Spotlighted Literary Events

Date: Sunday, July 19

Performance Works NorthWest announces its annual summer fundraiser: The 7th Annual Richard Foreman Mini-Festival in Two Shows. Inspired by playwright, avant-garde theater pioneer, and MacArthur Genius Grant winner Richard Foreman, a dazzling lineup of theater, dance, video and literary artists from Portland and beyond rise to the challenge of creating a new work in only ten days. PWNW artistic director Linda Austin posted a selection from Foreman's online notebooks at 12:01am on July 9. On July 19 audiences will thrill to the amusing, shocking and enlightening results created by 18 solo artists/groups, presented in two different programs.

When: 5pm and 8pm

Where: Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Ave. Portland OR

Cost:$15-$50 for one show; $25-75 for both shows, sliding scale.

Visit the PWNW website for many more details and other events.

Date: Monday, July 20

Scribble Sessions is a brand new writing group for all writing levels and July 20 is the first meeting. The hour long session is designed to evolve and fit the needs of the writers who attend. Come whether you are looking for feedback on your work, to share your writing or to hear it read aloud. There is interest also "to build a group where writers can come together and simply write in silence--surrounded by a similar, focused energy that motivates exploration." The Sessions a non-exclusive and supportive group. Writers, readers AND those who are just interested in listening, are all welcome.

When: Every 3rd and 1st Monday at 7pm

Where: In Other Words Women's Books and Resources, 8B NE Killingsworth St

Cost: Free

For more information visit the Event website or call 503-232-6003.

Date: Fri., Sat., Sun., July 24, 25, 26

It's International Zine Month which means...Portand Zine Symposium! The event includes workshops, panels, discussions and raffles and tables upon tables of creative folks trading, buying and selling zines. There are many opportunities for further involvement including volunteering for the event, kick-off events (i.e. dance parties and readings), and the 24hr Zine Challenge.

When: July 24 (2:30pm-7pm), July 25 (10am-5pm), July 26 (10am-4pm)

Where: Smith Memorial Ballroom, Portland State University

Cost: Free!

For more information, be sure to check out the PZS website.

Spotlighted Literary Events

Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009
Celebrate Mother's Day weekend with Portland writer and scholar Judith Arcana.
Judith’s prose books about motherhood, Our Mothers’ Daughters and Every Mother’s Son, are classic feminist analyses of mothering in the USA. Her poetry collection, What if your mother, examines a constellation of motherhood themes you won’t find in Hallmark cards: abortion, adoption, miscarriage, the biotechnology of pregnancy & childbirth, and truth-telling about real live mothers. Judith’s special guest will be Leanne Grabel, longtime Portland poet/performer, whose current work examines the lives of Oregon daughters and mothers caught between some very sharp rocks & the hardest of hard places.
When: 3pm
Where: In Other Words Women's Books and Resources, 8 B NE Killingsworth St.
Cost: Free
For more information call 503-232-6003 or visit the events page at http://www.inotherwords.org/NASApp/store/IndexJsp and juditharcana.com.

Date: Thursday-Saturday, May 14-16, 2009
Thursday, May 14 begins a three-day consideration of poetry and peace from and beyond the life and writing of William Stafford. The symposium titled Another World Instead, begins at the NW Film center, with the premiere of a Every War Has Two Losers. Based on the book Every Way Has Two Losers: William Stafford on Peace & Way (Milkweed Editions,2003).

On Friday (at the First Unitarian Church), there will be a class taught by Kim Stafford (literary executor of the Estate of William Stafford) to explore connections between the writing of poetry and the life of witness for peace. Friday evening, there will be a poetry reading in the Spirit of William Stafford with reading by Abayo Animashaum, Tim Barnes, Andrea Hopkins, Fred Marchant, Kim Stafford, Mary Szybist, and others.

On Saturday (at the First Unitarian Church), the main Symposium will be an opportunity to consider how William Stafford's life of witness through poetry may inform our opportunities for literary citizenship in a time of war. Presentations will include Teaching Peace, Camp Angel, and Learning Poetry.

In addition, presenters will share information about the William Stafford Archive, now available online: http://www.staffordarchives.org.

For further information about the Symposium, please visit the Web site.

