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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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Jenny Brown in Conversation with Leni Zumas

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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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Seane Corn

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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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Elizabeth Mitchell

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Nancy Richardson Fischer in Conversation With Colleen Houck

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10 events,

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

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Small Press Residency – Perfect Day Publishing

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

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Westside Writing Group

+ 4 More

10 events,

3rd Annual East Portland Arts & Literary Festival

3rd Annual East Portland Arts & Literary Festival

Fall Used Book Sale

Fall Used Book Sale

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Cabaret des Arts: A Fusion of Visual Arts & Burlesque

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TRUE NORTH STUDIOS OPEN HOUSE AND ARTS SWAP MEET

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Manything Goes, at Mother Foucault’s

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Three Ways to Disappear – Katy Yocom

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William Kent Krueger

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Daria’s Confessional Cabaret

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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

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7 events,

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Floyd Skloot in Conversation With David Biespiel

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Multi-Author Literary Sci-Fi Event

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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

8 events,

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Italic Handwriting & Calligraphy Club

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A. Molotkov, John Sibley Williams, Laura Winter

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Grief Rites Readers Series ~ October 7

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Reading: Jane Kirkpatrick and Rachel Fordham

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Survival of the Feminist: Survival Stories

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12 events,

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Pageturners Author Visit: Willy Vlautin

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Collage Night

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Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club

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Lily Bernheimer author of The Shaping of Us

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Song of Myself

+ 6 More

12 events,

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A Poetry Reading by Marjorie Welish

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B&B Book Club: A Clockwork Orange

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Glom Press and Walker Mettling print show and pop-up shop

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Clyde W. Ford at OMSI

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Woman World Book Club

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Book Talk Book Club

+ 6 More

15 events,

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Teen Book Club

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PDX October Happy Hour

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Slamlandia October Literary Arts Show ft. Chris Gonzalez

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Well-Read Black Girl Book Club

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For Colored Folks

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8 events,

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Raise Your Pen

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Monthly Story Swap

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Myths, Sharks, Parrots, & Fables: Poets Rob Carney & Scott Poole

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Fariha Róisín in Conversation With Tanaïs

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Augusten Burroughs

+ 2 More

12 events,

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Workshop: From Detritus To Gold: Spinning Blunders, Bafflements, and Pain into Humor

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Intro to Risograph Printing

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Kids’ Storytime

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The Work Poetry Workshop: Saturday Edition with Christopher Luna

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The League of Exceptional Writers

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Felicia Day in Conversation With Laini Taylor

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7 events,

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Daniel Poppick in Conversation With Lisa Wells

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Laureen Nussbaum

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Astral Somatica Book Release and Signing Event

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Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat Jordan Dalzell

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Revenant

+ 1 More

4 events,

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Pageturners Author Visit: Katie Grindeland

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Reading: Don Dupay: Frank’s Revenge

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Chris Ware & Lynda Barry

10 events,

X-Men #1 Midnight Release Party at Bridge City Comics!

X-Men #1 Midnight Release Party at Bridge City Comics!

Midnight Release Party!

Midnight Release Party!

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Portland Correspondence Co-op

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An Evening With Lawrence Lanahan

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Powell’s Books Presents: ZADIE SMITH

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The Moth: StorySLAM: Fraud

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Rosiee Thor in Conversation With Linsey Miller

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Reading: Maureen Shaughnessy: The Scent of Buenos Aires

+ 2 More

14 events,

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Noon Time Talk with Florence Grende

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Pageturners Author Visit: Leni Zumas

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Book Club for The Butcher’s Daughter: A Memoir

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B&B Book Club: A Clockwork Orange

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Learn Make Share: Bindfast Training

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Mark Mallman

+ 6 More

11 events,

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The Page-Turner Book Club

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IPRC Print Spree: 2nd Annual Print Show & Sale

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Slamlandia October Picnic PDX Poetry Open Mic ft. Kelsey Taylor

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Visiting Writers Series: Jos Charles

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Westside Writing Group

+ 5 More

6 events,

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Pageturners Author Visit: Kenneth R. Coleman

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Nights Since Vol. 2 Chapbook Release

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Fact and Fiction in The Preserve: A Novel

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Paul Theroux in Conversation With Adam Davis

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Booklover’s Burlesque: Vile Villains

8 events,

Intro to Letterpress: Two Day Workshop

Intro to Letterpress: Two Day Workshop

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Saturday Poetry Workshop I: Strict Forms w John Morrison

