Yoga for Artists and Writers With Julia Tillinghast (200hr RYT, Sola School of Contemplative Arts) An accessible, all-levels class for visual artists, writers, printmakers, and other crafts-folk to increase overall strength, mobility, and balance, and address the repetitive strain and chronic posture imbalances endemic to our work. The class will incorporate mind-body centering, breath work,… Continue reading Yoga for Artists & Writers

On her first PNW Tour since the publication of Testify (Octopus Books, 2017) Simone John will be joined by local poets Jenna Marie Fletcher and Stacey Tran, whose book Soap for the Dogs is forthcoming from Gramma Press in March 2018. IPRC Studios $5 Suggested donation NOTAFLOF Simone John is a poet, educator, and facilitator… Continue reading Octopus Books Reading featuring: Simone John, Stacey Tran & Jenna Marie Fletcher

  Floridian Shane Hinton, editor of the new anthology, We Can’t Help It If We’re From Florida, travels the country for readings with writers who’ve tried to escape the clutches of the sinking peninsula. These writers also happen to be in the book. On his NYC stop, he'll read alongside Lidia Yuknavitch and Asha Doré.… Continue reading Burrow Press Invasive Speakings Tour Featuring Lidia Yuknavitch and Asha Doré

For our first public reading in 2018, we'd like to welcome Portland State alumna Sophia Shalmiyev, author of the forthcoming book MOTHER WINTER (Simon & Schuster). The evening will feature readings from current Portland State University MFA students. About Sophia Shalmiyev: Portland-based writer and Laurels Award Fellowship recipient Sophia Shalmiyev's forthcoming book, MOTHER WINTER, will… Continue reading Filament Reading Series

    Please join us for a celebration of art about pie and intimacy! This Pi(e) Day event is the conclusion of a two month project pairing up bakers and artists to bake together, make art together, and share a common experience with a stranger. We're not quite sure what will happen--will you join us… Continue reading Night of Pie: A Pi Day Celebration

An Evening with Cold Cube Join the IPRC for an Evening with Cold Cube, a risograph press based in Seattle, WA. Featuring an artist talk, demos, a Q&A as well as readings from Ross Jackson and Lindsay Anne Watson. $5 suggested donation Free for members No one turned away for lack of funds    

It's been a long time since I've dreamt of someone: Chapbook Release Featuring readings from Valerie Witte, Laura Christina Dunn, Katherine Eulensen and Dawn Marie Knopf   Please join the IPRC to celebrate the chapbook release of Valerie Witte's It’s been a long time since I’ve dreamt of someone (2018, dancing girl press) with readings from Valerie… Continue reading It’s been a long time since I’ve dreamt of someone: Chapbook Release

Join the IPRC for a reading from visiting poets Amy Lawless, Angela Veronica Wong, and local poets Emily Kendal Frey and Jeff Alessandrelli. Amy Lawless is the author of the poetry collections My Dead (2013) and Broadax (2017), both from Octopus Books. With Chris Cheney, she co-authored the hybrid book I Cry: The Desire to… Continue reading Lawless, Wong, Frey, Alessandrelli