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Rachel Carter’s Book Launch for Enduring the Cure

Angst Gallery 1015 Main St, Vancouver, WA, United States

Let's celebrate Rachel authoring and publishing her first book Enduring the Cure: My MS Journey to the Brink of Death and Back, a harrowing story of excruciating pain and limitless bravery on a mission bigger than herself. Join us for light refreshments and raffle prizes; books will be available for purchase and signing. Open to the public. If you have ever known someone who has suffered from the debilitating disease, Multiple Sclerosis, or any other chronic disease, you will be captivated by Rachel's journey and healing.

Free

Wordlights Poetry ft. Jordan Wilson-Dalzell

Rocking Frog Cafe 2511 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR, United States

Wordlights Saturday poetry evenings presented by NovaPDX, Rocking Frog Cafe and hosted by Igor Brezhnev. On Saturday October 12th, we'll have a feature from Jordan Wilson-Dalzell, two mini-features from Risa Mykland & Red O'Hare, and a short set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Jordan Wilson-Dalzell Jordan Wilson-Dalzell (she/her/hers) is a poet living in Santa Cruz, California. Writer was the first name she called herself. Words are her compass. She teaches radical social justice to the little ones in her life--striving to infuse her teaching pedagogy with intersectional feminism and teaching through play. Her life centers around activism, supporting grassroots projects and one day creating a school focused on hands-on multi-lingual whole child community-based learning. In her free time, she spends her time reading, looking up…

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Free

Mystery Box Social Dinner Party!

The Mystery Box Show Dining Room - Residential Home 9927 N Decatur St, Portland, OR, United States

Let's erase the stigma of sex being a forbidden topic of conversation! Normalization has always been a goal at The Mystery Box show. This elegant dinner party takes it one step further by allowing and ENCOURAGING sex talk at the dinner table! The evening will begin with cocktails and appetizers, followed by 2 courses and dessert, interspersed with a special screening and deep dive into some of the Mystery Box Show's most compelling sex-centric stories. All paired with wine and amazing conversation! We will be joined by the storytellers themselves- a real treat to be able to talk directly to their experiences. And who knows? Maybe the evening will inspire anecdotes and stories of your own! This evening will feature author Allison Moon (Girlsex 101)…

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$60

A Poetry Reading by Molly Spencer, Billie Swift, and Lena Khalaf

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

Molly Spencer will read from her Brittingham prize-winning book, If the house (University of Wisconsin Press), Billie Swift will read from Everything Here (Sibling Rivalry Press), and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha will read from Letters From the Interior (diode editions).

Free

Dovesong Labs Salon Series 003

The Stacks Coffeehouse 1831 N. Killingsworth St, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for our 3rd & most HAUNTED salon yet! featuring: Casey Rocheteau was born on Cape Cod, and raised as a sea witch. They are an author & visual/sound artist living in Detroit, Michigan. Rocheteau often works with primary documentation and collage in what they call a haintological practice. This fixation upon specters of the past haunting the present//living impact upon the future informs their work across genres. They are a Callaloo Writer’s Workshop, Cave Canem, and Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference fellow and, a former Writer in Residence at InsideOut Literary Arts in Detroit. In 2014, Rocheteau created the Shrine of the Black Medusa Tarot. Their second poetry collection, The Dozen, was released on Sibling Rivalry Press in 2016. Winner of inaugural Write A…

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Free

Laureen Nussbaum

Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education 724 NW Davis Street, Portland, OR, United States

To ensure that you are able to join us for the event, please rsvp for all guests. Guests who are walk in on the day of the event are not guaranteed seats. Laureen Nussbaum, talking about her book Shedding Our Stars, The Story of Hans Calmeyer and How He Saved Thousands of Families Like Mine.

$8

Daniel Poppick in Conversation With Lisa Wells

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

Winner of the 2018 National Poetry Series competition, the poems in Daniel Poppick’s Fear of Description (Penguin) tell the story of a generation in crisis: at odds with its own ideals, precariously (or just un-) employed, and absolutely terrified of seeing itself in the planet's future. Poppick will be joined in conversation by Lisa Wells, author of The Fix.

Free

Astral Somatica Book Release and Signing Event

Two Rivers Bookstore 8836 N Lombard Street, Portland, OR, United States

The ground-breaking activity/textbook entitled *Astral Somatica 1* offers a modern-day exploration into long lost methods of astro-physical analysis. As you, the reader, explore the curious nature of astro-physical analysis, may your interest be piqued to embody these concepts passed along by our fathers of modern medicine from antiquity until today. Many have consulted the astrological chart to understand the cyclical nature of health–following the pattern of the seasons…etc. Join the authors, Andrea Gehrz and Casey Cardoso for the official release and book signing event for Astral Somatica.

Free

Reading: Jacqueline Rothenberg

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

Jacqueline will read from her book Let’s Leave the Country: A Guide to Your Family Year Abroad.

Free

Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat Jordan Dalzell

Tiny's Coffee - NE MLK Jr 2031 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for another amazing poetry slam and open mic!!! This slam is a qualifying slam for the Women of the World Poetry Slam Finals. There is a 5 dollar suggested donation for this event but no one is turned away. We will have a feature from Jordan Dalzell! We will be at our venue, Tiny's Coffee Northeast! This means our show is all-ages! Everyone is welcome. We do not censor our mic except for instances of hate-speech. Please also note that we start a little earlier then at previous venues. Accessibility info: Tiny's is on the 6 bus line, which is a frequent service line. It is a quarter mile from the the streetcar line and about a half mile away from the max.…

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Free – $5
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