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

For details regarding specific events please contact the organizers or venues. If you are an organizer or venue and would like to reach out to us please feel free to contact us or submit an event using our submission form. We’d love to hear from you!

Booklover’s Burlesque: Summer Heat

Crush Bar 1400 Southeast Morrison Street, Portland, OR, United States

Lacy Productions presents... BOOKLOVER'S BURLESQUE: Summer Heat Friday, August 23rd, 2019 on the Crush Bar stage in Portland, Oregon! Booklover's Burlesque is the Pacific Northwest's sexiest literary salon which matches titillating, inspiring, and empowering book readings with burlesque performances all in one show! Professional readers, actors, and/or local authors & writers read aloud a three to five minute piece of poetry, fiction (from any genre), memoir, non-fiction, etc, which is then followed by a burlesque performance inspired by the piece. Burlesque Artists for this chapter of Booklover's Burlesque include: Iva Handfull (Seattle) Fosse Jack & Onyx Asili (Seattle) Sophie Maltease Lola Coquette Miss Doe Chanterelle Lacy Knickers Miss Nicole Hosted by the illustrious Hyacinth Lee Our readers for this chapter include local writers Jewels, Flint,…

Free

Booklover’s Burlesque: Vile Villains

Crush Bar 1400 Southeast Morrison Street, Portland, OR, United States

It's time to let the bad guys win... Lacy Productions presents BOOKLOVER'S BURLESQUE: Vile Villains Friday, October 18th, 2019 on the Crush Bar stage in Portland, Oregon! Booklover's Burlesque is the Pacific Northwest's sexiest literary salon which matches titillating, inspiring, and empowering book readings with burlesque performances all in one show! Professional readers, actors, and/or local authors & writers read aloud a three to five minute piece of poetry, fiction (from any genre), memoir, non-fiction, etc, which is then followed by a burlesque performance inspired by the piece. Burlesque Artists for this chapter of Booklover's Burlesque include: Nox Falls (Seattle) T.L. Ford Lily Le Fauve David D. Daniels Mz. Chaos Asteria Atombomb Lady Coquine Hosted by the magnificent Megan Skye Hale! Our readers for this…

$18 – $32

A Burly Carol: A Tale Inspired by A Christmas Carol

Crush Bar 1400 Southeast Morrison Street, Portland, OR, United States

Warm yourself from winter's chill with the most sexy of holiday ghost tales that ever was told as Lacy Productions presents... A BURLY CAROL: A Burlesque Tale Inspired by "A Christmas Carol" on Saturday, December 7th, 2019 at Crush Bar in Portland, Oregon! Starring: Lily Le Fauve Johnny Nuriel Karlie Lever du Soleil Angelique DeVil Lola Coquette T.L. Ford The Infamous Nina Nightshade Sean Nannigans Miss Doe Chanterelle And hosted by The Historical Conjurer TWO SHOWTIMES to choose from! **7pm EARLY SHOW** (doors open at 6:30pm) ** 9:30 pm LATE SHOW** (doors open at 9:15pm) LATE SHOW Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/685475908642020/ (all the same information) TICKET PRICES: $18 Advance General Admission $20 Advance Second Row General Admission $26 Advance VIP tickets for front row table seating…

$18 – $32

Booklover’s Burlesque: Erotica Edition

Crush Bar 1400 Southeast Morrison Street, Portland, OR, United States

It's time to celebrate smutty books as Lacy Productions presents... BOOKLOVER'S BURLESQUE: Erotica Edition Saturday, February 1, 2020 on the Crush Bar stage in Portland, Oregon! Booklover's Burlesque is the Pacific Northwest's sexiest literary salon which matches titillating, inspiring, and empowering book readings with burlesque performances all in one show! Professional readers, actors, and/or local authors & writers read aloud a three to five minute piece of erotica for this edition of Booklover's Burlesque, which is then followed by a burlesque performance inspired by the piece. Burlesque Artists for this chapter of Booklover's Burlesque include: Sandria Dore BeeBee Sanchez Resa La Revv (Theresa Hanson) Paige Rustles Luz de la Concha Whisper DeCorvo MissDoe Chanterelle Charm Velveteen Sweets Readers for this chapter of Booklover's Burlesque include…

$18 – $32

Booklover’s Burlesque: Bedtime Stories Series (Online Edition)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

