Tonight 11-13: Vox: A Spoken Word Chorus at The Waterbook Studio

Today’s Featured Book Event:

Vox: A Spoken-Word Chorus Presents Portland’s Actors Reading America’s Poetry (The Waterbrook Studio, @7:30pm, $10-15): Portland actors: Gary Brickner-Schulz, Adrienne Flagg, Eric Hull, Theresa Koon, Quigley Provost-Landrum, Kerry Ryan, and John Vergin will read poems from: Allen Ginsberg, Gertrude Stein, Robert Burns, William Shakespeare, Michele Glazer, William Stafford, Li-Young Lee, Jorie Graham, Donald Hall, Jane Kenyon, Marvin Bell, Kamau Daaood, Mary Szybist, Thomas Lux and more..

Poem Arrangements by Eric Hull. Tickets are available at the door on a sliding scale, $10-15.  Learn more at the VOX website.

Other Book Events Today:

Leonard Zeskind presents Blood and Politics (Looking Glass Bookstore, @7:00pm): More than fifteen years in the making, Blood and Politics is the most comprehensive history to date of the white supremacist movement as it has evolved over the past three-plus decades.

An internationally recognized expert on the subject who received a MacArthur Fellowship for his work, Leonard Zeskind ties together seemingly disparate strands—from neo-Nazi skinheads, to Holocaust deniers, to Christian Identity churches, to David Duke, to the militia and beyond. Zeskind shows how these factions have evolved into a normative social movement that looks like a demographic slice of white America, mostly blue-collar and working middle class, with lawyers and Ph.D.s among its leaders.When the Cold War ended, traditional conservatives helped birth a new white nationalism, most evident now among anti-immigrant organizations. With the dawn of a new millennium, they are fixated on predictions that white people will lose their majority status and become one minority among many. The book concludes with a look to the future, elucidating the growing threat these groups will pose to coming generations.

Northwest Indian Storyteller’s Festival (Lewis & Clark College, @7:30pm, $25): Join us in Portland for the Fourth Annual Northwest Indian Storyteller’s Festival, including the Emerging Storyteller’s Workshop, a silent charity auction, open mic event, and festival symposium. We will celebrate Pacific Northwest tribal storytelling season by featuring some of the region’s finest traditional and contemporary tribal storytellers. Invocations from tribal spiritual leaders, drummers, and singers will open all events. Eight master tribal storytellers, including S’Klallam storyteller Elaine Grinnell, will share traditional stories at the festival, November 13-15 at Lewis & Clark.This event is open to the public.  Learn more on the festival website.

Roll around Heaven (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): An all-true accidental spiritual adventure, Roll around Heaven (Beyond Words) is filled with polished prose and travel writer Jessica Maxwell’s eye-opening and often humorous experiences. Her work will resonate with seekers and cynics, nature lovers and travel enthusiasts alike.

You can find other events on your community Libraries schedule using these links: Washington County, Multnomah County, Clackamas County.