Local Events

Saturday, September 22
Children's Author, Daniel Kirk, Presents Library Mouse
Where: Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, 3415 S.W. Cedar Hills Blvd.
When: 1 p.m.
Cost: Free

Monday, September 24
Jim Peterson Presents Why Don't We Listen Better?
Where: Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, 3415 S.W. Cedar Hills Blvd.
When: 7 p.m.
Cost: Free

Monday, September 24
Gregory Kramer, Cofounder and President of Portland's Metta Foundation, Presents Insight Dialogues
Where: Powell's Books on Hawthorne, 3723 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd.
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free

Monday, September 24
Jess Walter Presents His New Novel, The Zero
Where: Powell's City of Books on Burnside, 1005 W. Burnside St.
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free

Tuesday, September 25
Local Zinesters, Erika Moen and Sarah Oleksyk, Read from Their Mini-Comic Zines
Where: North Portland Library, 512 N. Killingsworth St.
When: 6:30-7:45 p.m.
Cost: Free (space is limited, so first-come, first-served)

Tuesday, September 25
Aaron Raz Link Reads from His Memoir, What Becomes You
Where: Kennedy School, 5736 N.E. 33rd Ave.
When: 7 p.m.
Cost: Free

Tuesday, September 25
Dexter's Spoken Mic: Inspire Others with Your Writing
Where: In Other Words, 8 N.E. Killingsworth St.
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free

Wednesday, September 26
Amy Bloom Presents Her New Novel, Away
Where: Powell's City of Books on Burnside, 1005 W. Burnside St.
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free

Wednesday, September 26
Oregon Poets, Dan Kaplan and B.T. Shaw, Read from Their Works
Where: Northwest Library, 2300 N.W. Thurman St.
When: 7-8 p.m.
Cost: Free (space is limited, so first-come, first-served)

Wednesday, September 26
Deborah DeWit Marchant Presents In the Presence of Books
Where: Annie Bloom's Books, 7834 S.W. Capitol Hwy.
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free

Thursday, September 27
Robert Fulghum Presents What on Earth Have I Done?
Where: Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, 3415 S.W. Cedar Hills Blvd.
When: 7 p.m.
Cost: Free

Thursday, September 27
Sam Hamhill Presents His Poems in Measured by Stone
Where: Powell's City of Books on Burnside, 1005 W. Burnside St.
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free

Friday, September 28
Alice Walker Presents Her Picture Book, Why War is Never a Good Idea
Where: Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, 3415 S.W. Cedar Hills Blvd.
When: 7 p.m.
Cost: Free

Friday, September 28
Steven Pinker Presents The Stuff of Thought, a Book on Language and Human Nature
Where: McMenamin's Bagdad Theater, 3702 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd.
When: 7 p.m.
Cost: $21 (includes admisison and a copy of the book)

Friday, September 28
Greil Marcus Presents The Shape of Things to Come
Where: Powell's City of Books on Burnside, 1005 W. Burnside St.
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free