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THUNOV 5
10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
FilmMuseumsGalleriesPoetryBooksAuthor TalksLive Podcasts & RadioVarietyComedyStand-UpHip-HopCultural HeritageTalks & Lectures

Free First Thursday with Live Wire Radio

Portland Art Museum1219 SW Park Ave
Overview Portland Art Museum invites the community to join a Free First Thursday event, offering free admission to the museum for all, plus a Live Wire event as part of the Literary Arts Portland Book Festival. Visitors can take in the afternoon gallery pop-ups, the evening show, or both! Free First Thursday + Museum pop-ups 4:30 – 6 p.m. — 4:30-6:00pm — Free, pre-show, pop-up performances will take place throughout the Museum’s galleries. Performers are poet and rapper Dessa, bestselling...
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SATNOV 7
7:30 PM · Doors 6:30 PM
💰 $35+Live Podcasts & RadioVarietyComedyStand-UpTalks & LecturesMusicBooksAuthor Talks

Live Wire with Luke Burbank

Alberta Rose Theatre3000 NE Alberta St
Live Wire Radio is an independently produced radio show that artfully blends unpredictable conversation, live music, and original comedy featuring all types of cultural talent and creative minds, from emerging artists to established acts. Join...
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THUNOV 5
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM · Doors 6:30 PM
💰 $15+MuseumsPoetryBooksAuthor TalksLive Podcasts & RadioVarietyComedyStand-UpHip-HopTalks & Lectures

Live Wire x Portland Art Museum: Dessa, Mac Barnett, Ed Park, and Mx. Dahlia Belle

Portland Art Museum (Sunken Ballroom)1219 SW Park Ave
Live Wire joins forces with the Portland Art Museum for an afternoon of roving performances ahead of an evening recording of the program. The event coincides with PAM's monthly Free First Thursday and the Portland Book Festival's expanded...
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FRINOV 27
9:00 PM
PartiesVarietyComedyStand-Up

The Annual Best Of Pants On Fire Party: Filthy/Freaky

White Eagle Saloon836 N Russell St
Portland's Wildest Storytelling Experience Returns! Take a break and treat yourself after a long Turkey Day and join us for Portland's wildest and most interactive comedy and storytelling entertainment event: the annualBest Of Pants On Fire! Party at the historic White Eagle...
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THUNOV 5
4:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Live Podcasts & RadioVarietyComedyStand-UpBooksMuseumsHip-Hop

Live Wire + Portland Art Museum: Art, Books, & Radio

Portland Art Museum: Main Building1219 SW Park Ave
Live Wire Radio, the Portland-based public radio variety show, joins forces with the Portland Art Museum for an afternoon of roving performances ahead of an evening recording of the program. The event coincides with PAM’s monthly Free First...
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SATNOV 7
10:00 AM – 11:00 PM
BooksAuthor TalksTalks & Lectures

Wildwood: Colin Meloy & Carson Ellis

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall1037 SW Broadway
The first book in the best-selling fantasy series full of magic, wonder, and danger from Colin Meloy, lead singer of the highly celebrated band the Decemberists, and Carson Ellis, the award-winning illustrator. Soon to be a major motion picture...
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SATNOV 14
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Cultural HeritageTalks & LecturesBooksAuthor Talks

Afrofuturism with Walidah Imarisha

Rockwood Library17917 SE Stark Street

Learn about and discuss Afrofuturism with author and scholar Walidah Imarisha. Whenever we try to envision a world without war, without violence, without prisons, without capitalism, we are engaging in an exercise of speculative fiction. Walidah Imarisha will uncover the truths buried in the fantastical – and inject a healthy dose of the fantastical into our search for truth.

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THUNOV 5
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Talks & LecturesPoetryBooksAuthor Talks

HYBRID: Brian Doyle Celebration and Book Release

Lake Oswego Public Library380 A Avenue
Join Mary Miller Doyle and friends for a presentation of Wonder Is a Lovely Place to Be: 365 Days of Wit, Wisdom, and Irrepressible Imagination by Brian Doyle and Mary Miller Doyle. Drawing from both beloved and previously unpublished Brian Doyle...
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