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Portland Weekend Amusements (3-5 June 2016)

June 2, 2016 by Dave Leave a Comment

Books, cold beers, and a night time parade – not a bad way to spend a scorching weekend.

Saturday

Kölsch Fest

Kölsch Fest is back!

This year we are letting the perfect summer bier, Kölsch, take over the pub completely. We will be serving five different brands on draft in traditional .2L Stange from Früh, Zunft, Reissdorf, Sünner, and Freigeist.

We will have food specials inspired by the annual Carnival in Köln. This is a completely unique event, that you don’t want to miss!

Pints in the Pearl

Pints In The Pearl is Portland’s premier beer fest! Open to all-ages, with food, music, family friendly entertainment, and exclusive beers poured for the event by Deschutes Brewery Portland Public House, 10 Barrel Brewing PDX, Fat Head’s Portland and BridgePort Brewing Company!

Tickets are available for purchase for $20, which gets you a stainless steel pint glass and 3 Tokens.

3 Tokens = 3 Pints or Food Items

The Starlight Parade

One of our most popular events, the Portland General Electric/SOLVE Starlight Parade offers funky, eclectic fun for everyone. From traditional marching bands and flood-lit floats, to glow-in-the-dark umbrellas and unique hand-built entries, you’ll see the best of Portland’s diverse community groups (and surrounding Northwest region) together in one whimsical pageant. 2016 makes for an exciting milestone, as the Starlight Parade celebrates 40 years in the city of Portland!

Saturday-Sunday

Rose City Book and Paper Fair

Held at the DoubleTree Hotel Portland (1000 NE Multnomah St, Portland, Oregon 97232) the Rose City Book and Paper Fair celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.

Offerings include thousands of used and rare books, prints, and ephemera from more than 50 independent dealers.

Admission $3. Good for both days. Proceeds benefit the Oregon Food Bank.

Portland Weekend Amusements (29 April – 1 May 2016)

April 28, 2016 by Dave Leave a Comment

This weekend: Support your library (and your books habit), the Timbers, and the international labor movement and/or pagan spring fertility rituals.

Sunday

May Day Celebration at Kennedy School

Live music, Kids’ Music, Amanda “The Face Painter,” Maypole Dancers and more – free and all ages!

Children skipping around the maypole has been a century-long tradition at Kennedy School on May Day. All ages are invited to come watch kids from local schools dance around our Maypole, and enjoy facepainting and balloon twisting. Stay for dinner, more live music and maybe a movie in the theater.

Portland Timbers vs. Toronto FC

Toronto FC visit Providence Park on Sunday, 1 May 2016 to face the Portland Timbers on a lovely afternoon [forecast is 83 and sunny!].

The Timbers look to stay or improve upon the form that gave them a draw Wednesday at New England, and a home win against San Jose two Saturdays ago. Toronto, a formidable opponent featuring former Timber and Canadian National Team star Will Johnson, have played all their matches on the road so far this season, and have won the last two.

The match kicks off at 12:30 PM.

All Weekend

Spring Used Book Sale 2016

The 43rd annual Friend of the Library Spring Used Book Sale takes place 29 April through 2 May 2016 at the Gresham Station Shopping Center (1271 NW Civic Center Dr., Gresham, Oregon 97030).

The Selection

Tens of thousands of donated books and materials – well sorted!

• Gently Used Books
Children’s books and pocket-sized paperbacks start at 50 cents.
Hardcover books and soft cover books start at $2.

• Audiovisual Materials
DVDs, CDs, vinyl records, audiobooks on tape and CD

• Comics, sheet music, pamphlets and maps start at 50 cents.

Things to do in Portland on Christmas Day (2015)

December 22, 2015 by Dave Leave a Comment

Christmas day doesn’t have to be just about the kids and homebrew eggnog. Get out!

Shop

Powell’s Books (1005 W Burnside). The downtown Powell’s is open 10 AM to 6 PM on Christmas Day (all other locations, save the one at the airport, are closed).

Activities

Bowling. Many (most?) bowling alleys, are open on Xmas day.

