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Powell's City of Books
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Powell's City of Books

1005 W Burnside
Portland, OR 97209

United States

(503)228-4651

Hjemmeside: http://www.powells.com/

Arrangement link: http://www.powells.com/calendar.…

Faciliteter: mad/drikkevarer

This bookstore is an IndieBound member.

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Beskrivelse: Powell's City of Books is a book lover's paradise, the largest used and new bookstore in the world. Located in downtown Portland, Oregon and occupying an entire city block, the City stocks more than a million new and used books. Nine color coded rooms house over 3,500 different sections, offering something for every interest, including an incredible selection of out-of-print and hard-to-find titles.

The City's Rare Book Room gathers autographed first editions and other collectible volumes for readers in search of a one-of-a-kind treasure.

Check here for more details on "the mothership".

Kommende arrangementer

Bike Commute Workshop (september 5 kl. 17:30)
It's time to gear up for the 2008 Bike Commute Challenge, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance's friendly workplace-to-workplace competition to see who can get more employees biking to work. The BTA's Bike Commute Workshops are a great first step toward bike commuting. Join us at 5:30 p.m. to learn more ... (mere)or share your knowledge of commuting with new riders. Then at 6:30 watch a tire-changing demonstration and ask questions about bike maintenance issues with experienced Powell's bike commuter Ryan Thomas. At 7:00 author Ray Thomas (Pedal Power) presents the talk "How Pushing Rights for Bikes Helped Propel Oregon's Bicycle Movement."
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
David Ebershoff (september 10 kl. 19:30)
David Ebershoff læser fra THE 19TH WIFE.
tilføjet af Debershoff.
Thomas Hager (september 11 kl. 19:30)
Thomas Hager på tur i The Alchemy of Air.
tilføjet af relhager.

Tidligere arrangementer

Terese Svoboda (marts 3 kl. 19:30)
Terese Svoboda læser fra Black Glasses Like Clark Kent.
See the Powell’s Event Calendar for details.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Alan Drew (marts 5 kl. 19:30)
Alan Drew læser fra Gardens of Water.
See the Powell’s Event Calendar for details.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Michael Patrick MacDonald (marts 7 kl. 19:30)
Michael Patrick MacDonald læser fra Easter Rising.
See the Powell’s Event Calendar for details.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein (marts 10 kl. 19:30)
Thomas Cathcart læser fra Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington.; Daniel Klein læser fra Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington.
See the Powell’s Event Calendar for details.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Brian Kurth (marts 11 kl. 19:30)
Brian Kurth læser fra Test-Drive Your Dream Job.
See the Powell’s Event Calendar for details.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Joshilyn Jackson (marts 12 kl. 19:30)
Joshilyn Jackson læser fra The Girl Who Stopped Swimming.
See the Powell’s Event Calendar for details.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Philip P Fradkin (marts 13 kl. 19:30)
Philip P Fradkin læser fra Wallace Stegner and the American West.
See the Powell’s Event Calendar for details.
Interesseret: oregonobsessionz tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Robert Birkby (marts 14 kl. 19:30)
Robert Birkby læser fra Mountain Madness: Scott Fischer, Mount Everest & a Life Lived on High.
See the Powell’s Event Calendar for details.
Interesseret: oregonobsessionz tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Fred Krupp (marts 16 kl. 19:30)
Fred Krupp læser fra Earth: The Sequel.
See the Powell’s Event Calendar for details.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Laura Lippman (marts 17 kl. 19:30)
Laura Lippman læser fra Another Thing to Fall (Tess Monaghan Series).
See the Powell’s Event Calendar for details.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Michael Connery (marts 18 kl. 19:30)
Michael Connery læser fra Youth to Power.
See the Powell’s Event Calendar for details.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Scott Heim (marts 19 kl. 19:30)
Scott Heim læser fra We Disappear.
