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Whitenoise Project 18: Two Year Anniversary

Art Haus 8155 NE Oregon St, Portland, OR, United States

It's our 2nd birthday! Join Whitenoise Project as we begin our 3rd year amplifying Artists/Writers of Color and underrepresented voices, and celebrate POC-Centered Arts spaces with De-Canon's continued Residency at Milepost 5! We also want to make this into a potluck, cuz food, and also it was so great to see how the community showed up for each other at our 13th reading, last may for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Please bring a dish and label it with a description of ingredients! Also let us know what you're bringing and post pics if you can. With: Christopher Rose Maryam Miri Gabriel Mike Copperman Roland Dahwen Wu After the reading, we encourage people to attend Obsidian Stars - A Celebration of Black Lives and support…

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Free

Get It on Paper: 20 Years of Street Roots Opening Reception

Collins Gallery 801 SW 10th Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Hear from vendors, supporters, and Street Roots leadership in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the paper. Light refreshments will be served. First come, first served. View the event on our website: https://multcolib.org/events/get-it-paper-20-years-street-roots-opening-reception/101526 Get It on Paper: 20 Years of Street Roots on display March 9-May 5.

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Gival Press 20th Anniversary Reading Celebration

Hotel Rose 50 SW Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

Please come and join Gival Press as we celebrate our 20th year on Friday, March 29, 2019 at Hotel Rose. Thaddeus Rutkowski, Cecilia Martinez-Gil, Tyler McMahon, Seth Brady Tucker, John Domini, Teri Cross Davis, CM Mayo, Elaine Ray, William Orem, and Jeff Walt will read from their work. Light refreshments and cash bar will be available.

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SPD 50th Anniversary Reading & Karaoke Party

McMenamins Kennedy School 5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Join Small Press Distribution, together with a cavalcade of publishers and singing poets, for our 50th anniversary celebration. It kicks off with a poetry reading featuring Gramma Poetry, City Lights, Ugly Duckling Presse, Birds LLC, Nightboat Books, and Krupskaya, followed by . . . Poet's Karaoke! Sign up and sing or just wallflower it—your choice—what happens at karaoke stays at karaoke. It all takes place in the gymnasium at the iconic Kennedy School, a former elementary school turned hotel-restaurant-brewery-event venue. We’ll provide the snacks! Contact: Brent Cunningham

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Signal Fire 10th Anniversary Party!

C3:Initiative 412 NW 8th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Organized by: Signal Fire and hosted by C3:Initiative When: June 8th, 6–9 pm Where: c3:initiative, 7326 N. Chicago Ave, Portland, OR 97203 $25 admission, open to the public Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/signal-fire-10th-anniversary-tickets-61429771099 Signal Fire was founded 10 years ago on three beliefs: first, that artists offer creative approaches to our world’s most daunting challenges; second, that activists foster drive and resources to strengthen communities; and third, we knew y’all had to be friends. Signal Fire could have really grown to become anything, and you have made this thing so much more dynamic, rigorous, and playful than we ever initially dreamed. At the outset, we imagined small groups traveling together into threatened wildlands, discussing ways to shift the dominant views of land in the American West.…

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