learning & events
portal holds workshops, classes, reading groups, musical performances, in-house events and more.
if you would like to host something at library portal, please email hellolibraryportal@gmail.com
Portal Solstice
As our hemisphere tilts furthest from solar warmth, we celebrate the cyclical.
Join us at Library Portal for a collective altar making experience, accompanied by live music, poetry and play readings, food & refreshments.
12-6pm. We hope to see you there! -`🕯´-
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Library Portal is 100% volunteer-run and self-funded. 100% of ticket costs go to paying our monthly rent. We believe in the community having access to independent centres for learning, curiosity & magic, now & forever.
philosophy and literature reading club (ABC of Deluze)
Each Sunday at 4pm, a short text is read and discussed. An introduction is given before the reading, so no prior knowledge or pre-reading is needed. This club is open to everybody regardless of "education" or "experience".
Email us at hellolibraryportal@gmail.com to receive weekly emails with the text.
Free for members. Register your attendance here.
Past weeks:
Thomas Moynihan: Spinal Catastrophism (2019)
Georges Bataille: The Accursed Share (1949)
David Graeber: Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011)
Byung Chul Han: The Expulsion of the Other (2016)
Frederic Jameson: Metacommentary (1971).
Simone Weil: Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour (1941).
Emily Hodges: ‘The Playfulness of Aesthetic Experience’ (2023).
Fred Moten, Stefano Harney: ‘The University and the Undercommons: Seven Theses’ (2004).
Sylvia Wynter's 'Unsettling the coloniality of being'. (2003).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘The Transcendental Doctrine of Elements, First Part: The Transcendental Aesthetic’ (1781).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason’ (1781).
Guyer & Wood’s Introduction to Immanuel Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’. (1998)
Yukio Mishima’s ‘Sun & Steel’. (1968).
Hito Steyerl's 'A Thing Like You and Me.' (2010).
Walter Benjamin’s ‘Romanticism: An Undelivered Address to Students’ (1913).
psychology reading group
a new, fortnightly reading group for anyone (with a library card, no experience necessary) interested in the history, theory, research, and experiences of how people think, feel and behave. a text will be read together, then discussed as a group. no prior reading needed.
fortnightly on saturdays at 2pm (1.5hrs).
join to receive a library card here. please register your attendance here.
Previous texts:
The Myth of Attachment Theory: A Critical Understanding for Multicultural Societies, Heidi Keller (2021)
When the Body Speaks: The Archetypes in the Body, Mara Sidoli (2000)
Searching for Memory: The Brain, the Mind and the Past, Daniel Schacter (1996)
On Photography, Susan Sontag (1997)
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Dread of Death, Irvin D Yalom (2008)
dream club
Dream Club occurs monthly, in the wake of a full moon.
Dream Club is, in essence, a study group to collectively record and share dreams, discuss interpretive practices and receive feedback on creative work.
Cost of entry is a dream (and a library card). Join to receive a library card here.
Register your attendance here.
philosophy and literature reading club (ABC of Deluze)
Each Sunday at 4pm, a short text is read and discussed. An introduction is given before the reading, so no prior knowledge or pre-reading is needed. This club is open to everybody regardless of "education" or "experience".
Email us at hellolibraryportal@gmail.com to receive weekly emails with the text.
Free for members. Register your attendance here.
Past weeks:
Thomas Moynihan: Spinal Catastrophism (2019)
Georges Bataille: The Accursed Share (1949)
David Graeber: Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011)
Byung Chul Han: The Expulsion of the Other (2016)
Frederic Jameson: Metacommentary (1971).
Simone Weil: Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour (1941).
Emily Hodges: ‘The Playfulness of Aesthetic Experience’ (2023).
Fred Moten, Stefano Harney: ‘The University and the Undercommons: Seven Theses’ (2004).
Sylvia Wynter's 'Unsettling the coloniality of being'. (2003).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘The Transcendental Doctrine of Elements, First Part: The Transcendental Aesthetic’ (1781).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason’ (1781).
Guyer & Wood’s Introduction to Immanuel Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’. (1998)
Yukio Mishima’s ‘Sun & Steel’. (1968).
Hito Steyerl's 'A Thing Like You and Me.' (2010).
Walter Benjamin’s ‘Romanticism: An Undelivered Address to Students’ (1913).
Animist Talking Circle
A Singing Blackbird Enterprises event ~ We're creating a talking circle for anyone interested in or practising animism. It will be a chance to explore what animism means and share knowledge and practice with each other in a small group, with a focus on building connection and community.
