Apr
15
4:00 PM16:00
Events
Apr
22
4:00 PM16:00
Apr
26
7:00 PM19:00
Reading: Adrienne Chung, Alisha Dietzman, & Amanda Hawkins
Join us for a reading with Adrienne Chung, Alisha Dietzman and Amanda Hawkins.
Amanda Hawkins by Beowulf Sheehan
Amanda Hawkins’ first book of poetry, When I Say the Bones I Mean the Bones, was published by Wandering Aengus Press in January 2025. Their work has been nominated for three Pushcart prizes, listed as honorable mention, semi-finalist, and finalist for various contests and awards, and won the Scotti Merrill Award from Key West Literary Seminar, the Editors’ Prize for Poetry at The Florida Review, and the Wandering Aengus Book Prize. Their work has been published or is forthcoming in Boston Review, The Cincinnati Review, Honey Literary, Massachusetts Review, The Orison Anthology, Orion, The Rumpus, The Southampton Review, Terrain, Tin House, Tin House Online, and Image, among others.
Alisha Dietzman
Alisha Dietzman is the author of Sweet Movie (Beacon Press, 2023), selected by Victoria Chang for the National Poetry Series. A finalist for the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and the Oregon Book Awards, Sweet Movie was also shortlisted for the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize. Her creative and critical work has received support from the Rebecca Swift Foundation, the Jeffrey Rubinoff Sculpture Park, the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the US-UK Fulbright Commission.
Adrienne Chung
Adrienne Chung's debut poetry collection, Organs of Little Importance (Penguin, 2023), won the National Poetry Series. Her work appears in The Yale Review, The Chicago Review, Diagram, and elsewhere. A graduate of Stanford University and the UW-Madison MFA program, she has received fellowships from MacDowell, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing. She lives in Portland, Oregon and is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Willamette University.
Apr
27
4:00 PM16:00
The Humble Poets' Open Mic
The Humble Poets' Open Mic will be at The Stacks Coffeehouse on the last Sunday of each month, 4:00-6:00pm.
The featured reader for April is Justin Rigamonti.
Justin Rigamonti teaches English at Portland Community College and serves as the Program Coordinator for PCC's Carolyn Moore Writing Residency. He's also the Poetry Coordinator for Chatter PDX, Portland's new Sunday morning chamber music + spoken word event. Justin is the author of two children's books and his poems have been recently published or are forthcoming in Ploughshares, Hayden's Ferry Review, Frontier Poetry, American Poetry Review, Rattle, Smartish Pace, and New Ohio Review.
Justin Rigamonti
Apr
29
4:00 PM16:00
May
1
6:30 PM18:30
Craft Night
Our next Craft Night will be April 3rd.
The Stacks hosts a Craft Night on the first Thursday of each month! Everyone is welcome, and this is a free event. Drinks and snacks available will be available for purchase, but no purchase is necessary to attend.
Bring your own craft projects and meet your neighbors for chit-chat while we craft together!
May
14
7:00 PM19:00
New Masculinities Group
Are you a man looking for community, connection, and a place to explore healthy expressions of masculinity? Join this monthly discussion, writing, and reflection space for cis and trans men. Over coffee and snacks we chat about current issues about gender, sexuality, and masculinity—annd how those things intersect with our own lives. Then we take quiet time for journaling and processing our thoughts, and finally return together to share our insights. Facilitator Adam Segal guides the conversation with an intersectional feminist lens and an eye for vulnerability and honest expression. No prior reading is required. All we ask is a willingness to be present and respectful to others!
Apr
8
4:00 PM16:00
Apr
3
6:30 PM18:30
Craft Night
Our next Craft Night will be April 3rd.
The Stacks hosts a Craft Night on the first Thursday of each month! Everyone is welcome, and this is a free event. Drinks and snacks available will be available for purchase, but no purchase is necessary to attend.
Bring your own craft projects and meet your neighbors for chit-chat while we craft together!
Apr
1
4:00 PM16:00
Mar
30
4:00 PM16:00
The Humble Poets' Open Mic
The Humble Poets' Open Mic will be at The Stacks Coffeehouse on the last Sunday of each month, 4:00-6:00pm.
The featured reader for March is Elmo Shade.
