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Obsidian Stars – A Celebration of Black Lives

Art collective, Stay Litt, presents Obsidian Stars, a celebration of Black lives and our Art. We eagerly invite you to a night of laughing, dancing, stories, and signature cocktails. We will also be celebrating the 30th birthday of Stay Litt's Briauna McKizzie, so pull out your swankiest birthday hats. Feat. DJ NO.Bi.Es & performances by Cocoa Venus D Martin Austin Isaiah Spriggs & Carob Cherub ABOUT STAY LITT Established by siblings, Briauna and Simpu Mckizzie in the summer of 2018, Stay Litt is an art and literacy collective dedicated to cultivating creativity and academic enrichment in communities of color. We do this work by hosting book clubs, writing workshops, readings, and live performances. The collective is made up of talented and philanthropic artists of color.…

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Free

The Feminine Era

PLACE 735 NW 18th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

"If I take it back, if I grab the narrative in my hands and crumple it until it is a completely new shape, what would it look like?" Portland art fanatics, prepare yourselves! Fused Creative, a woman operated art collective, is pleased to announce our upcoming April pop-up show, THE FEMININE ERA. Society dictates what it means to be feminine. The feminine has been relegated to second class citizenry; it has been painted as weak, compliant, and as a pretty decoration for empty vessels. For centuries, the cultural narrative demands that femininity is defined by taking up as little space as possible, and to be palatable to all others but ourselves. To put it plainly, WE REFUSE. In the year of our ladies Andrea Ocasio-Cortez,…

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$12.50

Heaux Stories: Portland’s First All PoC Femme Storytelling Show

Portland Center Stage 128 NW 11th Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for the debut of Heaux Stories, Portland’s first all poc femme storytelling showcase. Created by renowned journalist and storyteller Jagger Blaec, this event aims to provide a sex-positive safe space that will foster intimacy and community by centering femmes of color through the empowering act of authentic storytelling. Doors at 7:00 PM. Event begins at 8:00 PM. ABOUT STORY TELLERS: ELINA LIM: She tells stories all across Portland and Asia. She has a pet snake. She is a heaux. Pronouns: She/Her/Hers/They/Them MONEL CHANG: Monel Chang is a sex-positive LGBTQIA+ advocate and in/discreet weirdo. Raised in Los Angeles and groomed by hippies in various intentional communes, Monel has come to Portland to enmesh social justice with somatics and medicine in a naturopathic graduate program…

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$35
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