August 2, 2012
Monthly Events - August 2012

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August 2nd: Broetry Open Mic Night. 9PM. The Treehouse. 1922 NE Emerson. Featuring Will Stanford Knudsen. All ages. 21+ BYOB.

August 6th: Show and Tell Gallery: Caffeinated Art. 7PM. SE 12th and Ash St. Featuring Robin Catesby, Dr. Sarah D. Holloway, and Michelle Rae Anderson (open mic to follow)

August 8th: Stone Soup Reading Series. 7PM. Marino Adriatic Cafe. 4129 SE Division St. Featuring Jake Hart, Sterling Clark, Camille Perry, J. Adam Collins, and Ross Robins.

August 9th: open heARTs: a multicultural arts showcase. 7PM. The Hawthorne Hostel. 3031 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Featuring Paint Dance Company, Intisar Abioto, Bryson Foster and poetry by Chase Person. Hosted by Andrea Hope. Family-friendly. Cultural attire encouraged!

August 10th: Speakeasy at the CAT! 7PM. The (new) Black Cat. 3990 N Interstate Ave. Featuring Andrea Hope, hosted by Cloud Starchild. Short story and poetry reading open mic. Bring an open mind and speakeasy attire.

August 12th: Stonehenge Studios Poetry Reading and Open Mic. 7PM. 3508 SW Corbett Ave. Featuring Elyse Fenton and Lisa Steinman.

August 12th: Spare Room Presents: 7:30 PM. The Waypost. 3120 N. Williams Ave. Chris Pusatieri, Michelle Naka Pierce, and Stephen Vincent. $5 Suggested donation.

August 16th: Broetry Open Mic Night. 9PM. The Treehouse. 1922 NE Emerson. Featuring Amy Everhart. All ages. 21+ BYOB.

August 20th: Show and Tell Gallery: Caffeinated Art. 7PM. SE 12th and Ash St. Featuring Andrea Hope, Brenna Twohy, and Jill Greenseth (open mic to follow)

August 22nd: Stone Soup Reading Series. 7PM. Marino Adriatic Cafe. 4129 SE Division St. Featuring Mary Slocum, Bob Swango, Jeffrey Gardener, Pat Vivian, Fred Meldan, and Sue Parman.

August 25th: The Meaning of Me. 7PM. Elevated Coffee. 5261 NE MLK Blvd. Poetry book release of Emmett Wheatfall.

August 27th: Conversations with Writers. 7PM. Influence Music Hall. 135 SE 3rd Ave. HILLSBORO. Featuring Alan Roth.

August 31st: Them’s Fightin’ Words. 7PM. St. Johns Booksellers. 8622 N Lombard St. A new reading series bullies its way into town.

August 31st: (give, summer, over). 8PM. The Pointy House. 2930 SE Clay St. Featuring Jon Sands, Kira Clark, Lindsey Kugler, Drew Scott Swenhaugen, Erik Rice, and Leah Noble Davidson.

August 31st: HEMPress Poetry Open Mic. 6PM sign up. Hempress Cafe. 2714 NE Alberta St. The Cafe is hosting their first open mic, to continue every last Friday.

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June 30, 2012
Monthly Events

July 7th: Market Day Reading Series. 12PM. St. Johns Booksellers. 8622 N. Lombard St. Featuring Jeffrey Gardner, Anthony Gardner, and Michael Guimond.

July 7th: 1st Annual Northwest Individual Poetry Slam Championship Death Match. 7:30 PM. Slabtown Bar. 1033 NW 16th St. Featuring poets from the Pacific Northwest including Amy Everhart, Mike McGee, Garrett Sherwood, and Mary Lambert.

July 8th: Stonehenge Studios Poetry Reading and Open Mic. 7PM. 3508 SW Corbett Ave. Featuring David Biespiel and Phil Meehan.

July 8th: Spare Room Presents: 7:30 PM. The Waypost. 3120 N. Williams Ave. Judith Goldman, Chris McCreary, and Jenn McCreary. $5 Suggested donation.

July 11th: Stone Soup Reading Series. 7PM. Marin0 Adriatic Cafe. 4129 SE Division St. Featuring Laura Houlberg, Daniel Calfo, Samantha Peterson, and Jacob Sayers.

July 14th: Market Day Reading Series. 12PM. St. Johns Booksellers. 8622 N. Lombard St. Featuring Casey Bush, Susan DeFreitas, and Lisa Galloway.

July 16th: Unchaste Readers 2. 7:30PM. The Jack London Bar. 529 SW 4th Ave. Women’s reading series featuring Lidia Yuknavitch, Lisa Wells, Margaret Elysia Garcia, Kira Clark, Nina Rockwell, and Domi J. Shoemaker.

