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My AccountTodays Featured Book Event:
Care Crisis, Economic Crisis and the Struggle for a New World (In Other Words Books, @6:00pm, $5 suggested donation): Join the Dicentra Collective for a discussion and presentation on current economic crisis, the current crisis of care and how these are intertwined. The event will begin with substantive presentations from Silvia Federic and George Caffentzis of the Midnight Notes Collectives, who for the past four decades have been involved in radical struggles against capital and research into the conditions of the working class and women. A discussion will follow the presentations.
Other Book Event’s Today:
Storytime Celebrating Oregon Reads (Barnes & Noble Tanasbourne, @10:00am): Join us as we celebrate Oregon Reads 2009, featuring Apples to Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson & fun activities. Oregon Reads 2009 is a program of the Oregon Library Association.
Share Your Memories: Stories of Oregon’s Japanese American Community (Holy Names Heritage Center, @2:00pm): Join us at the Center for an afternoon of stories about Oregon’s Japanese American community. Speakers will share their memories of Portland’s vibrant Japantown, the St. Paul Miki School and Daycare Center for Japanese children, and the living conditions inside the Japanese internment camps during World War II. Come just to listen or share your own stories about this important community. This is a partnership program in conjunction with Lake Oswego Reads 2009.
Macintosh Users Group (Powells Technical Books, @ 6:30pm): Join us every other Tuesday for a fun and informal meeting with like-minded Mac geeks. Bring your questions and tips to share with the group.
Cross-Promotion Technique: Zine to Blog (IPRC, @7:00pm, Cost $10/$20): Learn helpful technique in getting people to consume both your blog and your zine! Learn how the two can go hand in hand. Instructor: Carrot Quinn and A.M. O’Malley
Kristin Hannah Reading (Powells Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, @ 7:00pm): In True Colors (St. Martin’s Press), her most provocative, compelling, and heart-wrenching novel yet, New York Times-bestselling author Kristin Hannah tells of three sisters whose once-solid world is broken apart by jealousy, passion, and betrayal.
Portland Arts & Lecture Series Ann Patchett and Elizabeth Gilbert (Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, @7:30pm, SOLD OUT): Ann Patchett and Elizabeth Gilbert met a few years ago at a writers’ conference and have since developed a friendship, primarily through letter writing. This very special event brings these two authors on stage for the first time to engage the audience and each other in an exploration of creativity.
Ann Patchett’s books include The Magician’s Assistant (1998); Bel Canto (2002); Truth and Beauty (2004), a memorial tribute to her friend and fellow writer Lucy Grealy; and Run (2007). Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of the short story collection Pilgrims (1997); The Last American Man (2002); and the New York Times best-selling memoir Eat, Pray, Love (2006).
Jonah Lehrer Reading (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): From the acclaimed author of Proust Was a Neuroscientist comes How We Decide (Houghton Mifflin Company), a fascinating look at the new science of decision-making. Jonah Lehrer explores two questions: How does the human mind make decisions, and how can those decisions be made better?
Science Fiction Book Group (Powells Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, @ 7:30pm): This month we meet to discuss The Princess Bride by William Goldman. New members to the group are always welcome.
Please check your community Libraries schedule using these links: Washington County, Multnomah County, Clackamas County. For other book events this week please check the list.
