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:
Visiting Writers Series: Jon Raymond (Reed College, Psychology 105, @6:30pm): Jon Raymond is the author of The Half-Life, a novel, and Livability, a collection of short stories named as a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick for Spring 2009. He is an editor at Plazm magazine and his writing has appeared in Artforum, Bookforum, Tin House, and The Village Voice, among other publications. For more information, visit the Visiting Writers website.
Other Book Events Today:
Diane Jacobs (A Children’s Place Bookstore, @4:00pm): Illustrator Diane Jacobs will read, sign, and discuss Grappling with the Grumblies. Everyone grapples with the grumblies from time to time, but this lovely (and funny!) book will help your child—and you—discover new ways of dealing with difficult feelings.
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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:
Johanna Wright (Green Bean Books, @4:00pm): Meet author and illustrator Johanna Wright as she reads her wonderful new picture book The Secret Circus.
Other Book Events Today:
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 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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Today’s Featured Book Event:
True Stories IX (Mississippi Studios, @8:00pm, $12): This is much better than the late-night wars. At least we’re trying to humiliate ourselves… Tonight, you’re in for some truthiness of the highest order from Portland’s only music and memoir series. Featuring: Courtenay Hameister – head writer and host(ess) of Live Wire Radio; Scott Poole – poet and author of Hiding from Salesman; Stacy Bolt – Live Wire! contributor; Margaret Malone (see Reading Local’s interview with Margaret here); AND MUSICAL GUESTS Holcombe Waller- singer-songwriter and performance artist; Jim Brunberg – accomplished songwriter and musician. AND ONE SECRET GUEST A local writer who’s been getting a wee bit of press of late. Ahem.
Other Book Events Today:
Charity Night for In Other Words Books (Lucy’s Table, 5pm-9pm): Go to Lucy’s Table; sit in the dining room; tell them you are there for the charity night for In Other Words; 10% of your dinner tab will be donated to IOW! So go eat a great meal at a nice restaurant AND donate to a very worthy cause at the same time!
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-UPDATE- This event has been postponed due to the snow. Will keep you posted when rescheduled time is announced.
Tomorrow’s Featured Book Event:
OWC Calendar Day (Broadway Books, Looking Glass Bookstore, Murder by the Book): With the help of Portland independent book stores Broadway Books, Looking Glass Bookstore and Murder-By-The Book, Oregon Writers Colony is declaring December 29th Calendar Day. You are invited to visit one of the three stores, enjoy some refreshments, get included in a raffle for special signed collector’s copies of the 2010 Colonyhouse Calendar and browse for books, in case you didn’t get the volume you were hoping for at Christmas.
OWC hostess and host at Broadway Books will be Rae Richen and Bob Zimmer. Broadway Books is located at 1714 Northeast Broadway, Portland, OR 97232 (503) 284-1726. Hours of the Calendar Celebration are 5:00-7:00pm.
OWC hostesses at Looking Glass Book Store are Jan Paeth and Marlene Howard. Looking Glass Bookstore is located in the Sellwood district of SE Portland at 7983 SE 13th Avenue (between SE Nehalem & SE Miller St., next to Grand Central Bakery.) Hours of the Calendar Celebration are 4:00-6:00pm.
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Today’s Featured Book Event:
Poster by Kathy Foster
Always a treat, our annual Cheap Art & Craft Show features dozens of artists offering affordable art priced at $50 and under! This year’s confirmed artists include: Aijung Kim; Amelia Harnas; APAK Studio; Art Bureau; Berkley Illustration; Camp Smartypants; Carole Zoom; Crafty Folk; Criminal Crafts; Daydream Factory; Free Lauren Marsella; Gabriel Liston; Hopeful Monsters; Janet Julian; Jennifer Utley; Jill Bliss; Joelle Groendes; Juanita’s Velvets; Just Seeds; Kathy Brock; Keeganmeegan Press & Bindery; Kjirsten Winters; Kate Bingaman-Burt; Malinger; Michmash; Molly Muriel; Moontea Artwork; Ms. Starry Art; MuchoDesign; Nancy Prior; Nicole Georges; Nik Bresnick; Nowvember; Phoebe Owens; Pigeon Toe Ceramics; Pillow Fight Designs; Pink White Brown; Power and Light; Red Bat Press; Sarah Landwehr; Seann McKeel; Shamui; Skylaar Amann; Snap Design; Snarky Cards; Stephanie Simek; Suddenly, It’s Real!.
