Friday 11/27: A new free pop-up art school is coming to Portland. home school provides welcoming contexts for critical engagement with contemporary art and its issues. The launch will feature an exhibition of visual works by Victoria Reis, Taj Bourgeois, and poet manuel arturo abreu, who will also provide an amotivational speech. There will be a short improvised talk by Eleanor Ford, a performance poetry duet by Reis and Giovanna Olmos, and a screening of Hamishia Farah’s video work, marginal aesthetics, with closing music by DJ Eric Fury. composition, 7 p.m., free.
Saturday 11/28: Join Reading Frenzy to celebrate the 3rd annual Indies First Day—a national campaign in support of independent bookstores during which they host authors as guest booksellers throughout the day to help sell books, share recommendations, sign books, and more. This year will feature guest authors Delphine Bedient, Joshua James Amberson, Nicole J. Georges, and others. Reading Frenzy, 11 am to 7 p.m., free.
Burnt Tongue reading. Crush Bar, 5 p.m., free.
Sunday 11/29: Join À Reading #23 and enjoy featured performances by Anastacia Tolbert, Matthew Dickman, Ally Harris, and Travis Meyer. Valentines, 5 p.m, free.
Monday 11/30: Celebrate the release of See You in the Morning by Mairead Case as she reads alongside Sara Jaffe, author of Dryland. Reading Frenzy, 7 p.m., free.
Scott Nadelson reads from his episodic novel, Between You and Me. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
Ryan and Lucy Berkley share from their tongue-in-cheek illustrated social compendium based on Ryan’s iconic animal portraits, Social Portraits. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Tuesday 12/1: Randall Munroe, creator of the acclaimed webcomic xkcd, hosts a booksigning for his new work, Thing Explainer, in which he uses line drawings and only the thousand (or, rather “ten hundred”) most common words to provide simple explanations for some of the most interesting stuff there is. This event is limited to the first five hundred people who arrive to purchase copies of Thing Explainer. Powell’s at Cedar Hills Crossing, 7 p.m., free.
Wednesday 12/2: The members of the November Storytelling Intensive at Literary Arts share their stories live, hosted by Mindy Nettifee and fellow staff. Literary Arts, 6 p.m., free.
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