Movies. Catch a movie – many movie theaters are also open on the Holiday.

Know Your City is offering a December 25 walking tour! A Secular Portland Christmas People’s History Tour – buy your tickets in advance!

Booze

Bar Fly magazine keeps track of Portland-area bars open 365 days a year!

Eat and Drink

Portland Food and Drink is maintaining the master list of Restaurants Open Christmas in Portland 2015

Coffee

Portland Food and Drink is also maintaining the master list of Portland Coffeehouses Open on Christmas Day.

Transit

TriMet’s Christmas Day schedule: TriMet buses, MAX trains, and the Streetcar will run on Sunday schedules. No WES service!

The information in this post is compiled through a combination of hearsay, website perusals, assumptions, and direct contact – please do not take it as gospel; if you don’t want to make a fruitless trip out, give the place a call first!

Portland Weekend Amusements (11-13 December 2015)

December 10, 2015 by Dave Leave a Comment

It’s the Holiday Bazaar time of the year.

Saturday

Portland Posada

Portland Mercado & Hispanicpros are excited to present Portland Posada, our signature holiday event to bring communities together through cultural tradition, holiday foods and economic opportunity.

This special day will also launch a pop-up gift shop “Holiday Bazar”, your reason to shop local this season. The pop-up gift store is presented by People Places Things intercultural communications organization. The Holiday Bazar will be open December 12th–20th featuring diverse local artists and handmade products.

The Sixth Annual Season’s Eatings

Season’s Eatings brings together of some of Portland’s finest food and beverage artisans to share their artisanal products with the public just in time for holiday shopping, while also helping to feed the hungry with our food + fund drive for the Oregon Food Bank. Get your holiday shopping done while sampling great food and sipping a craft cocktail in our outdoor heated cocktail lounge featuring small bites from AnniePies & craft cocktails, including hot toddies and hot cocoa.

ADX Gifted 2015

Gifted is ADX and Portland Made’s annual holiday gift fair, featuring a vast array of local goods for you to give to someone you love. Our fifth year running, Gifted is swiftly becoming a Portland Holiday Destination, and a one stop shop for all the best local gifts!

Saturday-Sunday

Crafty Wonderland SUPER COLOSSAL HOLIDAY SALE

BUY AMAZING HANDMADE GOODS from over 250 TALENTED VENDORS!

Mark your calendars because on Saturday and Sunday, December 12th + 13th Crafty Wonderland will fill a 60,000 sq. ft. hall at the Oregon Convention Center with over 250 of the best and brightest handmade vendors from the NW and beyond!

Sunday

Publication Fair 2015

December 13th, noon – 6pm

@ The Cleaners at Ace Hotel 403 SW 10th Ave. Portland, Oregon . . .

Please join us for the seventh annual Publication Fair! Sponsored by Ace Hotel, this year’s fair will be featuring:

Ampersand Gallery & Fine Books
About a Bicycle (AAB)
Anthology Booksellers
and more . . .

History Pub: “Shaping the Public Good: Women Making History in the Pacific Northwest” 30 November 2015

November 29, 2015 by Dave Leave a Comment

Sue Armitage, Emerita Professor of History and Women’s Studies at Washington State University in Pullman, presents Shaping the Public Good: Women Making History in the Pacific Northwest on Monday, 30 November 2015 at the Kennedy School Theater (5736 NE 33rd).

Drawing on her three decades of research and teaching and based on hundreds of secondary sources, Armitage’s account explores the varied ways in which, beginning in the earliest times and continuing to the present, women of all races and ethnicities have made the history of our region. Armitage shows that even though women were barred from positions of public authority until recently, they have always worked quietly and informally to assure the stability and security of their families and communities. Women’s community building and cooperative skills have been decisive in developing the societies of the Pacific Northwest- Washington, Oregon, Idaho, western Montana, and British Columbia.

History Pub, presented by McMenamins, Oregon Historical Society, and the Holy Names Heritage Center, is free and open to all ages. Doors open at 6 PM, and the talk begins at 7 PM.