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The Moth: StorySLAM: Willpower

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

WILLPOWER: Prepare a five-minute story about willpower.  Tell us of your iron (or paper thin)  resolve.  Your battle with smoking, drinking, loving, eating or obsessing.  Resisting the urge to check Facebook, read your lover's diary or sleep in.  Caving to impulses or holding strong.  Temptation versus self control and other epic interior battles. COVID Requirements: See Holocene's COVID Policy for details. We will not be selling any tickets at the door. This venue is 21+ *Seating is not guaranteed and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before the show. Admission is not guaranteed for late arrivals. All sales final. Media Sponsors: OPB and Literary Arts

$15

Poetry and Jazz: Notes and Motes

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

The Rose City Book Pub is pleased to again host Notes & Motes: The Vlatkovich Trio Plus One. Join us for some freeform Jazz driven by Poetry with an Edge.   Michael Vlatkovich - Trombone Chris Lee - Percussion Shao Way Wu - Bass Casey Bush - Poetry

Free
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Fonograf Editions Benefit Fundraiser

Stelo Arts 412 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Fonograf Ed.'s fundraising auction is live! The auction will help fund our 2023 catalog, which includes releases by De-Canon, Audre Lorde, Alice Notley, Tim Straw and Joshua Marie Wilkinson, among others (Registering is super easy and free.). The auction will run till Nov. 23rd here: https://app.galabid.com/fonograffundraiser/items On Sat. Nov 19th FE will also be hosting a live event at Stelo Arts in downtown PDX 7-9 PM featuring Dao Strom Anis Mojgani Bill Carty Patrick Dundon at Stelo Arts (Park Block/ 412 NW 8th Ave/ Portland, OR 97209) Drinks/snacks available, cash or Venmo

Free

The Moth: StorySLAM: Anniversary

The Old Church Concert Hall 1422 SW 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

ANNIVERSARY: Prepare a five-minute story about milestones. Enduring love or loss. The fondness of nostalgia and the lessons of growth. Seconds, minutes, hours, or when time stood still. Paper or silver...extra points if you make it to platinum. Rejoice or reflect the past while plotting the course ahead. Cheers to many more years! COVID Requirements: See The Old Church's COVID Policy for details. We will not be selling any tickets at the door. This venue is 16+ *Seating is not guaranteed and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before the show. Admission is not guaranteed for late arrivals. All sales final. Media Sponsors: OPB and Literary Arts

$15

The Moth: Mainstage in Portland

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 1037 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

The Moth returns to Portland on Tuesday, December 13. This extraordinary performance sells out quickly, so reserve your seats early and experience unforgettable stories told live! Literary Arts and The Moth are bringing a new lineup of storytellers to Portland. Each Moth Mainstage show features five tellers who have developed their true stories with help from The Moth’s directors. This year’s lineup will be announced soon. Purchase your tickets today and look forward to an evening of storytelling! The Moth features true stories, told live and without notes. The Moth celebrates the ability of stories to honor both the diversity and commonality of human experience, and to satisfy a vital human need for connection. It seeks to present storytellers among established and emerging writers, performers, and artists,…

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$21 – $85

Ledger Editions Vol. 2: Stephanie Adams-Santos, Catie Hannigan, and Jennifer Perrine

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

Register in advance here *This event is in-person. Masks + Proof of Vaccination Required. See more about the IPRC’s COVID Policy here. Please join the IPRC for the second installment of our Ledger Editions Readings with readings from Stephanie Adams-Santos, Catie Hannigan, and Jennifer Perrine. This event is made possible with support from the Kinsman Foundation. The work of Stephanie Adams-Santos spans poetry, prose, and screenwriting. Often grappling with themes of strangeness and belonging, her work reflects a fascination with the weird, numinous and primal forces that shape inner life. Stephanie is the author of several full length poetry collections and chapbooks, including DREAM OF XIBALBA (selected by Jericho Brown as winner of the 2021 Orison Poetry Prize) and SWARM QUEEN’S CROWN (finalist for a Lambda Literary Award).…

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Free

The Moth: StorySLAM: Moving

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

MOVING: Prepare a five-minute story about life's migrations. An upgrade or downsize. New job, new love, or a new lease on life. Tell us about geographic shifts that have shaken up your world or stirred your soul. A steady march or a slow dance. Just keep swimming... COVID Requirements: See Holocene's COVID Policy for details. We will not be selling any tickets at the door. This venue is 21+ *Seating is not guaranteed and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before the show. Admission is not guaranteed for late arrivals. All sales final. Media Sponsors: OPB and Literary Arts

$15

Poetry and Jazz: Notes and Motes

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

The Rose City Book Pub is pleased to again host Notes & Motes: The Vlatkovich Trio Plus One. Join us for some freeform Jazz driven by Poetry with an Edge. Michael Vlatkovich - Trombone Chris Lee - Percussion Shao Way Wu - Bass Casey Bush - Poetry

Free

The Moth: StorySLAM: Vices

The Old Church Concert Hall 1422 SW 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

VICES: Prepare a five-minute story about a wicked habit, a mild failing or a defect in your otherwise perfect self. Tell us what acts as kryptonite on your character! The ball and chain of developed habits and poisonous predilections. Give a special shout out to the backfiring virtues...when being too good is actually bad. COVID Requirements: See The Old Church's COVID Policy for details. We will not be selling any tickets at the door. This venue is 16+ *Seating is not guaranteed and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be sure to arrive at least 10 minutes before the show. Admission is not guaranteed for late arrivals. All sales final. Media Sponsors: OPB and Literary Arts  

$15

Six Month Screenwriting Intensive

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

“Screenplays…are primarily a narrative blueprint for cinematic interpretation. They require certain beats, certain layouts, and certain terminology to communicate the visual and audio needs of an eventual production — a production that hundreds of professionals will collaborate on.” – Ken Miyamoto, Screencraft “The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement.” – Raymond Chandler The art and craft of writing for the screen is a skill that all authors would do well to have in their creative arsenals. On one level, prose fiction, memoir, non-fiction, all these forms have been, and will continue to be, sought out by the film industry as foundations for works in…

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$1,100
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