This Friday, Oct 26, the ever-charming Reading Frenzy is hosting a shindig for local artist Chris Johanson to celebrate his new book, Please Listen I Have Something to Tell You About What Is. (Rolls right off the tongue, doesn’t it?) Johanson moved to Portland from San Francisco several years ago, just as his reputation and career was exploding with shows in major museums around the globe, including heavyweight group exhibitions like the 2002 Whitney Biennial, Beautiful Losers, and Baja to Vancouver. His work draws from and refers to numerous sources, including folk art, the New Age movement, street art, skate culture, and the verbose New Sincerity craze. His show earlier this year at the Portland Art Museum infused a sort of carny carnality into a museum not exactly known for edgy sexiness. In addition to “snacks and treats,” Johanson will by DJing the whole event, which starts at 7 pm tomorrow.