Metro Area

Celebrate Día de los Muertos at M&M Marketplace with two days of culture, music, food, and family fun. Join us on Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1 from 2 PM to 7 PM for a free community celebration in Hillsboro.

Enjoy live music, traditional altars, Calenda, Calaveritas Literarias, a Concurso de Catrinas, food, shopping, and family entertainment. Bring your family and friends as we come together to honor loved ones and celebrate Día de los Muertos traditions.

Dates: Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1
Time: 2 PM to 7 PM
Location: M&M Marketplace, 346 SW Walnut St., Hillsboro, OR 97123
Admission: Free

¡Acompáñanos con toda la familia para celebrar nuestras tradiciones, recordar a nuestros seres queridos y disfrutar un fin de semana especial en comunidad!

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 Drawing from both beloved and previously unpublished Brian Doyle works, this collection of essays, poems and sketches invites readers to notice holiness woven through ordinary, everyday moments.

Mary Miller Doyle and John and Cindy McPhee will read passages from Wonder is a Lovely Place to Be and retired Lake Oswego Public Library director Bill Baars will host. We'll also be serving apple and marionberry pie, Brian's favorite flavors.

Brian Doyle (1956-2017) was the author of many books, including the novels Mink River and The Plover; The Grail, his account of a year in a pinot noir vineyard in Oregon; and The Wet Engine, a memoir about his infant son’s heart surgery and the young doctor who saved his life. He edited Portland Magazine at the University of Portland.

This program is supported by the Friends of the Lake Oswego Public Library. Participation is free, and no registration is required. Please note, seating is limited due to the size of the space. Seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.A livestream will be available.

Lake Oswego Public Library is located at 706 Fourth Street, Lake Oswego. For more information, contact Alicia Yokoyama at 503-534-4228 or [email protected]

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Develop your writing in a welcoming, creative environment alongside friends and local best-selling YA author Jamie Pacton. This is time to write, share ideas, ask questions, and meet other teen writers!

A monthly, prompt-driven freewriting gathering welcomes writers of every genre and experience level. Guided by author and poet Jone Rush MacCulloch, the session starts with a creative prompt, offers focused time to write, then invites anyone who wishes to share their work. It is a friendly space to connect with other writers, approach the page with curiosity, and see where inspiration leads. Jone is the author of Tilt, a novel in verse, and facilitates writing salons and events online and at Cup of Tea.

Monday Mic Night is an open mic event. Bring whatever you’d like to share—music, poetry, a soliloquy, a painting, even a magic trick. All ages and talent levels are welcome. Non-performing audience members are welcome too.

This event is free, all ages, and open to the public.

Date: Monday, November 9
Time: 7-9pm (Signups start at 6:30pm)
Location: Sherwood Center for the Arts, Maera Boughey Theatre
22689 SW Pine Street, Sherwood OR 97140

More information at our website: Monday Mic Night | Sherwood Center for the Arts

Toolbox Gallery ishonored to welcome the highly regarded Milwaukie Poetry Series for its biannual invited poet readings followed by an open mic.

Join us for the 20th Season of The Milwaukie Poetry Series every second Wednesday of the month, September 2026 - July 2027, at 6 p.m. in the Ledding Library Community Room. The readings will also be livestreamed on the Ledding Library YouTube channel.

Milwaukie Poetry Series
2026-2027 Readers

September 9 - Will Hornyak
October 14 - Cathy Cain
November 18 - David Bielspiel *Third Wednesday*
December 9 - Christopher Diaz
January 13 - Sara Quinn Rivara
February 10 - Lex Runciman
March 10 - Shawn Aveningo Sanders
April 14 - Bill Siverly
May 12 - Ruby Hansen Murray
June 9 - Leah Stenson
July 14 - Christopher Luna

For additional information please contact the Series Coordinator, Tom Hogan, at 503.819.8367 or [email protected]

The next Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic features Raúl Sánchez, 7 p.m. Nov. 12 at Art at the Cave. Admission is a suggested donation of $5, but no one will be turned away. Sánchez, Redmond’s poet laureate from 2019-2021, is the author of three poetry collections, including “When We Were Water.” Guests are also invited to read their own original poetry. Learn more at printedmattervancouver.com.

Develop your writing in a welcoming, creative environment alongside friends and local best-selling YA author Jamie Pacton. This is time to write, share ideas, ask questions, and meet other teen writers!

Join us for a monthly Poetry Slam open mic! Bring something you've already created to share or participate in an interactive writing exercise to create something with the group each month.

Join fellow poetry lovers for a monthly meet-up to read and discuss poetry in a supportive environment. Feel free to read a poem of your own or one written by a published author that you’d like to share. This group meets on the third Thursday of the month in the conference room on the second floor of the library. Meetings will include time for introductions, poetry readings, organic discussion, and resource sharing. Light refreshments will be available. All are welcome to attend, including newcomers, and we hope to see you there!

This program is supported by the Friends of the Lake Oswego Public Library. Lake Oswego Public Library is located at 706 Fourth Street, Lake Oswego. For more information, contact Rachael Hyde at [email protected].

Join us for a Poetry Open Mic! Read original work, share your favorite poem, or sit back and enjoy a night of poetry.

Readers must be 13 or older, but all ages are welcome to listen. Content must be suitable for families (i.e. no profanity, sexual content, etc.).

Sign-up starts 30 minutes before the event outside the Columbia Room. Each reader will have a 5-minute time slot, and are welcome to read multiple poems as long as they fit into the time limit.

The Camas Public Library, 625 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas, hosts Poetry Open Mic Nights from 6:15 to 7:45 p.m. on the first Wednesday of every month (for November and December this event will take place on the third Wednesday, due to the Holidays). Read aloud your original or favorite work, and listen to monthly featured poets. All ages are welcome and the poetry night is family-friendly.

The Reading Room will open at 6:15 p.m. Readers must sign in by 6:25 p.m. Poetry readings will begin by 6:30 p.m. Readers may recite original poems or favorite poems. The order of readings will be determined by the sign-in sheet. Each reader will have 3-5 minutes to read, depending upon total number of readers. Comments and feedback will be given after the final poet has read.

Poems should not contain language unsuitable for family, e.g. profanity or sexually explicit materials. Time limitations will be enforced to ensure all readers can participate. Everyone should plan to stay until the final poems are read.

Join fellow poetry lovers for a monthly meet-up to read and discuss poetry in a supportive environment. Feel free to read a poem of your own or one written by a published author that you’d like to share. This group meets on the third Thursday of the month in the conference room on the second floor of the library. Meetings will include time for introductions, poetry readings, organic discussion, and resource sharing. Light refreshments will be available. All are welcome to attend, including newcomers, and we hope to see you there!

This program is supported by the Friends of the Lake Oswego Public Library. Lake Oswego Public Library is located at 706 Fourth Street, Lake Oswego. For more information, contact Rachael Hyde at [email protected].