See the Powell’s Event Calendar for details.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Smallpresspalooza (marts 20 kl. 17:00)
This special five-hour event will feature 15-minute readings by 15 of the most exciting small press voices in Portland. See the Powell’s Event Calendar for details.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Richard Price (marts 24 kl. 19:30)
Richard Price læser fra Lush Life.
See the Powell’s Event Calendar for details.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Joshua Ferris (marts 25 kl. 19:30)
Joshua Ferris læser fra Then We Came to the End.
See the Powell’s Event Calendar for details.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Eric Alterman (marts 27 kl. 19:30)
Eric Alterman læser fra Why We're Liberals.
See the Powell’s Event Calendar for details.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Alison Larkin (marts 28 kl. 19:30)
Alison Larkin læser fra The English American.
See the Powell’s Event Calendar for details.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Lisa Lutz (marts 31 kl. 19:30)
Lisa Lutz læser fra Curse of the Spellmans.
See the Powell’s Event Calendar for details.
Interesseret: astende tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Susan Beal (april 7 kl. 19:30)
Susan Beal læser fra Bead Simple.
Jewelry patterns that can be customized with a variety of beads and stringing materials
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Write Around Portland (W.A.P.) Writing Workshop (april 8 kl. 19:30)
10-week seminar devoted to generative writing and the transformative power of writing in community. Based on the successful W.A.P. model, this dynamic workshop incorporates exercises designed to inspire the writing life. Group members will have an opportunity to read their work at a local event to cap ... (mere)off the course. Please note: This workshop will meet Tuesdays, April 8 through June 10, from 7 to 9 p.m. Advanced registration is required. For more information and to register, contact W.A.P. at 503-796-9224.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Loretta Napoleoni (april 8 kl. 19:30)
Loretta Napoleoni læser fra Rogue Economics.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Jim Hightower (april 9 kl. 19:00)
Jim Hightower læser fra Swim against the Current: Even a Dead Fish Can Go with the Flow .
Please note: This ticketed event takes place at the Bagdad Theater. Tickets, $25.95, include admission and a copy of Swim against the Current, and are available at the Bagdad Theater box office, the Crystal Ballroom box office, Ticketmaster.com, and all Ticketmaster outlets. Jim Hightower, the New ... (mere)York Times-bestselling author and America's funniest activist, gives the lowdown on how to put up — not shut up — in the fight for the country’s future. In Swim against the Current: Even a Dead Fish Can Go with the Flow (John Wiley & Sons), Hightower introduces readers to people from across the country who are taking charge, living their values, doing good, and doing well. Books will be distributed at the event. This event is co-presented by KBOO.
Sted for begivenheden: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
June Casagrande (april 9 kl. 19:30)
June Casagrande læser fra Mortal Syntax.
Having already made a name for herself with Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies (now in its fifth printing), June Casagrande returns with Mortal Syntax (Penguin), taking on the 101 most frequently attacked usage choices. Dedicating one short chapter to each, Casagrande brings her subject to life, teaching ... (mere)English usage through lively and amusing personal anecdotes.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Karen Joy Fowler (april 10 kl. 19:00)
Karen Joy Fowler på tur i Wit's End.
tilføjet af christiguc.
Jeff Gordinier (april 10 kl. 19:30)
Jeff Gordinier læser fra X Saves the World.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Gary W. Moore (april 11 kl. 19:30)
Gary W. Moore læser fra Playing with the Enemy.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Daoud Hari (april 14 kl. 19:30)
Daoud Hari læser fra The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur.
The Translator was a LibraryThing Early Review selection. The Translator (Random House) is a suspenseful, harrowing, and deeply moving memoir of how one person has made a difference in the world — an on-the-ground account of one of the biggest stories of our time. While others around him were taking ... (mere)up arms, Daoud Hari used his high school knowledge of languages as his weapon and helped inform the world about the tragedy of Darfur.
