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Cabaret des Arts: A Fusion of Visual Arts & Burlesque

West End Ballroom 1220 SW Taylor Street, Portland, OR, United States

Lacy Productions presents... CABARET DES ARTS: A Fusion of Visual Arts & Burlesque Friday, October 4th at the West End Ballroom/ Theater in Portland (Located in the gorgeously restored 1920's landmark and former Portland Women’s Club, movie house, and playhouse! https://westendballroom.com/) Cabaret des Arts raises up sex/body positivity, feminism, and inclusivity through the visual arts and burlesque! Join us as we merge these genres together and experience an empowering, entertaining, and exclusive evening of artistic sensuality. Begin your evening perusing our Artist Exhibition (showcasing PNW local artists working in a variety of mediums) while sipping cocktails and sampling food available to purchase in our speakeasy-style soiree downstairs (provided by the West End Ballroom). Afterwards, head upstairs into The West End Ballroom Theater for our Cabaret…

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$25 – $40

Refugee and Migrant Rights Fundraiser

Dig A Pony 736 SE Grand Ave, Portland, OR, United States

A combination reading and concert event raising funds for Team Brownsville and the McAllen Immigrant Respite Center, with poems by Kim Stafford, Armin Tolentino, Sophia Shalmiyev, Ana Maria Ferreira, and Gwendolyn Morgan, as well as live music, and raffles for donated good from Literary Arts, the IPRC, Tavern Books, Zig Zag Wanderer, Holocene, and more.

Free

Filament’s October Reading Featuring Alicia Jo Rabins

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

Join us for Filament's October reading, with special guest Alicia Jo Rabins! We have a new cast of talented MFA readers in addition to Alicia, and we're delighted to be back at the IPRC this autumn. "Alicia Jo Rabins is a writer, musician, composer, performer and Torah teacher. She creates multi-genre works of experimental beauty which explore the intersection of ancient wisdom texts with everyday life. Rabins’ first collection of poetry, Divinity School, won the 2015 APR/Honickman First Book Prize and was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. Her second collection, Fruit Geode, was published in October 2018 by Augury Books/Brooklyn Arts Press. As a musician and performer, Rabins is the creator and performer of Girls in Trouble, an indie-folk song cycle about the…

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Free

Why There Are Words: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Corkscrew Wine Bar 1665 SE Bybee Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

Join Why There Are Words – Portland (WTAW-PDX) for “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” November 17, from 4 to 6 pm at the Corkscrew Wine Bar. We’ll have an amazing afternoon with the following featured authors. Karen Bridges has a BA in Anthropology from University of Oregon and an MA in English and Creative Writing from Sonoma State University. Her flash fiction has appeared in Esthetic Apostle and Everyday Fiction, and her nonfiction essays on Virginia Woolf are published on the Faithless Feminist. She is currently working on a collection of short stories as well as a creative non-fiction hybrid project titled Unsettled. She lives in Portland, Oregon. Martha Conway‘s latest novel, The Underground River (Touchstone) was a New York Times Book Review…

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Free

Bike Chain Rain: A Birthday Tribute to David Cloud Berman

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

Musicians, writers, poets, fans and friends will play music, read work/tributes and tell stories about the great American poet and songwriter David Berman (Purple Mountains, Silver Jews) on what should have been his 53rd birthday. A benefit for Moms Demand Action and Write Around PDX With… Stephen Malkmus Bob Nastanovich Rebecca Gates William Tyler Clay Cole Franklin Bruno Oed Ronne A Certain Smile and writers: Kevin Sampsell Chelsey Johnson Jon Raymond Mo Daviau Kjerstin Johnson Daniel Elder Sophia Shalmiyev Douglas Wolk (MC) & Special Guests presented by chickfactor

$18 – $21

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/)

Free

Filament’s February Reading Featuring Sophia Shalmiyev

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

Join us for Filament's February reading, with special guest Sophia Shalmiyev! Sophia Shalmiyev emigrated from Leningrad to NYC in 1990. She is an MFA graduate of Portland State University with a second master's degree in creative arts therapy from the School of Visual Arts. She lives in Portland with her two children. Mother Winter is her first book. We will have a new cast of talented MFA readers in addition to Sophia, and we're delighted to be at the IPRC for our first reading of 2020!

Free

First Word Reading Series: The Crucible

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

The First Word reading series at Powell's highlights emerging voices from the Portland literary community. The March event features contributors to The Crucible, a new zine dedicated to feminist creative practice and to dismantling the garbage narratives of patriarchy and capitalism. Featured readers: Effy Garside Mitchell, Missy Ladygo, Kristin Olson-Huddle, Renee Honn, Caitlin Delohery, Ivy Ross Ricci, & Nikki Levine. Emceed by Sophia Shalmiyev & Leni Zumas. The inaugural issue of The Crucible will be available for purchase! March's First Word features contributors to The Crucible, a new zine dedicated to feminist creative practice and to dismantling the garbage narratives of patriarchy and capitalism. Emceed by Leni Zumas (Red Clocks) and Sophia Shalmiyev (Mother Winter), with words by Effy Garside Mitchell, Missy Ladygo, Kristin Olson-Huddle,…

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Free

Webinar: The Antifascist Artist

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The Antifascist Artist: How can writers fight against right-wing extremism in the United States? In recent years right-wing extremist groups have specifically targeted Portland as a place to rally, recruit, and radicalize. How do communities fight back against hate on the local, national, and global level? And what role can art—in particular the written and spoken word—play in that fight? Portland authors Cari Luna, Maryam Gabriel-Imam, Janice Lee, Sophia Shalmiyev, and Leni Zumas will read from their work and then tackle this question in a panel discussion. This event is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council, through a project grant in support of Cari Luna’s ongoing research and writing about fascism. Click on this link to register in advance for this…

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Free

PSU’s Filament Reading Series

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us this Friday as we kick off the 2021-21 Filament Reading Series, curated by Portland State MFA writers! 🌈☔️🔥 Featuring special alumni guest Sophia Shalmiyev (MOTHER WINTER) and current MFA students. 🌲❤️ 9/25 at 7pm Pacific. RSVP to ap9 pdx edu for the Zoom link.

Free
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