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Spring 2020 Online: Strange Stories: Putting the Uncanny in Your Fiction

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

This class will take place online, using Wet Ink, a popular online platform for classes. Registered students will receive a link to access the class four days before it starts. A four week online fiction class. The unusual is thriving in contemporary storytelling. Maybe art is imitating our strange times. Looking at stories from writers such as Kelly Link and A.S. Byatt, we will consider how the strange can get us closer to the truth. Plan to draft two stories and discuss one of those stories with the class. Please note: Wet Ink is different from Zoom for online classes in that there is not a “live” option. Students do not “attend” class at a set time, but rather, access lectures, readings and other materials…

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$180

Virtual IPRC: Italic Scribe-in

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join Italic Calligraphy Club facilitator Jade Novarino for a virtual scribe-in. Zoom meetup link here.

Free

WW Online: Sharpen Your Wit with Tiffany Pitts

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Author Tiffany Pitts will discuss different ways humor can be used to deepen storytelling. She will break down comedic timing and how it is used to build or relieve tension within scenes, creating interest and gripping the reader. She will also look at ways it can be used to develop characters from one-dimensional names into complex heroes and villains. Participants should be prepared to take part in a short (3 sentence) writing exercise. Pitts is an award-winning author of speculative fiction. She’s also a freelance travel writer focusing on the strangest places she can get her family to visit. As a native of the Pacific Northwest, she enjoys dogs, rain, and beer. In her down time, she’s the thumbs behind the Vacuum Cleaner Defense League,…

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Free

VIRTUAL IPRC: Elementary Art Club

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Zoom meetup link here Sue Pezanoski Browne will be hosting Elementary Art Club meet-ups to lead young artists and writers through activities you can do at home. Sue has a list of fun projects listed at https://lafratneyart.blogspot.com and is asking students to tell us which projects they’d like to try together. Let us know in the comments of the FB event! Some supplies it’s good to have on hand: – old magazines – scissors – glue – plastic grocery bags – paper – pencils and pens for drawing – recycled cardboard boxes (cereal, crackers, etc.) – string/yarn – peeled crayons – watercolors If you’re in need of any supplies & in Portland, an IPRC staff member can deliver them to you! Email info@iprc.org.

Free

Two Rivers Virtual Book Club April

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

April's pick is The Friend by Sigrid Nunez A moving story of love, friendship, grief, healing, and the magical bond between a woman and her dog. To order: https://www.tworiversbooks.com/book/9780735219458 As always, please consider supporting our friends at 45th Parallel! Order for curbside pickup or delivery. https://www.45thparallelwines.com Liz Smith is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Two Rivers Book Club April Time: Apr 28, 2020 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/102894691?pwd=eDlCTU1qeVFpNUJzZDB5R3JIckJGZz09 Meeting ID: 102 894 691 Password: 567529 One tap mobile +16699009128,,102894691# US (San Jose) +13462487799,,102894691# US (Houston) Dial by your location +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 301 715 8592 US +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 558…

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Free

Delve Readers Seminar: Delve Online: William Gaddis: The Recognitions

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Before William Gaddis won the National Book Award for JR (1976) and A Frolic of His Own (1994), he wrote The Recognitions (1955), his ambitious debut novel. Its length and complexity are challenging, though it’s far more conventional in its narrative form than Gaddis’s later novels. The Recognitions is savagely critical of our capitalist society and culture, but it’s also a serious novel of ideas and very funny. A celebrated work of genius, it remains as relevant today as in the ‘50s. Delve Access Program We want Delve seminars to be accessible to everyone, regardless of income and background. We understand that our tuition structure can present obstacles for some people. We are happy to offer an Access Program which provides reduced tuition to qualifying…

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$220

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

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

This two week Delve meets via Zoom teleconferencing, Participants who register will receive information on how to log onto the Zoom meeting. “So it is with my life, a multilayered and ever-changing fresco that only I can decipher, whose secret is mine alone. The mind selects, enhances, and betrays; happenings fade from memory; people forget one another and, in the end, all that remains is the journey of the soul, those rare moments of spiritual revelation. 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…

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$75

Live Stream Reading: Kate Ristau: Shadow Queene

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

This reading will be streamed live. Event link to come! Annie Bloom's welcomes back local author Kate Ristau to read from Shadow Queene, the long-awaited sequel to the enchanting dark fairy young adult novel, Shadow Girl. Just when her dreams are about to come true, Hennessey’s world is torn apart. She is dragged into the Shadowlands, while Áine is forced into the light. But in a world of magic and darkness, where the fae whither and monsters reign, Hennessey finds a power all her own. She embraces the shadows and enters the endless night.

Free

Pomodoro: Writing Alone Together with Natalie Serber

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Writers, having trouble focusing? Getting words on the page when our lives are so topsy turvy can be hard. There’s newsfeeds to check, social media to refresh, bread to bake, tomatoes to plant, homeschooling and another zoom meeting/happy hour to attend. Enter the pomodoro, named after the famous kitchen timer in the shape of a tomato. This free event takes place on Zoom, using the “audio only” option. If you’d like to participate, follow this link to register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/upQlduqsrj4v-xYNxRuLuks78mGeEz44uA Each session is limited to 25 people. From your host, Natalie Serber: Each Wednesday, from 12:30 – 2:30, we’ll virtually meet for a focused window of writing and community. We’ll have a quick hello, share a prompt, then set the tomato timer to write together for…

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Free

VIRTUAL IPRC: Teen Poetry Time

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

*Zoom Meeting Link Here* Teen Poetry Time is a weekly creative space for youth to explore free form poetry in a supportive way. This virtual space we create together will consist of free writing practice, prompts, and opportunities for self-reflection. With the use of tools such as oracle cards, objects, sounds, and other people’s poetry we will generate writing that reflects our own unique voice. Come as you are, already writing, or curious to try. Let’s get free! Every Wednesday from 3-4 pm PST Briauna Taylor is a poet, youth mentor, and seeker of magic living in Portland Oregon. She is the facilitator of the ‘Mind & Mouth’ youth poetry programming and open mic series at local non-profit Marrow. Her practice and personal mission aim…

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Free
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