Interesseret: hohosmurf, oregonobsessionz tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
David Rothkopf (april 15 kl. 19:30)
David Rothkopf læser fra Superclass.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Write Around Portland (W.A.P.) Writing Workshop (april 15 kl. 19:30)
10-week seminar devoted to generative writing and the transformative power of writing in community. Based on the successful W.A.P. model, this dynamic workshop incorporates exercises designed to inspire the writing life. Group members will have an opportunity to read their work at a local event to cap ... (mere)off the course. Please note: This workshop will meet Tuesdays, April 8 through June 10, from 7 to 9 p.m. Advanced registration is required. For more information and to register, contact W.A.P. at 503-796-9224.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Tobias Wolff (april 17 kl. 19:30)
Tobias Wolff læser fra Our Story Begins.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Bill Press (april 18 kl. 19:30)
Bill Press læser fra Trainwreck: The End of the Conservative Revolution .
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Three Authors (april 20 kl. 19:30)
N. Revoyr læser fra The Age of Dreaming.; Abraham Rodriguez læser fra South by South Bronx.; Elizabeth Crane læser fra You Must Be This Happy to Enter.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Doug Fine (april 21 kl. 19:30)
Doug Fine læser fra Farewell, My Subaru.
NPR's rural guy, Doug Fine, vows to give up modern conveniences to move to a ranch in New Mexico where he'll grown all his own food — never mind that he has no practical experience or mechanical skills.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Oregon Author (april 22 kl. 19:30)
Ursula K Le Guin læser fra Lavinia.
Write Around Portland (W.A.P.) Writing Workshop (april 22 kl. 19:30)
10-week seminar devoted to generative writing and the transformative power of writing in community. Based on the successful W.A.P. model, this dynamic workshop incorporates exercises designed to inspire the writing life. Group members will have an opportunity to read their work at a local event to cap ... (mere)off the course. Please note: This workshop will meet Tuesdays, April 8 through June 10, from 7 to 9 p.m. Advanced registration is required. For more information and to register, contact W.A.P. at 503-796-9224.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Marya Hornbacher (april 24 kl. 19:30)
Marya Hornbacher læser fra Madness: A Bipolar Life.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Jen Sorensen (april 25 kl. 19:30)
Jen Sorensen på tur i Slowpoke: One Nation, Oh My God!.
The third book-length collection from award-winning cartoonist Jen Sorensen features her best work from 2004 to 2008.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Lynne Rossetto Kasper , Sally Swift (april 26 kl. 15:00)
Lynne Rossetto Kasper læser fra The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper: Recipes, Stories and Opinions from Public Radio's Award-Winning Food Show.; Sally Swift læser fra The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper: Recipes, Stories and Opinions from Public Radio's Award-Winning Food Show.
Tickets $35, including admission and a copy of The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper.
Sted for begivenheden: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Floyd Skloot (april 27 kl. 19:30)
Floyd Skloot læser fra Selected Poems.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Kevin Phillips (april 28 kl. 19:00)
Kevin Phillips læser fra Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism.
Tickets $26, including admission and a copy of Bad Money.
Sted for begivenheden: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Pico Iyer (april 28 kl. 19:30)
Pico Iyer læser fra The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama .
Pico Iyer is the author of six works of nonfiction and two novels. He has covered the Tibetan question for Time, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, and many other publications for more than twenty years.
Interesseret: mainwaring, oregonobsessionz tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Marc Acito (april 29 kl. 19:00)
Marc Acito læser fra Attack of the Theater People.
Tickets $11.95, including admission and a copy of Attack of the Theater People.
Sted for begivenheden: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Write Around Portland (W.A.P.) Writing Workshop (april 29 kl. 19:30)
10-week seminar devoted to generative writing and the transformative power of writing in community. Based on the successful W.A.P. model, this dynamic workshop incorporates exercises designed to inspire the writing life. Group members will have an opportunity to read their work at a local event to cap ... (mere)off the course. Please note: This workshop will meet Tuesdays, April 8 through June 10, from 7 to 9 p.m. Advanced registration is required. For more information and to register, contact W.A.P. at 503-796-9224.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Mary Roach (april 29 kl. 19:30)
Mary Roach læser fra Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex.
