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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…

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$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…

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$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…

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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…

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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!

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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…

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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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Grief Rites April Virtual Reading on Zoom

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

April 19 roster: Uma Kleppinger Asha Dore Rebecca Smolen Ian Canton Bethy Ansa Meg Weber Hi loves! The link for Sunday's Reading ~ Looking forward to see you all! ♥ Please share W I D E L Y Topic: GriefRites Time: Apr 19, 2020 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71766678814?pwd=V29RSUQ5eU51L0dYZWIwRXR4REt1dz09 Meeting ID: 717 6667 8814 Password: 339810 One tap mobile +13462487799,,71766678814#,,#,339810# US (Houston) +16699006833,,71766678814#,,#,339810# US (San Jose) Dial by your location +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 253 215 8782 US +1 301 715 8592 US Meeting ID: 717 6667 8814 Password: 339810 Find your local number: https://us04web.zoom.us/u/fcwh4mvend

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A Virtual Open Mic

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for our first ever Virtual Open Mic! We will make a post on the day of the event for folks to sign up! You will have 3 minutes to read a poem! This event will be held on Zoom. We will post a link 15 minutes before the event for folks to join. You do not need video or microphone capabilities to watch but you do need at least a microphone in order to read. Since this will be our first go at this, there may be some kinks to work out so be patient. We are hoping to do a slam and have features in the future.

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