Emilly Prado

Hey Doc Clinic Block Party & Grand Re-Opening
2026-06-28 12:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Hey Doc Clinic, 1221 SE Madison Street, Portland, Oregon
COMMUNITY CARE BLOCK PARTY!
Come outside, come together, come as you are to experience a full afternoon of joy, healthcare, and community love!
Bring your people. Bring your kids. Bring yourself.
We’re taking it to the parking lot of our new building to celebrate the inner SE healers, movers, artists, and most importantly, YOU.
Our community deserves care that feels like home, and that’s exactly what we’re building together.
SE Portland Heath & Wellness BIPOC, queer and trans healthcare providers who are building the world we deserve.
This is one way community care can look, not just appointments and waiting rooms, but moments for us to share together in the fullness of who we are.
Come for the community. Stay for the joy. Leave feeling held.

Kangkang Li Kovacs in Conversation With Emilly Prado
2026-06-29 19:00 - 20:00 | Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St, Portland, Oregon, 97209, United States
Inspired by the author’s own family history, and spanning the past hundred years of Chinese history, Kangkang Li Kovacs’s multi-generational family saga explores how women survive the tsunamis of history.

Nothing to My Name (Viking) chronicles the intertwined fates of three generations of Chinese women: Ah Xue, Mimosa, and Fei. The Grandmother, Ah Xue, witnesses the rise of the Communist Revolution while earning a meager living combing the hair of the few wealthy ladies in her small fishing village. Mimosa, the Mother, grows up in the shadow of her parents’ struggles as the growing tension of the Cultural Revolution threatens to pull their family apart. And Fei Fei, the Daughter, brought up as a “boy” by her activist father, grapples with gender identity in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square massacre.

Awash in the tides of societal upheaval, Ah Xue, Mimosa, and Fei Fei are all driven by the instinct to survive, weathering hardship that splinters the boundary between the personal and the political. For readers of sweeping fiction like Pachinko and Homegoing, Nothing to My Name is a braided history of suffering and dignity, of loss and reckoning, and of the unexpected joy that sustains family bonds.

Kovacs will be joined in conversation by Emilly Prado, author of Funeral for Flaca.

DJ at EVENT | Interior Design Society of Portland Summer Party
2026-07-14 | Jupiter NEXT, 900 E Burnside St, Portland, 97214, United States
DJ Mami Miami will be performing at Jupiter NEXT, 900 E Burnside St, Portland, OR 97214

DJ at WEDDING
2026-07-18 00:00 - 23:59 | The Evergreen, 618 SE Alder Street, Portland, 97214, United States
Ceremony and reception services for two sweet clients and their loved ones.

The Shape of a Feeling: Experiments in Lyric Essay and Hybrid Forms
2026-08-02 11:00 - 14:00 | Zoom
Hosted by McCormack Writing Center via Zoom. Sign up here!
What happens when a story refuses to stay linear? Sometimes that story needs to be told slant—or squiggly, or sparsely, or outside the margins entirely. In this generative craft intensive, we’ll explore hybrid and lyric forms that blur the line between poetry and prose, image and text, memory and imagination. We’ll look at writers who try to define the undefinable, and who follow the threads of their truths outside chronology by looking to fragments, letters, and lists.
We’ll read work that resists neat classification but may be referred to as hermit crabs, braids, essayettes, hermit crabs, and/or epistolary by writers such as Chet’la Sebree, Traci Brimhall, Chelsea Biondolillo, Randon Billings Noble, Ross Gay, Elissa Washuta, Carmen Maria Machado, and Anna Joy Springer, among others.
Through short writing bursts, close readings, and playful experimentation, you’ll be invited to try on new forms—or invent your own. This intensive is a rich springboard for writers feeling stuck or simply seeking fresh inspiration and new ways of seeing. While we won’t be able to cover every possibility, you’ll walk away with a robust reading list and plenty of generative starts to fuel future experiments. The class is designed for those new to hybrid writing, but all genres and experience levels are welcome.. Come ready to write, explore, and delight in the expansive possibilities of form. A full reading list with PDFs will be emailed in advance.
OUTCOMES:– Students will walk away with a deeper understanding of lyric and hybrid definitions– Students will experiment and play with short writing prompt bursts with opportunities to share– Students will read, analyze, and discuss model texts together– Students will learn foundational experimental craft forms to incorporate into future writing projects
ScholarshipWe have one scholarship available for this intensive. Scholarships are awarded via a random lottery drawn at least a week before the intensive. Please submit your name here to enter.

DJ at WEDDING
2026-08-08 | Salishan Lodge, 7760 US 101, Gleneden Beach, Oregon, 97388

DJ at WEDDING
2026-08-22 | Mount Tom House, 34251 Mt Tom Dr, Harrisburg, Oregon, 97446

DJ at WEDDING
2026-09-12 - 2026-09-13 | Jupiter NEXT, 900 E Burnside St, Portland, 97214, United States

DJ at EVENT | Noche Bella 2026
2026-09-18 17:00 - 22:30 | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave, Portland, Oregon, United States
DJ Mami Miami will be performing at Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97205

DJ at WEDDING
2026-09-19 | Jenkins Estate, 8005 SW Grabhorn Road, Beaverton, Oregon, 97007

DJ at EVENT | 2026 NRS Artist Showcase
2026-09-24 18:00 - 21:00 | Alberta Abbey, 126 NE Alberta Street, Portland, 97211
New Room Studios’ first Artist Showcase will be on Thursday, September 24, 6-9 PM at Alberta Abbey in Portland, OR. $15-30 suggested donation; no one turned away for lack of funds.
Join us for a variety-style night of live musical and cultural performances, literature, short films, theatre, a DJ performance, visual arts and learn more about the arts programs that are making our communities better.
Come celebrate the power of art to move your body and soul.
New Room Studios is an artist-run nonprofit that helps artists have the practices they want to have and change their communities for the better. Come see the amazing things our folks are up to!
This will be your chance to see the incredible work of the diverse artists from around the state who we work with, including:
Okaidja AFROSO & Janny FLOW, Crystal AKINS, Amber BALL, Gabriel BARRERA, Jeff BEERS, Caminos de CRECIMIENTO, Collar de LUNAS, Mic CRENSHAW, Given Q. DAVIS & Queer Poetry TAKEOVER, Alanna FAGAN, Michelle FUJII, Jason GRAHAM (MOsley WOtta), Joaquin LOPEZ, Lora LAFAYETTE, Talilo MARFIL, Fish MARTINEZ, Ben MOORAD, Emilly PRADO (DJ Mami Miami), Yanely RIVAS, Jonny “Cool” SANDERS, Joe WHITTLE
This Showcase is possible thanks to the generous support of the Echo Fund, the Oregon Community Foundation, the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation, the Multnomah County Cultural Coalition and the Oregon Cultural Trust.

DJ at WEDDING
2026-09-26 00:00 - 23:59 | Blockhouse, 1988 NW 18th Ave, Portland, 97208, United States

DJ at EVENT | Brilla Bienestar Gala After Party 2026
2026-10-02 17:30 - 21:00 | Venetian Hillsboro, 253 E Main St, Hillsboro, Oregon, 97123, United States
DJ Mami Miami will be performing at Brilla Bienestar Gala After Party 2026, 253 E Main St, Hillsboro, OR 97123
