LitPDX seeks to amplify marginalized voices, and welcomes all, their ideas, their events, and their words.

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Calendar of Events

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6 events,

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A Poetry Reading by Fady Joudah

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Marc Janssen, Carolyn Martin, James Merrill

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Grief Rites Readers Series ~ April 1

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Dana Haynes

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Marty McConnell w/Beth Marquez and Jenna Marie Fletcher

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That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour

9 events,

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Poetry Workshop w/ Zachary Schomburg

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Story with Susan DeFreitas

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Alex Gino Reading and Conversation

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Caitlin Starling in Conversation With Sarah Gailey

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Rosanne Parry presents Last of the Name

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Molly Gloss

4 events,

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One Page Wednesday: April

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Laila Lalami

11 events,

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Portland Comic Book Month 10th Anniversary celebration at City Hall

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House Spirits: New Work By Coleman Stevenson

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Process – Group Exhibit of Local Cartoonists

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Accio Books Kickoff Party

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Slamlandia April Guilder Slam ft. Desireé Dallagiacomo

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First Thursday: Portland Experience

8 events,

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Risograph Basics with Kate Bingaman-Burt

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Leaving Richard’s Valley book reading and signing with Michael DeForge

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Black Feast: Narcissus, Featuring jayy dodd

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HOT MIC

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Katie Arnold

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Portland Story Theater: Urban Tellers Immigrant & Refugee Edition

10 events,

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Playwriting Techniques for the Specialist with Matthew B. Zrebski

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Intro to Screenprinting

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Fiction Workshop with Megan Kruse

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Kids’ Storytime

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Printdustrial! – Letterpress Open Studios

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Poetry Read Aloud

9 events,

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Printdustrial! – Letterpress Open Studios

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Cheese Beer Wine Cider: A Field Guide to 75 Perfect Pairings

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The Voice of Empathy: Jon Boisvert and Willa Schneberg

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Song Lyric Slam and Open Mic

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Broadway Books Spring Book Club Event

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Agencies of Change: DWP Poster Show

8 events,

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DWP 2019 Open House: Oblation Papers & Press

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Regional Arts & Culture Council Open House

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DWP 2019: Storytelling & Production: Insight into Oregon’s Creative Content Industry

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Amy Orazio and Omar Pimienta Reading

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Slamlandia Presents: Clementine von Radics’ Book Release

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SFF Book Group – April

13 events,

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DWP 2019: Designing your Story in AR/VR for Maximum Impact and Engagement with Frank Spillers

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Tuesday Memoir Writing with Christopher Luna

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Family Poetry Circle

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DWP 2019: Designing for the Ear: The Best of Podcasts and Audio Storytelling

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Poetry Workshop w/ Zachary Schomburg

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Black Place: Community Memory and Conversation

6 events,

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Get That Money: Tips for Comics Artists

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Design Week Open House featuring the Illustrated Works of Nan Pollard

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DWP 2019: Dungeons & Dragons & Design

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DWP 2019: Redesigning the Narrative

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Jacqueline Winspear, TICKETED EVENT

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SABRINA BENAIM – The Slumber Party Tour with Clementine Von Radics

15 events,

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Ooligan Press Presents: The Gifts We Keep Launch Party!

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DWP 2019: Beacon Quarterly Presents: No. 08 Nail Biter

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DWP 2019: Create for a Cause

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Slamlandia April Literary Arts Show ft. Kate Leddy

5 events,

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PSG Story Swap and Potluck – Open to the public

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Gobshite Quarterly # 33/34!

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Eric Flamm, Donald J. Mackie, Benjamin Lederer (Inkwater Press)

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7 Deadly Sins Presents: Andrew Dickson’s Kids These Days

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Unchartable Release + Reading

12 events,

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Intro to Letterpress: Two Day Workshop

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The Work Poetry Workshop: Saturday Edition

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Graphic Novel Event with Graham Annabel

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Corporeal Writing Workshop – Memory Space with Janice Lee: April 13-14

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Jeremy & Audrey Roloff

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HERE Humboldt by Black Life Experiential Research Group

8 events,

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Intro to Letterpress: Two Day Workshop

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Longreads Club: How the UK Lost the Brexit Battle

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Sketchy People Book Release w/ Caesar!

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Paulann Petersen

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Street Roots Vendor Poetry Reading

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Happy Hour with Mount Hood Cherokees

6 events,

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The Work Poetry Workshop: Monday Night Edition

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The Poet’s Toolkit Part 1: Sound – Kate Gray

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Gridlords Presents a Collaborative Comics Evening

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Damon Krukowski

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David Vann

9 events,

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Workshop: Jeanne Faulkner

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Portland Correspondence Co-op

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10th Annual Sewell Lecture Welcomes Julie Lythcott-Haims

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Mystery Book Group – April

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Liza Mundy

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The Moth: StorySLAM: Blunders

6 events,

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Mage: The Hero Denied release party and book signing with Matt Wagner

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MK Reed and Jonathan Hill ‘Wild Weather’ signing

