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August 2018
Fierce Female Storytelling: Girls Roar!
ROAR is a bi-monthly storytelling event that showcases seasoned storytellers, improvisers, writers, slam poets, and surprise guests, with female empowerment and courage as the underlying theme. The next ROAR will bring young girls to the stage to share inspiring and honest stories from their lives. Advance tickets are available online at http://www.kigginstheatre.net/events/roar/. ROAR will donate 10% of the show’s tickets sales and concessions to the National Women’s Coalition Against Violence and Exploitation (NWCAVE), an organization which works to inform, educate, and prevent violence…
Find out more »Open Mic Night at Barnes & Noble with Matthew Minicucci
Read your three-minute piece of writing to a friendly audience—or just be a part of that audience!—at the monthly Open Mic at Barnes & Noble Vancouver. Matthew Minicucci is the featured poet this time, reading from his collections "Translation" and "Small Gods." Small Gods was a finalist for the 2016 Green Rose Prize from New Issues Press, and Translation was chosen by Jane Hirshfield for the 2014 Wick Poetry Prize. This summer, Matthew will serve as artist-in-residence at the John…
Find out more »September 2018
First Thursday at the CCHM: “A Convenient Way to Make Salt”
On Thursday, Sept. 6, the Clark County Historical Museum (CCHM) will host its next First Thursday Speaker Series event, which is sponsored by Clark County's Historic Preservation Commission. The speaker, Tom Wilson, a retired teacher and national park ranger, will present, "Lewis & Clark: A Convenient Situation to Make Salt." The program will discuss the importance of salt for the expedition, which Corps members made salt, and how it was made. The evening will also highlight how the current Salt…
Find out more »Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Night: Reggie Mara
The next Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic at Angst Gallery features Connecticut Poet Reggie Marra, author of "Killing America: Our United States of Ignorance, Fear, Bigotry, Violence and Greed." Marra is the author of four books of poetry and four nonfiction books. He's conducted poetry-writing and adult development and healing workshops since 1997, including work with the NEA’s Poetry Out Loud program, the National Association for Poetry Therapy, the Connecticut Higher Order Thinking (HOT) Schools program, the Transformative Language Arts Network,…
Find out more »Narrative Healing Workshop: Transcending Illness Through Story
Poet Christopher Luna will lead a workship "Narrative Healing: Transcending Illness Through Narrative," from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 14, at Angst Gallery. The cost is $35 per person. RSVP to christopherjluna@gmail.com by Thursday, Sept. 13 The power of story to heal was understood 2,000 years ago. We now have over 30 years of research that confirms this philosophical, intuitive understanding. This workshop will engage you in your own narrative healing process, introduce the salient history, philosophy and…
Find out more »Holiday Crisis and Identity Tangle
Dr. Alexander Bolotnikov begins the seminar “Holiday Crisis and Identity Tangle” at the Vancouver Community Public Library on C Street. The 13-session seminar looks at how holidays shape communities, while also having the potential to divide them. Some of the questions Bolotnikov will explore include: Why do we celebrate holidays? How do holidays create identity? How did Christian holidays originate? and more. Past seminars held by Bolotnikov may be viewed at Vancouver-Jewish.com.
Find out more »Former Secretary of State John Kerry at Powell’s Books
Former Secretary of State & Five-Term U.S. Senator John Kerry will appear at Powell's Books, 1005 W. Burnside St. in downtown Portland, at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16. There will be limited general seating and standing room only. Kerry will discuss his new book, "Every Day Is Extra," in which he tells the story of his remarkable American life — from son of a diplomat to decorated Vietnam veteran, five-term United States senator, 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, and secretary…
Find out more »Free Seminar: Late Effects of Cancer Treatment
Join Pink Lemonade Project and Dr. Magdolna Solti for a seminar on the late effects of cancer treatment. Dr. Solti specializes in medical oncology and hematology with advanced sub-specialty training in breast cancer, cancer genetics and clinical trials research. She maintains additional board certification in internal medicine and is director of the Compass Oncology Survivorship Program. Cancer patients, survivors and their spouse/partner/companion/caregiver and family are invited to attend together.
Find out more »Holiday Crisis and Identity Tangle
Dr. Alexander Bolotnikov begins the seminar “Holiday Crisis and Identity Tangle” at the Vancouver Community Public Library on C Street. The 13-session seminar looks at how holidays shape communities, while also having the potential to divide them. Some of the questions Bolotnikov will explore include: Why do we celebrate holidays? How do holidays create identity? How did Christian holidays originate? and more. Past seminars held by Bolotnikov may be viewed at Vancouver-Jewish.com.
Find out more »Holiday Crisis and Identity Tangle
Dr. Alexander Bolotnikov begins the seminar “Holiday Crisis and Identity Tangle” at the Vancouver Community Public Library on C Street. The 13-session seminar looks at how holidays shape communities, while also having the potential to divide them. Some of the questions Bolotnikov will explore include: Why do we celebrate holidays? How do holidays create identity? How did Christian holidays originate? and more. Past seminars held by Bolotnikov may be viewed at Vancouver-Jewish.com.
Find out more »Holiday Crisis and Identity Tangle
Dr. Alexander Bolotnikov begins the seminar “Holiday Crisis and Identity Tangle” at the Vancouver Community Public Library on C Street. The 13-session seminar looks at how holidays shape communities, while also having the potential to divide them. Some of the questions Bolotnikov will explore include: Why do we celebrate holidays? How do holidays create identity? How did Christian holidays originate? and more. Past seminars held by Bolotnikov may be viewed at Vancouver-Jewish.com.
Find out more »November 2018
Fort Vancouver Regional Library Foundation’s 2018 Authors & Illustrator’s Dinner with Craig Johnson, Author of “Longmire”
Craig Johnson, author of the bestselling Walt Longmire mystery series (the basis for "Longmire," the popular hit Netflix original drama), will be the keynote speaker at Fort Vancouver Regional Library Foundation’s annual Authors & Illustrators Dinner & Silent Auction. Proceeds from the fundraiser help underwrite various public library programs in southwest Washington. Johnson’s books have won multiple awards, including the Wyoming Historical Association’s Book of the Year, the Western Writers of America’s Spur Award, the Mountains and Plains Book of…
Find out more »Powell’s Books presents Pete Souza, Former Chief Official White House Photographer for Barack Obama
Powell's Books will present a special evening with photographer Pete Souza, the former chief official White House photographer for President Obama. He'll be at Revolution Hall, 1300 Stark St. in Portland, at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 12. Since Souza left the White House in 2017, he has posted photographs from the Obama years on his personal Instagram account. Souza’s following on Instagram has since grown to nearly two million people. Souza’s new book, "Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents," is…
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