Category Archives: This Month at MP5

Readings@Milepost 5 – Ruth Beck, To Hell With Love Open Mic

Readings@Milepost 5 occurs every second Tuesday. Sponsored by The Habit of Rainy Nights Press / Elohi Gadugi.

On February 14th we will have featured reader, Ruth Beck, followed by our first themed Open Mic, To Hell With Love, which will explore the dark side of love.

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Poet Ruth Beck

Featured reader Ruth Beck was born in Oregon and attended Marylhurst University, from which she holds a BA degree in Religion & Philosophy with a minor in Creative Writing. She was the recipient of the 2008 Clackamas Community College Writing Contest Award in Poetry, and was also recipient of the Binford Writing Award at Marlyhurst University. Her poetry has appeared in a small handful of literary journals, and she is the author of the chapbook, Trepanning for Gold (2009). She lives in Oregon City, Oregon, with her husband, son & English bulldog.

We are looking for poets, story tellers, and acoustic musicians to perform. Bring your poems, stories, songs and very short fiction (under 1200 words) about rejection, break ups, lonely hearts, independence, and twisted love. If you don’t have anything on the subject, don’t worry, we won’t turn you away (just no goo-goo-eyed, luv-struck crap, okay?).

For More info: Duane Poncy, 503-278-6952, duane@poncy-mclean.net.

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Readings @ Milepost 5, December 13th

George Rachel MarieJoin us for an evening of poetry and prose at Eat.Art.Theater, Milepost 5’s fine café and performance venue. Readings @ Milepost 5 is on the second Tuesday of every month. Beginning at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, December 13, featured readers will be Jodie Marion and George Rachel Marie. They will be followed by an open mic.

George Rachel Marie works as a writer, print artist, and mentor for women recovering from domestic traumas. She is a student of literature and social philosophy at Marylhurst University, where she received the Jackie Mosier Emerging Writer Award. Past work can be viewed in the journal Habit 2011, as well as the online journal M Review. Her current collection uses poetry, fragmented narrative and theoretical inquiry to explore the limits of language, memory and identity.

Jodie Marion teaches writing at a local college and mothers four small, wild children. Recent poems appear or are forthcoming in Best New Poets 2011, Narrative Magazine, The New Guard Literary Review and elsewhere.

Sponsored by The Habit of Rainy Nights Press.

September First Friday Art Openings and Open Studios at Milepost 5

Every First Friday Milepost 5 welcomes the public into its buildings for Resident Artists’ Open Studios, Gallery Exhibition Opening Receptions, and more.

Three floors and 80+ artists exhibit and sell their work in the hallways and out of studio spaces throughout the building. Multiple art galleries, both building sponsored and commercial spaces, debut their monthly shows. Expect impromptu music performances, theater happens, sound experiences, and other delights as visitors wander throughout the art studios, retail shops, and the restaurant E.A.T.

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June at MP5

Art shows this month: Gallery 5: Entanglements, Jane Schiffhauer. Curated by Victor Maldonado. Denizen Gallery: BLACKLI$TED AND BANNED, The Phantom Street Artist a.k.a. Joey Krebs. Curated by Rene Rodriguez / I’klektic Gallery.

Gallery 5: Entanglements, Jane Schiffhauer (The Studios) [jump]
Denizen Gallery: BlackLi$ted and Banned, The Phantom Street Artist a.k.a. Joey Krebs (The Studios) [jump]
MP5³: to be announced (The Lofts)
1st floor: Businesses open, including Muse Art + Design, Studio I’Klek-tic, The Stone Muse, Field Work, Crow Arts Manor, and Just The Good Stuff. (The Studios) [jump]
Eat. Art. Theater: Restaurant / performance venue, daily happy hour, special events & regular performances. [jump] (The Studios)

Plus: Preview of coming attractions: Romeo & Juliet presented by Post5. Summer 2011