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Wordlights Poetry ft. Jordan Wilson-Dalzell

Rocking Frog Cafe 2511 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR, United States

Wordlights Saturday poetry evenings presented by NovaPDX, Rocking Frog Cafe and hosted by Igor Brezhnev. On Saturday October 12th, we'll have a feature from Jordan Wilson-Dalzell, two mini-features from Risa Mykland & Red O'Hare, and a short set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Jordan Wilson-Dalzell Jordan Wilson-Dalzell (she/her/hers) is a poet living in Santa Cruz, California. Writer was the first name she called herself. Words are her compass. She teaches radical social justice to the little ones in her life--striving to infuse her teaching pedagogy with intersectional feminism and teaching through play. Her life centers around activism, supporting grassroots projects and one day creating a school focused on hands-on multi-lingual whole child community-based learning. In her free time, she spends her time reading, looking up…

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Free

Slamlandia House Show – ft. Dylan Collins

Pointy House 2930 SE Clay St, Portland, OR, United States

It's time for another Slamlandia house show - this time featuring the wonderful Dylan Collins! This show will be held at Pointy House (2930 SE Clay Street) on MONDAY, January 13th. Door opens & signups at 6:00pm, show starts at 6:30pm. Some snacks and drinks will be provided (on a donation basis) but feel free to bring your own! ***There will be a $5 required entry fee at the door*** This house show will have an open mic that you can sign up to read in, as well as short spotlight features from local poets Jane Belinda and Risa Mykland, and a featured slot from Dylan Collins Dylan Collins is a spoken word artist, writer, poet, activist and educator. He is the host and creator…

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$5

September Workshop with Risa Mykland

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a Poetry workshop lead by Risa Mykland! This is a free workshop with an opportunity to tip Risa for their time. Workshop info: Risa Mykland (she/they) will be leading a workshop theming around writing about a simple personal experience and using it to illustrate a much larger story from your life. There will be an opportunity in the workshop to individually listen to a song (preferably one you know really well), so if you want to decide on that song before the workshop feel free to. You will also have time to choose it during the workshop. Come prepared with some way to take words down (ex. notebook + pen, phone notes app, laptop document), optionally a song, and your wonderful self.…

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Poetry Workshop with Risa Mykland

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a Poetry workshop lead by Risa Mykland! This is a free workshop with an opportunity to tip Risa for their time. Workshop info: Risa Mykland (she/they) will be leading a workshop theming around writing about a simple personal experience and using it to illustrate a much larger story from your life. There will be an opportunity in the workshop to individually listen to a song (preferably one you know really well), so if you want to decide on that song before the workshop feel free to. You will also have time to choose it during the workshop. Come prepared with some way to take words down (ex. notebook + pen, phone notes app, laptop document), optionally a song, and your wonderful self.…

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Slamlandia Digital Open Mic ft. Gabbi Jue

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Slamlandia is hosting another digital poetry open mic. This open mic - only poetry, no music please - will take place on November 19th. We'll be hosting this event with the help of Literary Arts. You can access our Zoom link in advance. Here is the link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcud--orjgvHdBjpiy4eJC_JNr32N0yoSrF With Portland Book Week underway, this month's show will, along with a feature, have a showcase of local Portland poets. We'll have short readings from Risa Mykland, Jane Belinda, Stephen Meads, Bella, and Ken Yoshikawa! Because we'll be having a showcase, this month's open mic will have limited spaces. If we have more people sign up than available slots, we'll do a lottery for who gets to read. Sign ups for the open mic will…

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Free

Poetry Workshop with Risa Mykland

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a Poetry workshop lead by Risa Mykland! This is a free workshop with an opportunity to tip Risa for their time. Workshop info: Risa Mykland (she/they) will be leading a workshop theming around writing about a simple personal experience and using it to illustrate a much larger story from your life. There will be an opportunity in the workshop to individually listen to a song (preferably one you know really well), so if you want to decide on that song before the workshop feel free to. You will also have time to choose it during the workshop. Come prepared with some way to take words down (ex. notebook + pen, phone notes app, laptop document), optionally a song, and your wonderful self.…

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Poetry Editing Workshop with Risa Mykland

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a Poetry editing Workshop with Risa Mykland! Please read Risa’s note below if you are interested in attending. This workshop is free with an opportunity to tip our workshop host for her time. Workshop info: IMPORTANT NOTE: Please bring a poem you have written and feel good about starting to edit. You don't have to think it is good! Preferably, but not required, have it be a poem that is not super raw for you still, because that makes it easier to work on. Risa Mykland (she/they) will be leading a workshop about common and unorthodox editing practices, including their personal method of editing poems for publication. Come prepared with some way to take words down (ex. notebook + pen, phone notes…

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Poetry Workshop with Risa Mykland

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a Poetry workshop lead by Risa Mykland! This is a free workshop with an opportunity to tip Risa for their time. Workshop info: Risa Mykland (she/they) will be leading a workshop theming around writing about a simple personal experience and using it to illustrate a much larger story from your life. There will be an opportunity in the workshop to individually listen to a song (preferably one you know really well), so if you want to decide on that song before the workshop feel free to. You will also have time to choose it during the workshop. Come prepared with some way to take words down (ex. notebook + pen, phone notes app, laptop document), optionally a song, and your wonderful self.…

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Free
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