Interesseret: oregonobsessionz tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Jared Bernstein (april 30 kl. 19:30)
Jared Bernstein læser fra Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? (and Other Unsolved Economic Mysteries).
Interesseret: oregonobsessionz tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
First Thursday (maj 1 kl. 18:30)
Caren Anderson læser fra Black Velvet Masterpieces.; Carl Baldwin læser fra Black Velvet Masterpieces.
Reception at 6:30, followed by a book talk at 7:30.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Clotilde Dusoulier (maj 2 kl. 19:30)
Clotilde Dusoulier læser fra Clotilde's Edible Adventures in Paris .
The author, a native Parisian and passionate explorer of the city's food scene, reveals her all-time favorite food experiences in her native city.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Alice Feiring (maj 3 kl. 14:00)
Alice Feiring læser fra The Battle for Wine and Love, or How I Saved the World from Parkerization.
Co-sponsored by the Portland Indie Wine Festival, which takes place May 2-4.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Willy Vlautin (maj 4 kl. 19:30)
Willy Vlautin læser fra The Motel Life.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Rebecca Woolf (maj 5 kl. 19:30)
Rebecca Woolf læser fra Rockabye: From Wild to Child.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Cristina Garcia (maj 6 kl. 19:30)
Cristina Garcia diskuterer A Handbook to Luck.
tilføjet af christiguc.
Write Around Portland (W.A.P.) Writing Workshop (maj 6 kl. 19:30)
10-week seminar devoted to generative writing and the transformative power of writing in community. Based on the successful W.A.P. model, this dynamic workshop incorporates exercises designed to inspire the writing life. Group members will have an opportunity to read their work at a local event to cap ... (mere)off the course. Please note: This workshop will meet Tuesdays, April 8 through June 10, from 7 to 9 p.m. Advanced registration is required. For more information and to register, contact W.A.P. at 503-796-9224.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Siri Hustvedt (maj 7 kl. 19:30)
Siri Hustvedt signerer The Sorrows of an American.
tilføjet af christiguc.
Aleksandar Hemon (maj 8 kl. 19:30)
Aleksandar Hemon læser fra The Lazarus Project.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Ashraf Ghani, Clare Lockhart (maj 9 kl. 19:30)
Ashraf Ghani læser fra Fixing Failed States.; Clare Lockhart læser fra Fixing Failed States.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
William J. Bernstein (maj 11 kl. 19:30)
William J. Bernstein læser fra A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World .
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Mark Sarvas (maj 12 kl. 19:30)
Mark Sarvas læser fra Harry, Revised.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Write Around Portland (W.A.P.) Writing Workshop (maj 13 kl. 19:30)
10-week seminar devoted to generative writing and the transformative power of writing in community. Based on the successful W.A.P. model, this dynamic workshop incorporates exercises designed to inspire the writing life. Group members will have an opportunity to read their work at a local event to cap ... (mere)off the course. Please note: This workshop will meet Tuesdays, April 8 through June 10, from 7 to 9 p.m. Advanced registration is required. For more information and to register, contact W.A.P. at 503-796-9224.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Taras Grescoe (maj 13 kl. 19:30)
Taras Grescoe læser fra Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
John Kroger (maj 14 kl. 19:30)
John Kroger læser fra Convictions: A Prosecutor's Battles against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Will Durst (maj 16 kl. 19:30)
Will Durst læser fra The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Live Wire! (maj 17 kl. 19:00)
Live Wire! is a radio variety show recorded in front of a live audience at the Aladdin Theater and broadcast on Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB). The May 17th show features special guests QUASI, which is accumulating material for its next album and may perform new songs; Marc Acito, author of the new ... (mere)book Attack of the Theater People; Mark Galbraith and Peter Kallen, lead product designers for clothing label NAU; comedian Will Durst; Americana band The Builders and the Butchers; improv and sketch comedy goddess Shelley McLendon; plus original sketch comedy from Faces for Radio Theater, music from Ralph Huntley and the Mutton Chops, host Courtenay Hameister, and, as always, a few surprises!
