LitPDX seeks to amplify marginalized voices, and welcomes all, their ideas, their events, and their words.

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MIND & MOUTH Open Mic

Marrow PDX 7025 N Lombard St, Portland, OR, United States

$0-5 for youth (under 25), $5-10 for adults (25+)* Friday, February 22nd, 7-10pm First Mind & Mouth Open Mic of 2019! You know the deal: Performances by youth (10-24)! Folks of ALL AGES encouraged to come and listen! Performance sign-up will be available at the event! We'd love to see written and performance work of all forms shared - spoken word, slam poetry, monologues, acoustic music with written lyrics, hip hop, collections of words that can't yet be defined by category, etc. *Enrollment and sign in are not required for this event. Enrollment (open only to folks 24 and under) is required for the majority of our programming. If you're a young person and plan to come back, you should enroll! For more details check…

Free – $10

HELLO / Release Reading

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

Come celebrate the release of Carol Ellis's new chapbook, HELLO, published by Two Plum Press. Other readers include: Jenna Marie Fletcher Amie Zimmerman Nathan Wade Carter

Free

Marty McConnell w/Beth Marquez and Jenna Marie Fletcher

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

Marty McConnell reads from her latest poetry collection, "when they say you can't go home again, what they mean is you were never there," joined by special guests Beth Marquez and Jenna Marie Fletcher! Praise for the book: If future generations want to know what it meant to live in the belly of the beast at this moment in history, they would do well to read the poems of Marty McConnell. These are poems that bear witness and much more: they explore a remarkable range of human experiences and emotional registers. There is fiery condemnation of injustice and jubilant praise of everyday pleasures; there are voices from the margins and voices of privilege that burn with searing honesty; there is fragmented language that mirrors the…

Free

“No Self-Respecting Woman” by Katherine Morgan – Book Launch

Dorsa Brevia 625 NW Everett Street #103, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a slightly belated launch party for Katherine Morgan's "No Self-Respecting Woman." She'll be joined by readers Jewels, Marita DeLeon, and Jenna Marie Fletcher. Light refreshments as well. See ya.

Free

Salon Skid Row Presents: The Revival

The Lombard Pub 3416 N Lombard Street, Portland, OR, United States

A monthly salon performance series, featuring poetry, prose, music, dance, and visual artists. Doors 7pm / Show 8pm. 21 & over. Free. Tuesday, February 11th: Micah Fletcher, Rob Gray, Robyn Bateman, Jenna Marie Fletcher, KMA Sullivan & Cinema Obscura

Free