Today 4-25: Culture of Portland at Powell's Books on Hawthorne

Today’s Featured Book Event:

Culture of Portland (Powells Books on Hawthorne, @3:00pm): Powell’s on Hawthorne hosts several groups that promote the culture of Portland, including the PDX Bridge Festival, which celebrates the 10 bridges spanning the Willamette River; the People’s Republic of Portland, a small, local clothing company; Heart in Oregon, makers of the ubiquitous Oregon heart sticker; and more!

Other Book Events Today:

Stumptown Comics Fest (Lloyd Center Double Tree, $6): The 7th annual Stumptown Comics Fest promises to be bigger and better than ever before.  With guests including Mike Allred, Paul Pope, and others, as well as a who’s who list of exhibitors, this event is surely a can’t miss for any comics fan!

Workshop for the Beginning Writer (Central Library, @1:00pm): Poetry is not the domain of just a few. It’s as natural and accessible as heartbeat and breath. Writing poetry requires nothing more than a love of words and a willingness to let your pen move across a page, following language wherever it takes you. Join Paulann Petersen in an afternoon devoted to creating poems and talking about some of the basic elements of poetry. Different springboards/prompts from last year’s workshop. Beginners welcome.

Portland Grand Slam Poetry Championship (Backspace, @7:00pm): The event we’ve all been waiting for as the top 10 poets from our slam battle it out to see who is going to be the PDX team representing us at the National Poetry Slam. All ten of these poets are battle tested and have won on our stage, now it’s time time to see who really is the best of the best. Your finalists are: Davey Mac, Melissa Rose, Annelyse Gelman, Eirean Bradley, Phil Long, Justin Searns, Randy Darris, Dlux tha Light, Michael Devoe, and Anis Mojgani. Come out and support your scene, this should be an amazing show.

How to Cool the Planet (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): Jeff Goodell’s How to Cool the Planet (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) examines the radical and controversial world of geoengineering, whose techniques for mitigating global warming — considered fringe as recently as five years ago — are beginning to look sane, even inspired.

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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 Heart in Oregon.