Partner Yoga: Making Contact for Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Growth
Join the authors, Cain Carroll and Lori Kimata, to talk about yoga postures that benefit everything from the spine to emotional trust and resilience. BORDERS BOOKS AND MUSIC, 708 SW 3rd Ave, 220-5911, 7 pm

* New User Orientation
Find out what the IPRC has to offer! Lots of equipment & resources. This is a chance to meet the people who run the place. Orientation takes about 45 minutes. INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING RESOURCE CENTER (IPRC), 917 SW Oak Street, #218, 7 pm, Free

Poems Over Broadway
Open Mic, open to all. BARNES & NOBLE NORTHEAST (LLOYD CENTER), 1231 NE Broadway, 335-0201, 7 pm, Free

Rick Jones
Diagnosis: Brain Tumor: 23.5 Hours to a Miracle. Talk about making lemonade out of lemons! The author lived through a day's worth of brain surgery that left him unable to walk, talk, or feed himself. Now he's here to present the book of his own recovery. BARNES & NOBLE, 1720 N Jantzen Beach, 283-2800, 2 pm

It's a Wonderful Storytime
Celebrate "Jazz-uary" with jazz storytime for kids. BORDERS-BEAVERTON, 2605 SW Cedar Hills, 644-1498, 11 am

Jim LeMonds
Deadfall: Generations of Logging in the Pacific Northwest. Proving the private is political, public, regional, and globally relevant, the son of a log truck driver tells his story. ANNIE BLOOM'S BOOKS, 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, 246-0053, 5 pm

Cafe Chess with Casey Bush
Here's a chance to play chess with a renowned local chess-journalist. Bush is the author of the biography, Grandmaster from Oregon: The Life and Games of Arthur Drake. BORDERS BOOKS AND MUSIC, 708 SW 3rd Ave, 220-5911, 2 pm

Literature in Performance
Again, Keith Scales rounds up an interesting mix of local actors and puts on a show, this time celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday. BORDERS BOOKS AND MUSIC, 708 SW 3rd Ave, 220-5911, 6-9:30 pm

Modern Women Writers Book Group
This month the focus is The Farming of Bones, by Edwidge Danticat. BORDERS BOOKS AND MUSIC, 708 SW 3rd Ave, 220-5911, 7 pm

A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Enjoy hours of videotape of Martin Luther King, Jr's speeches and his life. LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE, 0615 SW Palatine Hill Road, 768-7687, 12-5 pm, Free

Peter Lane Taylor
Science at the Extreme: Scientists on the Cutting Edge of Discovery. Extreme sports meets science. Scuba diving into the crushing core of moving volcanoes, hanging from suspension bridges, all the while gathering data. BORDERS BOOKS AND MUSIC, 708 SW 3rd Ave, 220-5911, Free

Open Mic
The room is dark, the coffee's good, the crowd wants more and more poetry, spoken word, stories...get up and read, it's time. COFFEE TIME, 710 NW 21, 9 pm, Free

John Balzar: Yukon Alone
A close up look at the biggest annual sled dog race. POWELL'S ON HAWTHORNE, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, 238-1668, 7:30 pm

Writers Group
On the first Tuesday of each month, writers meet to exchange ideas and copies of work. On the third Wednesday, they gather again to comment on the work they've previously exchanged. It's never too late to join. BORDERS-BEAVERTON, 2605 SW Cedar Hills, 644-1498, 7 pm, Free

Richard Schmitt
The Aerialist. The Aerialist involves the Italian circus, the '70's, and disenfranchised youth. It's the story of some potheads living in New England trying to operate an auto-detailing business. His first book, it's supposed to be really good. POWELL'S ON HAWTHORNE, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, 238-1668, 7:30 pm