Event

Events

Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Filters

Changing any of the form inputs will cause the list of events to refresh with the filtered results.

Today

  • The Moth Mainstage

    Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 1037 SW Broadway Ave, Portland, OR, United States
    The Moth returns to Portland on Tuesday, December 10. This extraordinary performance sells out quickly, so reserve your seats early and experience unforgettable stories told live! Literary Arts and The Moth are bringing a new lineup of storytellers to Portland. The Mainstage is the quintessential Moth experience, a two-act show—featuring...

  • Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration and Karamu

    Clark County Fairgrounds 17402 NE Delfel Rd, Ridgefield, WA, United States
    Experience the vibrant spirit of Kwanzaa as we come together to celebrate African culture and traditions. Immerse yourself in a day of music, dance, art, and delicious food. This in-person event promises an unforgettable experience for all ages. Don't miss out on this exciting celebration. Mark your calendars and get...

  • Portland Arts & Lectures: Timothy Egan

    Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 1037 SW Broadway Ave, Portland, OR, United States
    Timothy Egan is an American journalist and author of ten books. The most recent, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them, was an immediate New York Times bestseller. Egan worked for The New York Times for 18...

  • The Spectacular at the Reser 2025

    Patricia Reser Center for the Arts 12625 SW Crescent St, Beaverton, OR, United States
    With a new name and reinvigorated approach to its mission, Orchestra Nova Northwest is indeed ready to shine even more brightly! Come add your own brilliance to an unforgettable evening and an inspiring concert showcasing the power of the human voice and some of the most unforgettable music ever written....

  • Portland Arts & Lectures: Masha Gessen

    Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 1037 SW Broadway Ave, Portland, OR, United States
    Masha Gessen is a Russian American author, activist, translator, and journalist. They’ve written 11 books, including Surviving Autocracy, The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia (winner of the 2017 National Book Award for Nonfiction). They’ve written for many US publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The...

  • Everybody Reads: Javier Zamora Solito

    Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 1037 SW Broadway Ave, Portland, OR, United States
    In partnership with Multnomah County Library and the Library Foundation, Literary Arts is proud to host an evening with Javier Zamora as the culminating event of the Library’s Everybody Reads program. This year’s selection is Zamora’s memoir, Solito. Everybody Reads is an annual community-wide project that promotes shared reading and...

  • Portland Arts & Lectures: Emily Wilson

    Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 1037 SW Broadway Ave, Portland, OR, United States
    Emily Wilson is a classicist, translator, professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and the author of the bestselling translations of Homer’s The Odyssey and The Iliad (winner of the 2024 Audie Award for Best Literary Fiction and Classics). In addition to Wilson’s translated works, her other books...

  • Verselandia! Youth Poetry Slam Championship

    Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 1037 SW Broadway Ave, Portland, OR, United States
    Verselandia! is the annual youth poetry slam championship presented by Literary Arts. It is the Grand Slam for the winners from individual school slams hosted by public high school librarians across the Portland region. Finalist poets compete for five great prizes. Celebrate Portland’s youth poets during our annual Verselandia! Youth...

  • Oregon Book Awards Ceremony

    Portland Center Stage at the Armory 128 NW Eleventh Ave, Portland, United States
    The Oregon Book Awards program honors the state’s finest accomplishments by Oregon writers who work in the genres of poetry, fiction, graphic literature, drama, literary nonfiction, and literature for young readers. The finalists for the 2025 Oregon Book Awards will be announced in January 2025, and the winners will be...

  • Pitch Black Showcase

    Portland Center Stage at the Armory 128 NW Eleventh Ave, Portland, United States
    Pitch Black Showcase returns to Portland for a one-night celebration of Black ideas and brilliance. Experience powerful live pitches from Black founders, makers, and creatives sharing the ideas they’re building, dreaming of, and fighting for. This isn’t a competition. It’s a stage for possibility. The evening will also feature live...