From what we could find (please contact us if you have an event you would like us to add to this or future schedules), the local book events for the week of February 27, 2010 through March 5, 2010 are:
Saturday February 27-
8th Annual Teen Art Show (Beaverton City Library, @10:00am): The Beaverton City Library Once again invites area teens to display their artistic visions at our 8th Annual Teen Art Show! The show will open with refreshments on Saturday, February 27 at 10:00 a.m. and run until Sunday, March 7. During the week, the show will be open from 3:00 p.m. until the library closes, from 10:00 a.m. until close on Saturday, and from 1:00 p.m. until close on Sundays. Come by to enjoy art from our community’s youth!
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From what we could find (please contact us if you have an event you would like us to add to this or future schedules), the local book events for the week of February 20, 2010 through February 26, 2010 are:
Saturday February 20-
Bringing History to Life (Lewis & Clark College, Miller Center for the Humanities, @9:30am): Lewis & Clark College Special Collections in cooperation with the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation will host a series of three lectures by Stephen Dow Beckham, Gary E. Moulton, and Roger Wendlick. Recently all three of these individuals have spent time working on historical projects in the Lewis & Clark College Special Collections, and at this event the three will share their discoveries.
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Today’s Featured Book Event:
Story and Song: A Benefit for Bradley Rosen (The Blue Monk, @7:00pm, $8): Bradley Rosen was recently hospitalized with a staph infection in his spine, and now his fellow Dangerous Writers members are holding a benefit reading to help pay for his medical bills. An impressive line up includes Tom Spanbauer, Margaret Malone, Monica Drake, Cheryl Strayed & Emily Chenoweth. Musical guests include Highwater, Nicole Berke and Closureyes!
Other Book Events Today:
Mapping History: How Narrative Nonfiction Brings the Past Alive (PSU, Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 298, @11:00am): What is narrative nonfiction? How does it differ from other literature? How do writers use it to bring history alive? In this public conversation, award-winning author Paul Collins will discuss how various authors use narrative nonfiction to animate works like The Ghost Map. Collins, a professor at Portland State, is the author of five books and regularly appears on NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday as their “literary detective.”
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From what we could find (please contact us if you have an event you would like us to add to this or future schedules), the local book events for the week of February 13, 2010 through February 19, 2010 are:
Saturday February 13-
Sweethearts Bazaar (Cosmic Monkey Comics, @12:00pm): Come down and check out creative work from Portland artists Sean Christensen, Katy Ellis O’Brien, Alicia Moreland, Andrice Arp, Theo Ellsworth, Amy Kuttab, Stumptown Underground, and more! You’ll find romance inspiring creations like the hand-dyed vintage slips, prints of anthropomorphic animal characters, buttons, ninja turtle fantasies, octopus wallets, and all kinds of zines from the featured artists — all at affordable prices for your last minute, gift giving budget! We’ll have all these arts and crafts set up on tables around Cosmic Monkey Comic’s spacious store.
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Today’s Featured Book Event:
Sarah Gottesdiener and Dexter Flowers Zine Release (In Other Words Women’s Books & Resources, @7:00pm, $2): Sarah Gottesdiener and Dexter Flowers present an art book opening. Flowers and Gottesdiener have created a limited edition art book/zine. The two have been close friends and collaborators for years, and both are trying something new–writing for Gottesdiener, and art/ for Flowers, together, in one book. Dexter Flowers is a Portland Writer. Her work has been published in Baby, Remember My Name, It’s so You, Portland Queer, and she has toured the U.S.A. with Sister Spit. Sarah Gottesdiener is an artist, musician, and designer. A recent series of work, “Yoko & Moon”, was published by Publication Studio in 2009. Featuring readings by celebrated local writers Wayne Bund and Hope Hitchcock. (all are invited to karaoke after!)
Other Book Events Today:
Morning Book Group (Hillsboro Main Library, @10:00am): Join us for a lively discussion of a variety of fiction and non-fiction books. Title for February is Madam Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.
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Today’s Featured Book Event:
Ariel Gore (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): A woman’s happiness may not come easy, and it may not take the forms prescribed by popular culture, but, as Ariel Gore chronicles in Bluebird (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), it is necessary. This uplifting study identifies the real secret of joy and reveals whether it’s truly at odds with the goals of modern women. “Ideal for Eat, Pray, Love fans in search of positive psychological theory,” says Kirkus Reviews.
