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The Write to Heal Retreat

Rockaway Beach 103 South 1st Street, Rockaway Beach, OR, United States

This is a rare opportunity to connect, share, create and constructively critique with other folks that can relate. Heal Write! Workshop Series and The Write to Heal Retreat is an open space that will inspire creatives to speak their truth to trauma. We intentionally design the environment to be safe, culturally competent, and collaborative. Registration is simple, space is limited. Participants in the The Heal Write! Workshop Series are eligible to recieve scholarships to attend The Write to Heal Retreat, November 1-3rd, 2019 in Rockaway Beach, Oregon.    We encourage writers of any genre, at any stage in their writing development to join an open space that inspires creatives to speak their truth to trauma.  There is no cost to attend the Heal Write! Workshop…

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$270

Jim Tilley and Cai Emmons

Another Read Through 3932 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for readings from Against the Wind, the debut novel from Jim Tilley, and Weather Woman, the latest from Cai Emmons. Against the Wind is an elegantly written story of relationships involving six principal characters, the strands of whose lives braid together after a chance reunion among three of them. A successful environmental lawyer is forced to take himself to task when he realizes that everything about his work has betrayed his core beliefs. A high school English teacher asks her former high school love to take up her environmental cause. A transgender adolescent male raised by his grandparents struggles to excel in a world hostile to his kind. A French Canadian political science professor finds himself left with a choice between his cherished…

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Free

Celebrating PS. The Wolves

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

Mark those calendars! In a little over two weeks we release our newest title, PS. The Wolves by @justinhocking (Justin Hocking)! Keep that spooky thing going for at least one more night after Halloween! Also reading will be the author of our recent title “Everyday Mythologies,” @joshuaamberson (Joshua James Amberson), pal and exceptional writer @karleighannebrogan (Karleigh Frisbie Brogan), and the author of “Pop” + the book-next-released “Exercise Poems,” @ourholyfather (Chris Maday) ! Come to @iprc_pdx on Friday, November 1st at 7pm!  

Free

Dog Is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You

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

Every dog lover knows the feeling. The nuzzle of a dog’s nose, the warmth of them lying at our feet. It really seems like our dogs love us, too. But for years, scientists have resisted that conclusion, warning against anthropomorphizing our pets. Enter Clive Wynne, a pioneering canine behaviorist whose research is helping to usher in a new era: one in which love, not intelligence or submissiveness, is at the heart of the human-canine relationship. Drawing on cutting-edge studies from his lab and others around the world, Wynne’s Dog Is Love (Houghton Mifflin) shows that affection is the very essence of dogs, from their faces and tails to their brains, hormones, even DNA.

Free

The Long Con Celebration

Books with Pictures 1401 SE Division Street, Portland, OR, United States

In celebration of the release of the second volume of the fan-favorite Oni Press series, The Long Con, creators Dylan Meconis and Ben Coleman come to Books With Pictures for an exclusive evening of signing and storytelling! Attendees will have the chance to purchase the complete Long Con saga for a special discounted price for one night only! Come celebrate the end of the 2019 convention season with us, and pick up the post-apocalyptic comic book inspired by the good, the bad, and the bizarre of con life!

Free

Beth Piatote in Conversation With Peter Rock

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

Beth Piatote's debut collection opens with a feast, grounding its stories in the landscapes and lifeworlds of the Native Northwest, exploring the unforgettable pattern of Native American life in the contemporary world. Told with humor, subtlety, and beautiful spareness, the mixed-genre works of Piatote's The Beadworkers (Counterpoint) find unifying themes in the strength of kinship, the pulse of longing, and the language of return. Piatote will be joined in conversation by Peter Rock, author of The Night Swimmers and Spells.

Free

Risograph Basics with Kate Bingaman-Burt & Outlet Assistants!

Outlet 2500 Northeast Sandy Boulevard, Portland, OR, United States

Welcome to the Risograph Basics, Collage Experimentation and Mark Making Extravaganza! Participants will take home and edition of 2-color 8.5x11 prints of your own design plus one print from all of the workshop participants (your own starter print collection!) REGISTER HERE! Come and get to know Outlet's Barbara the Risograph and her sisters Lil' Tina and Janet! Want to learn what Risograph printing is? Want to meet others who do too? Come and learn all about the basics of the Risograph in our two-color introduction workshop. The workshop will kick off with a Show & Tell of exactly what a Risograph can do with a printing demo, print and zine samples and a general exploration of how we can get the best results from this amazing printing machine.…

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$50 – $65

Reclaim your Voice: From the Page to the Stage w/Domi Shoemaker and G. Ravyn Stanfield: Nov. 2&3

The Corporeal Writing Center 510 SW 3rd Ave #101, Portland, OR, United States

Where: The Corporeal Center: 510 SW 3rd Ave, Portland, OR 97204 When: November 2 + 3 (Sat+Sun) 10-5p (*partial scholarships are available! please contact Daniel at registration@corporealwriting.com to inquire) Join us on this provocative and playful mind/body immersion into the heart of art spoken aloud. Are you carrying old stories about using (or not using) your voice? Do your hands shake when you are asked to read your work in public? Do you want to expand your vocal range and speaking ability through the power of shared creativity and a whole lot of fun? If you answer YES to any of these, this workshop is for you! Come awaken the power of your authentic voice in an incredibly supportive environment. We will guide you and help…

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$300

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 Saturday by Oge Mora.

Free

Frankenstein’s Comicbook Swap 17: Day of the Dead!

East Portland Eagle Lodge 3256 4904 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

Frankenstein's Comicbook Swap returns to the Eagle Lodge Saturday November 2nd! Buy/Sell/Trade comics, comic books, toys, cards, buttons, graphic novels, tpb, posters, magazines, records, hugs, drinks, popcorn, kids stuff. $1 entry 12-6pm Kids and elders Free! $5 early bird 11am-12pm We are also taking cans of food donations for the Oregon Food Bank. East Portland Eagle Lodge 4904 SE Hawthorne Blvd PDX 97215 http://www.frankensteinscomicbookswap.com/ https://twitter.com/FranksComicSwap https://instagram.com/frankscomicswap/

$1 – $5
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