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Intro to Screenprinting

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

Join us to learn about silkscreen printing! Learn how to create stencils, prep and process screens while gaining knowledge about tools, tips, and tricks for the photo emulsion process. You’ll have the chance to acquire best practices for setting up your print station, printing and registration while gaining practice with the medium. Our studio area uses only water-based silkscreen inks and is a primarily a non-toxic studio environment. Super Supporter* / includes 1 month Studio Membership: $200 Non-members / Includes 1 month trial Studio Membership: $150 Basic Members / Includes 1 month trial Studio Membership: $140 Studio Members:  $125 Sign up here *Supports sliding scale registration

$125 – $200

Speed Dating/Friending for The Dougy Center

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United States

Come to raise money for The Dougy Center, stay to find love (or maybe just a new friend)! Hosted by our amazing Albert, clear your schedule on August 27th at 7pm for a round of speed dating (and friending). Whether you're looking for a significant other or just someone you can send photos of your pets to, join us to help us raise money for The Dougy Center. Want to learn more about The Dougy Center? Click this link: https://www.dougy.org For tickets click this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/speed-datingfriending-for-dougy-center-tickets-423217834937?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

Free

Fall | Prose Poetry II w Ruben Quesada | Oct 23 – Nov 20 | Online

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Break It and Remake It This new course focuses on workshopping prose poetry and building on ideas from Prose Poetry I. We'll explore forms of prose poetry. Generative writing assignments will focus on storytelling, sound, and structure. Writing exercises will require more time beyond our time together. Students are expected to bring thoughtfully composed prose poems to every class for the workshop. Feedback is expected during the workshop and in writing. Zoom link provided prior to start of workshop. Teacher: Ruben QuesadaTime: Sundays, Oct 23 - Nov 20, 8 - 10am Pacific TimeLocation: Online via ZoomTotal Fee: Discounted Early Registration is due seven (7) days prior to the start of the workshop. | Discounted Early Registration: $219 (cash/check); $233 (Paypal). | Tuition Registration: $234 (cash/check); $248 (PayPal).

$219 – $248

Intro to Risograph Printing

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

In this 4-hour introductory course, participants will learn the basics of risograph (riso) printing and will leave with an understanding of how to use this print technology to create zines, fliers, posters, or other printed matter. While this technology is not new, riso printing has recently become one of the most exciting developments in independent printing and publishing because of its cost-effectiveness for print runs between 25 and 1,000. Workshop participants will learn how to best maximize the many quirks of riso printing to achieve striking results. Participants are also encouraged to bring files of artwork that they’d like to print (files should be 100% grayscale, letter or tabloid size). For more information on riso printing and the modern riso resurgence, check out the riso…

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$90 – $150

Community Art Day

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United States

Community Art Day is bringing people together to connect and create every 2nd and 4th Sunday from 2-6 pm. This free event is open to the public and features art classes, collaborative projects, supplies to do your own thing and a creation station made just for kids! There will be a different art form with support from a local artist every time.

Free

Open Mic Night & Chill

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

Save the Date!

Free

Elizabeth Weinberg in Conversation With Chelsea Biondolillo

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

As wildfires char the American West, extreme weather transforms landscapes, glaciers retreat, and climate zones shift, we are undeniably experiencing the effects of the climate crisis in more and more destructive ways. Climate change is impacting every inhabited region of the world, but there is much we can still do. Unsettling (Broadleaf) explores human impacts on the environment through science, popular culture, personal narrative, and landscape. Using the stories of animals, landscapes, and people who have exhibited resilience in the face of persistent colonization across the North American continent, science writer Elizabeth Weinberg explores how climate change is a direct result of white supremacy, colonialism, sexism, and heteronormativity. Travel through the deep sea; along Louisiana's vanishing bayous; down the Colorado, Mississippi, and Potomac rivers; and…

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Free

In-Store Reading: Sherry Fishman: Avraham and Mary

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

Annie Bloom's welcomes local author Sherry Fishman for an in-store reading from her new book, Avraham and Mary: A Historical Fiction of My Immigrant Grandparents. This in-store reading is first come, first served. Please be mindful of any store health policies that might be in effect on the night of the reading. Signed and personalized copies are available for order! Please, please, please include the name for personalization in the order notes; or indicate "signed only." About Avraham and Mary: A Historical Fiction of My Immigrant Grandparents: This is the story of my family, and a universal tale. It is a love story and a story of: persecutions and pogroms, a kidnapping, an encounter with Rasputin, crossing borders while hiding from officials, separations from loved…

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Free

The Moth: GrandSLAM Championship

Aladdin Theater 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland, OR, United States

The Moth presents the Portland GrandSLAM, a battle of wits and words - fierce, hilarious, heartbreaking and all points between. The Moth is dedicated to finding people from all walks of life to tell inspired stories. At The Moth StorySLAM, those people find us. On this night, winners from our StorySLAM series compete to determine The Portland GrandSLAM Story Champion.

$25

The Study and Practice of Autofiction

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

This course is for all levels of writers and readers; the only requirement is a desire to take a deep dive into the unique art of autofiction (autobiographical fiction). We will read and discuss excerpts from contemporary authors who write within the genre, such as Lucia Berlin, Tao Lin, Edouard Louis, Chris Kraus, Garth Greenwell, Zinzi Clemmons, Ayak Akhtar and others, in addition to weekly craft essays on the genre. There will be an opportunity to submit either one or two short excerpts of yourwriting (can be from a short story or novel-in-progress) to be workshopped during the. This course is generative, so participants should plan to submit at least 1500 words per week. Most importantly importantly, the goal of this course is to be…

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$285
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