If I attend the J.R.R. Tolkien Birthday Celebration this Saturday, January 16th at the Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd), it won’t be for the Peter Jackson films . . .

More fests this weekend than you can shake a stick at. Knowing this was the case I started blogging about them early in the week. To recap:
Polish Festival 2009
The Polish Festival is one of Portland’s best annual cultural events (and one of my favorites), and it takes place this weekend: Saturday and Sunday, [...]

The 17th annual Portland Juggling Festival begins this Friday evening, September 25th, and runs through Sunday the 27th.
Prop manipulation, juggling, and unicycling workshops take place throughout the weekend at the Reed College Sports Center. General admission
for the entire weekend is $35. Student, child, and senior discounts are available, as are single day [...]

The Portland Juggling Festival returns to Reed College (3203 SE Woodstock Blvd) this weekend, September 26-28th.  The Juggling and Vaudeville Extravaganza will once again be held at Benson Tech (546 NE 12th), Saturday at 7pm.
The Portland Juggling Festival is the largest regional juggling festival in the United States, with jugglers from around the world and [...]

Presenting a guest post by Lesley:
Saturday night, after a couple of cocktails, I, along with two friends, attended the 15th annual Juggling and Vaudeville Extravaganza at Benson High School. I’ll be honest: I don’t have much of a base from which to write a comprehensive review about a juggling show. I was not [...]

Friday-Sunday
Brush up on your juggling skills and terminology, the 15th annual Portland Jugglers Festival begins at 6pm Friday and runs through Sunday at Reed College. More a convention than a festival, the three days are filled with workshops and vendor displays and demonstrations.
But Saturday night Benson Highschool hosts The Juggling and Vaudeville Extravaganza, a rare [...]