Sted for begivenheden: Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. (503) 233-1994
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
In the Blast Zone: Catastrophe and Renewal on Mount St. Helens (maj 18 kl. 16:00)
Editors Charles Goodrich, Kathleen Dean Moore, and Frederick Swanson are joined by contributors Kim Stafford and Ursula K. Le Guin at this special Mount St. Helen's anniversary event.
Interesseret: oregonobsessionz tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Jen Lancaster (maj 19 kl. 19:30)
Jen Lancaster læser fra Such a Pretty Fat.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
This event is sold out! (maj 20 kl. 19:00)
Stephenie Meyer læser fra The Host.
Tickets, $26, include admission and a copy of The Host.
Sted for begivenheden: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Write Around Portland (W.A.P.) Writing Workshop (maj 20 kl. 19:30)
10-week seminar devoted to generative writing and the transformative power of writing in community. Based on the successful W.A.P. model, this dynamic workshop incorporates exercises designed to inspire the writing life. Group members will have an opportunity to read their work at a local event to cap ... (mere)off the course. Please note: This workshop will meet Tuesdays, April 8 through June 10, from 7 to 9 p.m. Advanced registration is required. For more information and to register, contact W.A.P. at 503-796-9224.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
James Frey & Josh Kilmer-Purcell (maj 21 kl. 19:00)
James Frey læser fra Bright Shiny Morning.; Josh Kilmer-Purcell læser fra Candy Everybody Wants.
Tickets, $27, include admission and a copy of Bright Shiny Morning.
Sted for begivenheden: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Chris Bohjalian (maj 21 kl. 19:30)
Chris Bohjalian læser fra Skeletons at the Feast.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Jeffrey Alford & Naomi Duguid (maj 21 kl. 19:30)
Jeffrey Alford læser fra Beyond the Great Wall.; Naomi Duguid læser fra Beyond the Great Wall.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Write Around Portland (W.A.P.) Writing Workshop (maj 27 kl. 19:30)
10-week seminar devoted to generative writing and the transformative power of writing in community. Based on the successful W.A.P. model, this dynamic workshop incorporates exercises designed to inspire the writing life. Group members will have an opportunity to read their work at a local event to cap ... (mere)off the course. Please note: This workshop will meet Tuesdays, April 8 through June 10, from 7 to 9 p.m. Advanced registration is required. For more information and to register, contact W.A.P. at 503-796-9224.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Write Around Portland (W.A.P.) Writing Workshop (juni 3 kl. 19:30)
10-week seminar devoted to generative writing and the transformative power of writing in community. Based on the successful W.A.P. model, this dynamic workshop incorporates exercises designed to inspire the writing life. Group members will have an opportunity to read their work at a local event to cap ... (mere)off the course. Please note: This workshop will meet Tuesdays, April 8 through June 10, from 7 to 9 p.m. Advanced registration is required. For more information and to register, contact W.A.P. at 503-796-9224.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
John Perkins (juni 6 kl. 19:30)
John Perkins læser fra The Secret History of the American Empire.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Robert Thurman (juni 7 kl. 15:00)
Robert Thurman læser fra Why the Dalai Lama Matters .
This ticketed event takes place at the Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Tickets, $24, include admission and a copy of Why the Dalai Lama Matters, and are available at the Bagdad Theater box office, the Crystal Ballroom box office, Ticketmaster.com, and all Ticketmaster outlets. Books will be distributed ... (mere)at the event.
Sted for begivenheden: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Russell Banks (juni 8 kl. 19:30)
Russell Banks læser fra Dreaming Up America.
