Today 3-27: VoiceCatcher Reading at the Central Library

Today’s Featured Book Event:

VoiceCatcher Reading (Central Library, @2:00pm): VoiceCatcher presents prose and poetry from its fourth women writers anthology. The work of six contributing authors will be highlighted. VoiceCatcher’s mission is to publish an anthology of Portland-area women’s writing reflecting a diversity of voice and genre. They offer a local publishing opportunity that respects, nurtures and promotes local artists.

Other Book Events Today:

Voices in Verse (Cedar Mill Community Library, @10:00am): Bring along a cup of coffee and share your own poetry or listen to others read their favorites. The group meets on the fourth Saturday morning of each month in the library’s upstairs meeting room.

Zine Launch Party: Dixon Ticonderoga (St. John’s Booksellers, @2:00pm): As he says at the end of his opening essay, Dixon Ticonderoga is Stevan Allred’s love letter to the pencil. In the true DIY spirit of zinesters, its very existence says ‘Make art–this is how to survive and move on.’  Join us for a party to celebrate the release of Dixon Ticonderoga, featuring editor Stevan Allred and 11 other contributing writers and artists: Joanna Rose, Elinor Shanklin, Cris Colburn, Lisa Colburn, Dale Woods, Peggy Skycraft, Steve Denniston, Jackie Shannon Hollis, Christi Krug, Kristin Kaye, and Harold Johnson. Light refreshments will be served.

Moby (Powells City of Books, @4:00pm): In Gristle (New Press), multi-platinum musician Moby, one of the world’s most famous vegans, brings together 10 of the country’s leading foodies, doctors, policy makers, business leaders, and activists to create a smart, concise guide for Americans who are questioning the meat in their diets. Moby will be joined by editor Miyun Park.

Makeshift Reclamation: New Feminist Art and Activism (In Other Words Women’s Books & Resources, @7:00pm): This multimedia event will showcase how contemporary feminists are resisting and creating alternatives to not only gender-based oppression but also a collapsing economic system, climate crisis, and more. Featuring readings, performances, and video works by artists and activists including Jessica Hoffmann, coeditor/copublisher of the independent, transnational, antiracist feminist magazine make/shift; Hilary Goldberg, whose new project, recLAmation, is a Super 8 experimental documentary/narrative film in which queer superheroes navigate a future beyond capitalism; writer/activist/artist Alexis Pauline Gumbs; and others.

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You can find other events on your community Libraries schedule using these links: Washington County, Multnomah County, Clackamas County, and the rest of this weeks Portland book events here.

Image credit VoiceCatcher.