IG: @singingblackbird_enterprises
philosophy and literature reading club (ABC of Deluze)
Each Sunday at 4pm, a short text is read and discussed. An introduction is given before the reading, so no prior knowledge or pre-reading is needed. This club is open to everybody regardless of "education" or "experience".
Email us at hellolibraryportal@gmail.com to receive weekly emails with the text.
Free for members. Register your attendance here.
Past weeks:
Thomas Moynihan: Spinal Catastrophism (2019)
Georges Bataille: The Accursed Share (1949)
David Graeber: Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011)
Byung Chul Han: The Expulsion of the Other (2016)
Frederic Jameson: Metacommentary (1971).
Simone Weil: Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour (1941).
Emily Hodges: ‘The Playfulness of Aesthetic Experience’ (2023).
Fred Moten, Stefano Harney: ‘The University and the Undercommons: Seven Theses’ (2004).
Sylvia Wynter's 'Unsettling the coloniality of being'. (2003).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘The Transcendental Doctrine of Elements, First Part: The Transcendental Aesthetic’ (1781).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason’ (1781).
Guyer & Wood’s Introduction to Immanuel Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’. (1998)
Yukio Mishima’s ‘Sun & Steel’. (1968).
Hito Steyerl's 'A Thing Like You and Me.' (2010).
Walter Benjamin’s ‘Romanticism: An Undelivered Address to Students’ (1913).
psychology reading group
a new, fortnightly reading group for anyone (with a library card, no experience necessary) interested in the history, theory, research, and experiences of how people think, feel and behave. a text will be read together, then discussed as a group. no prior reading needed.
fortnightly on saturdays at 2pm (1.5hrs).
join to receive a library card here. please register your attendance here.
Previous texts:
The Myth of Attachment Theory: A Critical Understanding for Multicultural Societies, Heidi Keller (2021)
When the Body Speaks: The Archetypes in the Body, Mara Sidoli (2000)
Searching for Memory: The Brain, the Mind and the Past, Daniel Schacter (1996)
On Photography, Susan Sontag (1997)
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Dread of Death, Irvin D Yalom (2008)
philosophy and literature reading club (ABC of Deluze)
Each Sunday at 4pm, a short text is read and discussed. An introduction is given before the reading, so no prior knowledge or pre-reading is needed. This club is open to everybody regardless of "education" or "experience".
Email us at hellolibraryportal@gmail.com to receive weekly emails with the text.
Free for members. Register your attendance here.
Past weeks:
Thomas Moynihan: Spinal Catastrophism (2019)
Georges Bataille: The Accursed Share (1949)
David Graeber: Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011)
Byung Chul Han: The Expulsion of the Other (2016)
Frederic Jameson: Metacommentary (1971).
Simone Weil: Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour (1941).
Emily Hodges: ‘The Playfulness of Aesthetic Experience’ (2023).
Fred Moten, Stefano Harney: ‘The University and the Undercommons: Seven Theses’ (2004).
Sylvia Wynter's 'Unsettling the coloniality of being'. (2003).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘The Transcendental Doctrine of Elements, First Part: The Transcendental Aesthetic’ (1781).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason’ (1781).
Guyer & Wood’s Introduction to Immanuel Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’. (1998)
Yukio Mishima’s ‘Sun & Steel’. (1968).
Hito Steyerl's 'A Thing Like You and Me.' (2010).
Walter Benjamin’s ‘Romanticism: An Undelivered Address to Students’ (1913).
music composition club
bring the music you have composed or are working on and share it with others in a supportive environment. all people, experience level and music welcome. providing a space to connect, exchange ideas and learn from each other. please come along even if you wish only to listen :)
join to receive a library card here. register your attendance (and whether you’d like to share or listen/engage) here.
philosophy and literature reading club (ABC of Deluze)
Each Sunday at 4pm, a short text is read and discussed. An introduction is given before the reading, so no prior knowledge or pre-reading is needed. This club is open to everybody regardless of "education" or "experience".
Email us at hellolibraryportal@gmail.com to receive weekly emails with the text.
Free for members. Register your attendance here.
Past weeks:
Thomas Moynihan: Spinal Catastrophism (2019)
Georges Bataille: The Accursed Share (1949)
David Graeber: Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011)
Byung Chul Han: The Expulsion of the Other (2016)
Frederic Jameson: Metacommentary (1971).
Simone Weil: Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour (1941).
