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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...

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 Reclaiming 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
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...