Events: Diana Abu-Jaber @ Cafe Banned (Oct. 6)

Café Banned
On Sat. Oct. 6th at 2 p.m. join us for Café Banned, a celebration of the freedom to read at the Central Library, in the U.S. Bank room. Writers Margie Boule, Diana Abu-Jaber and Marc Actio will talk about what freedom of expression means to them. This is in celebration of the American Library Association's Banned Books week. Coffee and light refreshments will be served. Free.

Also at the Central Library...
Keep Portland Weird: a community festival - Oct. 20th, from 12-4 at the Central Library, 801 SW 10th.
Portland is full of passionate people, pursing interesting and sometimes odd pastimes. Join us as a variety of organizations tell us what they do and why they do it. Free ukulele lessons, bellydancing performance, yoga demonstration, crafting and more. Groups attending include the Portland Robotics Society, Free Geek, City Repair, SCRAP and the IPRC, GoBiodiesel, the Portland Cacophony Society, the Old Library Studio, MakeMusicPDX, the Portland Science Fiction Society, the Portland Regency Society, Wild Food Adventures, Growing Gardens Chicken Keepers, Portland Ukulele Association, the Urban Berbers, the Portland Calligraphy Society, and featuring a special performance by the band Sneakin' Out (www.sneakinout.com). Free. More information at www.multcolib.org/events/kpw.html