Tonight 6-28: Show and Tell Open Mic at Three Friends Coffee House

Today’s Featured Book Event:

Show and Tell Open Mic (Three Friends Coffee House, @7:00pm): Before we go on Summer Vacation in July and August, this very special edition of Three Friends Monday: Caffeinated Art will be an extended version of the very popular Show and Tell Open Mic – it’s our way of saying “thank you” to everyone who has made this the consistently high-quality event that it has become. We’ll go until we run out of people who want to share (or 9:45, whichever comes first).

Other Book Events Today:

R. Gregory Nokes (Lan Su Chinese Garden, @11:00am): R. Gregory Nokes will present historic photos of the Chinese experience in the American West including mining, railroad building, and more, plus photos related to the massacre in Hells Canyon with pauses to read from his book, Massacred for Gold: The Chinese in Hells Canyon.

Michael Largo (Annie Bloom’s Books, @7:30pm): God’s Lunatics chronicles the lives of celebrated mystics, martyrs, wizards, shamans, cult leaders, founding fathers of Utopian experiments, victims of demonic possession, and originators of New Age movements who dedicated their lives to seek answers and explain the unknown secrets of the universe. A legendary researcher, Largo also examines practices, symbols, objects of religious import, locations (real and other-worldly), and phenomena surrounding these fascinating religious figures, all to create a composite image that represents the many ways in which communities have sought to understand the unknowable.

Bret Easton Ellis (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): Twenty-five years have passed since the events of Bret Easton Ellis’s Less Than Zero. In Imperial Bedrooms (Knopf), Clay Easton, now a successful screenwriter, returns to L.A. to cast his latest movie. But the more things have changed, the more they stay the same, and Clay is soon drifting around in his familiar old circle.

Shane Jones (Powells Books on Hawthorne, @7:30pm): In Light Boxes (Penguin), Shane Jones’s fantastical first novel, February, a god-like spirit who lives in the sky, is punishing a town for flying. As endless February continues, children go missing and adults become nearly catatonic with depression. But others find the strength to fight back.

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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 Show and Tell Gallery.