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CantoMundo Ten Year Anniversary Reading

Floyd's Old Town Coffee and Tea 118 NW Couch St, Portland, OR, United States

CantoMundo is celebrating it's ten-year anniversary this year and we want to celebrate! We'll be hosting a reading at Floyd's Old Town Coffee Shop on Friday, March 29, starting 6:30 p.m. Voices in the reading include Carmen Gimenez-Smith, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, and Emily Perez. The event is free of charge, so feel free to drop in for coffee and the many talents of our people! This event is co-sponsored by Somos en escrito, Apogee Journal, and The Acentos Review. Contact: CantoMundo

Free

Intersections: Street Roots, Kimbilio Fiction, and Barrelhouse

Floyd's Old Town Coffee and Tea 118 NW Couch St, Portland, OR, United States

Floyd's Old Town Coffee and Tea presents: Intersections: Street Roots, Kimbilio Fiction, and Barrelhouse Come wind down after AWP with an offsite reading featuring the fiction and poetry of writers from: Kimbilio Fiction: extending, nurturing, and sustaining a community of writers from the African Diaspora Barrelhouse: non-profit litmag, small press, conference organizer, small grant maker, and purveyor of pop culture flotsam and jetsam and Street Roots: creating income opportunities for people experienceing homelessness and poverty by producing a newspaper and other media that are catalysts for individual and social change. Readings will start at 6:30. Space is limited, so come early to claim a seat. Readers include: Kate Haake K.B. Carle Lucas Church Amina Gautier Melanie Hatter Denise Campbell Laidler Lori Lematta Jeni McFarland Aileen…

Free

Comics & Cartoons @Old Town Coffee

Floyd's Old Town Coffee and Tea 118 NW Couch St, Portland, OR, United States

Come one come all the to the GREATEST COMIC & CARTOON SPECTACU- okay well maybe not that epic but pretty epic. But seriously come down to Floyd's Old Town and join three of the coolest cartooning talents around as they spend the afternoon waxing all things comics and sequential. They'll have their books and swag on hand to buy and there will be great coffee and snacks and foods. ALSO, COSPLAY is encouraged! So come on down as your favorite character and let's have a blast! Here's the bios on our guests- Alex Delaney is a Portland, OR based illustrator and cartoonist. He is the creator of The Derelict, Other Side of Town, Swan Song & The Geese of Milwaukie. He is the co-creator of…

Free