Nicky Nicholson-Klingerman

Nicky Nicholson-Klingerman and Tashon Phoenix are paired with the artwork Chief Bundle by Ka’ila Farrell-Smith; found in the Northwest Art gallery, on the 3rd floor of the Portland Art Museum. Please reference the Portland Art Museum Map or the Portland Book Festival print program to find this location.
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Now in its fourth year, Kaiser Permanente’s Educational Theatre Program in collaboration with Oregon Children’s Theatre is excited to present The Intergenerational Queer Audio Project!
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a dynamic space for spoken word and visual arts to live, be, and own queer identity

Nicky Nicholson-Klingerman studied journalism at Northwestern University. Over the past decade, she has performed and published numerous poems and short stories. In 2018, she re-entered the world of theater by co-writing and starring in the sold-out performance of The Little Mermaid’s Project. She then completed the playwright mentorship program through the AGE Theater Collective, and her first play will be produced by PDX Playwrights in February 2020. When she’s not performing, she is turning princesses into princes and creating worlds with her words.

a dynamic space for spoken word and visual arts to live, be, and own queer identity

In Nicky Nicholson-Klingerman’s Girl in the Leather Jacket, a young lovesick woman finds herself in a bar looking to drown her sorrows after a break-up with her girlfriend. Much to her surprise she gets a lesson in love and life.

Mail - short story about a closeted boomer who returns home for a funeral and leaves with a u-Haul full from his high school sweetheart/basketball teammate.

Black Girl Magic Lit Mag is a literary magazine of speculative fiction stories featuring Black female main characters. In issue 2 we have six short stories by Angelicque Bautista, Miri Castor, Loretta H. Campbell, Jacqueline Nicole Harris, Nicky Nicholson-Klingerman

From Peter
From Peter is a whimsical snapshot of the fantastic clashing with reality, all from the perspective a half-Jamaican, half-white lesbian.

How often do we limit young women with that word: Little? Inspired by the original fairy tale, this contemporary re-telling follows three young women who defy society’s expectations to achieve their dreams.
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For this month’s round of everyone’s fave storytelling event we talked about all things summer and all things love. Be it self care, self love, a giving away, a passion, a realization, a summer secret, a summer bummer, all of it! We heard tales that touch on discovery, journeys, and the heat of the moment. Summer Lovin’ had us a BLAST (but seriously, what an amazing night of stories told by some kickass women!)
Without further ado, I give you Miss Hattie, Cara, Alo, Eugenie, Nicky, Stormy, an...

by Nicky Nicholson-Klingerman
Move. A hand, a finger – just move something, Nia thought furiously, trying to bully her limbs into action. Did shaking with fear count as movement? Even her twisted, black locks were shaking as she watched the Cloud hit her friend, Bolide, hard enough to send stars shooting from his skin.
She flinched as Bolide fell to the ground with a groan and the Cloud began to kick him in the ribs. Please, she begged her limbs, please move! With each blow, more stars fell t...

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The Society for Black Brain and Behavioral Scientists is a non-profit, 501(c) (3) organization. Our goal is to increase diversity in the brain and behavioral sciences by creating awareness and knowledge of these fields within the black community and providing access to programs, resources, knowledge, career advice, funding, and networking to black scientists in these fields.
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The society does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, i...

I wrote and presented on the rising inequality in the construction industry in their workforce numbers and minority/women contractors to the Portland Mayor and City Council at the time. Here is a link to the presentation: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kMTmjO4NlH8&feature=share (my presentation starts at 12:30)