When: see Web site for details
Where: Lewis & Clark, MSC 85, 0615 S.W. Palatine Hill Road and First Unitarian Church, Eliot Chapel, 1011 SW 12th Ave
Cost: see Web site for details

Spotlighted Literary Events

Date: Monday, January 19
Attend Powell's "Indiespensible" Happy Hour series at Someday Lounge for drinks and to toast author Paul Harding. The Harvard creative writing professor's debut novel, Tinkers, came out a couple of weeks ago from a small publisher, but is already receiving great reviews. Join the gathering and hold up a glass to Harding.
Where: Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th, Portland, OR, 97209
When: 6:30pm
Cost: Free
For more info, visit www.powells.com or www.somedaylounge.com

Date: Wednesday, January 21
The Third Tuesday Reading Series brought to you by Oregon Literary Review takes place at the Krakow Coffeehouse. The evening's featured readers are Evelyn Sharenov, John McAteer, and Kate Mann.
Where: Krakow Coffeehouse, 3990 N Interstate, Portland, OR 97227
When: 7:00pm
For more info, visit www.orlitrev.startlogic.com

Date: Friday, January 23
Lend support in more ways than one to Bitch Magazine by attending the Fundraiser for Bitch Magazine: The Dirty Burly Bitch Show. In Other Words Bookstore, which has also been suffering in the tough economic times, lends support by hosting the event. There will be a burlesque show, plus an open mic.
Where: In Other Words Bookstore, 8 NE Killingsworth, Portland, OR 97211
When: 6:30pm
Cost: $5-10 sliding scale, 18+
For more info, visit www.inotherwords.org

Spotlighted Literary Events

Date: Wednesday, December 17
Spitfire Grill in Seattle hosts the Seattle Poetry Slam's Women of the World Finals with featured poet Taalam Acey. There are weekly poetry slams featuring some of the best spoken word artists, some of whom have gone on to the National Poetry Slam contests. Each Wednesday night, join the supportive atmosphere for open mic, a featured poet, and of course, a poetry slam.
Where: Spitfire Grill, 2219 4th Ave.; Seattle, WA 98121
When: 8:00pm
Cost: $5 cover charge; 21 and over; ID required
For more info, visit www.seattlepoetryslam.org

Date: Wednesday, December 17
Celebrate the successful publication of San Francisco State University's Fall 2008 literary journal, Fourteen Hills, at the Bollyhood Cafe in San Francisco. Reading their works from the journal are contributors Barbara Jane Reyes, Craig Santos Perez, Michael McAllister, Dustin Wells, and Jeff O'Keefe. Enjoy food, beverages, and a raffle throughout the evening of poetry, non-fiction, fiction, plays, and literary non-fiction.
Where: Bollyhood Cafe, 3372 19th St. (at Mission); San Francisco, CA 94110
When: 7:00pm
Cost: Free
For more info, visit www.bollyhoodcafe.com

Date: Thursday, December 18
In Other Words Bookstore hosts a night of reading entitled West Meets West. Portland poets Heather Lane and Franciszka Voeltz share the stage with Vancouver B.C. poets Jen Curin and Christine Lecleic. After the readings there will be an acoustic performance by Pelican Ossman.
Where: In Other Words Bookstore, 8 NE Killingsworth; Portland, OR 97211
When: 7:00pm
Cost: Free
For more info, visit www.inotherwords.org

Help! Save In Other Words Bookstore

The last non-profit feminist bookstore in the country, In Other Words is also facing the devastating possibility of closing its doors due to the harsh economic situation. While losing another local bookstore would be heartbreaking, In Other Words does more than sell books. It provides a place for community events, resources for networking and connections, and is home to voices of change. Please read the call for help from the bookstore's program director:

Dear friends,

In Other Words, like so many of our fellow bookstores, has fallen upon incredibly hard financial times. With the decline in our current economy, we have experienced severely decreased revenue. If we are unable to raise $11,000 by the end of December, In Other Words will have to close its doors.
We desperately need your help. We are confident that if everyone who cares about In Other Words makes a contribution, large or small, we will meet our goal. Please give as generously as you can to save the last remaining non-profit, feminist bookstore in the country: the place where so many Portland artists, activists, organizers, readers, writers, political thinkers, musicians and poets find their voice, their power, their community, and their political home.
Our community cannot afford to lose In Other Words, please help us save her!
You can make your tax-deductible donations on the In Other Words secure website, or by stopping into the store (8 NE Killingsworth).

Sincerely,The Board, Staff and Volunteers of In Other Words

-- Program Director,
In Other Words katie@inotherwords.org 503.232.6003

For more info, visit http://www.inotherwords.org/