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Book and Bake Sale!

The First Congregational United Church of Christ 1126 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Network with authors and get your books signed as you enjoy a sweet treat during our holiday gathering. Cookies, cupcakes, pies, and cakes are encouraged. All proceeds from the bake sale support our chapter programming. No admission fee! This event is family-friendly and everyone is welcome to attend and purchase treats and books! Bake Sale will begin at 7pm sharp and the Book Sale will begin at 7:30pm. Both will be open to all until 8pm! 📚🥧🧁🍪🍩📚 Coffee (reg and decaf) and tea will also be provided for all. Please consider bringing a mug or travel mug to reduce the use of paper cups and garbage. 💗🌎 If you are a published Willamette Writers member author and would like to sign up to participate, please…

Free

Buckman Journal 003 Launch & Holiday Art Market

Bunk Bar - Water 1028 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Buckman Journal, a literary and art anthology features a wealth of short stories, essays, flash fiction, and visual art, all made by Portlanders. The third installment of Buckman Journal explores the way technology and media work with, for, and against our world. New issue out December 1st, 2019. Alongside the launch of Buckman Journal 003, Buckmxn Publishing is proud to host a holiday art market. Looking for unique gifts and want to support local artists and writers? Presto! Buckmxn has made it easy for you! Shop prints, stickers, craft items, original pieces, books, and more. Great deals and specials! All sales go directly to artists. Bunk Bar @ SW Water Ave. Thursday Dec 5. 6-9pm. Buy a sandwich. Have a drink. Browse art. Buy Buckman…

Free

Passages Bookshop HOLIDAY CLEARANCE SALE: 30% OFF

Passages Bookshop 1801 NW Upshur, Suite 660, Portland, OR, United States

Visit Passages Bookshop between now and December 21 for great holiday bargains! * *  ALL BOOKS 30% OFF  * * PLUS: Hundreds of books, and all framed art, marked down 50–75% Markdowns in all categories: Poetry / Literature / Philosophy Music / Film / Video Art / Photography / Graphic Design Original prints, drawings, photographs; mixed media pieces; posters: Karel Appel / Tom Phillips / Antoni Tapies Mar Goman / John Martineau / Clayton Holcomb Josef Hodek / Ben Nelson / Jacqueline Brito * *  TWO WEEKENDS ONLY  * *  Thurs-Sat, December 12-14 Thurs-Sat, December 19-21 12:00-6:00 pm each day = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =…

Free

Passages Bookshop HOLIDAY CLEARANCE SALE: 30% OFF

Passages Bookshop 1801 NW Upshur, Suite 660, Portland, OR, United States

Visit Passages Bookshop between now and December 21 for great holiday bargains! * *  ALL BOOKS 30% OFF  * * PLUS: Hundreds of books, and all framed art, marked down 50–75% Markdowns in all categories: Poetry / Literature / Philosophy Music / Film / Video Art / Photography / Graphic Design Original prints, drawings, photographs; mixed media pieces; posters: Karel Appel / Tom Phillips / Antoni Tapies Mar Goman / John Martineau / Clayton Holcomb Josef Hodek / Ben Nelson / Jacqueline Brito * *  TWO WEEKENDS ONLY  * *  Thurs-Sat, December 12-14 Thurs-Sat, December 19-21 12:00-6:00 pm each day = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =…

Free

Publication Fair 2019

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

FREE & open to the PUBLIC This annual event features work from local small presses and artists, such as: Ampersand Gallery & Fine Books Anthology Bookseller Big Big Wednesday Container Corps Division Leap Floating World Comics Future Tense Books Gobshite Quarterly/GobQ Books Know your City Monograph Bookworks Octopus Books Passages Bookshop Perfect Day Publishing PNCA Tavern Books Tin House Two Plum Press University of Hell Press

Free

Fandom PDX 2020

Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel 8235 Northeast Airport Way, Portland, OR, United States

Fandom PDX® (formerly Newcon PDX/Anime PDX) is Portland, Oregon's hotel based pop culture convention celebrating cosplay, video games, anime, tabletop gaming, comics, and "all things geek". Our twelfth event will take place at the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel on Saturday and Sunday: January 4-5, 2020. The event features an Exhibitor's Hall, Artist Alley, celebrity guests, video game rooms, CCG/RPG/tabletop gaming, panels, workshops, and much more. Details coming soon!

$20 – $35

Winter Poetry Festival

Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) 511 Northwest Broadway St, Portland, OR, United States

Portland’s second Winter Poetry Festival is a joyful gathering of poets and poetry lovers. Winter is a magical time where the beauty of language burns brightly in the darkness. The festival will feature a marketplace where you can support poets by buying from them directly, inspiring workshops for poets of all levels of experience, innovative performances and craft-talks from top-notch poets, a guest-screening from Seattle’s Cadence: Video Poetry Festival, and the “Poet’s Playground” an ephemeral pop-up of poetic challenges and collaborations. The Festival will be housed in the beautiful PNCA. ADA accessible. Centrally-located, near many major transit lines.

Free

PDX Pop Up Con

Comics Adventure 15705 Southeast McLoughlin Boulevard Suite A, Milwaukie, OR, United States

Free Pop Up Con in Portland area to help creators affected by the postponement of Emerald City 2020 March show.

Free

Comics Adventure: Local Comic Shop Day (LCSD)

Comics Adventure 15705 Southeast McLoughlin Boulevard Suite A, Milwaukie, OR, United States

Celebrate your local comic shop (hey, Comics Adventure!) on Wednesday, November 25th at 11 a.m. We'll have some LCSD variants as well as the usual assortment of new comics, old comics, graphic novels and many other things.

Free

Celebrate Local Comic Shop Day at Bridge City Comics!

Bridge City Comics 3725 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Kick off the holiday shopping season in style with exclusive & cool items available first on Local Comic Shop Day! We’re celebrating Local Comic Shop Day on Wednesday, November 25 (new comic day!) with these special LCSD variant comics: LCSD 2020 DUNE HOUSE ATREIDES #2 (OF 12) FOIL VAR LCSD 2020 ICE CREAM MAN #20 LCSD 2020 INVINCIBLE #1 GOLD FOIL LOGO LCSD 2020 LUMBERJANES #75 FOIL VAR LCSD 2020 MIGHTY MORPHIN #1 FOIL VAR LCSD 2020 MONSTRESS TALK-STORIES #1 (OF 2) GOLD FOIL LCSD 2020 POWER RANGERS #1 FOIL VAR LCSD 2020 SOMETHING IS KILLING CHILDREN #1 FOIL VAR LCSD 2020 SPAWN #312 CVR E MCFARLANE Quantities are limited and available on a first come, first served basis! Thanks for supporting Bridge City Comics!

Free