Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Olivia Gatwood has received national recognition for her poetry, writing workshops, and work as a Title IX Compliant educator in sexual assault prevention and recovery. As a finalist at Brave New Voices, Women of the World and the National Poetry Slam, Olivia’s performances have been featured on HBO, Huffington Post, MTV, VH1, and BBC among others. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Muzzle Magazine, The Winter Tangerine Review, Poetry City U.S.A., Tinderbox Poetry Journal, and The Missouri Review. Her Amazon Best Selling collection, New American Best Friend, reflects her experiences growing up in both New Mexico and Trinidad, navigating girlhood, puberty, relationships, and period underwear. Olivia is a full-time touring artist, and has performed internationally at over two-hundred…
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Please join the artists of Future Prairie for our autumn show, hosted at the gorgeous Bodecker Foundation! As we transition from summer to autumn, the equinox asks us to honor the changing seasons with a balance of light and dark. Traditionally, this is a time for gathering, grounding, and comfort. The veil between the spiritual and mortal worlds is particularly thin around the autumnal equinox. Our variety show is inspired by the chautauquas of the 19th and early 20th centuries, where people from all walks of life came together to experience education, entertainment, and culture for the whole community, with speakers, teachers, musicians, and entertainers. We will have American Sign Language interpreters thanks to a grant from Regional Arts & Culture Council. Thank you as…
Comments closedFree Range Poetry presents Amy Baskin, Nastashia Minto, Melissa Poulin The SECOND Monday of September Monday, September 9, 2019 Northwest Library 2300 NW Thurman Street Portland An open mic will precede featured poets. Open mic readers limited to two pages of material. Sign up for open mic at 5:45 pm. Reading 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm. AMY BASKIN’S recent work has appeared in VoiceCatcher, Cirque and Friends Journal. She is a 2019 Oregon Literary Arts fellow and two-time Willamette Writers Kay Snow Poetry honorable mention recipient. When she is not writing, she matches international students at Lewis & Clark College with local volunteers to help make them feel welcome and at home during their stay. NASTASHIA MINTO has performed at the Unchaste Readers Series, Neon…
Comments closedJoin us on AUGUST 15TH for our third Thursday Poetry Open Mic! Doors and sign-ups are at 6:30 PM Get there on time to get a spot in the open mic! Show begins at 7:00 PM Picnic PDX 1305 NW 23rd Avenue Portland, OR 97210 This show is all ages. Please see our Accessibility and Safer Space info below. $5 suggested donation at door. This show will not have a poetry slam. We ask for just poetry on this mic, no music or stand up comedy. This show will have a feature from the wonderfully amazing 2019 Rain City Slam Team! ★ •*´¨`*• O P E N • M I C •*´¨`*• ★ The open mic will start the show out. The open mic is…
Comments closedFree Range Poetry presents The High Summer Poetry Open Mic Monday, August 5, 2019 Northwest Library 2300 NW Thurman Street Portland No featured readers. Open mic readers will have a minimum of 3-5 minutes, dependent on the total number of readers. If there is time to spare, we’ll go around again starting from the top of the sign-up list. sign up begins 5:30 pm. readings begin 6:00 pm readings end around 7:30 pm.
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