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In Other Words Open House

• • When

    Wednesday
  • Where
  • In Other Words
    14 NE Killingsworth, Portland, OR
  • Time

    5:00pm until 9:00pm

• Description

  In Other Words Feminist Community Center (IOW) would like to invite you, your family, and friends to join us for an open house! Come in out of the cold and enjoy drinks and snacks with our fabulous In Other Words volunteers, Interim Executive Director, and board of directors. This is a great opportunity to get to know IOW a little better and hear about ways to have your voice heard and your needs addressed in our ongoing transition.

Feminist Film Society Presents: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas !!!

Time	Friday, October 21 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location	In Other Words 14 Ne Killingsworth St. Portland, Oregon
Created By	Kathryn Hendrix
For	Feminist Film Society
More Info	Come on down to In Other Words Friday night and join Feminist Film Society as we watch and discuss the film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas! *** The best Burt or Dolly Costume wins a prize !!! About the film: Burt Reynolds plays Ed Earl Dodd, a sheriff who's more interested in keeping open his town's most popular business -- the "Chicken Ranch," a notorious Texas whorehouse -- than in carrying out the letter of the law. Dolly Parton is Mona Stangely, the whorehouse madam who also happens to hold the sheriff's interest. Together, they battle publicity-seeking politicians and the Moral Majority to save the whorehouse in this rollicking musical comedy. $1-$5 sliding scale donation to support In Other Words Feminist Community Center and Lending Library. ( no one will be turned away for lack of funds)

 

Radical Library Crawl

Time	Tuesday, October 25 · 6:00pm - 11:00pm
Location	Bitch Media, In Other Words and The Q Center
Created By	Sara Jade Webb, InOther Words, Lupita MéndezShow all (9)
More Info	Radical Library Crawl: A Celebration of Queer and Feminist Libraries in N/NE Portland In Other Words Feminist Community Center Lending Library, the Bitch Meda Community Lending Library, and the Q Center’s Kendall Clawson Library will be hosting a library crawl on October 25th from 6-10pm. The crawl is a celebration of community libraries and the unique services they provide to the communities they serve.

IOW's 18th Birthday Party

Time	Thursday, October 6 · 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location	p:ear 338 NW 6th Ave. Portland, OR
Created By	InOther Words, Lupita Méndez, Kate McQuillanShow all (10)
More Info	In Other Words is turning 18 years old! Come help us celebrate all of the ways we're growing up with a night of ROCK & ROLL. The evening will feature live entertainment by: Marisa Anderson Lather, Rinse, Repeat The Crossettes DJ Amai Tash Shatz

A Reading From Some of The Pacific Northwest's Finest Authors

 

Time	Sunday, September 4 · 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location	In Other Words
Created By	M.j. Williamz
More Info	Lee Lynch, Lori L. Lake, Gabrielle Goldsby, Karis Walsh, Kristin Marra, Cate Culpepper, Redhawk, Heather Flournoy, and MJ Williamz Please join us for an afternoon of readings and signings!

 

In Other Words Lending Library Grand Opening!!!!

Time	Saturday, July 9 · 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Location	14 NE Killingsworth, Portland OR
Created By	InOther Words, Alice King
More Info	In Other Words is proud to announce the official opening of our lending library. Come in between noon and 6 PM on July 9 for fun, food, raffles, fun, zine and art work shops, tarot, kids' activities, fun, and more! You can sign up to be a member of the library and check out your favorite volumes for free! Please come in, tell your friends and support In Other Words. If you cannot attend, please consider making a donation or becoming a sustainer to keep IOW going! http://inotherwords.org/support-us Schedule (subject to change) 1 PM Bike Repair Workshop 2 PM Print Workshop and Bike Repair Workshop 3 PM Zine Making Workshop 4 PM Zine Making Workshop Other activities including kids art, tarot and library card creation will take place all day.

 

Psychic Q & A

Time	Friday, March 25 · 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Location	Journey's
Created By	Journey's
More Info	Come and meet your local psychics and metaphysical practitioners. You have an hour and a half to ask questions, whether they are personal or about how they do what it is they do. This was a hit last month. This class will be reoccurring every month on the fourth Friday. $15.00 Every fourth Friday ~Theresa Peters this month March 25th 6:30 - 8:00

 

Feminist Film Society Presents : Vera Drake

Time	Friday, March 18 · 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location	In Other Words 14 Ne Killingsworth St. Portland, OR
Created By	Feminist Film Society
More Info	Please join Feminist Film Society this Friday to watch and discuss the film Vera Drake $1-$5 suggested donation About the film: Vera Drake (Imelda Staunton, who earned an Oscar nomination for her portrayal) spends her days doting on her working-class family. But Vera also has a secret side: Her family and friends don't know that she visits women and helps them induce miscarriages for their unwanted pregnancies. When the authorities get wind of her activities -- then illegal in 1950s England -- Vera's world quickly falls apart, deeply affecting both her and her family.

 

The AAUW & the WRC present Patricia Schechter, PhD

Time	Thursday, March 31 · 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Location	PSU Women's Resource Center 1802 SW 10th & Montgomery (Behind Simon Benson House) Portland, OR
Created By	PSU Women's Resource Center
More Info	In honor of Women's History Month The American Association of University of Women and the Women's Resource Center are proud to present Patricia Schechter, PhD Building A Common Ground of Learning: A Focus on Black Women in Oregon History Thursday, March 31st 3:00PM in the WRC Lounge ...

Spiritual Game Night

Time	Thursday, March 17 · 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location	Journey's
Created By	Journey's
More Info	Spiritual Game Night every Third Thursday of the month. We have many spiritual board games as well as The Transformation Game being led by Katherine who was trained by the creators of the game. This has been a great night of fun. Come and play with us. 6:30 - 8:30 $10 pp