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Words & Wine: An Evening with the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference

Southeast Wine Collective 2425 SE 35th Place, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for an evening of readings by once and future faculty and alumni from the Napa Valley Writers' Conference, while enjoying small bites and a no-host bar featuring local vintages. The event will be held at the Southeast Wine Collective, a community urban winery, restaurant, and wine bar serving handcrafted food, curated wine flights, and wines by the glass from producers in Portland, the nearby Willamette Valley, and afar. Faculty readers include: Lan Samatha Chang, author of three books, including the critically acclaimed novella All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost and the novel Inheritance, Mitchell S. Jackson, Major Jackson, and Ada Limón; NVWC alumni Blas Falconer, Van Khanna, Nichole Perkins, and Marci Vogel. Contact: Napa Valley Writers' Conference Join us at #AWP19 for an…

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Happy Hour x 4 Magazines: An AWP19 Reception

The Paramount Hotel Portland 808 SW Taylor St, Portland, OR, United States

Join Talking Writing, Solstice magazine, The Tahoma Literary Review, and Pangyrus for an event celebrating writers, editors, and YOU. Enjoy complimentary gourmet bites and antipasto. Cash bar. SUPER easy transport via Portland MAX from Lloyd Center to Director's Park stop at the Paramount, 808 SW Taylor Street.

Diode Editions Author Readings & Reception

Union/Pine 525 SE Pine Street, Portland, OR, United States

Join us on Friday, March 29, 2019 at Union/Pine to celebrate the brilliance of our authors and forthcoming catalog with an evening of readings from Dorothy Chan, Jehanne Dubrow, Paul Guest, Jared Harél, Randall Mann, Philip Metres, Simone Person, Emilia Phillips, Ricky Ray, sam sax, and KC Trommer. Free food and cash bar. Contact: Patty Paine, Editor-In-Chief

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YesYes Books Celebration!

Cup & Bar 118 NE Martin Luther King Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

Please help us celebrate our new and forthcoming books! Check out this lineup! Diannely Antigua, Brandon Courtney, Aidan Forster, Matt Hart, Nabila Lovelace, Marty McConnell, Emily O'Neill, Tanya Olson, John Allen Taylor, Emily Vizzo. Food and drink coupon to the first fifty guests. Come early for starters! Cup & Bar is fully accessible and close to the Convention Center (0.3 miles). Come celebrate with us! Contact: KMA Sullivan

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Books & Brews

Sidebar (Lompoc Brewing) 3901A N Williams Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Offsite reading, featuring: Susan Straight, Matt Bell, Randa Jarrar, Hanif Abdurraqib, Kevin Sampsell, Lydia Kiesling, Adrienne Celt, Miciah Bay Gault, Allegra Hyde, Tabitha Blankenbiller, Armin Tolentino, Beth Gilstrap, Michael Schmeltzer, David Leo Rice, and more. Free swag and a free raffle throughout the night. Readers will sign and have books for sale. Food, including gluten-free options, and Lompoc craft beer for purchase. Bar is open until midnight. Facility is accessible, indoors, all-ages. Parking is street parking only, and very limited; car service recommended. Contact: Leah Angstman

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Portland Comic Book Month 10th Anniversary celebration at City Hall

Portland City Hall 1221 SW 4th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Portland Comic Book Month, Commissioner Chloe Eudaly is honored to host an opening party and art exhibit at City Hall on First Thursday April 4, 2019. Portland City Hall (1221 SW 4th Ave) will be transformed into a mini-convention with more than 20 tables featuring local comic book creators, publishers, educators, nonprofits, and collectives, showcasing the range of talent and diversity in the Portland comics community. Commissioner Eudaly’s office will also host an art exhibit featuring 25 local comic book artists. The opening event, which runs 5pm-9pm, is free and open to all ages. Commissioner Eudaly will make a special proclamation at 6pm, followed by live drawing by local artists. Pizza will be provided by local sponsors Sizzle Pie.…

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Black Feast: Narcissus, Featuring jayy dodd

Redd East 831 SE Salmon St, Portland, OR, United States

Black Feast is an vegan pop-up dinner that weaves food into a celebration of Black artistry. Our April event, Black Feast: Narcissus, celebrates the artistry of literary and performance artist Jayy Dodd. Our four courses are inspired by Jayy's newly released work The Black Condition ft. Narcissus, published by Nightboat Books. MENU Manual: roasted macadamia nuts and fried plantain dusted in a leek and onion ash Narcissus Stunts for the Void & Becomes a Flower: blackened coconut soup with red chilies, seared shiitake, tofu and cured coconut butter We Cannot Grieve What Doesnt Leave Us Or Ill Be at Every Function: a buckwheat and teff crisp over fresh greens, turmeric rosemary cabbage, smoked carrots, sweet potato and ginseng I Know I Been Changed: caramelized pear…

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$55

DWP 2019: Beacon Quarterly Presents: No. 08 Nail Biter

220 Salon 213 SW Ash St, Portland, OR, United States

Crib Design House and 220 Salon are co-hosting the celebration of Beacon's third volume. The event will be a curated experience that engages all levels of creativity themed to compliment the release of No. 08 Nail Biter. Guests will enjoy food, drinks, music, dancing, networking, a Polaroid photo booth installation, nail art, installations and giveaways! Hard copies of the magazine will be available for purchase as well as pre-sale specials. RSVP at our Facebook event: Here MORE ABOUT THE EVENT 6-10p Installations by: Ellie Chatman Jacque Fitzgerald + Rover Banes from The Nuclear Sequence MAED Studio + Indo Foxworth Lisa Chiem: mailman's nails man (Sponsored by: Bone Velvet) 6-8p TRUST THE PROCESS: A music industry panel Featuring @itsfountainebro and Special guest Gwizski founder of Omega…

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$15

DWP 2019: Tender Table: Stories about food, family, identity

The Eleanor 1605 NW Everett St, Portland, OR, United States

Tender Table is a storytelling platform for women, trans men and nonbinary folks who are black, indigenous, or people of color. Tender Table seeks out narratives about our sweet, savory, sour, and bitter relationships to food and its connections to identity, memory, and community. Local Chefs Kusuma Rao of Ruchikala, Arlyn Frank of Platano Rising, and Dashia Fontleroy of Blackstreet Bakery will be sharing stories and food with us for this special edition of Tender Table curated for Design Week. **All ticket sales will go directly towards paying presenters** Through food, we connect with our culture, and at times it is through food that we share our culture with others. At Tender Table, all are welcome — expect to be immersed in stories, and sample…

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$25

Marisa McClellan in Conversation With Martha Holmberg

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

Marisa McClellan, author of Food in Jars, wants everyone to know that a pantry full of homemade jams, jellies, salsas, and pickles can do a whole lot more than accompany toast. They can add bold bursts of flavor to your home cooking! In her fourth book, The Food in Jars Kitchen (Running Press), she provides 140 recipes for incorporating preserves into everyday dishes. McClellan will be joined in conversation by Martha Holmberg, author of Modern Sauces and coauthor of Six Seasons.

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