Notable Portland: 8/11–8/17
Thursday 8/11: Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic welcomes Celeste Gurevich as this month’s featured guest. Angst Gallery, 7 p.m., free. Local author Robert Moss reads from his book, Descending Memphis.…
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Olivia Olivia
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Olivia Olivia comes from the same place all sad things come from—the sea. Her writing has appeared in Salon, The Rumpus, The Establishment, Ex-Berliner, and the Portland Mercury, among other places. Her speculative memoir set in the afterlife, No One Remembered Your Name But I Wrote It Down, is available through Impossible Wings Press. Prepare yourselves. You can follow her work at oliviawrites.com, on Facebook, and on Twitter.
Notable Portland: 8/4–8/10
Thursday 8/4: Slamlandia! Poetry Open Mic and Slam welcomes the community to step forward and share their poetry. Hot Lips Hawthorne, 6 p.m., $1 suggested donation. Dave Madden, Amina Gautier,…
Notable Portland 7/28–8/3
Thursday 7/28: The Shygge reading series brings together Kimberly Fanshier and Sara June Woods for this month’s reading. The reading will be paired with an installation by Shelbee Smith. NE…
Notable Portland: 7/21–7/27
Thursday 7/21: PQ Monthly celebrates its July Issue release with a press party. Crush Bar, 5 p.m., free. Demian DinéYazhi opens his new interdisciplinary exhibit on Native queer identity, In…
Notable Portland: 7/14–7/20
Thursday 7/14: Join author Ripley Patton reading from her new book, Ghost Hope. Another Read Through, 7 p.m., free. Chad Dundas reads from his new book, Champion of the World,…
Notable Portland: 6/30–7/6
Thursday 6/30: Sarah Bartlett celebrates the release of her debut poetry collection Sometimes We Walk With Our Nails Out, published by Subito Press, and reads alongside Coleman Stevenson. Cardinal Club,…
Notable Portland: 6/23–6/29
Thursday 6/23: BT Shaw celebrates the launch of her new book, Shake it up & throw something hard with a reading, featuring guest reader A.M. O’Malley. Mother Foucault’s Bookshop, 7…
Notable Portland: 6/16–6/22
Thursday 6/16: Slant Live Queer Storytelling returns for Portland Pride 2016, featuring seven LGBTQ storytellers telling seven-minute stories. Hosted by Sister Britt, this event will stories from Joel Kim Booster,…
Notable Portland: 6/9–6/15
Thursday 6/9: Join PQ Monthly for their Pride Issue launch party. My Bartender, 5 p.m., free. Peter Selgin reads from his passionate new memoir, The Inventors. Powell’s City of Books,…
Notable Portland: 6/2–6/8
Thursday 6/2: Slamlandia hosts its June show, featuring an open mic followed by two slam rounds. Hot Lips Hawthorne, 6 p.m., $1 suggested donation. Shayla Lawson hosts a launch party for…
Notable Portland: 5/26–6/1
Thursday 5/26: Emily Bingham reads from her book, Diary of a Rope Slut. Crush Bar, 6 p.m., free. Bronwen Dickey reads from her latest book, Pit Bull: The Battle Over…
Notable Portland: 5/19–5/25
Thursday 5/19: PQ Monthly hosts its May issue release party and welcomes the community to meet this month’s contributors. Stag PDX, 5 p.m., free. Peter Brown Hoffmeister reads from his…