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Jeff Alworth

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Judy Nedry presents Blackthorn

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Delilah Dawson & Kevin Hearne

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Ungovernable: The Victorian Parent’s Guide to Raising Flawless Children

8 events,

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Slamlandia April Picnic PDX Poetry Open Mic

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Sophia Shalmiyev in Conversation with Leni Zumas

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Washington County – Arthur Sommers

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Mystery/Thrillers Book Club

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Northwest Academy: Victor Lodato

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Mark Doten in Conversation With Justin Taylor

10 events,

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Phantom Drift Literary Reading

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Will Alexander Reading

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Cat Winters

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Dustin Morrow on Kathleen Turner

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Comedy vs. Tragedy #14

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Young Adult Book Club (Burnside)

12 events,

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Intro to Risograph Printing

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All-Ages Festival at the Mercado

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Classical Up Close

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Drag Queen Storytime with Poison Waters

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Marisa McClellan in Conversation With Martha Holmberg

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Peach Blossom Poetry Series: Stella Jeng Guillory

1 event,

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Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. Wayne Henry

5 events,

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Corporeal Writing Online – Queer Bodies/Queer Forms: Leaving Behind the Retrograde

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Poem-a-Day: How to Write a Connected Series

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The Trial of Lizzie Borden

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Tell Me A Story # 4

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2019 Oregon Book Awards Ceremony

6 events,

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The Coffeehouse Resistance: Book Reading/Q&A with Sarina Prabasi

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The Poet’s Toolkit Part 2: Shape – Kate Gray

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Ian Doescher

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COMIC BOOK Trivia Night hosted by the Radioactive Geeks

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Liz Scott

8 events,

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Poetry Practice Space

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PDX JAZZ: The Resilience of Jazz

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Hal Schrieve in Conversation With Caitlin Starling

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Don Colburn

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Readers Choice Book Club

7 events,

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Spring Cookbook Club – Books Around the Corner

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April 2019 SFWA Reading Series

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Poetry – Toni Lumbrazo Luna, Christopher Luna, Claudia F. Savage

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Valerie Brooks presents Revenge in 3 Parts

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Verselandia! 2019

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Steel on Stone: Living and Working in the Grand Canyon

8 events,

Spring Used Book Sale

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The Witnesses the Wayward & the Way with Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs

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Pre-FCBD Comic Book Giveaway!

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Corporeal Writing Spring Seasonal Workshop w/ Lidia Yuknavitch, April 26 – 28 *Sold Out*

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Roger Dunsmore, Jenni Fallein, and Isan Brant

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MIND & MOUTH Open Mic

16 events,

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Write to Publish 2019: A Writer’s Guide to Publishing

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Independent Bookstore Day 2019

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Independent Bookstore Day!!!

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Independent Bookstore Day at Vintage Books

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Independent Bookstore Day at Books Around the Corner

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“Comics in the Classroom” Workshops at PSU

11 events,

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Corporeal Writing Online – Soma & Sense w/ Brigid Yuknavitch: 4/28/19

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Longreads Club: I’m Writing You From Tehran

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Poetry Month Party!

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Nobody’s Fool: The Life and Times of Schlitzie the Pinhead

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Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. Bella

10 events,

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Garden+ Lecture Series: Christian Tagsold

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The Work Poetry Workshop: Monday Night Edition

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Indie Comix Reading

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Graham Hancock

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Liz Scott in conversation with Rene Denfeld

6 events,

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Children’s Book Week Read Aloud Pajama Party

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Niche Book Club: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

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Henry Thomas – CANCELLED

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Miriam Toews in Conversation With Leni Zumas

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Storytime for Grownups

7 events,

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The Poet’s Toolkit Part 3: Sense – Kate Gray

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The Nib “Empire” Magazine Issue Release Party

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Plonk presents Daniel H. Wilson and Stevan Allred

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SFWA Portland Publishing Happy Hour – May 2019

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Transmit Culture: Graduate Research Symposium

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One Page Wednesday

11 events,

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Slamlandia May Guilder Slam

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All Time Comics release party and art exhibit with Josh Simmons

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Deep Happening

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First Thursday: Book Art by Melody

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The Widmer Way – Jeff Alworth

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Chapbook launch: obsequies by manuel arturo abreu

6 events,

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Julie M. Albright

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Guy McPherson on Climate Change

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Spare Room reading: Julian Talamantez Brolaski, Phoebe Wayne, & Trevino Brings Plenty

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The Verse featuring Jonie Blinman

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Wolf at the Door

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Bill McKibben in Conversation With Adriana Voss-Andreae

14 events,

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Free Comic Book Day TFAW Portland!

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Intro to Letterpress: Two Day Workshop

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Star Wars Day! May the 4th Be With You

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Free Comic Book Day 2019 at Bridge City Comics!

6 events,

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Salt and Straw Ice Cream Cookbook

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The Voice of Empathy: John Sibley Williams and Paulann Petersen

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The Poisoner’s Handbook

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Deep Artwork 3D book release party with Pat Moriarity

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QTIPOC Draw Night

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Kiese Laymon