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Horror Book Club (Remote)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The Books Around the Corner Horror Book Club is led by the owner/librarian, Stephanie Rose, and meets monthly on the fourth Thursday of every month at 6PM. We would like to extend an invitation to all of our horror loving customers (RSVP is not required). Our book discussions aim to bring people together to talk about books in a safe and inviting atmosphere. Our meetings are lovely and inclusive; we invite you to attend. Come and enjoy a lively discussion about the chosen book with other readers. Our April (rescheduled from March) pick is The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty and we will meet on April 23rd. About the book: A powerful presence has taken possession of the 12-year-old daughter of a film star. The…

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Free

Live Stream Reading: Dana Haynes: St. Nicholas Salvage & Wrecking

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Annie Bloom's welcomes back local author Dana Haynes for a live stream reading to celebrate the paperback release of his latest thriller, St. Nicholas Salvage & Wrecking. A streaming link will be posted 1-2 hours prior to the start of the event. Michael Patrick Finnigan was a New York City cop and a US Marshal who figured out that following the rules doesn't always get the job done. Katalin Fiero Dahar was a soldier, spy, and assassin for Spain, who figured out that breaking the rules doesn't always get the job done. Together, they created St. Nicholas Salvage & Wrecking, a largely illegal bounty hunting operation based in Cyprus and working throughout Europe. Operating under the radar for the presiding judge of the International Criminal…

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Sanctuaries

The North Warehouse 723 North Tillamook Street, Portland, OR, United States

Gentrification in Portland and the city’s redlining past go under the microscope in Darrell Grant’s jazz-classical chamber opera, Sanctuaries, with a libretto by two-time National Poetry Slam Champion Anis Mojgani and directed by Alexander Gedeon. Focusing on personal stories from the Albina neighborhood, this latest site-specific commission challenges Portland as a community to truly listen to and acknowledge marginalized voices while addressing issues of white privilege, racial equity and inclusion, and economic disparity. Work DARRELL GRANT | Sanctuaries Creative Team DARRELL GRANT | composer ANIS MOJGANIi | librettist ALEXANDER GEDEON | director EZRA WEISS | conductor YUKI IZUMIHARA | set designer CARL FABER | lighting designer BRANIC HOWARD | sound engineer Vocalists DAMIEN GETER | bass-baritone EMMANUEL HENREID | baritone MARILYN KELLER | ITHICA TELL…

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Delve Readers Seminar Online: Free 90 minute Discussion on ‘The Falls’ by George Saunders

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

A free 90-minute Delve discussion on The Falls by George Saunders. Hosted by Christopher Zinn. The discussion is limited to 16 people and pre-registration is required. Registered participants will receive information on how to sign on to the Zoom meeting. “Boy, oh boy, could life be a torture. Could life ever force a fellow into a strange, dark place from which he found himself doing graceless, unforgivable things like casting aspersions on his beloved firstborn. If only he could escape BlasCorp and do something significant, such as discovering a critical vaccine. But it was too late, and he had never been good at biology and in fact had flunked it twice. But some kind of moment in the sun would certainly not be unwelcome.” —George…

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VIRTUAL IPRC: Elementary Art Club Extra Hangout

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

An extra hangout session on Fridays at 1pm for participants of Wednesdays’ Art Club! This is not a class, but Sue Pezanoski Browne will be facilitating. It is an opportunity for the kids to visit and make art with each other. The same Zoom code https://us04web.zoom.us/j/140942955 for both days. 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…

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Pediatrician Storytelling Night #2

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a unique and brand new monthly series hosted by an awesome group of local physicians. Please come listen–or share!

Free

The Tesla City Stories – Season 6 Premiere!

The Old Church Concert Hall 1422 SW 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

A monthly night of vintage radio comedy and drama — live onstage in Portland, Oregon! Straight outta 1944! Laughs! Chills! Romance! Danger! Booze! Eats! Cash bar! Live Foley! 1940’s live music! Prizes! Audience participation! Jealousy is the theme when The Tesla City Stories brings you a night of laughs and light-hearted intrigue on March 28th with all-new (for this century anyway) episodes of a pair of your favorite shows! Join us as we kick off 2020 with: March 28th, 2020 shows: New installment of “Blevins to Betsy“. Threatened by crooner Bobby Villanova’s attentions towards Betsy, Blevins takes comfort in the knowledge he’s still first in the hearts of radio fans. He is, isn’t he? “Blevins to Betsy” is a romantic-comedy set in the world of…

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$9 – $26

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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