Events in Downtown

WEDNOV 4

3:00 PM – 10:00 PM

ReadingsPoetryJazzPerforming Arts

Book Bar: Allen Ginsberg Tribute Night

Book Bar is a five-day pop-up bar, café and cultural clubhouse in the heart of downtown Portland during Portland Book Festival week. Stop in for drinks, food, conversation and a rotating lineup of literary-inspired performances, pop-ups and...

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SUNNOV 8

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

ChamberReadingsPoetry

Dvořák & Bunch

Pacific Center, 851 SW 6th Ave, Portland, ORMap

Kenji Bunch Duos for Violin and Viola Antonín Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Angella Ahn violin Anthea Kreston violin Kenji Bunch viola Jason Duckles cello Monica Ohuchi piano Tina Chang spoken word This program is presented as part of the...

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WEDNOV 11

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Talks & LecturesReadingsAuthor Talks

Destroy This House: Amanda Uhle

Literary Arts925 SW Washington St

The Literary Arts Bookstore is pleased to welcome Amanda Uhle to celebrate her memoir, Destroy This House. About the book: For fans of The Glass Castle and The Liars’ Club, a tender, heartbreaking, and hilarious memoir written with “unwavering...

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SUNNOV 29

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

ReadingsPoetryChamber

Terry Riley :: In C

Pacific Center, 851 SW 6th Ave, Portland, ORMap

Terry Riley In C Lisa Lipton, James Shields, Pei Chen clarinet/bass clarinet John Nastos saxophone Monica Ohuchi, Bill Crane piano Trevor Fitzpatrick cello Trio Contique (Henriët Fourie-Thompson, Vakarė Petroliūnaitė & Sarah Beaty)...

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SATNOV 7

11:00 AM – 12:15 PM

WorkshopsTeensReadings

Quick-n-Dirty Spec Fic

Rental Sales Gallery1237 SW 10th Ave

Facilitated by Déy Rivers Wanna play in alternate worlds? It’s challenging but glorious here! Join us for an Intro to Spec-Fic. Learn what is considered Speculative Fiction. Get ideas down using artwork as inspiration to explore spec-fic lines of...

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MONNOV 9

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

💰 $90BooksReadingsCourses

Claire Keegan: Small Things Like These and Foster

Literary Arts925 SW Washington St

This is an important novella in the vein of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, but with an ending that packs a different punch. At its center is a man torn between family, community, church, and one young woman in a terrible predicament. He must make a...

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SUNNOV 8

10:30 AM

+3 dates

ChamberReadingsPoetryVariety

Chatter PDX

Pacific Center851 SW 6th Ave Portland, OR 97204

Chatter PDX is a weekly performing arts series blending chamber music, spoken word, and coffee. Chatter occurs every Sunday at 10:30am, with each program bringing a unique mix of historic favorites, rarely-heard gems, and engaging contemporary repertoire alongside original spoken word by local poets and writers. Shows last approximately one hour. Tickets are available at ChatterPDX.org or at the door. Coffee and baked goods included in the price of admission! Check our site for the latest performer & programming information.

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SUNNOV 8

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

+3 dates

💰 $20+ReadingsPoetryChamberVariety

Chatter Sunday Series

Pacific Center851 SW 6th Ave

Chatter PDX is a performing arts series in Portland inspired by the success of the innovative Chatter series in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which has captivated audiences for over 15 years. Chatter PDX brings a unique blend of music, spoken word...

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SUNNOV 8

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

💰 $265BooksReadingsCourses

Theodor Adorno: Minima Moralia

Literary Arts925 SW Washington St

In this Delve we will study Adorno’s Minima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged Life—the amazing book he wrote between 1944 and 1949 to explore his feelings about the calamitous situation of a world facing despotism.

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SUNNOV 15

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

ChamberReadingsPoetry

Hommage à Schumann

Pacific Center, 851 SW 6th Ave, Portland, ORMap

György Kurtág Hommage à R. Schumann Rebecca Clarke I’ll Bid My Heart Be Still for Viola and Piano Lepo Sumera Quasi Improvisata for Clarinet and Piano Robert Schumann Märchenerzählungen James Shields clarinet Kenji Bunch viola Monica Ohuchi piano...

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