Interesseret: SeamusMacAmus, oregonobsessionz tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Richard Bausch (juni 9 kl. 19:30)
Richard Bausch læser fra Peace.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Write Around Portland (W.A.P.) Writing Workshop (juni 10 kl. 19:30)
10-week seminar devoted to generative writing and the transformative power of writing in community. Based on the successful W.A.P. model, this dynamic workshop incorporates exercises designed to inspire the writing life. Group members will have an opportunity to read their work at a local event to cap ... (mere)off the course. Please note: This workshop will meet Tuesdays, April 8 through June 10, from 7 to 9 p.m. Advanced registration is required. For more information and to register, contact W.A.P. at 503-796-9224.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Dalia Sofer (juni 10 kl. 19:30)
Dalia Sofer læser fra The Septembers of Shiraz .
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Kerry Cohen (juni 11 kl. 19:30)
Kerry Cohen læser fra Loose Girl .
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Black Pride Poetry Slam (juni 12 kl. 19:00)
Unity Project of Oregon kicks off Portland's yearly Black Pride Celebration with Speak Up! Speak Out! Poetry Slam! The evening will feature Seattle's Voices Rising, an exciting collection of artists who represent the best of LGBT-of-color arts and culture, and Washington, D.C.'s RedBone Press, which ... (mere)publishes work that celebrates black LGBT writers. Join us for a rewarding evening of music and spoken word.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
George Lakoff (juni 12 kl. 19:00)
George Lakoff læser fra The Political Mind .
Tickets, $26, include admission and a copy of The Political Mind, and are available at the Bagdad Theater box office, the Crystal Ballroom box office, Ticketmaster.com, and all Ticketmaster outlets. Books will be distributed at the event.
Sted for begivenheden: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Tickets, $26
Interesseret: firepile tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
David Sirota (juni 13 kl. 19:30)
David Sirota læser fra The Uprising.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Jeremy Scahill (juni 15 kl. 19:30)
Jeremy Scahill læser fra Blackwater .
An extraordinary exposé by one of America's young radical journalists, Jeremy Scahill, Blackwater (Nation Books), now in paperback, details the rise of a powerful mercenary army in a dark story that ranges from the blood-soaked streets of Fallujah to the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast to Washington, D.C., ... (mere)where Blackwater executives are hailed as heroes. "[Scahill's] investigative skill, coupled with his graceful style make this book essential reading," raves Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman. This event is cosponsored by KBOO.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Jonathan Miles (juni 25 kl. 19:30)
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Peter Bagge (juni 27 kl. 19:30)
This event is cosponsored by Pacific Northwest College of Art, which hosts its Graphic Novel Intensive Workshop June 21-29.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Darin Strauss (juni 30 kl. 19:30)
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Rick Shenkman (juli 2 kl. 19:30)
Interesseret: oregonobsessionz tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Johan Bruyneel (juli 8 kl. 19:30)
We Might As Well Win goes behind the scenes and inside the mind of Johan Bruyneel, the most successful team director in cycling history and the strategist, confidant, motivator, and coach behind Lance Armstrong's amazing success.
tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
Leif Enger, Lin Enger (juli 9 kl. 19:30)
Interesseret: lyzadanger tilføjet af oregonobsessionz.
David Wroblewski (juli 10 kl. 19:30)
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Dirty Words (juli 11 kl. 19:30)
Edited by Ellen Sussman, Dirty Words (Bloomsbury) is a playful take on bedroom talk — a smart, funny encyclopedia with entries written by notable contemporary writers, including guests Elissa Schappell (Use Me) and Maria Dahvana Headley (The Year of Yes). Dirty Words includes everything you need to ... (mere)know about the language of love and more.
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J. Maarten Troost (juli 15 kl. 19:30)
J. Maarten Troost, the bestselling author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals, returns with Lost on Planet China (Broadway Books), a sharply observed, hilarious account of his adventures in China.
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Barbara Ehrenreich (juli 16 kl. 19:30)
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Eoin Colfer (juli 20 kl. 15:00)
Sted for begivenheden: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Tickets, $5, are available at the Bagdad Theater box office, the Crystal Ballroom box office, Ticketmaster.com
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Geoff Hollister (juli 21 kl. 19:00)
Geoff Hollister læser fra Out of Nowhere: The Inside Story of How Nike Marketed the Culture of Running .
