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The Hour That Stretches

Ford Food and Drink 2505 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

From the Facebook event: Just in time for the Season of the Witch, the Hour That Stretches returns to Ford Food and Drink with a scorching lineup of new and vet performers: Science Fiction author Y.T. Cheng, trance-channeled for this appearance by Portland author and poet Alice Love! Scholar, poet, monologist, novelist and new friend of the Hour, F.I. Goldhaber! Humorist, LitFic author and raconteur Kelley Baker! And here to read from his new Eraserhead Press work of Dystopian Science Fiction Horror CRISIS BOY, Wonderland Award-winning author and performative powerhouse Garrett Cook! 7-10 PM. ALL AGES. SAFE SPACE FOR ALL. FREE BY DONATION. 2505 SE 11TH AVENUE, SAME BUILDING AS THE FORD GALLERY

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The Hour That Stretches

Ford Food and Drink 2505 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

This month's Hour will scorch in a few weeks early, for the holiday. (December will be likewise early and full of fireworks.)This time: Portland-AF novelist Hobie Anthony. Poet Alice Lavender Love reading from Ted Cheng's SciFi novel THE HUMAN INSIDE. Bizarro author and powerhouse performer Josh Knapton. Punk Classicist poet and Hour virgin, my new homie Ross Robbins. Cafe Lena trailblazer and pillar of the Hour That Stretches, author/ poet/ phenomenon Jennifer Robin, possibly together with or separate from the electronic psychobilly stylings of another Hour pillar, AirOn GhostRadio (Erin K Smith). And just to make sure we have everyone's attention, monologist Caitlin Beckwith-Ferguson from a sterling headhunt of a headhunt that paid off in gold. This will be a fine way to begin closing…

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The Hour That Stretches

Ford Food and Drink 2505 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Inspired by a bit of Indonesian folklore imparted by Harlan Ellison, and the verbal heights of Hour 25 radio show which Harlan and KPFA’s Mike Hodel rocked in the Seventies, the Hour features five performers of any genre or description, music encouraged, as long as it incorporates Spoken Word. I want to see rappers. Slam poets. Stand-up comics. Weird electronic things strapped to performers and making noises. Every flavor and permutation of Litfic. Bizarros. Emily Dickinson Goths. Everything in between. Bring me your A-Game. It is an honor to be your Alan Freed. You cats and kittens are the ones who make the Music. Further details on this page, but for the next three months effective Sunday, April 29 2018, the Hour will run 7-10…

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The Hour That Stretches: April 28, 2019

Ford Food and Drink 2505 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Poet/monologist/author F.I. Goldhaber returns by popular acclaim to the Apr. 28 Hour That Stretches, as well as multigenre performance artist Jonathan Oak, storyteller Kelley Baker, Hour newcomer Red O'Hare, Possible Special Mystery Guest, and Your MC sharing a newly-published horror story, an American Tall Tale soon to be released locally in Dark Regions' VOICES FROM THE DARKNESS, dedicated to the late Sid Fleischman, "Ogopogo." Come help us usher in Spring...we hope..& KEEP LIVE SPOKEN WORD ALIVE IN PORTLAND! FREE BY DONATION. FORD FOOD AND DRINK. 2505 SE 11th, PORTLAND 97202. SUNDAY APRIL 28 7-10 PM. ALL AGES SHOW, BE MINDFUL. SAFE SPACE.

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The Hour That Stretches: May 26, 2019

Ford Food and Drink 2505 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Portland virtuoso poet and spoken word favorite Christopher Luna. Witch Mountain drummer and Weird Fiction savant Nathan Carson. Ford gallery luminary and Hour favorite, poet Alexandria Levin. Special Mystery guest. And your MC, reading a piece that's going in Weirdbook magazine over across the pond, "Give Me The Roses While I Live." Come help keep live spoken word alive in Portland and keep this read going. Bring everyone. FORD FOOD AND DRINK, 2505 SE 11TH. SUNDAY MAY 26. FREE BY DONATION, DONATIONS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. NOMINALLY ALL AGES, SO BE MINDFUL. SAFE SPACE.

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The Hour That Stretches: June 30, 2019

Ford Food and Drink 2505 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Kertoa Kalevala-based comparative mythologist and oral storyteller Ilana Hamilton returns to the Hour; along with founding supporter/author/gallery artist Justin Montgomery, and two fresh, seething Hour virgins... I mean newcomers... poet Josh Baker, and thrice-newcomer poet in the Hour tradition of many other beloved discoveries, Angela Douglass. Your MC will also be reading another chunk of I AM LESION, since you folks like those bits so much. This mutation has to do with Speed. And what happens when someone notices you sitting on an illness. And how incredible people turn a j-o-b into a j-o-y. 6/30/2019, 7-10 PM, 2505 SE 11th Ave, FORD FOOD AND DRINK. NOMINALLY ALL AGES SHOW, SAFE SPACE, BE MINDFUL. FREE BY DONATION, DONATIONS ENCOURAGED. Come help keep live spoken word alive…

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The Hour That Stretches: Season Of The Witch, 2019

Ford Food and Drink 2505 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Wonderland Award-winning Bizarro/Noir/Horror author Garrett Cook. Hour newcomer and serious poet Meghan Bell. And from the unholy bowels of the upcoming H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival's roster and guest list: Poet, scholar and humorist Dan Clore. Cosmic Horror author and Hour newcomer Jason Squamata. And...me, with a new commission piece spawned by a former WEIRD TALES editor. The Hour is now quarterly, so Halloween comes a month early. Come get scared. We're good at it. FORD FOOD AND DRINK. 2505 SE 11TH AVE. SUN. SEPT 29. 7-9:40 PM. FREE BY DONATION. NOMINALLY ALL-AGES.

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The Hour That Stretches: Ringing In 2020

Ford Food and Drink 2505 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

We have a bill full of poets this time. Dan Raphael returns to the Hour to shock and delight again. We got Casey Bush, my old pal from the Irradiated Poets, who needs little introduction. We got Morgan Paige Hutchinson, a jewel in the show's poetic crown this time and a long-awaited addition to our bill of ferocious talent. Amy Leona Havin also returns to us with new material following up on the breathless wonderment of 'Shakti.' :D Two writers, just to change it up: From my pal Garrett Cook's writing workshop, newcomer John Madson brings us his a-game set. And your humble MC will be performing, "Beast: A Fable For Children" from the charity anthology NIGHTMARES IN YELLOW which I will discuss on the…

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