Rogers Truax

Rogers Truax chooses to fly under the radar pursuing a compulsion to draw blood from the status quo.  In a time and place often beyond parody, his rants and reflections aspire to create satire indistinguishable from truth. Locally, he has read his poetry at Café Lena, the Alberta Street Public House, the Blue Monk and 3 Friends Coffee House and his work appears in:  Broken Word – The Alberta Street Anthology (Vol. 2) and Blown Out: Portland’s Indie Poets.

Mindy Dillard

Mindy Dillard is a performance-artist/singer-songwriter originally from Salt Lake City, UT. She earned a BFA in Acting at the University of Utah and has appeared in plays and musicals in regional, college and community theater. Her favorite roles have included Laura in The Glass Menagerie,and Fiona in Brigadoon. She moved to Portland in 2006 to apprentice with Sojourn Theater Company, which creates socially relevant performance pieces through a process called “devising.”  In addition to being a registered yoga teacher she also teaches theater and music to kids. She writes songs on the guitar, meshing writing with music with theatrical performance – it’s the best fit yet. She is working on a one-woman operetta that uses fairy-tale archetypes to explore body image and finding authentic connection in our world. She also really likes dark chocolate truffles and magic. Listen to her music at www.myspace.com/mindydillard

7 p.m., Three Friends Coffee House,
SE 12th and Ash, Portland, Oregon