#Portland Events

[honeysuckleporridge]

[helioscopepdx]

PORTLAND: Steve Lieber's First Friday Office Hours are back!

This Friday, November 1st, find Steve at @bookswpictures at 1401 SE Division from 4-6PM, giving professional feedback on your comics art. Here's his pitch for the event:

HOW DOES THIS WORK? You show me 6-8 pages of comic book storytelling. I’ll give you honest feedback based on my 30 years in comics. I’ll tell you what I think works, what doesn’t, how to tweak a panel for clarity or impact- all the stuff your teacher at a comics class might tell you. WHAT ARE THE LIMITS? This isn’t networking. I’m not there to hire you, read your pitch, give your samples to a publisher, or introduce you to other, more famous comics people. I’m just there to talk with you about the pages you’ve drawn. Like a class in art school, but without roll call or tuition. ANYTHING ELSE? I’m restricting this to comics pages- storytelling- because that’s what I know. If you’re looking for feedback on scriptwriting, or illustrations, or fine art, or concept art, I’m not that guy. There are people who know WAAAY more about those specialties than I do. And it’s fine to work digitally, but please bring print-outs. It’s a LOT easier to critique art on paper, and we won’t have to deal with app glitches or battery problems. HOW LONG CAN THIS GO ON? I’m only doing this in person- not online. My plan is to keep doing office hours at Books With Pictures, 4-6 PM on the first Friday of every month for as long as our mutual schedules permit. WHAT DOES THIS COST? Zip. Nada. Zero. It costs nothing. Just bring your portfolio and your love of comics. Hope to see you this Friday!

[shawnrealty]

5 Things To Do in Portland this November 2024

Explore Portland through books, anime, and winter festivities! Check out Shawn Realty’s top five Portland events this month. 1. Portland Book Festival 📅 Nov 2 | 💵 Cost Varies The Portland Book Festival features author conversations, interviews, panels, pop-up readings, writing workshops, live music, a book fair, and food trucks, with around 100 authors participating. The Portland Art Museum…

[farel-dal]

Come to the permanent_damage_comix_show this Saturday at Lloyd center mall. Buy one of my books and I can do a sketch like this for you and/or get @sophiefranz and my new book MONSTER-US!!!

[habitgallery]

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[bridgetownbites]

The inaugural WasabiFest is almost here! Wasabi-eating contest! Wasabi dishes! Wally Wasabi! (Will he meet Dillon T. Pickle one day for a spicy mix?)

https://bridgetownbites.com/2025/06/09/inaugural-wasabifest-june-2025portland-oregon/

[creativemorningsportland]

#CMpunk

Our theme for June is PUNK.

🎸The description for this month’s theme is written in the style of lyrics to a punk rock song. If you know a band that wants to put them to music, we’ll feature their cover song of our punk rock anthem on the CreativeMornings blog and social. 🎵

Does the system feel broken 

Staring at our screens

Not hearing the screams

Wake up wake up wake up

We’re not meant to go it alone 

Find your people lift them up

Do what you can with what you got

Wake up wake up wake up

Your creativity can save you

What you gonna make

What you gonna change

Wake up wake up wake up

🎸🎵🧷

This theme was chosen by our Bologna chapter in Italy and illustrated by Cristina Portolano.

[creativemorningspdx]

#CMRITUAL

Our theme for September is REFLECTION.

Just like an echo is a reflection of sound… and how a camera lens focuses reflected light to form a photograph… our subconscious reflects on our experiences to form our beliefs.

Without reflection, there can be no personal growth. Learning from our past yields greater wisdom and happiness. But don’t let self-awareness turn into self-absorption. Take heed of the Greek myth of Narcissus, who fell in love with his own handsome reflection in a pool of water. 

Reflecting on difficult moments can be painful but also healing. When our Oklahoma City chapter selected this theme, they mentioned a reflecting pool at the site of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that was designed to help people reflect on how they were changed by that tragic event. 

