You’d be wise to peruse our guide to this week’s top events, lest you miss out on the stellar happenings listed below. We’re talkin’ everything from Feist to Jon Batiste and from the 2024 Portland Mardi Gras Parade to Peter Pan.
MONDAY
READINGS & TALKS
A Voice of the People Series: Akwaeke Emezi
As part of the Voice of the People speaker series, Freshwater author and video artist Akwaeke Emezi will chat about their work—which finds its roots in “Black spirit, embodiment, legacy, and memory”—and will later be joined by T. Aisha Edwards, LMHC for a conversation on how creativity and narrative can support widespread healing. Emezi has penned two adult literary novels, two YA novels, a romance, two poetry collections, and more, so you’re bound to find something from their oeuvre that you’re into; I’m intrigued by the Nigerian author’s 2021 memoir, Dear Senthuran. Emezi will sign books after the talk, and local BIPOC femme-led book club Prose Before Bros will host a “Happy Reading Hour” with snacks and silent reading time. LINDSAY COSTELLO
(Winningstad Theatre, South Park Blocks)
