Queer Open Mic
Open mics are usually pretty predictable, but this one involves queers AND a hiphop emcee. If you are a freestyler with get-fresh flow, then bring some beats for him to spin so you can throw down some dope rhymes. You can bring normal prose/poetry stuff, too! Billy Ray's, 2216 NE MLK, 287-7254, 10 pm, free
Feminism is for Everybody
The Radical Women weekly reading circle discusses this feminist text by black writer and cultural critic, Bell Hooks. Bread and Roses Center, 819 N. Killingsworth, 240-4462, 7:00 pm, free
Emotions
Slam, freestyling, scat, bebop, diddlywoo, honk-ramming. Whatever your name for it is, it's all performance poetry, and it's all pure passion. See some of the best tonight and enjoy some Chinese food while you're at it. Chinatown Lounge, 322 NW Everett, 226-1569, 7:30 pm, $10 (includes meal of your choice)
Copy & Destroy!
Just in case Portland didn't have enough zinesters to go around (not saying zinesters are bad, just that we have a lot of them is all), here come a bunch more, some from out of state. Brainscan editor Alex Wrekk, Harmony Heartsun, and others are touring/reading to welcome in The Flow Chronicles, a new book by The Urban Hermitt about, well, zines. Reading Frenzy, 921 SW Oak, 274-1449, 7 pm, free
