After spending a day digging around in the Oregonian archives, I found reference to what may be the first soccer game ever played at Multnomah Field, which eventually became Multnomah Stadium, then Civic Stadium, and is now known as PGE Park.

The Central Library is throwing a block party!

Sale items include over 20,000 kids books, recent bestsellers, musical scores, audiobooks, DVDs, and more. Hardback novels start at $2, and a lot of items start at a measly two bits!

It’s a weekend for the ages!

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Local historian, archivist, and author Richard Engeman tells stories of the making of his new book Eating It Up in Eden: The Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Cookbook.

Something for everyone this weekend, and oh yeah, some sort of parade downtown on Saturday . . .

This unpretentious book fair features thousands of books from independent booksellers from Portland and beyond. Over thirty exhibitors will be displaying and selling used books, bargain books, collectible books, prints, and ephemera.

Jillian Lauren is the author of Some Girls: My Life in a Harem, and a featured storyteller at the May 19th Back Fence PDX.

At Your Service is the theme of the show.