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Monster Pageant 2: Return to Runway Island

East Portland Eagle Lodge 3256 4904 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

Monster Pageant stomps back to Portland on June 14th with MONSTER PAGEANT 2: RETURN TO RUNWAY ISLAND. The event will run from approximately 6:30 - 8:30pm and is ALL AGES. After the main event, there will be MONSTER KARAOKE from 9pm-12:30, which will be 21+. More info to come! TREMBLE as mighty mutants and glamorous giants compete in colossal challenges for the title of Portland’s Most Fashionable Monster! SHUDDER as a cardboard city is leveled before your very eyes! MARVEL as eerie aliens and colossal brutes take to the runway to strut their stuff! THRILL at the sound of live music played by Portland's Beastliest Band, the one and only Creature Party! Every creature will astound your senses, but only one will rule supreme! Monster…

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$1 – $15

Pride Foundation Literary Fundraiser

Another Read Through 3932 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Our annual Pride Foundation (https://pridefoundation.org) Literary Fundraiser, as always, brings an incredible lineup. We’ll be hearing from local LGBTQ-identified authors Amy Schutzer, Nastashia Minto, Stephen O’Donnell, and Gillian Herbert. This is a powerhouse event every year and with these readers, this year will continue the tradition. We’ll hear from all of them, and also hear from and about Pride Foundation, and learn about the important work they do for the LGBTQ community in this part of the country.

Free

Breweries for Books 2019

Migration Brewing Company (Glisan) 2828 NE Glisan St, Portland, OR, United States

An event for all ages, with fun for children, families, and adults. · Free entry! · $5 for Trivia (with 50% of cash for the winning team) · 50/50 Raffle ($1 for 1 ticket; $5 for 6 tickets; $10 for 15 tickets) 4:30 – 6:00pm—Meet local children's authors Brian W. Parker and Josie A. Parker. They'll be leading craft activities for children and selling and signing copies of their books, including The Pawsons Move In, Obi The Changeling, and Darren Strider: Bumblebee Rider. 6:30 – 7:30pm—Trivia hosted by ShanRock’s Triviology 7:45pm—Raffle winner announced (raffle ongoing throughout the night) Remember, children are welcome at Migration until 8pm. A portion of proceeds during the event will be donated to us, so come hungry and thirsty.

Free

Toast to New Charities on Tap

The Oregon Public House 700 NE Dekum St, Portland, OR, United States

You're invited to OPH for our Toast to New Charities on Tap! Help us welcome our oncoming partners: - Community Cycling Center - Greenspaces Restoration Urban Naturalist Team - Independent Publishing Resource Center - Proud Ground - Social Justice Fund NW - STEM Like a Girl All votes cast on 7/19 will count for double! And we will bid a fond farewell to our offgoing partners: - Community Alliance of Tenants - Portland Meet Portland - The Shadow Project - Sisters of the Road - Wild Diversity - Write Around Portland

Free

Summer Snack: A Day Party Presented by YGB x Tender Table

Jupiter NEXT 900 E. Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

YGB and Tender Table are throwing the party of the season on August 4th, SUMMER SNACK! A celebration of our BIPOC community, YGB has curated a killer lineup of performers, musicians, artists, and more. Tender Table will be providing people’s favorite snacks to keep the good vibes flowing, and have partnered with four local Portland chefs who will be serving up creations just for this event. We can't wait to see you all on the dance floor and by the chip bowl! HOST *SHRISTA TYREE PERFORMANCES *Burlesque: MS. BRIQ HOUSE *Live Music: VEANA BABY & MANUKA HONEY *DJ: CHUCKK PASTA CHEFS *ARLYN FRANK of Platano Rising *SAKILE J. MITCHELL *RO TAM of Tanglewood Beverage Company *EMILY DASILVA SNACKS You can expect foods like fresh lychee,…

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Street Books Celebration & Fundraiser: Special Guest Karen Russell

Lagunitas Community Room 237 NE Broadway St #300, Portland, OR, United States

Join us as we celebrate the ninth year of operation and honor the patrons who have checked out books all summer long. There will be a taco bar by Los Gorditos, an onsite photo booth by artist Julie Keefe, and back by popular demand: the Book Divinator Machine. Put a token into the slot to have a book magically divined for you. Emceed by the fabulous Paul Susi, there will be a short program featuring librarians and patrons from the season, and time to enjoy wine and beer (included in the ticket price) with friends. We'll see you there! Street Books, a bicycle-powered mobile library serving people who live outside & at the margins, will hold its annual fundraiser and nine-year anniversary celebration on Thursday,…

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$30

Raise Your Pen

Vitalidad Movement Arts & Event Center 116 SE Yamhill Street, Portland, OR, United States

Save the date and celebrate 20 years at Write Around Portland's Annual Party with a purpose! Raise Your Pen on Friday, October 11, 2019 | 6-9:30 pm Vitalidad Movement Arts & Events Center | 116 SE Yamhill St. Portland, OR 97214 Meet Featured Writers from our past 20 years Plus Wine Wall | Silent Auction | Live Auction | Special Appeal Tickets: $55 General Admission | $110 Supporter | $1250 Power of Ten Prices increase after September 1. https://writearound.org/events/raise-your-pen/ Thank you to our generous sponsors! ¿Por Qué No? Taqueria AHA Agency Great Escape Publishing Beneficial State Bank The Commerce Bank of Oregon Box Lunch Design

$55

Refugee and Migrant Rights Fundraiser

Dig A Pony 736 SE Grand Ave, Portland, OR, United States

A combination reading and concert event raising funds for Team Brownsville and the McAllen Immigrant Respite Center, with poems by Kim Stafford, Armin Tolentino, Sophia Shalmiyev, Ana Maria Ferreira, and Gwendolyn Morgan, as well as live music, and raffles for donated good from Literary Arts, the IPRC, Tavern Books, Zig Zag Wanderer, Holocene, and more.

Free

Books to Prisoners Fundraiser

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

Books to Prisoners will read letters that they have received at our local chapter, as well as letters than have been published in a book the Seattle Chapter recently put together. Copies of the books that Seattle published are already available at Rose City Book Pub and will be available at this event as well. Purchasing them will support the Seattle chapter (our parent chapter), Rose City Book Pub, and our local Portland chapter. This event will also be the last day of the book drive hosted by Rose City Book Pub. Hey there! We have some awesome fundraisers coming up before the year wraps up and we hope you can make it to one or all of them. Our first fundraiser of the Fall/Winter…

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Free

Fundraiser: Physician storytelling night!!

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a physician storytelling night as five Portland pediatricians share vignettes of the funny, crazy, moving, devastating and weird things we see as we care for children. We are raising funds for an online pediatrician storytelling library, Reflections on Rosebuds. Suggested donation $10.

Free – $10
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