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Running Wild Poetry Slam

The Jade Lounge 2342 SE Ankeny, Portland, OR, United States

Running Wild Press Portland Poetry Slam: Featured Readers and Open Mic. Your chance to share and perform in Portland. Bring your best five minutes of material for the open mic session. There will be time for about eight readers in the open mic portion, so get there early. Sign-up list will be followed in order. Poetry is encouraged, but all kinds of pieces are welcome. Refreshments available from the Jade Lounge. Contact: Lisa Montagne Organization: Running Wild Press Featuring: Host: Lisa Montagne, Ed.D. Director of education for Running Wild Press. She is a poet, author of creative non-fiction, college professor, artist, and dancer from Southern California. lisamontagne.com Armine Iknadossian Born in Beirut, she immigrated to the U.S. in 1974 to excape the civil war. She…

Free

Unchaste Readers Series Presents: An AWP Offsite Event

The Jade Lounge 2342 SE Ankeny, Portland, OR, United States

Hosted by Jessica Wadleigh Featuring: Laura Lucas, Angela Braxton-Johnson, Carrie Ivy, Mo Daviau, Caryn Brooks 21+ Venue, ADA Accessible, Free

Free

More Literary Cures for Fascism Fatigue

The Jade Lounge 2342 SE Ankeny, Portland, OR, United States

Ariel Gore's School for Wayward Writers Presents: More Literary Cures for Fascism Fatigue Featuring: Mai'a Williams, Tomas Moniz, Dot Hearn, Ky Delaney, Melissa Wolf, Meg Weber, Laraine Herring, Sara Kirschenbaum, Jessica Standifird, Emily Skelding, Ariel Gore, hosted by Missy Ladygo. 21+ venue

Free

Reading by University of Oregon Alums

The Jade Lounge 2342 SE Ankeny, Portland, OR, United States

Celebrate alums of the University of Oregon MFA Creative Writing Program and their work at this featured reading and open mic event. We’ll read Tsunami Books style, so if you’re a UO MFA alum, we’ll do our best to squeeze you in for two to four minutes. Refreshments available from the Jade Lounge. Contact: Tina Mozelle Braziel

Free

Hodgepodge reading: May 2019

The Jade Lounge 2342 SE Ankeny, Portland, OR, United States

**NOTE: Start time changed to 3:30pm. First reader will begin at 3:45pm. FREE READING Hodgepodge is back in May! Still a free event, still for the 21+ crowd, still at the Jade Lounge, at a *new time*. Our May reading will be hosted by Sione Aeschliman and feature special guests Chuck Caruso, Elle Marr, Erika Brumett, and Tiffany Grimes. The Readers: CHUCK CARUSO’s perverse tales make you snicker at things you shouldn’t laugh about, and then they punch you in the gut. https://chuckcaruso.com/ ELLE MARR writes adult thrillers and short fiction. She loves spooking herself around dark corners, and is excited for her debut novel, The Missing Sister, to be published in Spring 2020 by Thomas & Mercer Publishing. https://ellemarr.com/ Through science, history, parascience, and…

Free

Hodgepodge: The Reckoning

The Jade Lounge 2342 SE Ankeny, Portland, OR, United States

Hodgepodge! November 24! 5-8pm! The Jade Lounge! Hosted by Aaron Simon! Readers: Dianna Faulk Kenneth Gorden Daniel Griggs Aaron Simon Actual writeup and reader bios coming soon.

Free