Pondering the world around us and following our curiosity adds depth to our creative work. As William Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet, the purpose of acting is “to hold as 'twere the mirror up to nature.” While George Bernard Shaw said, “you use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.” (Although Bertolt Brecht countered, “Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.”)

Reflection turns our traumas and triumphs into lessons. It’s how we can create a vision for a brighter future.

The theme was chosen by our Oklahoma City chapter in Oklahoma and illustrated by Aditi Heins.

[sayruq]

[douche-canoe-regatta]

Hey guys

If you're looking for a fun, beautiful, SAFE place to visit this year, please consider Maine.

Maine is losing a ton of its vacation revenue from Canada this summer due to...well, everything. If you're wondering what it does with your money (as of June 2025), keep reading:

(FYI she supports it but doesn't need to sign because of overwhelming support)

more (including trans rights) below the cut:

Oh and most importantly:

That's Maine for you. We're just quietly over here in the corner protecting Trans rights, securing safe access to abortions and picking out a turtle. Maine is a poor state, and your money helps us go farther and do more to support our most vulnerable populations.

Plus, you know....this:

if you're interested in visiting Maine but don't know where to start, please message me! I'm a queer transmasc butch and I love to rant about my favorite place in the world. You are welcome here.

[honeysuckleporridge]

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12.17.24

[rebeccathenaturalist]

So The Everyday Naturalist comes out in *checks calendar* just under two weeks (June 17, for those who are counting.) Some of you have already preordered signed copies from me (thank you!) which are due to arrive here June 16 and which I will start packing up as soon as they arrive so I can ideally get them out in the mail on the 17th. (I've gotten over 100 preorders, though, so please bear with me as I'm doing all that signing, packing, and labeling myself!)

Even if you've preordered, you are still cordially invited along with everyone else to attend the following in-person book events to hear my talk "Five Reasons to be an Everyday Naturalist" and celebrate the book with me in the Portland and Seattle metro areas:

Friday, June 20, 5pm - 8:30pm: Official Book Launch Party at Experiment PDX, Portland, OR - neighborhood nature walk 5pm, book talk and signing 7pm

Monday, June 23, 7pm: The Everyday Naturalist Talk and Signing Event, Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park/Bothell, WA

Saturday, July 19, 3pm: The Everyday Naturalist Talk and Signing Event, Powell's City of Books, Portland, OR

[shawnrealty]

5 Things To Do in Portland this January 2025

New year, new events to go to! Here are Shawn Realty’s top five Portland events for January. 1. First Friday PDX 📅 Jan 3-Nov 7 | 💵 Free The First Friday Art Walk in Portland’s East Side Arts District is a free, year-round event held on the first Friday evening of each month. It features over 23 galleries, shops, and studios, plus a street exhibition from April to October, offering a glimpse…

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[bridgetownbites]

Score: A Baker Fair showcases Portland’s independent microbakery scene, and takes place at Zenger Farm in SE Portland. 

[creativemorningsportland]

#CMcrossroads

Our theme for April is CROSSROADS.

We all reach turning points in life that change the course of our destiny. Should you break up or give your relationship another chance? Accept that job offer or strike out on your own? 

What’s the best way to go? Continue straight ahead? Or turn left? When you’re faced with a crucial decision, there’s no map that shows where the consequences lead. And sometimes, you only recognize a crossroads when you see it in the rearview mirror. 

No wonder that in folklore and mythology, crossroads represent a gateway between our mortal coil and the supernatural realm. An in-between place of transition, where worlds collide, and anything can happen next. 

Legend has it that the greatest blues guitarist in the world, Robert Johnson, met the devil at the crossroads of two dirt roads at midnight and struck a bargain to trade his everlasting soul for masterful skill. But there was no deal with the devil. In reality, he practiced like hell.

So, how do you decide which way to go next? Just pick what feels right. Because there’s no wrong choice. Only different journeys to where you’re meant to be.

This theme was chosen by our Wroclaw chapter in Poland, illustrated by Joanna Gniady, and is presented by Adobe.