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Come join us for a Hivevent of amazing proportions. Featuring awesome writers E. Kristin Anderson, Samantha Frank, Marisa Crane, Jennifer Fliss, Rachel Mans McKenny, and more.
Unicorn Press will host a reading by poets Dan Albergotti (Of Air and Earth), Julie Swarstad Johnson (Pennsylvania Furnace), Stephen Lackaye (Self-Portrait in Dystopian Landscape), Lynn Otto (Real Daughter), Crystal Simone Smith (One Window's Light), and Ross White (The Polite Society). Join us 8PM to 10PM at Cider Riot, located just a half mile from the Oregon Convention Center: Cider Riot! 807 NE Couch Street Portland, OR 97232 Food will be available until 9PM.
Come on out and hear Francesca Bell, Matty Layne Glasgow, Dorianne Laux, Joshua Mensch, and Maggie Smith read from their poetry. This exciting off-site reading is just a half-mile walk from the Convention Center or an easy ride on the Portland Streetcar B-Loop. Cider Riot! is a pub dedicated to producing and serving high-quality ciders made on site from Cascadian grown apples. Outside food is welcome, and a taco truck will be parked out front for those who'd like to enjoy dinner while they listen. Immediately following will be a party celebrating Red Hen Press's 25th Anniversary!
New South, Construction Magazine, INCH, and Four Way Review invite you to an off-site reading to end AWP2019 in Portland. Sweet, micro-readings from the likes of: Colleen Louise Barry Amie Zimmerman Aliceanna Stopher J Bailey Hutchinson Lauren Goodwin Slaughter Maya Jewell Zeller Kelly Grace Thomas Sonia Greenfield Saddiq M Dzukogi sam sax Marcelo Hernandez Castillo Keetje Kuipers Nathan McClain Meghan Dunn C.T. Salazar and more. This reading is free and open to the public. About The Readers: Colleen Louise Barry is an artist and writer living in Seattle, WA. She is the author of three chapbooks, most recently Poultry in Motion (Factory Hollow Press). She runs the interdisciplinary project Mount Analogue. @colleenlouisebarry / @themountanalogue / www.mount-analogue.com J. Bailey Hutchinson is a poet from Memphis, Tennessee.…
Three musicians vs. three poets vs. three comedians! - the audience picks the winners! Plus a featured performance and a raffle! ************************************************** PRICE OF TICKETS $10 online with an advanced purchase or $15 at the door. Get yours now at WWW.NOVAPDX.ORG ************************************************** ROUND ONE – NINE PERFORMERS Three poets will perform one piece in their round. Then the audience will select their favorite performance by applause and that poet will advance to the final round. Then three comedians will perform and the audience will select one to advance. Then three musicians will perform and the audience will select one of them to join the poet and the comedian in the final round. COMEDY Becky Braunstein Kate Murphy Lydia Manning MUSIC Nina XO POETRY Jennifer Robin…
Three musicians vs. three poets vs. three comedians! - the audience picks the winners! Plus a featured performance and a raffle! ************************************************** PRICE OF TICKETS $10 online with an advanced purchase or $15 at the door. Get yours now at WWW.NOVAPDX.ORG ************************************************** ROUND ONE – NINE PERFORMERS Three poets will perform one piece in their round. Then the audience will select their favorite performance by applause and that poet will advance to the final round. Then three comedians will perform and the audience will select one to advance. Then three musicians will perform and the audience will select one of them to join the poet and the comedian in the final round. FEATURE PERFORMANCE - Trill LeBeau of Cosmic Serenity SPECIAL GUEST: A Strange Bird…
Hello Portland! It's warming up! Which means summer is coming! And we are going to celebrate with a selection of some of Portland’s finest local musicians and poets. There will be baked goods, a raffle, and a feature by the illimitable Igor Brezhnev. Come through Cider Riot and kick off the season with us!
Join us in celebrating what our region has to offer in Poetry! We are having a show to get folks excited about the Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam coming to Portland in July! Cider Riot! 807 NE Couch St, Portland, OR 97232 There will be a featured performance from Clementine von Radics! There will be group and individual performances by Bella Brianna Grisby Avery Gadling Skyler Reed Robert Lashley Nani Jane Belinda Julia Gaskill and Sage Lilac There will be exciting raffle prizes! 5-15 dollars (sliding scale) get you into to this amazing event! If you pay 10 or more you some raffle tickets with your entry! Accessibility info: Cider Riot is a 21+ venue so unfortunately no minors are allowed. There is delicious cider and…
Three musicians vs. three poets vs. three comedians! - the audience picks the winners! Plus a featured performance and a raffle! ************************************************** PRICE OF TICKETS $10 online with an advanced purchase or $15 at the door. Get yours now at WWW.NOVAPDX.ORG ************************************************** ROUND ONE – NINE PERFORMERS Three poets will perform one piece in their round. Then the audience will select their favorite performance by applause and that poet will advance to the final round. Then three comedians will perform and the audience will select one to advance. Then three musicians will perform and the audience will select one of them to join the poet and the comedian in the final round. FEATURE PERFORMANCE - DeAngelo Gillispie SPECIAL GUEST: Mr. Monday POETRY Nani Jones Vivian…
Join us for our OCTOBER Poetry Open Mic and Slam at our new first Thursday location - Cider Riot! This is a WOWPS qualifying slam! This show will be 21+ - if you are under 21 years old, we have shows in other locations we'd love to have you come out to! Doors and sign-ups are at 6:30 PM Get there on time to get a spot in the open mic or slam! Show begins at 7:00 PM. Cider Riot 807 NE Couch Street Portland, OR 97232 This show is all ages. Please see our Accessibility and Safer Space info below. There is a $1-5 suggested donation. We will have an spotlight performance from the wonderful duo, Shanna & Michael Alden! Michael Alden has spent…