July 16th: The Great Mash Up. 7PM. Three Friends Coffeehouse. 201 SE 12th Ave. Join poets Dave Jarecki, Beth Ford and Ryan Scariano as they read their work, each other’s work, and poems from out there in the poetry universe, filling the space between poems with banter and minimal preambles.

July 17th: Yesterday Won’t Goodbye Won’t Goodbye. 8PM. The Blue Monk. 3341 SE Belmont St. Book release for Brian Stephen Ellis’ second book of poetry. Free.

July 18th: Stone Soup Reading Series. 7PM. Marino Adriatic Cafe. 4129 SE Division St. Featuring Jessie Drake and guests Leyna Rynearson, Aleks Stefanova, Will Stanford, and Deshaun Dowdy.

ATTENTION! CANCELLED!! July 19th: Buddy Wakefield featuring Timmy Straw. 8PM. 24ten. 2410 N Mississippi Ave. $12 in advance q-poetry.ning.com

July 21st: Market Day Reading Series. 12PM. St. Johns Booksellers. 8622 N. Lombard St. Featuring Joanna Rose, Donna Prinzmeta, Andrea Hollander, Budy Maggie Chula, and Penelope Schambly Schot.

July 21st: open heARTs: a multicultural arts showcase. 7PM. Three Friends Coffeehouse. SE 12th and Ash St. Featuring West African drumming by Gustaff Besungu and poetry by Ceb’dan and Andrea Hope. Family-friendly.

July 28th: Market Day Reading Series. 12PM. St. Johns Booksellers. 8622 N. Lombard St. Featuring Ric Vrana.

July 29th: Spare Room Presents: 7:30 PM. The Waypost. 3120 N. Williams Ave. Jared Stanley and Chris Piuma. $5 Suggested donation.

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June 2, 2012
Monthly Events

June 2nd: Market Day Poetry Series. 12PM. St Johns Booksellers. 8622 N Lombard St. Featuring Dan Raphael, Laura Winter, and Amy Temple Harper.

June 7th: Andrea Gibson and Tara Hardy. 8PM. 24Ten. 2410 N Mississippi Ave. $12. Music by the I’s. Tickets at qpoetry.ning.com.

June 9th: Market Day Poetry Series. 12PM. St Johns Booksellers. 8622 N Lombard St. Featuring Christopher Luna and Toni Partington.

June 9th: Nick’s Goodbye Lit Party! 7PM. Mother Foucault’s Bookshop. 523 SE Morrison St. Featuring Nicky Tiso, Kira Clark, Becca Taplin, James Yeary, Zosia Rose Wiatr, and Lindsay Allison Ruoff.

June 10th: Stonehenge Studios Poetry Reading and Open Mic. 7PM. 3508 SW Corbett Ave. Featuring Vern Rutsala and Jim Shugrue.

June 12th: Fault Lines Poetry Debut. 7:30PM. Milepost 5. 850 NE 81st Ave. Featuring Tiel Aisha Ansari, Ryan Scariano, Michael Berton, Sam Roderick Roxas-Chua, Tim Applegate, Kelly Running, Elizabeth Ferguson, Penelope Schott, and Dan Encarnacion.

June 12th: Small Doggies Reading: The Final Episode. 8PM. The Blue Monk. 3341 SE Belmont. Featuring Jac Jemc, Gabriel Blackwell, Eirean Bradley, Courtenay Hameister and musical guest Muscle and Marrow. $5

June 13th: Stone Soup Reading Series. 7PM. Marin0 Adriatic Cafe. 4129 SE Division St. Featuring Patrick Bocarde, Jamondria Harris, and Ric Vrana.

June 14th: Soulful Showcase featuring Blacque Butterfly. 8PM. 910 N. Killingsworth St. Family-friendly music, spoken word, and African food. Includes open mic. Contact blacquebutterflypdx@gmail.com

June 20th: Stone Soup Reading Series. 7PM. Marino Adriatic Cafe. 4129 SE Division St. Featuring Meg Waldron, Stephen Meads, and Robyn Bateman.

June 23rd: Market Day Poetry Series. 12PM. St Johns Booksellers. 8622 N Lombard St. Featuring A. Molotkov, David Cooke, Jennifer Lesh, and John Sibley Williams.

June 23rd: If Not for Kidnap. 7:30PM. 3968 SE Mall St. Featuring Don Mee Choi, Jennifer Bartlett, Jesse Morse, and Jennifer Denrow

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