Other Book Events Today:
J. A. Jance (Murder By The Book, @4:00pm): Former TV journalist Ali Reynolds has taken on a media relations position with the police department and her first day on the job will test both her reporting and crime-solving skills. Jance’s previous book in the series, Cruel Intent, will be available in paperback in November.
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Today’s Featured Book Event:
Jennie Shortridge presents When She Flew (Annie Bloom’s Books, @7:30pm): Police officer Jessica Villareal has always played by the book and tried to do the right thing: She’s worked hard at her job and even harder at her family. Despite all that, she finds herself approaching midlife divorced, estranged from her daughter, alone… and completely unhappy. And she’s wondering if she ever made a right choice in her life.
But then Jess discovers an Iraq vet and his young daughter living off the radar in the Oregon woods, avoiding the comforts—and curses—of modern life. Her colleagues on the force are determined to uproot and separate Lindy and her father, but Jess knows the damage of losing those you love, and believes the pair is safer and happier together.
Jess recognizes her chance to make a difference by doing something she’s never dared. Because even though she’s used to playing by the rules, there are times when they need to be broken…
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Today’s Featured Book Event:
Chelsea Cain presents Evil at Heart (Broadway Books, @7:00pm): Yikes! Chelsea Cain is back with her third novel about Portland detective Archie Sheridan and the fetching serial killer who torments him, the sadistic and beautiful Gretchen Lowell. We all learned to love Archie and be attracted to/repelled by Gretchen in Chelsea’s first two books, Sweetheart and Heartsick. This third book, Evil at Heart, entwines the two once again and deals with the question of the media’s infatuation with serial killers. All of it shot through with the author’s trademark style and humor, it’s a bloody little indulgence we can’t seem to live without. Please join us as Chelsea works her magic on the crowd!
Other Book Events Today:
Tales of Wonder and Wisdom: An Evening with Rafe Martin (Hillsdale Library, @6:30pm): An author and a storyteller, Rafe Martin has appeared in thousands of schools, libraries, festivals and conferences in nearly every state — including Alaska and Hawaii — and as far away as Japan. He works with all ages, telling stories and sharing an empowering vision of language, writing, creativity and imagination.
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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:
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Today’s Featured Book Event:
Brian Brett presents Trauma Farm (Annie Bloom’s Books, @7:30pm): Brian Brett’s farm on Salt Spring Island is affectionately known as Trauma Farm. There, he raises chickens, pigs, cows, sheep, and goats, tends an extensive orchard and vegetable garden, concocts fabulous meals from the bounties of the farm, and has various misadventures. This funny and thought-provoking memoir traces one day on Trauma Farm. In it, Brett explores the natural history of the small mixed farm, meditates on the perfection of the egg, offers critiques of factory farms and the slaughtering industry, muses on the uses and misuses of gates, and ponders the constant presence of death as he goes about the activities of farming — birthing lambs, contending with rats, helping an aged horse to his death. Underlain with deep knowledge of biology and botany, this erudite, witty, and passionate book is an unforgettable portrait of the issues all farms face in this age of industrialization and homogenization.
Other Book Events Today:
John Schouten presents Notes from the Lightning God (University of Portland, Buckley Center Auditorium, @6:00pm): John Schouten will sign copies and read from his new novel, Notes from the Lightning God.
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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:
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