Portland: Getting With the Library Programme

Latest Library Locations just in . . .

@ Potluck Picnic on Sunday, July 15th, 3-5pm, Colonel Summers Park: SE Taylor & SE 17th Ave . . . come along and sign up!

AND

We're back at the IPRC as they ROCK!

The Library @ The IPRC
When?

Tuesday 17th & 24th July, 4-10pm
&
Thursday July 19th & 26th, 4-6pm

Where?

The Independent Publishing Resource Center, 917 SW Oak Street, (punch buttons 2.1.8. to get in if the door isn't open as it's on the second floor)

In the meantime, we've been flyposting-tastic.

Step 1:
Something to staple gun to . . .



Step 2:
Preferably near walkways . . .



Step 3:
Thus hopefully creating an interesting juxtaposition to neighbouring signage!



And finally


Portland's poetry on the buses


What our Librarian notices while pounding the Portland pavement.

Where's the Library in Portland 2.0?

Library @ Reading Frenzy, Independent Press Emporium

on Wednesday July 11th, 3pm - 7pm & Friday July 13th, 12 noon - 7pm, at 921 SW Oak Street, Portland, Oregon.

Then . . .
Library @ Spare Room Reading Series

on Sunday July 15th, 7pm - 9.30pm (approx.), at New American Art Union, 922 SE Ankeny, Portland, Oregon.

Then . . .
Library @ Ariana & Jeffrey's House

On Wednesday 18th July from 7pm onwards

Then . . .
Library @ In Other Words Women's Books & Resources

on Sunday July 28th, 12 noon - 6pm,
at 8 NE Killingsworth St, Portland, Oregon.

Come Join Us!

p.s. These are our latest library venue confirmations . . . there are more pouring in everyday, so we'll keep posting up our new venues, locations, dates and times as they come in, so stay tuned for details Portland folks!

Portland Library Pictures . . .

How to Install a Poetry Library in a Park


The Library @ The IPRC






Our Librarian installed her library in the park last week . . . and got a rather large number of suspicious looks from Portlanders walking their dogs. It being 'First Thursday' however, and our couchsurfing host Jeffrey on the spot, he helpfully went off to source more amenable library locations, which saw us switch street venues from park to outside the Portland Art Center, where our librarian set up on a concrete block directly outside the venue and signed up thirteen new members on the spot. Booka! Next up saw us on over at the IPRC, where we installed ourselves next door to their very own awesome library (of zines) and signed up a further four members during our 12noon - 6pm shift.

That's . . . .

. . . for Portland!

Keep it coming chaps!

Thanks to Simone, Jeffrey & Ariana for images

Where's the Library in Portland, Oregon?

We arrived Monday straight from San Francisco, hoiking our heavy books on over to our Portland couch. Tuesday we sent out our intrepid librarian to tramp the Portland streets and seek out new civilizations...hang on...we've not got the flying-library-saucer engine working yet...so we mean...new library venues. Which was accomplished with a not insignificant amount of a. getting lost b. meeting lovely library enthusiastic Portland people and c. help from the dude who gave us a free bus ticket at the MLK intersection upon hearing we intended to walk what we thought was not that far but it turns out was at least a 6 mile hike. Thanks random Portland dude! Potential venues sought, sourced and secured, we will update you with confirmed locations, dates and times as they come in but it currently appears that Reading Frenzy, In Other Words and the offices of Alberta St. small press will be graced and book-gardened with our librarian & library's presence in the coming July weeks. Yay for these guys! In the meantime, our very* first Portland library installation is courtesy of the wonderful people at the Independent Publishing Resource Center after our librarian had a nice chat and wander round their own library and offices with IPRC main man Justin.

When?
Saturday July 7th, from 12 high noon until 6pm

Where?
At IPRC! 917 SW Oak Street #218, Portland, Oregon 97205, USA

Library go go go!

Portland, Oregon citizens the Library has arrived!

p.s. We also have a ton of news updates to post to the blog regards our last few weeks in San Francisco, which we promise our Librarian will get round to doing ASAP, not least because she's just today finished her Library Statistics spreadsheet and so we'll be able to update you on membership numbers, awesome completed library installation antics (retirement complex in Oakland anyone?) AND how poetry saved our Librarian's life the other week. Stay tuned for details folks!

* hmmm...First Thursdays....tomorrow is such a Thursday....the street you say...hmmm...Librarian pauses to think...give us a table and chair and we're there!