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2 events,

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Powell’s Books presents Senator Jeff Merkley

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Lauren Acampora in Conversation With Cari Luna

3 events,

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Queer Nature/Nurture: Readings, performances, and a screening

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Rick Moody

6 events,

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Poetry Practice Space

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Summer 2019: Read Your Work in Public!

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Books Around the Corner Book Club

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Susan Steinberg in Conversation With Leni Zumas

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Lemon World 7

5 events,

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Submission Deadline: Future Prairie: Performance Proposals

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Queer PDXpression

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Reading: Bryan Denson: The Unabomber

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Southern Oregon Beer: A Pioneering History

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Pok Pok Noodles: Recipes From Thailand and Beyond

3 events,

End of Summer Sale

End of Summer Sale

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Young Adult Book Club (Burnside)

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Open Mic: MIND & MOUTH (all ages)

4 events,

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Submission Deadline: The Masters Review Short Story Award for New Writers

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TFAW Book Club w/ Cat Farris!

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Wordlights: Saturday Poetry Evenings

6 events,

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Longreads Club: LGBTI Asylum Seekers in Africa

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Intro to Hand-Drawn Animation: Two Day Workshop

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The Trauma Cleaner

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Poetry Slam and Open Mic

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Delve Seminar: Escape from the Dollhouse

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QTIPOC Draw Night

1 event,

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Submission Deadline: Portland Review: LABOR Anthology

1 event,

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Submission Deadline: Portland Review: Verna Marion Nugent Chapbook Contest

5 events,

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One Page Wednesday: September

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Apple, Tree: Writers on Their Parents

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Lisa Congdon

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LEMON WORLD 8

9 events,

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Deadline: Jolabokaflod Application

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Pageturners Author Visit: Stevan Allred

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PROCYON II book release with Karissa Sakumoto

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Slamlandia Sept. Rocking Frog Slam ft. Stephanie Dogfoot

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Chronicles of a Blessed Man – Paul Haber

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5 events,

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BwP Book Club: Pretty Deadly: The Rat #1

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2019 Comics Certificate Program Graduation

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Lydia Kiesling in Conversation With Meaghan O’Connell

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The Tesla City Stories – Fall Spectacular

8 events,

Steamroller Printing

Steamroller Printing

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Intro to Risograph Printing

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Kids’ Storytime With Sheela Preuitt

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Aron Nels Steinke

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Mary H. K. Choi in Conversation With Laini Taylor

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Fall 2019: Memoir Accountability

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Wordlights Poetry ft. David McIntire

+ 1 More

9 events,

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Submission Deadline: Creative Nonfiction (CNF) Studio | Sep 26 – Dec 19

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Rene Denfeld – Writing from the Margins: September 8

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Fall 2019: Building A Writing Habit

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Portland — Weird. Wonderful. Bizarre.

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Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. Stephanie Dogfoot

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Randall Munroe

+ 2 More

5 events,

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Free Range Poetry: Amy Baskin, Nastashia Minto, Melissa Poulin

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Mallory Smith: A Reading from her Memoir by Diane Smith

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Jane Kirkpatrick

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Grief Rites Readers Series ~ September 9

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Emily Nagoski

10 events,

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Collage Night

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Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club

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Pageturners Author Visit: Katie Grindeland

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In Conversation: Spencer Ellsworth & Fonda Lee

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From Chaos to Creativity Tour

+ 4 More

7 events,

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GRUMBLE book signing with writer Rafer Roberts

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Pageturners Author Visit: Rudy Owens

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Caroline Kurtz

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Delve Seminar: Mid-Century Moderns: The Poetry of Robert Frost and Wallace Stevens

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Incite: Queer Writers Read

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LEMON WORLD 9

+ 1 More

16 events,

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Teen Book Club

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Slamlandia September Literary Arts Show ft. Jane Belinda

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Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Joannie Stangeland

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Well-Read Black Girl Book Club

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For Colored Folks

+ 10 More

7 events,

Rose City Comic Con

Rose City Comic Con

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Rocking Frog Cafe Open Mic

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Slamlandia House Show – ft. Danielle Estelle Ramsay & Fitz

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D.J. Butler, Christopher Husberg & Christopher Ruocchio

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Inkwater Authors Night – Henry Alley, Peter Swan, Erik L. Welchoff

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Live Podcast Recording with the Dark Exact

16 events,

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Intro to Screenprinting

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Fall 2019: Grief and the Lyric Essay

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Wendy Ortiz – The Nonfictional Body: Sept. 14

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Autumn Moon Festival: Storytime with Carol Gwo

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Fall 2019: Writing the Novel: 9 Months Intensive

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Kids’ Storytime With Matt Myers

+ 9 More

12 events,

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Fall 2019: September Writer of Color Sunday Morning Workshop

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Hum and Swish Story Time with Matt Myers

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Longreads: How Saudi Arabia Makes Dissidents Disappear

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The Adoption – David Schein

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Fall 2019: Memoir Boot Camp

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Grace Paley’s Life Stories with Judith Arcana

+ 5 More

6 events,

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Fall 2019: Short Story Master Class

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Fall 2019: Writing a Novel in 8 Weeks

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An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People

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What It Means to Be Moral

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Writing the Poem Workshop w Ashley Toliver | Sep 16 – Oct 14

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Story Time for Grown Ups with David Loftus

11 events,

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Intro to Flash Nonfiction w Brian Benson

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Portland Correspondence Co-op

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April Henry & Carolyn O’Doherty

