You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes - PORTLAND EDITION

Sat Feb 07 2026 at 07:00 pm to 10:00 pm UTC-08:00

Arbor Beer Lodge & Brewery | Portland

You're Going to Die
Publisher/HostYou're Going to Die
You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes - PORTLAND EDITION
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A community GRIEF & GRATITUDE open mic style offering for creative space to explore what it means to be alive [& someday die!].
About this Event

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... is a GRIEF & GRATITUDE open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor what we’ve lost & love, in laughter & in tears… while all the while making room for the joy & gratitude at simply being ALIVE.

Support MORE with ticket tiers. You choose the amount.

The tickets tiers are direct ways of offering more support to YG2D, a 501(c)3 Non-profit bringing diverse communities creatively into the conversation of death & dying, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality. Thank you for any additional help you can offer. And please email [email protected] if you need financial support to be a part of the evening.

We recommend you buy in advance to ensure being a part of the event - THIS EVENT WILL SELL OUT!!!

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You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes...
is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love… while all the while making room for simply being ALIVE.
Sign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, you’d better get there early…
If you’re going to perform, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)].
Poetry, prose, music, dancing, comedy, drama, happy, sad, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want.
You don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers.
Please don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument, figure it out before you’re called to the stage.
IMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged.
You're Going to Die. No. Really. You are.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Arbor Beer Lodge & Brewery, 6550 North Interstate Avenue, Portland, United States

Tickets

USD 23.18 to USD 108.55

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