"This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self pity, no need for silence, and no room for fear. We do language. That is how civilizations heal." - Toni Morrison Presenting the BOOKLOVER'S BURLESQUE: Bedtime Stories Series-- a series of video "readings" created by burlesque, drag, literary, & theatre artists from AROUND THE WORLD with the purpose of bringing a bit of joy, pleasure, and empowerment every day during this difficult time to anyone who needs it. These five to fifteen minute "Bedtime Stories" have been curated to represent the sex, body, and queer positive, inclusive, and feminist mission of Booklover's Burlesque and include a mix of genres, many sexy and titillating, others treasured…

Free

Booklover’s Burlesque: Cozy Classics (Virtual Edition)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

It's time to get your cozy on as Lacy Productions presents... BOOKLOVER'S BURLESQUE: Cozy Classics (Virtual Edition) Saturday, December 5, 2020 Livestream at 7pm PST on Crowdcast Tickets now available on Eventbrite at https://bit.ly/3n4GqSj A Crowdcast link to our livestream will be emailed to all ticketholders by 3pm (or later if purchased afterward) on the day of the show. Tickets will be available up until showtime. General Admission: $15 VIP Admission: $25 (includes an exclusive invitation to a Zoom VIP Meet & Greet directly after the show and a special thank you during the show. The Zoom VIP Meet & Greet link will also be emailed beforehand.) ** If you would like to support us but can't make it to our livestream date/time, you can…

$15 – $25

Booklover’s Burlesque: Once Upon a Tease (Virtual Edition)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Explore the wondrously sensual world of fairy tales, myths, and legends like never before as Lacy Productions presents... BOOKLOVER'S BURLESQUE: Once Upon a Tease (Our next brand new, full-length Virtual Edition!) Saturday, March 6th, 2021 Livestream at 7pm PST on Crowdcast $15 GA & $25 VIP TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE ON EVENTBRITE at https://bit.ly/3pweic9 (A Crowdcast link to our livestream will be emailed to all ticketholders by 3pm- or later if purchased afterward- on the day of the show. Tickets will be available up until showtime.) General Admission: $15 VIP Admission: $25 (includes an exclusive invitation to a Zoom VIP Meet & Greet directly after the show and a special thank you during the show. The Zoom VIP Meet & Greet link will also be emailed…

$15 – $25

BOOKLOVER’S BURLESQUE: To Tease Or Not To Tease (VirtualShakespeareEdition)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

HUZZAH! 'Tis time for The Bard and Burlesque to marry as Lacy Productions presents... BOOKLOVER'S BURLESQUE: To Tease Or Not To Tease (Our brand new Virtual Shakespeare Edition) Saturday, June 26th, 2021 Livestream at 7pm PDT on Crowdcast $15 GA & $25 VIP TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE ! (A Crowdcast link to our livestream will be emailed to all ticketholders by 3pm- or later if purchased afterward- on the day of the show. Tickets will be available up until showtime.) General Admission: $15 VIP Admission: $25 (includes an exclusive invitation to a Zoom VIP Meet & Greet directly after the show and a special thank you during the show. The Zoom VIP Meet & Greet link will also be emailed beforehand.) ** If you would like…

$15 – $25

BOOKLOVER’S BURLESQUE: The Gothic Edition

Alberta Rose Theatre 3000 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR, United States

Show | 7pm // Doors | 6pm “Deep into that darkness…dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” -Edgar Allen Poe Dream dreams you’ve never dared to dream before and venture into the darkness with us as Lacy Productions and the Alberta Rose Theatre present… BOOKLOVER’S BURLESQUE: The Gothic Edition A Booklover’s Burlesque special edition at the Alberta Rose Theater, where we explore the strange, the mysterious, the creepy, and the unexplained in the sexiest literary way possible, just in time for All Hallow’s Eve! Booklover’s Burlesque is the world’s sexiest literary salon which matches titillating, inspiring, and empowering book readings with burlesque, boylesque, and draglesque performances all in one show! Professional readers, actors, and/or local authors & writers read aloud a three to…

$20 – $30

BOOKLOVER’S BURLESQUE: Cozy Classics

Alberta Rose Theatre 3000 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR, United States

“We would be together and have our books, and at night be warm in bed together with the windows open and the stars bright.” -Ernest Hemingway It’s time to get warm and cozy with us as Lacy Productions and The Alberta Rose Theatre present BOOKLOVER’S BURLESQUE: Cozy Classics Booklover’s Burlesque is the world’s sexiest literary salon which matches titillating, inspiring, and empowering book readings with burlesque, boylesque, and draglesque performances all in one show! Professional readers, actors, and/or local authors & writers read aloud a piece of poetry, fiction (from any genre), memoir, non-fiction, etc, which is then followed by a burlesque performance inspired by the piece. Join us as we bring the sensual heat of words and wantonness rivaling the warmth of a fireplace…

$20 – $30