THE OPEN ROAD
a learning community
classes, performances, readings & a seminar
WINTER 2024-2025
The Open Road encourages lifelong learning, and seeks to build a gateless community of people who are curious about everything. Open Road Events (ORE) are initiated by the Open Road; other things in this schedule Open Road Recommends (ORR). All live events in Portland, unless otherwise noted. If you have questions, contact us at stallingsjohnny@gmail.com or 503-347-6869.
classes
¡Bibliophiles Unanimous! (0RE) Friendly online conversation that starts out with books and…meanders. Here’s the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87614013058.
December 15, 3 pm: Poems
January 12, 3 pm: Nature & Science
February 16, 3 pm: Food
Free
Yoga with Elizabeth (ORR) Elizabeth Domike teaches yoga five mornings a week online. Gentle joint activation movement, with a poem at the end of each practice. Join people from all over the world. To register, contact her at: smallhouse@aol.com.
Monday-Friday 8-8:30 a.m.
$38 per month
seminar
¡Culture That Nurtures! (ORE) In this monthly online seminar, we will explore various ways we can help to co-create a culture that nurtures everyone. Although people are welcome to present (non-academic) papers or poems, no advance preparation is necessary. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87193719372
Saturday, December 14, 1-3: Happiness!
Saturday, January 18, 1-3: How Can I Help?
Saturday, February 15, 1-3: Creativity
Free
performances
The Deck Boys (ORR) Jeffrey Sher plays with The Fabulous Deck Boys. Catch them when you can! (deckboys.com)
Fridays, 7-9 pm: December 20, January 17 & February 15
Ross Island Grocery & Cafe, 3502 S Corbett Ave
Saturday, January 11, 7-9 pm
Al’s Den, 303 SW 12th Ave.
Saturday, January 25, 6-9 pm
Integrity Brewing, 6500 S Virginia Ave.
Solstice Stories (ORR) Online Zoom show with Will Hornyak and Ingrid Nixon
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5483536891?omn=87095469163.
Saturday, December 21, 6 pm (Pacific Time)
Silence (ORE) Johnny Stallings performs his theater piece about meditation.
Saturday, January 4, 7 pm
Artspace Room at Taborspace, 5441 SE Belmont
Free
Lost and Found in Peru (ORR) Will Hornyak regales us with tales of his adventures as a young journalist.
Friday, January 31, 7 pm
February 9th, 7 pm
Artichoke Music, 2007 SE Powell
$20 Advance tickets recommended from Artichoke Music: https://artichokemusic.org/product/9779/Will+Hornyak+%22Storyteller+Par+Excellence%22
Sex, Love and Death: The Ties That Bind Us (ORR) A Portland Storyteller’s Guild Performance with Will Hornyak, Gretchen Peterson and Julie Strozyk.
Saturday, February 8, 7:30 pm
Artichoke Music, 2007 SE Powell
$15 Tickets from Artichoke Music
readings
A Proclamation for Peace: Translated for the World (ORR) Kim Stafford & Friends read Kim’s poem “A Proclamation for Peace” in English and in other languages.
Saturday, December 7, 7 pm
Bold Coffee & Books, 1755 SW Jefferson
https://boldcoffeeandbooks.com/events/
Tenth of December (ORE) Johnny Stallings reads George Saunders’ short story.
LIVE: Tuesday, December 10, 7 pm
Library at Taborspace, 5441 SE Belmont
Free
ON ZOOM: Wednesday, December 11, 7 pm
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87176604491
This Altar of Earth and Sky (ORR) Come celebrate the Book Launch and Signing for Will Hornyak’s poetry book.
Sunday, January 19, 6 pm
Ross Island Cafe and Grocery, 3502 S. Corbett
Free
William Stafford Birthday Reading (ORE) This is an online event. Bring poems by William Stafford—and poems of your own—to read to each other.
Saturday, January 25, 1-3
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88436898679