Readings Listings
Stuart Woods
Woods is the author of The Short Forever , the story of a murder investigator named Stone Barrington. Powell's-Beaverton, 8725 SW Cascade Ave, 643-3131,
Celtic Storytelling
A Celtic storyteller named Gwion will be continuing in his 15-year tradition and performing the second branch of the Mabinogi, a medieval Welsh myth cycle, to mark the Celtic midyear holiday, Beltain. Not appropriate for little kids. Artichoke Music, 3130 SE Hawthorne, 232-3069, 8-10 9m, $10
St. Mary's Academy Reading
High school students will be reading their original work. Barnes & Nobel , 1317 Lloyd Center, 249-0845, 7 pm
* Free comics will be distributed at book stores all over the city!!!
Comics have been a long-ignored form of art in America. Now, with Spider-Man being released and all, more than 2,000 comic book shops have come together with the industry's leading publishers of comic books in order to promote Spider-Man's origins: comics. Book stores all over the country will be giving away free comics, including some lovely stores in Portland. Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Image Comics, Oni Comics, and Marvel Comics will all be available. Participating stores in Portland will be Things from Another World and Excalibur, who will be distributing, among others, Oni Press's Greg Rucka and Jen Van Meter, authors of Queen & Country #1 and Hopeless Savages #1. You should love Spider-Man and all, but you should love his origins too. Free Comic Books Day!!!, May 4, all day, various comic book stores all over town, free
Sally Vickers
Vickers is the author of Miss Garnet's Angel, the tale of one woman's spiritual journey and transformation. Vickers lives in England and lectures on literature, psychology, and religion. Looking Glass Bookstore, 318 SW Taylor, 227-4760, 7 pm, free
BIG words Poetry in Performance
Host and slammaster Turiya Autry will be introducing some local and national poetry allstars. Annie Bloom's Books, 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, 246-0053, 7:30 pm, $5
Street Writers Group
The Street Writers Group is a collective of women writers, who will be reading poetry and fiction. Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway, 284-1726,
People of the Book
This is a bible study group which meets every Wednesday for an hour in order to study bible verse. Powell's-Beaverton, 8725 SW Cascade Ave, 643-3131, 4 pm, free
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