Portland Weekend Amusements (September 14-16, 2012)
Holy crap what a weekend – the only thing this weekend lacks is fireworks! Ongoing Chapman Vaux’s Swift Watch 2012 Every September thousands of Vaux’s Swifts come to Portland. After spending their day...
View ArticlePortland Area Weekend Amusements (September 28-30, 2012)
Still plenty of festivals and fun to take in before fall completely takes over (i.e. the rain returns with a gusto). Ongoing Chapman Vaux’s Swift Watch 2012 – final weekend! Every September thousands...
View ArticlePortland Streetcar Mobile Music Fest (5-October-2012)
The 2nd annual Portland Streetcar Mobile Music Fest takes place Friday, October 5, 2012. New Rail~Volutionaries PDX, a group of Portland transit enthusiasts who spearheaded the 2011 Streetcar Mobile...
View ArticleZompire VS The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival (October 12-14, 2012)
Zompire vs. the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival takes place this weekend, Friday, October 12 through Sunday, October 14, 2012. Things kick off Friday night with a pre-party at the Lovecraft Bar (421 SE...
View ArticlePortland Area Weekend Amusements (October 12-14, 2012)
Fall kicks in with a gusto this weekend – rain and wind; the Portland Nursery Apple Tasting Event, Friends of the Library Fall Sale, and lots more! Ongoing Portland Nursery Apple Tasting Event (October...
View ArticlePortland Humanist Film Festival (October 26-28, 2012)
The third annual Portland Humanist Film Festival (PHFF), 35mm closer to reality, takes place Friday, October 26 through Sunday, October 28, 2012 at Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st). Sponsored by the Center For...
View ArticleStrip City’s Storied Sex Worker Specters & Midnight Cowboy (26-October-2012)
Kick Ass Oregon History presents Strip City’s Storied Sex Workers Spectre… a.k.a. Portland’s Dead Prostitutes plus a screening of Midnight Cowboy, this Friday, October 26, 2012 at the Mission Theater...
View ArticlePortland Weekend Amusements (October 26-28, 2012)
Ongoing Walktober PDX 2012 Walktober PDX 2012 runs from Saturday, October 6 through Halloween (the greatest walking holiday of the year). Inspired by Pedalpalooza, three weeks of bikey fun in Portland...
View ArticleTrue Crime in Portland: Portland Exposé (12-June-2013)
The first installment of True Crime in Portland, presented by the Jim Elkins Appreciation Society and McMenamins Mission Cinema Society, features a screening of the 1957 noir film Portland Exposé on...
View ArticleBack Row Picture Show: The Octagon (June 28, 2013)
The Back Row Picture Show (tag line: Lights! Camera! Disappointment. We make bad movies worse.) takes place every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month at the East Bank Saloon (727 SE Grand). Hosted by...
View ArticlePortland 4th of July Weekend Amusements (2013)
Have a great 4th of July – don’t drown and don’t burn anything down! Thursday Portland Area 4th of July Fireworks You’ll find fireworks galore in the Portland area on Thursday, July 4th 2013. All of...
View ArticleNoir City: Portland’s Vintage 35mm Film Noir Festival (September 20-22, 2013)
The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Boulevard) presents Noir City Portland, this weekend Friday, September 20 through Sunday, September 22, 2013. [T]he full lineup of titles boasts the Film Noir...
View ArticleBreakfast: From Silver Screen to Small Screen (1 October 2013)
Portland ecologist and food writer Heather Arndt Anderson presents Breakfast: From Silver Screen to Small Screen, on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at the Jack London bar (basement of the Rialto, SW 4th and...
View ArticleOregon Experience ‘Portland Noir’ Documentary Screening (11 October 2013)
Watch a preview screening of Oregon Experience‘s Portland Noir on Friday, October 11, 2013 at the Mission Theater (1624 NW Glisan). From shanghaied sailors to opium dens, Portland’s illicit past is...
View Article“The Wake of Vanport” Premier Screening (15 November 2014)
The Wake of Vanport, multimedia works produced by the 2014 Vanport Multimedia Project, will be publicly screened for the first time at 2 PM Saturday, November 15, 2014 at the Vancouver Avenue First...
View ArticleMade in Oregon: 16mm Industrial Films from the Pacific Northwest (12 November...
The Oregon Historical Society presents Made in Oregon, an evening of 16mm films produced by local area businesses on Wednesday 12, November 2014 at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd). From the...
View ArticleRevolution: DB Cooper (22 November 2014)
For the fourth year in a row, the geeked out history folks at Kick Ass Oregon History give us the straight shit on the NW’s most famous hijacker. Revolution: DB Cooper takes place Saturday, 22 November...
View ArticleOld Town History: “Illumination #1″ (4-7, 12-14, 19-21 December 2014)
For three weekends in December the 1881 Mariner’s Building (209 NW 3rd) will be the location, and canvas, for Illuminations #1, a site-specific work by artist Rose Bond. [E]ducator and animator Rose...
View ArticleThings to do in Portland on Christmas Day 2014
Christmas Day doesn’t have to be about family™ SHOPS 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,...
View ArticleMonty Python and the Holy Grail (15 March 2015)
Portland Geek Council and Interesting Times present Monty Python and the Holy Grail at the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton) on Sunday, 15 March 2015 at 2 PM. Revisit the classic comedy you...
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