Other Book Events Today:
Write Around Portland 10-Week Workshop (Powells City of Books, @6:15pm): Based on their acclaimed community writing model, this generative workshop incorporates favorite exercises to inspire the writing life. Workshop fee ($285.00) includes free parking, snacks, and access to the “Bowels of Powell’s.” Fee helps fund workshops for low income youth and adults. To register, or for more information, visit www.writearound.org.
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Today’s Featured Book Event:
Margaret Erhart (Powell’s Books on Hawthorne, @7:30pm): Set against the backdrop of the brooding and sensual landmark, Margaret Erhart’s The Butterflies of Grand Canyon (Plume) is the story of how a young woman’s heart is awakened and a decades-old mystery is solved. Publishers Weekly calls it “light and agreeable, touched with just the right amount of awe at the splendors of nature.” Check out RLP’s interview with Ms. Erhart.
Other Book Events Today:
Books-to-Action (Hillsdale Library, @6:00pm): Read and discuss “Where I Slept” by Transition Projects. In 2007, Portland residents of Transition Projects shelters were asked to photograph the places they slept while living on the streets. With their disposable cameras and a willingness to show us their truth, they created a discomforting book that serves as a stark reminder that we can do better. Engage in a community service project related to homelessness, organized by the Boomer Initiative at Hands On Greater Portland. Books-to-Action is a quarterly series sponsored by Multnomah County Library and Hands On Greater Portland, partners with Life by Design Northwest.
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From what we could find (please contact us if you have an event you would like us to add to this or future schedules), the local book events for the week of January 30, 2010 through February 5, 2010 are:
Saturday January 30-
Ink Splash (Writers’ Dojo, @10:00am, $15 suggested donation): Ink Splash is an annual workshop for young writers offered in conjunction with the submission period for Ink-Filled Page’s Youth Issue. Join the editors and special guest poetry ambassador Celeste Thompson for an inspiring day of literary creation. The day will include poetry writing prompts as well as personal creation time. We’ll also workshop one of your poems or stories, highlighting your writing talent and offering suggestions for further exploration. Light refreshments will be provided. This workshop is geared toward young adults in grades 6–12. Bring: Four copies of a poem or story to workshop.
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From what we could find (please contact us if you have an event you would like us to add to this or future schedules), the local book events for the week of January 23, 2010 through January 29, 2010 are:
Saturday January 23-
Voices In Verse (Cedar Mill Community Library, @10:00am-11:00am): 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.
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From what we could find (please contact us if you have an event you would like us to add to this or future schedules), the local book events for the week of January 16, 2010 through January 22, 2010 are:
Saturday January 16-
Mother Daughter Book Club (Hillsboro Main Library, @10:00am): A book discussion group for girls in grades 3-5 and their mothers or other significant women in their lives to read and discuss great books together. The group meets the third Saturday each month at 10 a.m. at the Main Library. New members are always welcome and no registration is required!
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From what I could find (please contact me if you have an event you would like me to add to this or future schedules), the local book events for the week of January 9, 2010 through January 15, 2010 are:
Saturday January 9-
William Stafford Celebratory Reading (Tigard Public Library, @2:00pm): Join us for an afternoon of stories about William Stafford and readings of his poems, as well as the works of four local poets. Bring your own favorite Stafford poem to read, your memories of Stafford or ways he influenced you and your work, as well as a poem of your own to read. The featured readers are: Co-hosts Bill Siverly and Michael McDowell, Robert Davies, Melanie Green, Donna Henderson, and David Oates.
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Tomorrow’s Featured Book Event:
Classics Book Group (Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, @7:00pm): This month we meet to discuss Rabbit at Rest by John Updike. Join us! -Update- Due to #snowpocalypse09 Powell’s stores “may be open irregular hours.” Please check the Powell’s events calendar, or call ahead to see if tomorrows Classic Book Group meetup has been canceled.
Other Book Events Tomorrow:
Indy Comic Book Week: The week long celebration of indy comic book creators begins! See Reading Local’s preview for participating Portland area comic book shops.
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From what we could find (please contact us if you have an event you would like us to add to this or future schedules), the local book events for the week of February 27, 2010 through March 5, 2010 are:
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