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The Stacks Coffeehouse Grand Opening Party (ALL DAY)

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

Help us celebrate the opening of The Stacks Coffeehouse! We'll have five minute readings all day long by a wide variety of amazing local authors. Schedule and details to come, but we'd love to see you that day! Readers: Mary Milstead, Nathan Metcalfe, Bradley J. Clark, Alicia Jo Rabins, Thea Prieto, Matt Robinson, Natalie Serber, Alexandra Brown & David Brown, Melissa Lynne, Melissa Duclos, Kimberly King Parsons, Elizabeth Pickard, Hannah Pass, Colleen Burner, Heather Napulani Hodges, Jenevive Desroches, Cecily Patterson, Jackie Shannon Hollis, Kevin Sampsell, Liz Prato, Alexa Weinstein, Joanna Rose, Amelia Woodside, Brian M. Biggs, Amber Keller, Stevan Allred, Kendra Ferguson, Kate Gray, Mo Daviau, Yuvi Zalkow, Jan Neudeck, Josh Lubin, Brian Benson, Leanna Moxley, Laura Stanfill

Free

Fall Five-Minute Reading Marathon

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

Join us for the Fall Five-Minute Reading Marathon! All afternoon, between 1-6pm, a series of fabulous local writers will get up on stage and read for five minutes. Stay for one or two, or all afternoon. 1:30 — Leni Zumas 2pm — Elizabeth Pickard 2:30pm — Aaron Gilbreath 3pm — Harold Johnson 3:15pm — Stevan Allred 3:30pm — Nikki Schulak 3:45pm — Missy Ladygo 4pm — Michael Keefe 4:15pm — Liz Prato 4:30pm — Liz Scott 4:45pm — Kalimah Abioto 5pm — Beth Wood 5:15pm — Laura Lampton Scott 5:30pm — jayy dodd 5:45pm — Alexa Weinstein

Free