Local Events

Saturday, September 29 & Sunday, September 30
Fourth Anual Stumptown Comics Fest
Where: Doubletree Hotel (Lloyd Center), 1000 N.E. Multnomah St.
When: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Cost: $5
http://stumptowncomics.com/event_schedule

Monday, October 1
Oregon Author, Murray Oxman, Leads Seminar: How to Easily Handle Difficult People
Where: Multnomah County Library (Northwest branch), 2300 N.W. Thurman St.
When: 12-1 p.m.
Cost: Free

Monday, October 1
Poems from Guantanamo Includes Twenty-two Poems by Seventeen Detainees; Features Local Poets Leanne Grabel, Paulann Petersen, and Peter Sears
Where: Powell's Books on Hawthorne, 3723 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd.
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free

Tuesday, October 2
Local Zinesters, KT Crud and Nickey Robo, Read from Their Works. Come Discuss the Topic of Humuliation!
Where: Multnomah Country Library (North Portland branch), 801 S.W. 10th Ave.
When: 6:30-7:45 p.m.
Cost: Free

Tuesday, October 2
Judith Barring, Author of Writing the Memoir: From Truth to Art, Discusses the Art of Writing Memoirs in Her Mini-Workshop
Where: The Willamette Writers' meeting at The Old Church, 1422 S.W. 11th Ave.
When: Socializing and networking at 6:30 p.m. Workshop at 7 p.m.
Cost: Free for members. $5 for guests of members. $10 for non-members.
(E-mail whiskers16@comcast.net for more information)

Tuesday, October 2
Zakes Mda Presents Cion
Where: Powell's City of Books on Burnside, 1005 W. Burnside St.
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free

Wednesday, October 3
Jenny McPhee Presents A Man of No Moon
Where: Annie Bloom's Books, 7834 S.W. Capitol Hwy.
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free

Wednesday, October 3
John W. Dean Presents Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
Where: Powell's City of Books on Burnside, 1005 W. Burnside St.
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free

Thursday, October 4
Forget-Me-Not: Reading Frenzy's Favorite Artists Present Work in Remembrance of a Person or Animal, or Place or Thing
Where: Reading Frenzy, 921 S.W. Oak St.
When: 6 p.m.
Cost: Free (you are invited to bring a small photo or drawing to add to their temporary altar)

Thursday, October 4
Jonathan Kozol Presents New Novel, Letters to a Young Teacher
Where: Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, 3415 S.W. Cedar Hills Blvd.
When: 7 p.m.
Cost: Free

Thursday, October 4
Marina Lewycka Presents Strawberry Fields
Where: Powell's Books on Hawthorne, 3723 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd.
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free

Thursday, October 4
Budding Portland Artist, Mark James Gunderson, Shows New Body of Work
Where: Powell's City of Books on Burnside, 1005 W. Burnside St.
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free

Thursday, October 4
Local Artist, Deborah Dewit Marchant, Promotes In the Presence of Books
Where: Twenty-Third Avenue Books, 1015 N.W. 23rd Ave.
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free

Friday, October 5
David Blume Presents Alcohol Can Be a Gas!:Fueling an Ethanol Revolution for the 21st Century
Where: Powell's Technical Books, 33 N.W. Park Ave.
When: 7 p.m.
Cost: Free

Friday, October 5
Peter Yarrow Retells the Story of Puff and His Adventures in Picture Book, Puff, the Magic Dragon (Includes Audio CD)
Where: Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, 3415 S.W. Cedar Hills Blvd.
When: 7 p.m.
Cost: Free

Friday, October 5
Ellen Bass's Fifth Poetry Collection, The Human Line
Where: Powell's City of Books on Burnside, 1005 W. Burnside St.
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free