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Native American Indian Storytelling and Drumming

Multnomah County Library - St. Johns Library 7510 N Charleston Avenue Portland, OR 97203, Portland, OR, United States

From Multnomah County Library's website: These are traditional stories and songs of the Kalapuya people of the Willamette Valley. The stories portray the animal people and their adventures. Each story teaches lessons. Often, the stories involve audience participation. The stories are opened by traditional drumming that enhances the presentation. Drumming will also be a part of the closing of the program. Made possible by The Library Foundation through support from The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Fund. [This is a multiple day event: Friday, November 09, 2018 4:00 pm Native American Indian Storytelling and Drumming at Fairview-Columbia Meeting Room First come, first served. Saturday, November 10, 2018 11:00 am Native American Indian Storytelling and Drumming at St. Johns Library First come, first served. Thursday,…

Free

Pageturners Author Visit: Willy Vlautin

Multnomah County Library - St. Johns Library 7510 N Charleston Avenue Portland, OR 97203, Portland, OR, United States

Engage in stimulating conversation about books, exchange perspectives about characters and plot, and get to know your neighbors. Meet the author! Read Don't Skip Out on Me by Willy Vlautin. Don’t Skip Out on Me is going to make your heart crumple into a little wad of paper and then open it back up into a perfect paper airplane sailing the skies from the hand of a boy. How does a bi-cultural man find a self when he’s been abandoned by his parents? He invents it, that’s how. No one anywhere writes as beautifully about people whose stories stay close to the dirt than Vlautin. Pageturners is sponsored by Friends of the Library.

Free

Pageturners Author Visit: Katie Grindeland

Multnomah County Library - St. Johns Library 7510 N Charleston Avenue Portland, OR 97203, Portland, OR, United States

Engage in stimulating conversation about books, exchange perspectives about characters and plot, and get to know your neighbors. Meet the author! Read The Gifts We Keep by Katie Grindeland. Dangerous secrets, past tragedies, and a violent obsession are forced to the surface when Emerson and her estranged family agree to care for 10-year-old Addie. If these five can face their true selves, each other and their past, they just might find a way forward to a life filled with love and happiness. Pageturners is sponsored by Friends of the Library.

Free