Out of Nowhere takes the reader along on Geoff Hollister's 33-year journey from humble beginnings to selling shoes out of the trunk of his car to the center of Nike, the company that would change not only the world of athletic shoes and apparel but the business of sports itself.
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Ethan Canin (juli 22 kl. 19:30)
Ethan Canin læser fra America America.
From Ethan Canin, the bestselling author of The Palace Thief and Carry Me across the Water, comes America America, a stunning novel set in a small town spanning the Nixon-era through today, about a great family, a political tragedy, and the impact of fate on history.
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Dagmar Herzog (juli 23 kl. 19:30)
Dagmar Herzog læser fra Sex in Crisis.
Americans may not be anti-sex, but they're increasingly anxious about sex — largely due to the tactics of the Religious Right. Fierce, witty, and brilliant, Dagmar Herzog's Sex in Crisis demands that America confront its national sexual dysfunction.
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Writer's Edge Faculty Reading (juli 25 kl. 19:30)
Fiction Collective Two — an author-run, not-for-profit publisher of artistically adventurous, non-traditional fiction — introduces the Writer's Edge, the first and only writers' workshop dedicated to the practice of innovative writing. Tonight's reading features Lance Olsen (Nietzsche's Kisses), ... (mere)Noy Holland (What Begins with Bird), Steve Tomasula (The Book of Portraiture), Kate Bernheimer (The Complete Tales of Merry Gold), and Lidia Yuknavitch (Liberty's Excess).
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Alafair Burke (juli 25 kl. 19:30)
Alafair Burke signerer Angel's Tip.
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Live Wire! (juli 26 kl. 19:00)
Live Wire! is an independently produced radio variety show recorded in front of a live audience at the Aladdin Theater and broadcast on Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB). The July 26th show features writer and comedian Michael Ian Black ("My Custom Van...and 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays That Will Blow ... (mere)Your Mind All Over Your Face"); musician and author Willy Vlautin ("Northline," "The Motel Life"), along with his band, local favorite Richmond Fontaine; filmmaker Curt Ellis discussing his new documentary, "The Greening of Southie"; whip-smart indie-pop band Derby; and Paul Anthony, who will share the secrets of his "sonic branding" agency, Rumblefish. Plus, original sketch comedy from Faces for Radio Theater, music from Ralph Huntley and the Mutton Chops, host Courtenay Hameister, and, as always, a few surprises!
Sted for begivenheden: Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., Portland, 503-233-1994
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Calyx Press's 32nd Anniversary (juli 28 kl. 19:30)
Calyx, the independent, nonprofit publisher of contemporary writing and art by women from a diversity of backgrounds, celebrates its 32nd anniversary with a reading from contributors to the July issue of Calyx Journal, including National Book Award winner Ursula K. Le Guin, Frances Payne Adler, Paulann ... (mere)Petersen, Pam Crow, and Willa Schneberg.
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Jonathan Evison (juli 29 kl. 19:30)
Jonathan Evison læser fra All about Lulu.
Weakness has always been a concern for William Miller, but he is further weakened by his irrepressible crush on his new stepsister, Lulu. Once Lulu departs for college, Will attempts to find himself — discovering Western philosophy, a cruel dating world, and, ultimately, his true calling.
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Brad Hudson (juli 30 kl. 19:30)
Brad Hudson læser fra Run Faster: From the 5k to the Marathon.
With Run Faster: From the 5k to the Marathon, Brad Hudson — former Olympic-trials marathoner and current coach to Olympians — enables runners to do for themselves what top coaches do for their athletes: custom-tailor their training plans. With Hudson's guidance, runners can avoid injury and ... (mere)train more effectively.
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Doug Dorst (juli 31 kl. 19:30)
Doug Dorst læser fra Alive in Necropolis.
Alive in Necropolis is Doug Dorst's fresh, imaginative debut novel about a young police officer in northern California struggling to keep the peace — and maintain a grip on reality — in a town where the dead outnumber the living.
