Wordstock Festival 2011

Beginning September 16, Miracle Theatre Group is pleased to present “La Luna Nueva,” the third annual festival of Hispanic arts and culture from around the world celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. Sprinkled among the nights of hot Latin jazz, fiery flamenco and inventive hip-hop are several literary events, including:

The House of the Spirits/La Casa de los Espíritus
A play by Caridad Svich, based on the novel by Isabel Allende

Beginning September 16, Miracle Theatre Group is pleased to present “La Luna Nueva,” the third annual festival of Hispanic arts and culture from around the world celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. Sprinkled among the nights of hot Latin jazz, fiery flamenco and inventive hip-hop are several literary events, including:

Poets Open Mic Night
Share works of poetry by Latino poets—from the canons of literary giants such as Pablo Neruda and Federico García Lorca as well as original work by local authors.

Beginning September 16, Miracle Theatre Group is pleased to present “La Luna Nueva,” the third annual festival of Hispanic arts and culture from around the world celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. Sprinkled among the nights of hot Latin jazz, fiery flamenco and inventive hip-hop are several literary events, including:

The House of the Spirits/La Casa de los Espíritus
A play by Caridad Svich, based on the novel by Isabel Allende

ShanRock's Triviology hits the books for Wordstock in October with the Wordstock Lit Quiz, a trivia night devoted to all things bookish and hosted by ShanRock at 6 pm Sunday, Oct. 2, at East Burn, 1800 E Burnside St. Joining into the quiz is free, limit team size to 5, with prizes and a trophy to the champs.

Join a group of Northwest TNB Literati as they dazzle, entertain, and read to you. Libations and merrymaking will abound. More details to follow, so stay tuned. In the meantime, mark your calendars!

*Like AA, but with alcohol

In honor of our Wordstock 2011 theme “American Stories,” three Portland-based festival authors will present three different takes on “Portland Stories.”

Bring your young readers to meet three of Portland’s most popular children’s literature authors who will also be appearing at Wordstock 2011 on the Knowledge Universe Children’s Stage.
•     Carmen Bernier-Grand, author of Alicia Alonso: Prima Ballerina
•     Carolyn Conahan, author of The Big Wish
•     Ann Cameron, author of Spunky Tells All

This Oregon Humanities event is part of the Think & Drink happy-hour discussion series, which sparks provocative conversations about big ideas. More information at: oregonhumanities.org.

Free and open to the public No cover (21+)