THE WIFE, THE MISTRESS, & THE PROSTITUTE: PLAZM AT THE BACK ROOM

Come along, creative whores! Eat food, hang out, and dive into a conversation about "The Wife, the Mistress, and the Prosititute" as essential metaphors for life as artists, writers, and as creative professionals. Discuss design, language, survival, protest and collaboration!

Join 2GQ editrix Tiffany Lee Brown (who moonlights as a Plazm editor) with the Plazm crüe, editor Jon Raymond and art director Josh Berger.The evening is hosted and curated by Stephanie Snyder of the back room and the Cooley Gallery at Reed College.

Music by Tara Jane O'Neil. Food by catering & farmers market favourites Tastebud Farm, who will soon open their new dining room in Southeast Portland.

January 11, 2008, 6:30 pm, Podkrepa Hall, 2116 North Killingsworth Street. $45 per person includes a delectable feast, wine, and a copy of a book written & pressed especially for this occasion. Reservations are highly recommended; these events usually sell out. Email thebackroompdx@gmail.com or buy tickets via THE BACK ROOM online. Keep reading for details...

the back room

The back room is a series of presentations/symposia/bacchanals in Portland, Oregon, replete with food, drink, music, and general boisterousness garlanding the central pleasure of bright intellects voicing their excellent texts, winging it in conversation, and screening or presenting various textual and visual delights. The back room is hosted by Stephanie Snyder, assisted by intern Michael McManus, with live music curated by Sarah Dougher.

Past guests include: Gore Vidal, Walid Raad, Lawrence Rinder, Anne Focke, Gregory Crewdson, Randy Gragg, Sutapa Biswas, Mary Gaitskill, Daniel Duford, Marc Joseph, and Tom Spanbauer.

Past musical guests include: YACHT, Stephen Malkmus, Calvin Johnson, The Watery Graves, Thanksgiving, Adrian Orange, Carrie Brownstein, Valet, and Gay Deceivers.

plazm at the back room
PLAZM / Portland's most notorious independent art, design and publishing organ sheds the office for a back room evening about design, language, survival, protest and collaboration! PLAZM founder and creative director Joshua Berger converses with PLAZM magazine editors Tiffany Lee Brown and Jon Raymond, and back room host Stephanie Snyder. Come discover why this evening is affectionately titled: The Wife, the Mistress and the Prostitute. With musical guest Tara Jane O'Neil and another, very special entertainer.

Joshua Berger is a founder and creative director of Plazm. Berger has been recognized by numerous design publications and award shows. He received the Gold Medal at the Leipzig Bookfair for his collaboration with John C Jay on the book Soul of the Game (Melcher Media/Workman). His most recent projects include the art direction and design of ESPN's Ultimate Highlight Reel (Melcher Media/ESPN Books) and development of the web site www.anti-war.us, dedicated to distribution of anti-war graphics to activists globally.

Jon Raymond is a writer living in Portland. He is the author of The Half-Life, a novel, and Old Joy, a story that became a feature film. He serves as an editor at Plazm magazine, and an associate editor at Tin House magazine. His writing appears regularly in Artforum, Bookforum, and other publications.

Image, left: Filmmaker Todd Haynes' painting of Bob Dylan, subject of his latest film, "I'm Not There." From a series of his portraits published in the new issue of Plazm magazine, issue no. 29.

Tiffany Lee Brown is a writer and interdisciplinary artist based in Portland and at www.magdalen.com. She co-edits Plazm magazine and is the founding editor of 2GQ, a literary and performance manifestation of 2 Gyrlz Performative Arts. Tiffany has presented work at Wordstock, the Enteractive Language Festival, PICA's Dada Ball, and a gigantic wedding in Tamil Nadu, South India, among other venues. She has written for Bookforum, Art Access, Portland Monthly, Wired, Bust, Tin House, and other publications. Her new project, A Compendium of Miniatures, with book artist Clare Carpenter, is available at www.plazm.com/books

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