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Write Around Portland: Raise Your Pen

Holocene 1001 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

From Write Around Portland's website: Raise Your Pen is Write Around Portland’s annual party with a purpose with a goal to raise $75,000 to support Write Around Portland’s mission to change lives through the power of writing. When: Thursday, October 18, 2018 from 6-8:30 pm 6:00 Cocktails, Hors d’oeuvres, Wine Wall and Golden Pen Raffle 7:00 Program featuring Write Around Portland participants, a Live Auction and Special Appeal Location: Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison Tickets: $50 General Admission (until October 10, $60 after) $100 Supporter (VIP admission includes 2 drink tickets) $1,000 Power of Ten (VIP admission for 10, 20 drink tickets and a reserved row of seating for the program) Dress: The theme is Light. Join us in adding a little sparkle to your cocktail attire!…

$60 – $1000

20x20x20 Print Show

Tillamook Station 665 N. Tillamook St., Portland, OR, United States

A print show and fundraiser to benefit the IPRC!

Free

2019 Bookapalooza Used Book Sale Fundraiser

FVRL Operations Center 1007 E Mill Plain Blvd, Vancouver, WA, United States

Bookapalooza ’19 will feature used books for kids and adults in a wide variety of genres. Books will be bargain priced at $1 for most hardbacks and paperbacks and 50 cents for mass-market adult fiction paperbacks. You’ll find something for everyone. There will be books about Art, Biographies, Children’s Picture Books, Classics, Cookbooks, Educational Materials, Foreign Language, Gardening, Graphic Novels, Health, History, Hobbies and Crafts, Horror, Large Print, Music, Mysteries, Poetry, Reference, Romance Novels, Science and Technology, Science Fiction, Sports, Travel Guides, Westerns, Young Adult, and more. Come find your next great read at our terrific three-day sale! Proceeds from this book sale will be used to support Fort Vancouver Regional Library District’s programs and services.

Free

PZS Zine Anthology Release and Reading

IPRC (Independent Publishing Resource Center) 318 SE Main Street #175, Portland, OR, United States

Celebrating year 19 of the Portland Zine Symposium, PZS will be releasing our fundraiser anthology, on the theme "Mistakes". Come buy a zine and support PZS! Readers To Be Announced doors at 6:30 // readers promptly at 7 bring money for a zine or to donate to PZS // NOTAFLOF

Free

Drag Bingo Fundraiser for the IPRC

Liberty Glass 938 N Cook St, Portland, OR, United States

Don't miss the IPRC's first fundraiser of 2019! Join us for Drag Bingo hosted by the one and only PEACHY SPRINGS at our generous partner location Liberty Glass Bar & Restaurant! You'll have MANY opportunities to win great prize packages and prints, all while celebrating, supporting, and investing in affordable community art-making in Portland.

$10

Fonograf Benefit Fundraiser Party

Outlet 2500 Northeast Sandy Boulevard, Portland, OR, United States

On Saturday, June 8 from 7pm-9pm at Outlet, the non-profit literary record label Fonograf Ed. presents a benefit fundraiser to inaugurate both the summer and the label’s new and forthcoming releases. The event will feature readings/performances from poet Anis Mojgani (http://thepianofarm.com) and musical groups Whip (https://www.timesbold.net/) and Deserve (https://deserve.bandcamp.com/). Sara Brant Guest and Jeff Alessandrelli will host the evening. The zero waste pop-up shop UTILITY will also be on site from 5-7pm; find more info about UTILITY at https://www.utilityzerowaste.com/. Outlet is the studio space of Kate Bingaman-Burt. It also hosts workshops and facilitates pop-up events and projects. About Fonograf Editions: Fonograf Ed. publishes albums influenced by language and literature. Each release is available in both an analog and digital format, with a particular focus on…

Free

Signal Fire 10th Anniversary Party!

C3:Initiative 412 NW 8th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Organized by: Signal Fire and hosted by C3:Initiative When: June 8th, 6–9 pm Where: c3:initiative, 7326 N. Chicago Ave, Portland, OR 97203 $25 admission, open to the public Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/signal-fire-10th-anniversary-tickets-61429771099 Signal Fire was founded 10 years ago on three beliefs: first, that artists offer creative approaches to our world’s most daunting challenges; second, that activists foster drive and resources to strengthen communities; and third, we knew y’all had to be friends. Signal Fire could have really grown to become anything, and you have made this thing so much more dynamic, rigorous, and playful than we ever initially dreamed. At the outset, we imagined small groups traveling together into threatened wildlands, discussing ways to shift the dominant views of land in the American West.…

$25