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The 2020 Brazilian Literary Spring in the U.S.

Lewis & Clark - Gregg Pavilion 0615 SW Palatine Hill Road, Portland, OR, United States

The Printemps Littéraire Brésilien is part of a research and educational initiative that is also aims to promote Lusophone literatures around the World. This annual colloquium was originally idealized by professor Leonardo Tonus (Sorbonne Université) to promote and to expand the training of students in institutions of higher education. Since its inception in 2014, the event has become an important space for debates on Brazilian literature, fomenting new readings and enriching experiences around the Portuguese language. In the 2020 U.S. edition, readings and panels will take place in several cities across the country between February 16th and April 16th. The event is organized in partnership with universities and cultural organizations: Columbia University, Brown University, Indiana University, University of New Mexico, University of Washighton, Oregon Center…

Free

Spring 2020 Online: Starting The Story: Short Fiction workshop

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

This 4 -week short fiction workshop will focus on generating new work and simply getting words down on a page.  We will read excerpts, share just-written work aloud, and discuss assigned weekly readings together. We will investigate ways to unearth material together and share strategies for maintaining a regular writing practice. Participants will leave will many fragments and several starts for new work.  This class takes place through Zoom. Participants will receive instructions on how to log on to the Zoom meetings. Contact Susan Moore at susan@literary-arts.org if you have questions. SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE: Scholarships pay for the entire class tuition. All of our writing classes have at least one scholarship position available, made possible by a generous gift from Dennis Steinman. To apply, email Susan…

$175

Delve Readers Seminar: Delve Online: Still and Unstill: Objects and Landscapes as Human Metaphors

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

This Delve will take place online via Zoom. Participants will receive information about how to connect with Zoom online. This Delve takes place virtually, at the Portland Art Museum, and coincides with the exhibition Volcano!, which marks the 40th anniversary of the eruption of Mount Saint Helens. This Delve will explore museum galleries, pages of books, and the realm of memory, discovering commonalities in ways writers and visual artists recreate human experience through their hyper-realistic descriptions of material objects and natural places. Through a multi-sensory examination of objects, images, and texts, we will become fluent in this symbolic language of concrete detail. We will also look at various ways text and image interact, including how illustration functions as form of creative adaptation of a text, influencing our…

$220

Delve Readers Seminar: Delve Online: Memory and Ancestors: Paula by Isabel Allende

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

This class meets via Zoom teleconferencing, Participants who register will receive information on how to log onto the Zoom meeting. “What actually happened isn’t what matters, only the resulting scars and distinguishing marks. My past has little meaning; I can see no order to it, no clarity, purpose, or path, only a blind journey guided by instinct and detours caused by events beyond my control. There was no deliberation on my part, only good intentions and the faint sense of a greater design determining my steps.” – Isabel Allende, Paula   Allende wrote this memoir for her daughter Paula when she became gravely ill and fell into a coma. In typical Allende fashion, it is a work that accepts the magical and spiritual worlds, and…

$75

Booklover’s Burlesque: Bedtime Stories Series (Online Edition)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

"This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self pity, no need for silence, and no room for fear. We do language. That is how civilizations heal." - Toni Morrison Presenting the BOOKLOVER'S BURLESQUE: Bedtime Stories Series-- a series of video "readings" created by burlesque, drag, literary, & theatre artists from AROUND THE WORLD with the purpose of bringing a bit of joy, pleasure, and empowerment every day during this difficult time to anyone who needs it. These five to fifteen minute "Bedtime Stories" have been curated to represent the sex, body, and queer positive, inclusive, and feminist mission of Booklover's Burlesque and include a mix of genres, many sexy and titillating, others treasured…

Free

Wordlights Hour on Shady Pines Radio

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Wordlights Saturday poetry evenings, presented by NovaPDX & Rocking Frog Cafe and curated by Portland poet Igor Brezhnev, continue as an internet radio show on Shady Pines Radio. Huge thanks to Shady Pines Media for providing us with this platform to share our poetry. Tune in every Saturday from 6PM to 7PM at www.shadypinesradio.com to hear poems by poets from Portland and elsewhere. To submit your audio recordings of poems for our show send them to wordlightspoetry@gmail.com. Please introduce yourself, tell the listeners how to find your work online and read a poem or two, under 7 minutes. You can also submit your poetry albums to our collection to feature on the radio, if you do, please include a link where your album can be…

Free

Daily Book Talk with Stephanie

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join Books Around the Corner owner and forever librarian, Stephanie Rose, for a daily book talk. Every day (ideally around noon) she will share with you a few books or items every day that are new to the shop and that she's excited about. This will be only around 5 minutes so you all have time to watch! She'll also share any shop news and each day will have a different theme! Don't worry if you can't catch it live since you can watch it after on Facebook. All books mentioned are in stock at the time of the live. If you want to claim a book comment if you're watching live or call/email after the live video!

Free

VIRTUAL IPRC: Autism Art-in

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for the Virtual IPRC Edition of the Autism Art-in with Manta ‘Milya. Register for Zoom meetup link here: https://forms.gle/Ad4DDCSZWZViWf6j7 Autism Art-In Registration for Zoom Sunday, April 19, 2-3pm ~Zoom Virtual Meetup for Autistic Youth up to age 17~ Only supplies you need: paper and pencil, or whatever you have handy at home Please have guardian, caregiver, or homecare worker complete the registration if you need assistance. 1) WHO ARE WE? Manta ‘Milya is family of artists– Manta J, autistic teen artist (visual, music, video) and his mom, Mela K, aka Pamela K. Santos, conceptual artist and writer. 2) WHAT IS THIS? Mela K holds space for Manta J and autistic youth artists to make their own art at the same time, in a…

Free

True Crime Book Club (Remote)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The True Crime Book Club is led by the true crime aficionado Rachel Newton Cumley. We would like to extend an invitation to all of our true crime enthusiasts. Join us for the April meeting of the True Crime Book Club (rescheduled from March). This month's pick is The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. The story of two men's obsessions with the Chicago World's Fair, one its architect, the other a murderer. "The Devil in the White City" draws the reader into a time of magic and majesty, made all the more appealing by a supporting cast of real-life characters, including Buffalo Bill, Theodore Dreiser, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and others. We offer 15% discount off our book…

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