Elmo Shade is a poet and author of The Dark Side of White Bread- Surviving Our Fathers: A Poetry Chapbook; Atmosphere Press; 2023, as well as three (3) additional poetry collections. He is the founder of the first Poetry Open Mic in Camas, WA, as well as Youth Uptown Poetry in Vancouver, WA. He currently serves as the Poetry Moves Director for Artstra, a local nonprofit 501(c)(3) arts advocacy group in Vancouver. His work has been published in The SubjectivJournal, Pointed Circle, Nine Cloud Journal, Western Washington Poets Network Anthology, Artstra Poetry Moves, and elsewhere. Elmo is a Certified Mindfulness Teacher-Professional and has been teaching Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for 18 years. He is an avid fan of Italian Chianti, Opus-X, Cigars, & RUSH.
Elmo Shade
Mar
25
4:00 PM16:00
Mar
18
4:00 PM16:00
Mar
11
4:00 PM16:00
Mar
4
4:00 PM16:00
Feb
23
4:00 PM16:00
The Humble Poets' Open Mic
The Humble Poets' Open Mic will be at The Stacks Coffeehouse on the last Sunday of each month, 4:00-6:00pm.
The featured reader for February is Marj Hogan.
Marj Hogan grew up in the Pacific Northwest and lives in the Kenton neighborhood, just south of the Columbia River. She teaches Spanish at Union High School and is an active member of her educators' union. Her poems have appeared in various publications, including Paperbark, Bear Deluxe Magazine, High Shelf, Pretty Owl, 3elements, and VoiceCatcher.
Marj Hogan
Feb
18
4:00 PM16:00
Feb
12
7:00 PM19:00
New Masculinities Group
Are you a man looking for community, connection, and a place to explore healthy expressions of masculinity? Join this monthly discussion, writing, and reflection space for cis and trans men. Over coffee and snacks we chat about current issues about gender, sexuality, and masculinity—annd how those things intersect with our own lives. Then we take quiet time for journaling and processing our thoughts, and finally return together to share our insights. Facilitator Adam Segal guides the conversation with an intersectional feminist lens and an eye for vulnerability and honest expression. No prior reading is required. All we ask is a willingness to be present and respectful to others!
Feb
12
7:00 PM19:00
New Masculinities Group
Are you a man looking for community, connection, and a place to explore healthy expressions of masculinity? Join this monthly discussion, writing, and reflection space for cis and trans men. Over coffee and snacks we chat about current issues about gender, sexuality, and masculinity—annd how those things intersect with our own lives. Then we take quiet time for journaling and processing our thoughts, and finally return together to share our insights. Facilitator Adam Segal guides the conversation with an intersectional feminist lens and an eye for vulnerability and honest expression. No prior reading is required. All we ask is a willingness to be present and respectful to others!
Feb
11
4:00 PM16:00
Feb
6
6:30 PM18:30
Craft Night
Our next Craft Night will be February 6th.
The Stacks hosts a Craft Night on the first Thursday of each month! Everyone is welcome, and this is a free event. Drinks and snacks available will be available for purchase, but no purchase is necessary to attend.
Bring your own craft projects and meet your neighbors for chit-chat while we craft together!
Feb
4
4:00 PM16:00
Jan
28
4:00 PM16:00
Jan
26
4:00 PM16:00
The Humble Poets' Open Mic
The Humble Poets' Open Mic will be at The Stacks Coffeehouse on the last Sunday of each month, 4:00-6:00pm.
The featured reader for January is Emmett Wheatfall.
Emmett Wheatfall resides in Portland, Oregon, and has been nominated twice for the position of Oregon Poet Laureate. He is the recipient of the prestigious 2024 Oregon Poetry Association Patricia Ruth Banta Award. Emmett has also served as a keynote speaker at two Annual Conferences of the Oregon Poetry Association. In 2020, Corban University produced a nine-part documentary titled *A Brief History*, which highlights Emmett’s life and his introduction to poetry. His poetry has been published in several books, collections, and anthologies. Notably, one of his works, *As Clean as a Bone*, was a finalist for both the 2019 Eric Hoffer Award and the da Vinci Eye Award.
We are encouraging poets and storytellers to come share their works, and musical accompaniments are welcome as well. The address is 1831 N. Killingsworth (between Interstate and Denver). And even though poets are generally quite wealthy, this event will be free, with only a suggested donation for those who can. Hope to see you all there!
