Goodnight, Portland! – Pop-Up Magazine
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Thanks for spending the evening with us!

Thanks so much for spending the evening with us! To say good night, we want to share a love letter to tonight’s wonderful writers, filmmakers, artists, and storytellers who performed at our Love Stories issue. Here are a few podcasts, films, books, shows, and more from the talented people you saw on our stage tonight. Enjoy!

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Until next time,
The Pop-Up Magazine Team

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From our contributors

Sarah Kay (“The Soldier and the Movie Star”) captivated us with her family’s epic love story. For more of Sarah’s poetry, start with “If I should have a daughter.” Then grab a copy of one of her poetry collections, like The Type. Sarah is also the co-founder of Project Voice, an organization that uses poetry to entertain, educate, and inspire students around the world.

You may recognize Ryan O’Connell (“Roaring Thirties”) from his starring role in Netflix’s Special, a semi-autobiographical series he also created and executive-produced, adapted from his memoir, I’m Special. Next up, you can catch Ryan starring in Peacock’s Queer as Folk or get more familiar with his writing by reading his new novel, Just by Looking at Him.

If you’re looking to watch another powerful film from Nadav Kurtz (“Sam and Omar”), take a look at Paraíso, his documentary short following three immigrant window cleaners who rappel down Chicago’s tallest skyscrapers. The film was a Sundance Film Festival selection. Watch it now.

When not writing apology letters, Pamela Rae Schuller (“Sorry, Not Sorry”) is a comedian and disability advocate. She has brought her blend of advocacy and comedy to almost every state in the U.S. and across six countries and has opened for everyone from Joan Rivers to Pete Holmes to Fetty Wap. Next up, catch her live at an upcoming performance of her one-woman show, What Makes Me Tic.

For more music from Victoria Canal (“Swan Song”), listen to Victoria’s latest EP, Elegy. She joined the Pop-Up Magazine stage hot off her headline Elegy tour and a memorable duet with Chris Martin on “Swan Song.” Martin called the song “one of the best songs ever written.” We agree!

Hermit crab fans, rejoice: You can hear more of Rachael Cusick’s (“Be the Ocean”) reporting from her work as a radio producer at Radiolab. Rachael has produced such memorable episodes as “The Queen of Dying,” about the stages of grief and death. And make it a point to read her Modern Love essay about her relationship with her grandmother.

We hope that, after tonight, Chanel Miller (“Why Do You Ask?”) has all of us posing good questions. Chanel, an illustrator and author of The New York Times bestselling memoir Know My Name, co-hosts the podcast Childhood with Chanel and Tiffany with her sister. On their show, the duo have conversations about first crushes, water parks, odd idioms, youthful obsessions with Olive Garden, and chaotic-giggle meditation, among other nostalgic topics. For more of Chanel’s work with us, take a look at some of the illustrations she did for Pop-Up Magazine’s Sidewalk Issue.

The films and art of Ben-Alex Dupris (“Dancing Against the Drum”) highlight the lives of Indigenous people and communities, showcasing the formal innovations that have always existed within native storytelling traditions. His animated short Sister Wolves is a striking visual love letter to a folktale published in the Colville Tribes’ Book of Legends. Ben recently directed Bunky Echo-Hawk: The Resistance, an edition of the PBS anthology American Masters, which features Echo-Hawk, a Pawnee painter who is the first Indigenous visual artist to be featured in the 33-year history of the series.

Sean Snyder and Adrian Stevens (“Dancing Against the Drum”) are practitioners of Native American artistry and advocates for their communities. Adrian, who is a grass dancer, and Sean, who is a fancy dancer, have been dancing since before they could walk and have blended both of their traditional styles into a form that exemplifies hybridity. The story you saw tonight is adapted from Ben-Alex Dupris’s short film Sweetheart Dancers.

Thanks to the very talented artists and illustrators who helped make tonight’s show beautiful: The Little Labs (“Drawing a New Path”), Hokyoung Kim (“The Soldier and the Movie Star”), Miranda Bruce (“Sorry, Not Sorry”), Min Heo (“Be the Ocean”), Danie Drankwalter (“Roaring Thirties”), Jordan Kay (“For Black Girls”), and an extra-special thanks to our incredible music director, Minna Choi, and our house band, the Magik*Magik Orchestra.

A special thanks to tonight’s sponsors

Google’s support made tonight’s show more accessible with ASL interpreters (Rorri Burton and Sarika Mehta), open-captioning, and audio descriptions. If you enjoyed tonight’s presentation featuring Google’s Brand Studio senior designer Tony Lee, please revisit and share the film A Coda Story. To learn more about Google’s commitment to accessibility, belonging, and influencing the industry to become more accessible, check out their playbook on inclusive marketing.

To learn more about Toni Wilson, Director of Culture and Narrative Shift at Girls for Gender Equity (GGE), take a look at her writing on race, gender and body politics. Through her work at GGE, Toni helps support Black girls and gender-expansive young people of color across the country. She also co-hosts the podcast Stay in the Sun, where two Caribbean American Black women discuss politics, pop culture, identity and life as millennial social workers. Follow Toni on Twitter and Instagram. GGE is supported by Fondation CHANEL.

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Photographs by Jenna Garrett