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Breaking Dawn Midnight Release (august 1 kl. 18:00)
On Friday, August 1, Powell's will host Bella's Ball, a midnight release party celebrating Breaking Dawn, the long-awaited fourth book in the Stephanie Meyer's Twilight Saga. Come to Powell's City of Books for fun and games. Enter the costume contest. Dance to a DJ. Donate blood at a Red Cross ... (mere)Blood Mobile (on-site 3:30-6:30 p.m.). Blood donors receive priority line-placement when the book goes on sale. To pre-register for the blod drive, contact Mark at the American Red Cross: 503-528-5608
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Ann Patchett (august 4 kl. 19:30)
Ann Patchett læser fra Run.
Set over a period of 24 hours, Run, the latest novel from Ann Patchett, bestselling author of Bel Canto, shows how worlds of privilege and poverty can coexist only blocks apart from each other, and how family can include the most unlikely people.
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Kate Veitch (august 6 kl. 19:30)
Presenting a new voice in the tradition of Anne Tyler and Anita Shreve, Kate Veitch's debut novel Without a Backward Glance reveals the joy and sorrow, the complexity and ambiguity of family life, and poignantly probes what it means to love and what it means to leave.
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Deborah Copaken Kogan (oktober 10 kl. 19:30)
Deborah Copaken Kogan læser fra Between Here and April.
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John Domini (august 11 kl. 19:30)
A Tomb on the Periphery (Gival Press) echoes the troubled Naples of author John Domini's highly praised novel Earthquake I.D., but with an entirely new tale. Part crime story, part ghost story, part coming of age, part redemption song, Tomb is about Italy's underground market in ancient jewelry.
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Luke Warm Water, Trevino L. Brings Plenty (august 12 kl. 19:30)
Luke Warm Water læser fra Shedding Skins: Four Sioux Poets.; Trevino L. Brings Plenty læser fra Shedding Skins: Four Sioux Poets.
Shedding Skins: Four Sioux Poets (Michigan State University Press) brings together a quartet of acclaimed Sioux poets — Joel Waters, Steve Pacheco, Luke Warm Water, and Trevino L. Brings Plenty — to grapple with their heritage, wrestling with what it means to be a Sioux and a Skin today. Poets ... (mere)Luke Warm Water and Trevino L. Brings Plenty will both be presenting at this event.
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Amanda Boyden (august 13 kl. 19:30)
From Amanda Boyden, author of Pretty Little Dirty, comes Babylon Rolling (Pantheon), a gritty, unflinching story about the clash of race and culture in the intersecting lives of five families who call the same New Orleans street home.
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Thomas Frank (august 14 kl. 19:30)
From Thomas Frank, the author of the landmark bestseller What's the Matter with Kansas? comes The Wrecking Crew (Metropolitan Books), a jaw-dropping investigation of the decades of deliberate — and lucrative — conservative misrule.
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Larry Crane (august 15 kl. 19:30)
Larry Crane læser fra Tape Op: The Book about Creative Music Recording, Vol. II .
Edited by Larry Crane, Tape Op: The Book about Creative Music Recording, Vol. II (Tape Op) collects over 70 interviews and articles from the independent Tape Op magazine, circa 1999-2000. Creativity, technique, equipment, and passion collide in these pieces about and featuring Ani DiFranco, Death Cab ... (mere)for Cutie, the Flaming Lips, Ween, Calexico, and many more!
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Dirk Wittenborn (august 18 kl. 19:30)
In Dirk Wittenborn's Pharmakon (Viking), William Friedrich, an ambitious professor of psychology at Yale in 1952, stumbles upon a drug that promises happiness. When his experiment goes awry and a research subject commits murder, the consequences will haunt him and his family forever.
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Janice Marschner (august 19 kl. 19:30)
The essential Oregon guide for time travelers of all ages. An inspiring, close-up portrait at the moment of statehood featuring maps, biographical sketches of notable figures, and historical photographs, Janice Marschner's Oregon 1859 (Timber Press) will light the way back for anyone who wants to see ... (mere)Oregon today as it was then.