Local Events

Saturday, August 18
David Lee, poet laureate
Where: Collins Gallery, Central Library, 801 SW 10th Ave.
When: 2pm
Cost: Free

Sunday, August 19
'Vital to Language and Living": 35 Years of Poetry at Copper Canyon Press
Where: Multnomah County Central Library, 801 SW 10th Ave.
When: 12am-5pm
Cost: Free

Monday, August 20
INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence Presents The Revolution Will Not Be Funded
Where: In Other Words, 8 NE Killingsworth St.
When: 6:30pm
Cost: Free (fundraiser event)

Monday, August 20
10th Anniversary Edition of Ecological Design by Stuart Cowan
Where: Powell's Technical Books, 33 NW Park Ave.
When: 7pm

Tuesday, August 21
Catherine Corman Presents Joseph Cornell's Dreams
Where: Powell's City of Books, 1005 W. Burnside
When: 7:30pm
Cost: Free

Wednesday, August 22
Mike Daily Presents ALARM (Reading, Signing, and Musical Performance)
Where: Reading Frenzy, 921 SW Oak St.
When: 7pm
Cost: Free

Thursday, August 23
Powells and Harper Perennial Presents "Take a Stranger Home Event" with Willy Vlautin, author of The Motel Life, and Jonathan Selwood, author of The Pinball Theory of Apocalypse
Where: Ace Hotel, 1022 SW Stark Ave.
When: Cocktails and socializing from 5:30-6pm. At 6pm, authors will read and discuss their new novels.
Cost: Free

Thursday, August 23
Jimmie Moglia Presents Your Daily Shakespeare
Where: 23rd Ave. Books, 1015 NW 23rd Ave.
When: 7:30pm
Cost: Free