Emily Hodges: ‘The Playfulness of Aesthetic Experience’ (2023).
Fred Moten, Stefano Harney: ‘The University and the Undercommons: Seven Theses’ (2004).
Sylvia Wynter's 'Unsettling the coloniality of being'. (2003).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘The Transcendental Doctrine of Elements, First Part: The Transcendental Aesthetic’ (1781).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason’ (1781).
Guyer & Wood’s Introduction to Immanuel Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’. (1998)
Yukio Mishima’s ‘Sun & Steel’. (1968).
Hito Steyerl's 'A Thing Like You and Me.' (2010).
Walter Benjamin’s ‘Romanticism: An Undelivered Address to Students’ (1913).
dream club
Dream Club occurs monthly, in the wake of a full moon.
Dream Club is, in essence, a study group to collectively record and share dreams, discuss interpretive practices and receive feedback on creative work.
Cost of entry is a dream (and a library card). Join to receive a library card here.
Register your attendance here.
psychology reading group
a new, fortnightly reading group for anyone (with a library card, no experience necessary) interested in the history, theory, research, and experiences of how people think, feel and behave. a text will be read together, then discussed as a group. no prior reading needed.
fortnightly on saturdays at 2pm (1.5hrs).
join to receive a library card here. please register your attendance here.
Previous texts:
The Myth of Attachment Theory: A Critical Understanding for Multicultural Societies, Heidi Keller (2021)
When the Body Speaks: The Archetypes in the Body, Mara Sidoli (2000)
Searching for Memory: The Brain, the Mind and the Past, Daniel Schacter (1996)
On Photography, Susan Sontag (1997)
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Dread of Death, Irvin D Yalom (2008)
Animist Talking Circle
Singing Blackbird Enterprises event
IG: @singingblackbird_enterprises
philosophy and literature reading club (ABC of Deluze)
Each Sunday at 4pm, a short text is read and discussed. An introduction is given before the reading, so no prior knowledge or pre-reading is needed. This club is open to everybody regardless of "education" or "experience".
Email us at hellolibraryportal@gmail.com to receive weekly emails with the text.
Free for members. Register your attendance here.
Past weeks:
Thomas Moynihan: Spinal Catastrophism (2019)
Georges Bataille: The Accursed Share (1949)
David Graeber: Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011)
Byung Chul Han: The Expulsion of the Other (2016)
Frederic Jameson: Metacommentary (1971).
Simone Weil: Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour (1941).
Emily Hodges: ‘The Playfulness of Aesthetic Experience’ (2023).
Fred Moten, Stefano Harney: ‘The University and the Undercommons: Seven Theses’ (2004).
Sylvia Wynter's 'Unsettling the coloniality of being'. (2003).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘The Transcendental Doctrine of Elements, First Part: The Transcendental Aesthetic’ (1781).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason’ (1781).
Guyer & Wood’s Introduction to Immanuel Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’. (1998)
Yukio Mishima’s ‘Sun & Steel’. (1968).
Hito Steyerl's 'A Thing Like You and Me.' (2010).
Walter Benjamin’s ‘Romanticism: An Undelivered Address to Students’ (1913).
philosophy and literature reading club (ABC of Deluze)
Each Sunday at 4pm, a short text is read and discussed. An introduction is given before the reading, so no prior knowledge or pre-reading is needed. This club is open to everybody regardless of "education" or "experience".
Email us at hellolibraryportal@gmail.com to receive weekly emails with the text.
Free for members. Register your attendance here.
Past weeks:
Thomas Moynihan: Spinal Catastrophism (2019)
Georges Bataille: The Accursed Share (1949)
David Graeber: Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011)
Byung Chul Han: The Expulsion of the Other (2016)
Frederic Jameson: Metacommentary (1971).
Simone Weil: Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour (1941).
Emily Hodges: ‘The Playfulness of Aesthetic Experience’ (2023).
Fred Moten, Stefano Harney: ‘The University and the Undercommons: Seven Theses’ (2004).
Sylvia Wynter's 'Unsettling the coloniality of being'. (2003).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘The Transcendental Doctrine of Elements, First Part: The Transcendental Aesthetic’ (1781).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason’ (1781).
Guyer & Wood’s Introduction to Immanuel Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’. (1998)
Yukio Mishima’s ‘Sun & Steel’. (1968).
Hito Steyerl's 'A Thing Like You and Me.' (2010).
