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Comic Night!

Guilder Cafe 2393 NE Fremont St., Portland, OR, United States

Join us for an engaging evening about using comics for education and activism! We’ll be joined by local author, artist, and zinester Sarah Mirk and the comic artist who created the Ask Me About Cost of Production comic, Jim “Kett” Kettner. Sarah will present on using comics for educational and activist purposes and will be followed by a live reading of the Ask Me About Cost of Production by authors Mike and Caryn Nelson, and artist Kett. Both presenters will have their own creations available for purchase. The event is free to attend and no registration is required but donations are welcome! This is an all ages event. Happy hour will be available throughout the event.

Free

Virtual Author Reading with Malaka Gharib

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a virtual author reading with Malaka Gharib, including a conversation with local writer and artist Sarah Mirk and a chance to ask questions. Malaka Gharib is an editor and digital strategist at National Public Radio. Her first book, I Was Their American Dream, is a graphic memoir that focuses on her experience as a Filipino-Egyptian-American. In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews praised the book as "A heartwarming tribute to immigrant families and their descendants trying to live the American dream." Join this event virtually.  To call into this event, please call +1-415-655-0001. Use access code 927 958 092.

Free

Sarah Mirk With Omar El Akkad, Kane Lynch & Hazel Newlevant

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

In January 2002, the United States sent a group of Muslim men they suspected of terrorism to a prison in Guantánamo Bay. They were the first of roughly 780 prisoners who would be held there — and 40 inmates still remain. Eighteen years later, very few of them have been ever charged with a crime. In Guantánamo Voices (Abrams ComicArts), journalist Sarah Mirk and her team of diverse, talented graphic novel artists tell the stories of 10 people whose lives have been shaped and affected by the prison, including former prisoners, lawyers, social workers, and service members. Mirk’s collection of illustrated interviews explores the history of Guantánamo and the world post-9/11, presenting this complicated partisan issue through a new lens. Mirk will be joined in…

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Free

Sunday Parkways x IPRC: Virtual Zines 101 Workshop

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The IPRC is working with Sunday Parkways to make September a month of zine making for all of Portland! Each week will feature a different workshop facilitated by a local artist. We’ll be making a community zine called Portland’s Got Talent with submissions that will be printed and bound at the IPRC. Workshop Description: Zines 101: Monuments We Need Zines take all kinds of forms. They can be about personal stories, politics, food, travel, anything! In this virtual workshop, Portland zine maker Sarah Mirk will show examples of inspiring zines from around the world. We’ll fold a zine together and each create our own short zine about monuments (like statues and plaques) that we think the city needs. No special writing or drawing skills required,…

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Free – $20

Incite: Queer Writers Read—July 2021

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Incite: Queer Writers Read is a curated, bi-monthly reading series for Queer writers. Join us in July as we explore the topic of BOTH/AND with Ari Chadwick-Saund, Kosoko Jackson, and Sarah Mirk. This is an online event. Register to attend at https://literary-arts.org/events/. Incite: Queer Writers Read is a curated, bimonthly reading series for Queer writers. Incite’s hope is to create conversation, connection, and greater understanding both within the Queer community and with other communities. Hosted by Vinnie Kinsella and Jennifer Perrine. The theme for July is Both/And. Register for this event in advance. Kosoko Jackson is a digital media specialist, focusing on digital storytelling, email, social and SMS marketing, and a freelance political journalist. Occasionally, his personal essays and short stories have been featured on Medium,…

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