• October 9, 2024
          Amy Tan: Portland Arts & Lectures 2024–25
          October 15, 2024
          Malcolm Gladwell in conversation
          October 22, 2024
          Ta-Nehisi Coates in Conversation
          October 24, 2024
          Bookmark: Fundraising Gala
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UPCOMING EVENTS AND CLASSES

Our events, classes, and seminars bring the community together to hear, learn, and discuss the most compelling issues and ideas of our day. We hope you will join us in our downtown Literary Arts space, online, and at partnering venues across Portland and Oregon.

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Upcoming Ticketed Events

October 15, 2024
Malcolm Gladwell in conversation
October 22, 2024
Ta-Nehisi Coates in Conversation
October 24, 2024
Bookmark: Fundraising Gala
November 1, 2024
Readers Night: Supporting Portland Book Festival
November 2, 2024
Portland Book Festival 2024
November 2, 2024
Portland Book Festival: Ani DiFranco
November 2, 2024
Portland Book Festival: Richard Powers
December 10, 2024
The Moth Mainstage in Portland
March 11, 2025
Everybody Reads: SOLITO by Javier Zamora

Portland Arts & Lectures 40th anniversary season: SOLD OUT!

October 9, 2024
Amy Tan: Portland Arts & Lectures 2024–25
November 19, 2024
Abraham Verghese: Portland Arts & Lectures 2024–25
January 16, 2025
Timothy Egan: Portland Arts & Lectures 2024–25
February 13, 2025
Masha Gessen: Portland Arts & Lectures 2024–25
April 15, 2025
Emily Wilson: Portland Arts & Lectures 2024–25

Upcoming Free Events

October 7, 2024
Playing with Words: Preview Event
October 28, 2024
The Break with Kaveh Akbar
January 27, 2025
The Break with Kaveh Akbar

Delve Seminars

January 14, 2025
Ursula K Le Guin: Always Coming Home
January 22, 2025
Huck and James: Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Percival Everett’s James

Writing Classes

October 13, 2024
Push, Pull, Speak, Sing: Experimental Writing
October 15, 2024
Picture Book Writing Lab: Creative Prompts and Workshop
October 27, 2024
POETRY LAB: COME PLAY
October 27, 2024
Live Free: Writing and The Art of Free Styling
October 28, 2024
The Break with Kaveh Akbar
October 28, 2024
Writing the Non-Fiction Book Proposal
October 29, 2024
How to Stay Motivated as a Writer
January 11, 2025
Discovering and Embracing Your Literary Voice
January 18, 2025
SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT: VISUAL POETRY
January 21, 2025
Recharge Your Writing Life
January 22, 2025
The Long Short Story
January 27, 2025
The Break with Kaveh Akbar
February 1, 2025
Write the Self: Weekend Intensive
February 5, 2025
WRITE THE SELF: 8 weeks
February 8, 2025
Poem or Picture Book: Writing the Lyrical Children’s Book
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