Walter Benjamin’s ‘Romanticism: An Undelivered Address to Students’ (1913).
psychology reading group
a new, fortnightly reading group for anyone (with a library card, no experience necessary) interested in the history, theory, research, and experiences of how people think, feel and behave. a text will be read together, then discussed as a group. no prior reading needed.
fortnightly on saturdays at 2pm (1.5hrs).
join to receive a library card here. please register your attendance here.
Previous texts:
The Myth of Attachment Theory: A Critical Understanding for Multicultural Societies, Heidi Keller (2021)
When the Body Speaks: The Archetypes in the Body, Mara Sidoli (2000)
Searching for Memory: The Brain, the Mind and the Past, Daniel Schacter (1996)
On Photography, Susan Sontag (1997)
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Dread of Death, Irvin D Yalom (2008)
philosophy and literature reading club (ABC of Deluze)
Each Sunday at 4pm, a short text is read and discussed. An introduction is given before the reading, so no prior knowledge or pre-reading is needed. This club is open to everybody regardless of "education" or "experience".
Email us at hellolibraryportal@gmail.com to receive weekly emails with the text.
Free for members. Register your attendance here.
Past weeks:
Thomas Moynihan: Spinal Catastrophism (2019)
Georges Bataille: The Accursed Share (1949)
David Graeber: Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011)
Byung Chul Han: The Expulsion of the Other (2016)
Frederic Jameson: Metacommentary (1971).
Simone Weil: Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour (1941).
Emily Hodges: ‘The Playfulness of Aesthetic Experience’ (2023).
Fred Moten, Stefano Harney: ‘The University and the Undercommons: Seven Theses’ (2004).
Sylvia Wynter's 'Unsettling the coloniality of being'. (2003).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘The Transcendental Doctrine of Elements, First Part: The Transcendental Aesthetic’ (1781).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason’ (1781).
Guyer & Wood’s Introduction to Immanuel Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’. (1998)
Yukio Mishima’s ‘Sun & Steel’. (1968).
Hito Steyerl's 'A Thing Like You and Me.' (2010).
Walter Benjamin’s ‘Romanticism: An Undelivered Address to Students’ (1913).
philosophy and literature reading club (ABC of Deluze)
Each Sunday at 4pm, a short text is read and discussed. An introduction is given before the reading, so no prior knowledge or pre-reading is needed. This club is open to everybody regardless of "education" or "experience".
Email us at hellolibraryportal@gmail.com to receive weekly emails with the text.
Free for members. Register your attendance here.
Past weeks:
Thomas Moynihan: Spinal Catastrophism (2019)
Georges Bataille: The Accursed Share (1949)
David Graeber: Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011)
Byung Chul Han: The Expulsion of the Other (2016)
Frederic Jameson: Metacommentary (1971).
Simone Weil: Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour (1941).
Emily Hodges: ‘The Playfulness of Aesthetic Experience’ (2023).
Fred Moten, Stefano Harney: ‘The University and the Undercommons: Seven Theses’ (2004).
Sylvia Wynter's 'Unsettling the coloniality of being'. (2003).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘The Transcendental Doctrine of Elements, First Part: The Transcendental Aesthetic’ (1781).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason’ (1781).
Guyer & Wood’s Introduction to Immanuel Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’. (1998)
Yukio Mishima’s ‘Sun & Steel’. (1968).
Hito Steyerl's 'A Thing Like You and Me.' (2010).
Walter Benjamin’s ‘Romanticism: An Undelivered Address to Students’ (1913).
dream club
Dream Club occurs monthly, in the wake of a full moon.
Dream Club is, in essence, a study group to collectively record and share dreams, discuss interpretive practices and receive feedback on creative work.
Cost of entry is a dream (and a library card). Join to receive a library card here.
Register your attendance here.
psychology reading group
a new, fortnightly reading group for anyone (with a library card, no experience necessary) interested in the history, theory, research, and experiences of how people think, feel and behave. a text will be read together, then discussed as a group. no prior reading needed.
fortnightly on saturdays at 2pm (1.5hrs).
join to receive a library card here. please register your attendance here.
Previous texts:
The Myth of Attachment Theory: A Critical Understanding for Multicultural Societies, Heidi Keller (2021)
When the Body Speaks: The Archetypes in the Body, Mara Sidoli (2000)
Searching for Memory: The Brain, the Mind and the Past, Daniel Schacter (1996)
On Photography, Susan Sontag (1997)
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Dread of Death, Irvin D Yalom (2008)
Animist Talking Circle
Singing Blackbird Enterprises event
IG: @singingblackbird_enterprises