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Fall 2019: DIY Writing Retreat Roundtable

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Kids’ Storytime With Alison Farrell

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Delicious Dreams Author Reading & Launch

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Powell’s Books Presents Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton & Chelsea Clinton

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Pageturners Author Visit: Jerry Sutherland

+ 1 More

7 events,

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Oregon Battle of the Books Trivia

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True Crime Book Club

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Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. Rashida Quinn

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Refugee and Migrant Rights Fundraiser

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Janis: Her Life and Music

6 events,

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Application Deadline: Tin House Craft Intensives

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Tell Me A Story #9

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Jim Wallis

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Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans

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Revising the Poem Workshop w Ashley Toliver

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Ta-Nehisi Coates in Conversation with Renée Watson

7 events,

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Craft of Memoir Workshop w Brian Benson

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The Moth: GrandSLAM Championship

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Kim Stafford

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Brent Weeks

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SFWA Portland Publishing Happy Hour – October 2019

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Christopher Ryan

+ 1 More

7 events,

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Submission Deadline: Oregon Humanities: Spring 2020, “Union” Issue

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Reading: Lisa Loving: Street Journalist

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Discover Jazz: The Music and the Movement

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Kevin Scott, The Voice of This Stone

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Christopher McDougall

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Crossfire Hurricane: Inside Donald Trump’s War on the FBI

+ 1 More

10 events,

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A Poetry Reading by Rosalie Moffett

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Horror Book Club

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Small Press Residency – Perfect Day Publishing

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Queer Writing w Wayne Gregory

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Poetry Night – JC Mehta, Gwendolyn Morgan, Armin Tolentino

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6 events,

Mother Foucault’s 5th Annual Airstream Poetry Festival

Mother Foucault’s 5th Annual Airstream Poetry Festival

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A Halloween Poetry House Show!

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Fall 2019 Seasonal Workshop w/ Domi Shoemaker & Daniel Elder

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Filament’s October Reading Featuring Alicia Jo Rabins

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Clara Parkes

14 events,

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Halloween ComicFest

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Halloween Comic Fest 2019 at Things From Another World!

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Kids’ Storytime

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WEEKEND: Life Writing Workshop w David Biespiel

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Drag Queen Storytime with Poison Waters

+ 7 More

10 events,

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Metamorphoses Online w/ Leigh Hopkins (and video prompts from Lidia Yuknavitch)

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Halloween Sale!

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Longreads Club: Why can’t we agree on what’s true any more?

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Delve Fall 2019: The Pre-Socratic Thinkers: The Greeks on Gods, Humanity, and Nature Before Socrates

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Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. Schuyler Peck

+ 3 More

3 events,

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Submission Deadline: Pathos: Fall 2019

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The Work Poetry Workshop: Monday Night Edition

6 events,

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Application Deadline: Tin House Internships

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Comic Cave anniversary & trick or treat!

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HOW TO DRAW A GHOST w/ Zachary Schomburg

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Mountain Writers Workshop: Reading as a Writer: A.R. Ammons

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Reading: Shannon Kaiser: Joy Seeker

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John Mark Comer

9 events,

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Mike Henderson “Dead Man Logan 12” Signing

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A Nonfiction Reading by Mohamed Asem

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Small Press Residency – Perfect Day Publishing

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Debbie Ethell

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Reading: Floyd Skloot: Far West

+ 2 More

3 events,

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Submission Deadline: The Gravity of the Thing

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Learn Make Share: Buttons & Zines

6 events,

The Write to Heal Retreat

The Write to Heal Retreat

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The Long Con Celebration

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Dog Is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You

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Celebrating PS. The Wolves

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Jim Tilley and Cai Emmons

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Beth Piatote in Conversation With Peter Rock

11 events,

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Risograph Basics with Kate Bingaman-Burt & Outlet Assistants!

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Reclaim your Voice: From the Page to the Stage w/Domi Shoemaker and G. Ravyn Stanfield: Nov. 2&3

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Frankenstein’s Comicbook Swap 17: Day of the Dead!

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Kids’ Storytime

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Bind your own Coptic Journal–in Portland OR!

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NEFP Benefit Raffle Drawing at Excalibur Comics!

+ 4 More

6 events,

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Our First Anniversary

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Simon Tam in Conversation With Jacqueline Keeler

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Trevino Brings Plenty & Kelly Terwilliger – reading and Q&A

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Postcard Embroidery Workshop with Gutwrench Press!

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How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide

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