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Rose City Virtual Book Fair

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us! The Rose City Virtual Book Fair is an experience, not a website. It will be a fun and dynamic event, offering an opportunity to visit and explore. Browse, chat, connect, buy, collect. We hope to see you there! Starting at 9:00 AM PST on June 12, you will find a portal to enter the book fair at cascadebooksellers.com. Once you click to enter the virtual book fair you’ll be able to visit our individual exhibitor’s experiences, or “virtual booths.” They will be offering a wide variety of the best in used, rare and collectible books, paper ephemera, prints, postcards, maps and more using a variety of social media, websites and electronic catalogs. You’ll find many of your favorite booksellers from the Rose City…

Free – $10

Antique Book and Ephemera Sale

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United States

Over 1,500 books, ephemera and postcards will be available for sale here at the Rose City Book Pub from 2pm to 8pm! This collection is from a book collector who we’ve loaned our space to for the day. Books will be placed on tables with set prices: $2, $5, $10, or some variation thereabouts. In addition, there will be a section for some special books and ephemera that will be priced individually. Please bring a mask. Cash, credit card, and Venmo accepted. To-go orders and regular book sales will still be available, so feel free to stop by.

Free

Start Where You Are

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

IPRC Workshops will be held on Zoom, PST through Summer 2021 Register here and zoom link will be sent on the day of the workshop Course Description: This workshop will explore concepts of chance and choice by starting where you are and using everyday materials and tools in new and unexpected ways. We will combine collections of recycled things like old mail, magazines, packaging materials, and other ephemera with material and marks made by hand. Experimenting with different ways to layer color and create texture through drawing and painting on paper or various substrates that can be cut, cropped, rotated and reassembled in different variations. Class capacity: 20 Instructor: Elizabeth Arzani Sliding Scale $15-25 5 spots available at no-cost; BIPOC prioritized; reach out to hquinn@iprc.org…

$15 – $25

Rose City Holiday Book & Paper Fair

100 Southeast Alder Street, Portland,97214 100 Southeast Alder Street, Portland, OR, United States

Booksellers from the Pacific Northwest and beyond will be bringing their best rare and collectible books and ephemera. Find a wide array of rare and collectible books, ephemera, maps, prints, photographs and more. Interesting material in all fields at a variety of price points. The fair is happening just in time for the holiday season, so you will be sure to find gifts for all the booklovers on your list. VIP Preview - Friday evening, December 10 from 6-9 pm. Tickets $25 General Admission - Saturday, December 11 from 10 am-5 pm. Tickets $5 All staff and exhibitors at the book fair will be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and will wear a mask at all times unless they are in one of the designated break…

Free