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

For details regarding specific events please contact the organizers or venues. If you are an organizer or venue and would like to reach out to us please feel free to contact us or submit an event using our submission form. We’d love to hear from you!

Open Mic: MIND & MOUTH (all ages)

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

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. $0-5 for youth (under 25), $5-10 for adults (25+)* Friday, August 30th, 7-10pm *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 out our enrollment page!

Free

From Chaos to Creativity Tour

Two Rivers Bookstore 8836 N Lombard Street, Portland, OR, United States

It's time for a book tour! I have four dates in Portland/Seattle area. Spread the word and invite a friend who's been having trouble kickstarting that creative project they've been talking about for years. :) Come with your head full of chaos, leave with a plan. You've got this. Sept 10 at Two Rivers Bookstore is St. Johns Come hang!

Free

Author Event, Dr. Erica Elliott, Medicine and Miracles

Two Rivers Bookstore 8836 N Lombard Street, Portland, OR, United States

Author, adventurer, & speaker, Dr. Erica Elliott, M.D. stops by the Two Rivers Bookstore to talk about her life experiences and her new book, Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert. Join us as Dr. Erica Elliott shares her experiences living among the Navajo.

Free

Two Rivers Bookstore & Weird Sisters Yarn Launch

Two Rivers Bookstore 8836 N Lombard Street, Portland, OR, United States

We are launching our new space, Sept. 13th-15. Celebrating with the musical stylings of Johnny Keener, and other fun stuff! Please swing on through and help us launch this new partnership!

Free

Bulletproof Your Year: Bullet Journaling Workshop

Two Rivers Bookstore 8836 N Lombard Street, Portland, OR, United States

Our popular workshop is back for fall, now at Two Rivers Bookstore's new location! Do you feel unorganized and overwhelmed in your life? Do you have lots of to-do lists floating around? Learn how to use a bullet journal and get organized. Join Liz, Allison and Christine for a morning of learning, creating, and community. Time to organize your life and get S*@# done! What's Included: A new Leuchturm1917 dot grid notebook (super fun colors, the best for bullet journaling and a $20 value!) Tips and layout ideas to get creative with your bujo Colored markers, stickers, pens, and other supplies to get creative Light refreshments provided Register in advance. Limited space!

$30

Ladies of Leisure Book Club

Two Rivers Bookstore 8836 N Lombard Street, Portland, OR, United States

The ladies are meeting at Two Rivers on Tuesday at 7pm to discuss the life and work of US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, the first Native American to be chosen Poet Laureate.

Free

Trans Voices Fringe Fest

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

This showcase features independent trans and genderqueer artists exhibiting nontraditional and unconventional vocal expressions. Organized by A Stick And A Stone! LINEUP: Cohabitation of Breaths - Abigail J Hansel of Yolk Sauna & June T Sanders (trans femme audio-visual ambient noise duo from "Idaho") Porch Cat (grunge-y pop punk / riot grrrl from "Bellingham") Sibila (industrial dancey synthy noise en español from "Olympia") DJ Vu (improv / experimental / noise from "Olympia") ChrisTiana Obeysummer (spoken word from "Seattle") Mx. Valentino (jazz-folk-punk) Robert Torres (poetry / spoken word) Sefer Raziel (glitch / noise / performance art) Myllo Mae (performance art) Dreams (synthy gay electronic beat rock) A Stick And A Stone (haunting choral experimentations) & More TBA In conjunction with TVF 2019 (a festival of trans…

Free

The (Other) F Word: A Celebration of the Fat & Fierce

Two Rivers Bookstore 8836 N Lombard Street, Portland, OR, United States

Editor Angie Manfredi and contributors Bruce Sturgell and Rachelle Abellar will read from this fabulous collection celebrating beauty in all sizes.

Free

Astral Somatica Book Release and Signing Event

Two Rivers Bookstore 8836 N Lombard Street, Portland, OR, United States

The ground-breaking activity/textbook entitled *Astral Somatica 1* offers a modern-day exploration into long lost methods of astro-physical analysis. As you, the reader, explore the curious nature of astro-physical analysis, may your interest be piqued to embody these concepts passed along by our fathers of modern medicine from antiquity until today. Many have consulted the astrological chart to understand the cyclical nature of health–following the pattern of the seasons…etc. Join the authors, Andrea Gehrz and Casey Cardoso for the official release and book signing event for Astral Somatica.

Free