, David Loftus will read from the work of the woman with the pen dipped in acid. If you recognize the couplet “Men seldom make passes/At girls who wear glasses” or the truism “Living well is the best revenge,” then you’re hearing Dorothy Parker. Poet, critic, short story writer, and two-time Academy Award nominee for her screenplays (including co-authorship of the 1937 version of A Star Is Born), she remains…

Free

Teen Book Club

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

This book club is ran by the teens who attend. No adults allowed. The teens have chosen Speed of Life by J.M. Anthony this month. Impoverished eighteen-year-old Crystal and her twin make a pact to raise their baby together and create a better life for them all. But when an opportunity arises to go to college to learn to restore classic cars, Crystal is left with a difficult choice: follow her dreams or stay behind and honor her promise. Available at a 15% discount to order if you plan on attending the book club. Email us to order it or come in!

Free

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club

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

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club will alternate monthly between Science Fiction and Fantasy. August will be a Fantasy Pick. We will discuss The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins. After she and a dozen other children found them being raised by "Father," a cruel man with mysterious powers, Carolyn and her "siblings" begin to think he might be God. When Father disappears, they square off against each other to determine who will inherit his library, which may hold the power to all Creation. As Carolyn gathers the tools she needs for the battle to come she has a plan. The only trouble is that in the war to make a new God, she's forgotten to protect the things that make her human ... Available at a…

Free

Passing Our Stories Down: A Mandarin/English Bilingual Workshop

APANO Office 2788 SE 82nd Ave, Ste 203, Portland, OR, United States

Passing Our Stories Down: A Mandarin/English Bilingual Creative Writing Workshop with Write Around Portland When: Tuesday, August 13th, 6-8pm Where: APANO Office, 2788 SE 82nd Ave "Do you have stories to pass on to the next generation? Have you ever wanted to write these stories down?" Based on the acclaimed Write Around Portland model, this workshop provides 2-hours of guided writing time for English and/or Mandarin speaking individuals, with opportunities for sharing and feedback. Open to all levels of writers. For more information about Write Around Portland, visit writearound.org.

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