Walker, an Oregon native, studied letterpress printing and calligraphy at Reed College. She spent 20 years as the Curator of the Arts of the Book Collection at Yale University Library and later led Reed's Special Collections and Archives for 15 years. During this time, she curated exhibits, created artist's books, and printed at home with […]
OBC K Marie, Natasha Baptiste, Rita Davis OBC, aka Oprah’s Book Club, is a trio of funny Black women who test boundaries and try on characters from the stories you’ve read. K, Natasha, and Afrita have spent the past four years building chemistry, vulnerability, and boldness in each of their shows. No story is off […]
Elegant improv, comfortable shoes. DAME is a Portland-based collective of seasoned femme improvisers focusing on story and character. Most of us have been performing for 10 or more years and we are adventurous and always up for fun creating stories with each other and entertaining audiences. DAME is Georgia Gunesch, Rebecca Rothery, Stephanie Wichmann, Leann […]
This event repeats every week on Monday. Join Sharon Gan, founder of Heart Strings Mandarin, for a program specially designed for young learners. We will sing, move, play instruments, and tell stories. We welcome all levels of Mandarin fluency from absolute beginners to native Mandarin speakers. Recommended for ages 2-5 years. Space is limited and available on […]
This event repeats every month on the last Thursday of each month, Join us the last Thursday of the month for a casual mystery book group. There will be no assigned books, just time to share and discuss a mystery book that you’ve read with fellow mystery book enthusiasts. Meeting in the library conference room. […]
Through the reading and discussion of acclaimed works of fact and fiction, we seek greater appreciation of the rich diversity of life, to build understanding, empathy, and connection in our world. Our July selection is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. Our hybrid group meets on the last Saturday of the […]
