Smalldoggies Readings PDX: Thursday, Apr. 14, 2011

Smalldoggies Reading Series PDX008: Thursday, April 14th, 2011 @ 8pm Sharp!

New Location in the Southeast: 2045 SE Belmont at 21st Ave. @ The Globe.

The Globe PDX
2045 SE Belmont St.
Portland, OR 97214
Click for directions.

One musical guest, Three Writers performing and reading poetry, fiction and more.

Featured readers include: Smalldoggies Columnist and writer Rob Noble (PDX), writer Frances Dinger (Seattle), and poet Derrick Brown (Long Beach).

Musical Guest: Rob Gray.

Hosted by Matty Byloos and Carrie Seitzinger.

Free Event with suggested (but not enforced) $3 donation. A SPECIAL, LIMITED EDITION CHAPBOOK WILL BE AVAILABLE, FEATURING A PIECE OF WRITING FROM EVERY PERFORMER TO SHARE THE SMALLDOGGIES STAGE, FROM READINGS #1-#6: $5 EACH.

DON’T FORGET ABOUT OUR THE BOOK TRADE! BRING A BOOK OR LIT MAG YOU ARE DONE READING, AND PASS IT ALONG TO SOMEONE ELSE…

Check out the Facebook Event page and let us know you’ll be attending!

Information on Our Special Guests

Derrick Brown, former paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne, gondolier, magician and fired weatherman, now travels the world and performs his written work. From Long Beach, CA, he is dedicated to bringing American poetry into rock and roll status.

As a poet, he has toured or performed with indie rock act Cold War Kids, comedian David Cross, Richard Swift, and at the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival with the Flaming Lips and Animal Collective.

To date, Brown has performed at over 1500 venues and universities internationally.

He is the president of Write Bloody Publishing.

Visit Derrick Brown’s official website here.

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Frances Dinger’s fiction has been published in New Wave Vomit and For Every Year, and she has been featured in the “Eye Reading Series” for Driving Home Press with work forthcoming elsewhere, including a chapbook titled “All of This is Nothing” from Housefire, an imprint of Metazen.

She has interviewed Rainn Wilson (“Dwight Schrute” from The Office), Mike Young (author of Look! Look! Feathers) and xTx, among others. She was the script supervisor on the award winning short film “Quarters.”

Frances lives in Seattle.
Learn more about Frances Dinger at her official website, and follow her on Twitter here.

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Rob Noble is a writer, editor and video guru whose past clients include Showtime (Weeds), AMC (Mad Men) Marvel, BeautyTV, Tivo, Disney, FOX and NBC-Universal. He lives and works in Portland, OR and is a contributing writer to popstrike. You may also Facebook him, if that’s more your speed.

Small Doggies Viewfinder columnist Rob Noble will be presenting “I Say Shazam! Elvis, Captain Marvel Jr. and the Origins of Cosplay,” a sub-textual analysis that includes a video presentation.

Follow Rob Noble’s Viewfinder column here on Smalldoggies somewhere close to the first Tuesday of every month.

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Musical Guest: Rob Gray as Childish

Rob Gray is an Englishman who lives and works in Portland, OR.

When he is making music, he is Childish.

When he has finished making music, he is Rob Gray again.

Like magic.

Rob lives and works in Portland.

Learn more about Rob Gray at his official website, here.

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As an ongoing treat, other Special Guests may join us the night of the show, see you all there…

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