Jan
21
4:00 PM16:00
Jan
14
4:00 PM16:00
Jan
8
6:00 PM18:00
New Masculinities Group
Are you a man looking for community, connection, and a place to explore healthy expressions of masculinity? Join this monthly discussion, writing, and reflection space for cis and trans men. Over coffee and snacks we chat about current issues about gender, sexuality, and masculinity—annd how those things intersect with our own lives. Then we take quiet time for journaling and processing our thoughts, and finally return together to share our insights. Facilitator Adam Segal guides the conversation with an intersectional feminist lens and an eye for vulnerability and honest expression. No prior reading is required. All we ask is a willingness to be present and respectful to others!
Jan
7
4:00 PM16:00
Jan
2
6:30 PM18:30
Craft Night
Kick off 2025 in style. Our next Craft Night will be January 2nd!
The Stacks hosts a Craft Night on the first Thursday of each month! Everyone is welcome, and this is a free event. Drinks and snacks available will be available for purchase, but no purchase is necessary to attend.
Bring your own craft projects and meet your neighbors for chit-chat while we craft together!
Dec
17
4:00 PM16:00
Dec
15
4:00 PM16:00
The Humble Poets' Open Mic
Talia Hope Levy
The Humble Poets' Open Mic will be at The Stacks Coffeehouse on the last Sunday of each month, 4:00-6:00pm.
The featured readers for November is Talia Hope Levy.
We are encouraging poets and storytellers to come share their works, and musical accompaniments are welcome as well. The address is 1831 N. Killingsworth (between Interstate and Denver). And even though poets are generally quite wealthy, this event will be free, with only a suggested donation for those who can. Hope to see you all there!
Talia Hope Levy is a co-founder of the Rogue Writer’s Guild, a writers collective with wandering feet that is based in Southern Oregon. Her work has appeared in the Guild’s online journal, Conjunction Press, MicroLit Almanac, and Fiction on the Web. She writes novels, plays around with typewriter poetry, and is writing an off-beat book review column. She has hosted creative writing meetups in Portland, rural Southern Oregon, Italy, Mexico City, and Oaxaca. She likes to take her real life stories and wrap them up in fantasy, speculation, and absurdity.
Dec
11
6:00 PM18:00
New Masculinities Group
Are you a man looking for community, connection, and a place to explore healthy expressions of masculinity? Join this monthly discussion, writing, and reflection space for cis and trans men. Over coffee and snacks we chat about current issues about gender, sexuality, and masculinity—annd how those things intersect with our own lives. Then we take quiet time for journaling and processing our thoughts, and finally return together to share our insights. Facilitator Adam Segal guides the conversation with an intersectional feminist lens and an eye for vulnerability and honest expression. No prior reading is required. All we ask is a willingness to be present and respectful to others!
Dec
10
4:00 PM16:00
Dec
5
6:30 PM18:30
Craft Night
Our next Craft Night will be December 5th!
The Stacks hosts a Craft Night on the first Thursday of each month! Everyone is welcome, and this is a free event. Drinks and snacks available will be available for purchase, but no purchase is necessary to attend.
Bring your own craft projects and meet your neighbors for chit-chat while we craft together!
Dec
3
4:00 PM16:00
Nov
26
4:00 PM16:00
Nov
24
4:00 PM16:00
The Humble Poets' Open Mic
Genevieve DeGuzman
The Humble Poets' Open Mic will be at The Stacks Coffeehouse on the last Sunday of each month, 4:00-6:00pm.
The featured readers for November is Genevieve DeGuzman.
We are encouraging poets and storytellers to come share their works, and musical accompaniments are welcome as well. The address is 1831 N. Killingsworth (between Interstate and Denver). And even though poets are generally quite wealthy, this event will be free, with only a suggested donation for those who can. Hope to see you all there!
Genevieve DeGuzman (she/her) is the author of Karaoke at the End of the World (forthcoming in 2026 from JackLeg Press). A 2022 Oregon Literary Fellow, she has also been an Alice James Award finalist and earned several Best New Poets nominations. Her writing appears in journals like The Adroit, Bear Review, Nimrod, RHINO, phoebe, and in several anthologies. She has been a featured poet in the Poetry Moves program for C-TRAN and received fellowships from Vermont Studio Center, Oregon Arts Commission, Literary Arts, among others. Born in the Philippines, she grew up near San Diego, and now lives in NE Portland with her partner of the metal band Thrash Course and their cat, Beezy. Find her at: genevievedeguzman.carbonmade.com.
