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Literary BINGO with Lilla Lit

CENTRL Office Downtown 1155 SW Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

Candy will be flung, prizes will be won: Come bingo with Lilla Lit! We’re back with more literary bingo madness courtesy an all-star lineup of Portland writers. Who will read a flashback? A sonnet? The word “panty”? Mark your cards and claim your prizes! Your bingolicious hosts: Lilla Lit coordinators Virginia Bellis Brandabur and Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet. This year's brave readers: Rebecca Claren (Kickdown), Kate Gray (For Every Girl), Apricot Irving (The Gospel of Trees), Missy Ladygo, Gigi Little (The Untold Gaze), Jessica Mehta (Savagery), Liz Scott (This Never Happened), and Natalie Serber (Community Chest). 7 PM • CENTRL Office Downtown • 1155 SW Morrison https://www.facebook.com/events/502956033891541/

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Powell’s Booksellers Reading

ILWU Local 5 Union Hall 920 West Burnside, Portland, OR, United States

Not only is Powell's the cultural center of Portland, it's also full of people making amazing literary art of their own. They may look like mild-mannered booksellers and cashiers, but you have no idea! Hosts Mark Savage and Kevin Sampsell introduce Melissa Amstutz, Ryan Hall, Cosima Bee Concordia, Mia Vicino, Ariel Kusby, Elizabeth Neal, Kyan Oliver Furlong, and Francesca DeMusz in this special Powell's employee/Local 5/Deep Overstock showcase. Come see us during your LitCrawl 2019 festivities.

Free

PSU MFA Program’s Filament Series

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

Presenting the exciting and innovative work of the graduates in Portland State University’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program! Readers: Mary Haidri Ann Petroliunas Charity Yoro Fiction: Mary Haidri is the author of the play Every Path (La Jolla Playhouse). Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Permafrost Magazine, Pigeon Pages, The Molotov Cocktail, Winter Tangerine, Portland Review, Fairy Tale Review, and others. She was the recipient of the 2017 Fairy Tale Review Poetry Award and the 2018 Shadow Award. She is a collaborator of Nettleworks, a theater collective. Find her work at maryhaidri.com Nonfiction: Ann Petroliunas is a current student in PSU’s creative nonfiction writing MFA program and a 2017 graduate of the prose certificate program at the Independent Publishing Resource…

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Choose Your Own Adventure BINGO

CENTRL Office Downtown 1155 SW Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

Join local Choose Your Own Adventure(R) authors Katherine Factor and Rana Tahir for a thrilling game of CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE BINGO. Katherine and Rana will be pulling from their magical tote of gamebooks to determine where YOU land. Chooseco, publisher of the Choose Your Own Adventure(R) gamebook series, will be giving away books as prizes throughout the event, as well as one grand finale prize of The Whole Enchilada. Never heard of CYOA? Stop by to learn more about Choose Your Own Adventure SPIES: Harry Houdini and Choose Your Own Adventure SPIES: Noor Inayat Khan (available 5/1/20). Remember the books from your childhood? Then you know the drill…BEWARE & WARNING, this event will be different from other events. Enter at your own risk.

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The Rose City Art-Song Project

Valentine's 232 SW Ankeny St, Portland, OR, United States

Cult of Orpheus is Portland's only all-original art-song and opera troupe, founded by local lyrical-music composer Christopher Corbell. This year we've been focused on collaborations with local poets, and this performance will feature eight new musical compositions setting words by four Portland writers. Performers: Sadie Gregg, mezzo-soprano; Dan Gibbs, baritone; Eric Asakawa, tenor; Jocelyn Claire Thomas, soprano; Patrick McCulley, saxophone; Christopher Corbell, guitar; Laura Gershman, English horn; Erica Melton, music director; Kristi Gray Lovato, emcee.

Free

She Can Really Lay It Down: A Celebration of Women Rockers and Rebels

Kickstand Comedy 16 NW Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

In She Can Really Lay It Down: 50 Rebels, Rockers, and Musical Revolutionaries (Who Happen to be Women), author and illustrator Rachel Frankel tells the fascinating stories of fifty female musicians who left their indelible mark on music and culture. Each incredible musician in this book defied genre and social conventions to shape the music industry as we know it, but have been overlooked simply because they are women. From under-celebrated industry greats like Carol Kaye – the kickass bass player who we’ve all listened to but never heard of – to legends like Nina Simone – the American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist – She Can Really Lay It Down showcases outstanding female-identified musicians from the 20th and 21st centuries. Tonight, Rachel speaks about the process,…

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Poetry Karaoke: Celebrity Judge Edition

The Cleaners at Ace Hotel 403 SW 10th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

In the return of this Lit Crawl Portland favorite, audience members perform poems, and a spin of the wheel determines the musical style in which poems are read/performed. Corvallis-based band Mule on Fire will provide on-the-spot accompaniment for a range of poetic options. And again this year, celebrated authors from Portland and beyond will judge poetry karaoke performances. At the end of 45 minutes, a winner will be crowned Poetry Karaoke Champion for the year.

Free

Reply All: Portland Review Reading

CENTRL Office Downtown 1155 SW Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

Original, borrowed, and found texts from Portland-based multidisciplinary artists and writers Anis Mojgani, Joni Renee Whitworth, and Jenny Vu. With live performances, and visual contributions that explore art, work, and collective attention -- and the communal possibilities for live literature. Hosted by Portland Review.

Free

Lit Crawl: Awkward After Party 4 (U)

The Cleaners at Ace Hotel 403 SW 10th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Once again, Tin House brings the post-Lit-Crawl jams (4U), with dance sets from Morgan Parker, Saeed Jones, and DJ Camp Daddy. It's the Awkwardest yet.

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