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THUNOV 5
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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BACKFENCE Unhinged podcast LIVE!
The BACKFENCE Unhinged podcast records their first ever live show with incredible guests Mitchell S. Jackson and Nicole Hardy sharing delightfully unhinged stories. Hosted by Andrew Dicson and Frayn Masters, and presented by Portland Mercury and...
FRINOV 6
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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Casey Rae in Conversation With Robert Ham
What can the Grateful Dead teach us about impermanence, interconnection, and the quest for meaning? Dead Dharma: The Grateful Dead and the American Quest for Transcendence (Oxford University Press) explores how the Grateful Dead and their cultural orbit became unlikely guides...
SATNOV 7
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
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Kids' Storytime
Join us every Saturday for kids’ storytime. Today we’re reading Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas… According to Max! by Alastair Heim.
SATNOV 7
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
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Bookstore & Coffee Crawl
Hi friends! Love the concept of a pub crawl, but wish more books were involved? Me too! We’ll set up a route of bookstores and coffee shops sure to keep us caffeinated while we increase our TBR lists. Meet at Powell's (the 11th & Couch...
SUNNOV 8
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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Dana Mashoian Walrath in Conversation With Dr. Mark Brauner
The Book of Genocides (Harvard University Press) is a haunting graphic narrative that compels readers to confront the most harrowing chapters of human history not as distant events but as visceral experiences. Dana Mashoian Walrath covers ten major atrocities across five...
MONNOV 9
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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Anne Liu Kellor With Keliko Adams, Faith Adiele, Alayna Erhart, and Jeremy Simer
Multiracial people are everywhere — but so often their stories are oversimplified, overlooked, or left out of the narrative altogether. Mixed Roots: Writers on Multiracial Identity & Both/And Belonging (Beacon Press) — edited by Anne Liu Kellor — collects 29 voices from...
TUENOV 10
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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Laura Stanfill in Conversation With Michelle Ruiz Keil
A bootlegger's daughter falls into a world of Tin Pan Alley music and mystery in Laura Stanfill’s unapologetic exploration of friendships, motherhood, and the way women care for each other. "Poor quiet Violet, poor shrinking Violet, used to being cared for. Now there's no way...
WEDNOV 11
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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Prompt at Powell’s City of Books – Fall
Prompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books. With accountability and community built in — as well as a huge selection of books for inspiration — you’ll be sure to come away with tons of new ideas.
Prompt is an 8-week writing group full of freewriting, listening, and strengths-based feedback, hosted behind-the-scenes at Powell’s City of Books. With accountability and community built in — as well as a huge selection of books for...
WEDNOV 11
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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Alex Behr in Conversation With Mary Rechner
In late 2019, award-winning Portland author Alex Behr reunited with Chris Hartman, a lost love, after thirty years. Their brief, intense romance in San Francisco left behind no photos, and yet they'd never forgotten each other. Chris soon moved to Portland to start a new life...
THUNOV 12
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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Paul Rogat Loeb
In a world where each day can bring new reasons for outrage or despair, Paul Loeb answers with stories of hope, inspiration, and raw courage from heroes of world-changing political movements. In this comprehensively updated edition, Loeb helps us keep acting for change...