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Reading: Jack Moody: Dancing to Broken Records

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Fall Cookbook Club

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Whitenoise Project 22 + Caldera

+ 5 More

10 events,

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All Pinxy All Stars at Milepost 5

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Fall 2019: Read Your Work in Public! September

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Gabby Rivera in Conversation With Tehlor Kay Mejia

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Molly Gloss

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The Immigrant Story Live

+ 4 More

17 events,

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Pirate (and Potty!) Story Time with Dawn Prochovnic

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5 x 5

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An Evening with Dan Rather

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Author Event: Don Merrill

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Westside Writing Group

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Front Porch Sessions at The Alberta Street Pub

+ 11 More

8 events,

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Submission Deadline: soft surface poetry

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Book Happy Hour Sale

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Comedy vs. Tragedy #19

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Nailed Zine Launch

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Craig Johnson

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Filament’s September Reading

+ 2 More

13 events,

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Fiction Workshop I with Joanna Rose

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Rise & Grind: Promotion for BIPOC Creatives

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A Field Guide to Color: A Workshop with Lisa Solomon

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Paul Lisicky – On Urgency: A Memoir and Creative Nonfiction Workshop: Sept. 21-22

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Kids’ Storytime With Amanda Jackson

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Matt Fraction & Steve Lieber Signing at Cosmic Monkey Comics

+ 7 More

7 events,

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Bulletproof Your Year: Bullet Journaling Workshop

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Graphic Novel Event with Aron Nels Steinke

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Portland Storytellers’ Picnic 2019

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Matthew Zapruder in Conversation With Alana Csaposs

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Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. Sabrina Benaim

+ 1 More

4 events,

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Tell Me A Story #8

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Avan Jogia

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Cara Wall

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Amy Stewart

8 events,

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Drag Queen Banned Books Bingo

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Fall 2019: Short Story Intensive

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Christopher Leonard

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Sandra Yannone and Alissa Hattman

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Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power

+ 2 More

10 events,

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Lifeformed: Hearts and Minds

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LEMON WORLD 11

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Prompt, a Community Writing Workshop

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Marilyn Stablein

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Naomi Klein in Conversation With Thom Hartmann

+ 4 More

10 events,

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Online: The Art Of Screenwriting w/ Andy Mingo

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Horror Book Club

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Release of Alyson Provax’s “What are we waiting for”

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Kitchen Table Launch Party

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Visiting Writers Series: Hanif Abdurraqib

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Reading: Tom Alkire: Western Waters

+ 4 More

4 events,

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Emily Lloyd-Jones

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Nick Flynn

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An Evening with Anderson Cooper

12 events,

Intro to Letterpress: Two Day Workshop

Intro to Letterpress: Two Day Workshop

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Speak / Sing! Musical Theater Writing with Matthew B. Zrebski

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Kids’ Storytime

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Comics & Cartoons @Old Town Coffee

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*ADVANCED* Digital Illustration for Riso Workshop!

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Hazel Newlevant

+ 5 More

8 events,

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Fall 2019: Novel Writing Accountability

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Tender Table: Margaret Alba, Lito Garcia, Bemnia Lathan

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Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. Chris Gonzalez

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Future Prairie VIII: The Veil

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The Hour That Stretches: Season Of The Witch, 2019

+ 1 More

3 events,

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Submission Deadline: Caldera Community Residency

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Italic Handwriting & Calligraphy Club

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Joe Hill

9 events,

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Submission Deadline: smoke + mold Issue 2

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Prompt Alumni Workshop with IPRC

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Choreography of Violence: Writing Horror and Social Satire

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Amy Long with Sophia Shalmiyev

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Poetry Reading: Gary Lark, Jessica Mehta, Hannah Larrabee

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Jenny Brown in Conversation with Leni Zumas

+ 3 More

9 events,

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Submission Deadline: RACC Professional Development Grants

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A Frayed Knot / AFRAID NOT – JACQUELINE KEELER: READING + PRESENTATION

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One Page Wednesday October

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Suspense and Treats: Sweethearts (a novel by Elizabeth Mitchell)

+ 3 More

10 events,

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Small Press Residency – Perfect Day Publishing

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TERRA FLATS #3 release party and art exhibit with Jason Fischer

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Slamlandia Oct. Cider Riot Slam ft. Shanna & Michael Alden

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Westside Writing Group

+ 4 More

10 events,

Fall Used Book Sale

Fall Used Book Sale

3rd Annual East Portland Arts & Literary Festival

3rd Annual East Portland Arts & Literary Festival

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TRUE NORTH STUDIOS OPEN HOUSE AND ARTS SWAP MEET

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Cabaret des Arts: A Fusion of Visual Arts & Burlesque

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William Kent Krueger

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Manything Goes, at Mother Foucault’s

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Three Ways to Disappear – Katy Yocom

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Jackie Shannon Hollis

+ 2 More

12 events,

24 Hour Comic Book Day @ I Like Comics

24 Hour Comic Book Day @ I Like Comics

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Sweet & Greet

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Kids’ Storytime

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Melissa Febos – Written on the Body: Oct. 5-6

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Drag Queen Story Hour

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Ladies, Wine & Design: Special Risograph Workshop *Waitlist Available*

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Over the Garden Wall: Circus Friends signing with Jonathan Case

+ 3 More

7 events,

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Multi-Author Literary Sci-Fi Event

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Floyd Skloot in Conversation With David Biespiel

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Maxine Scates and Shaindel Beers – reading and Q&A

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Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. Nelle Jones

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Fatima Bhutto

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