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Nailed Reading

The Corporeal Writing Center 510 SW 3rd Ave #101, Portland, OR, United States

Join us as we celebrate some of the spectacular writers and poets who have published with us! Featuring performances by: Robert Lashley Sage Lilac Robb Piggot Domi Shoemaker Jackie Shannon Hollis Doors open at 6:30 pm Readings will begin at 7 pm (*doors close at 7:30 pm*) Afterwards please hang around, chat, and enjoy some refreshments as we bring the local branch of our online literary community into actual space! Drinks and light snacks provided (with suggested donation) OPEN TO ALL!

Free

Robert Lashley, Nastashia Minto, and Sophia Shalmiyev

The Corporeal Writing Center 510 SW 3rd Ave #101, Portland, OR, United States

Three writers and poets (Lashley, Minto and Shalmiyev) will read from and discuss their work through an audience Q/A. A 2016 Jack Straw Fellow, Artist Trust Fellow, and nominee for a Stranger Genius Award, Robert Lashley has had poems published in such journals as Feminete, Seattle Review of Books, NAILED, Gramma, Drunk in a Midnight Choir, and The Cascadia Review. His work was also featured in Many Trails to the Summit, an anthology of Northwest form and lyric poetry, and It Was Written, an anthology of poetry inspired by hip hop. His full-length books include THE HOMEBOY SONGS (Small Doggies Press, 2014) and UP SOUTH (Small Doggies Press, 2017). Nastashia Minto is an African American woman who was born in South Georgia. Her life experiences…

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Bigfoot Regional Benefit Show

Cider Riot 807 NE Couch St, Portland, OR, United States

Join us in celebrating what our region has to offer in Poetry! We are having a show to get folks excited about the Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam coming to Portland in July! Cider Riot! 807 NE Couch St, Portland, OR 97232 There will be a featured performance from Clementine von Radics! There will be group and individual performances by Bella Brianna Grisby Avery Gadling Skyler Reed Robert Lashley Nani Jane Belinda Julia Gaskill and Sage Lilac There will be exciting raffle prizes! 5-15 dollars (sliding scale) get you into to this amazing event! If you pay 10 or more you some raffle tickets with your entry! Accessibility info: Cider Riot is a 21+ venue so unfortunately no minors are allowed. There is delicious cider and…

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Wordlights: Saturday Poetry Evenings

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 June 22nd, we'll have a feature from Robert Lashley, two mini features from Dena Rash Guzman & Skyler Reed, and a short set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Robert Lashley A 2016 Jack Straw Fellow, Artist Trust Fellow, and nominee for a Stranger Genius Award, Robert Lashley has had poems published in such journals as Feminete, Seattle Review of Books, NAILED, Gramma, Drunk in a Midnight Choir, and The Cascadia Review. His work was also featured in Many Trails to the Summit, an anthology of Northwest form and lyric poetry, and It Was Written, an anthology of poetry inspired by hip hop. His full-length books include THE HOMEBOY…

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Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. Robert Lashley

Tiny's Coffee - NE MLK Jr 2031 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for another amazing poetry slam and open mic!!! There is a 5 dollar suggested donation for this event but no one is turned away. We will have a feature from Robert Lashley! More about Robert: A 2016 Jack Straw Fellow, Artist Trust Fellow, and nominee for a Stranger Genius Award, Robert Lashley has had poems published in such journals as Feminete, Seattle Review of Books, NAILED, Gramma, Drunk in a Midnight Choir, and The Cascadia Review. His work was also featured in Many Trails to the Summit, an anthology of Northwest form and lyric poetry, and It Was Written, an anthology of poetry inspired by hip hop. We will be at our venue, Tiny's Coffee Northeast! This means our show is all-ages! Everyone…

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Wordlights Poetry ft. Robert Lashley

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 January 25th, we'll have a feature from Robert Lashley, mini-features from Sam Preminger & David Paz-Mendoza, and a short set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Robert Lashley A 2016 Jack Straw Fellow, Artist Trust Fellow, and nominee for a Stranger Genius Award, Robert Lashley has had poems published in such journals as Feminete, Seattle Review of Books, NAILED, Gramma, Drunk in a Midnight Choir, and The Cascadia Review. His work was also featured in Many Trails to the Summit , an anthology of Northwest form and lyric poetry, and It Was Written, an anthology of poetry inspired by hip hop. His full-length books include THE HOMEBOY SONGS (Small…

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Mother Winter’s Paperback Launch Party

The Stacks Coffeehouse 1831 N. Killingsworth St, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for MOTHER WINTER’s Paperback Launch Party 2/12! A boatload of PNW authors— Kimberly King-Parsons Chelsea Bieker Genevieve Hudson Leni Zumas John Beer Matthew Dickman Robert Lashley Cari Luna Rene Denfeld Mary Szybist —will each read a chapter of MOTHER WINTER. Shalmiyev will be reading a page of their work as a way of introduction and reciprocity. Signing to follow! Books will be available for sale by Another Read Through, who will have a table set up at The Stacks for this special event. (Also check out their online store at https://www.anotherreadthrough.com/)

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Whitenoise Project 23: Lashley / Mckizzie / Minto / Dudley / L&R

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... Aaaaaaand we're back! Please join Whitenoise Project as we celebrate kicking off our FOURTH year of Portland's only BIPOC-centering reading series, run by People of Color. It's really exciting to be able to share this event and these brilliant Artists of Color with everyone! Featuring: -Robert Lashley -Briauna Skye Mckizzie -Nastashia Minto -Tessara Gabrielle Dudley With an opening musical set by Lark and Raven! Date/Time: Friday 02.21.20 @ 7pm Location TBA The Whitenoise Project is a reading and discussion series aiming to center voices from underrepresented communities (Black, Indigenous, PoC, Queer, Femme, WoC and people with disabilities), and is sponsored by the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO) and the Collins Foundation. looking for more BI/POC writers and artists to feature in upcoming…

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SALON SKID ROW Presents: the Revival /// LP #2

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

A monthly performance series featuring poetry, prose, musicians, dancers, and visual artists. Doors 7pm/show 8pm.21+over. Free. Tuesday, March 3rd: Robert Lashley, (WA), Brian Stephen Ellis, DeAngelo Gillispie, Julian Smuggles & Cinema Obscura.

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Proof of Stake Book Launch

Oregon Contemporary (formerly DISJECTA) 8371 N Interstate Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for the launch of Charles Valle's book-length poem, Proof of Stake: An Elegy, featuring readings by Charles, Ashley Toliver, Stephanie Adams-Santos and Robert Lashley.

Free
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