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Art for All Seasons Show and Sale
Museums & Exhibits
Type of Event: Museum & Exhibits. Event Description: Maude Kerns Art Center announces its membership show and Club Mud Ceramics Sale. This eclectic show features a variety of artworks in all styles and mediums by Art Center members of any age. The Club Mud Holiday Sale showcases handmade ceramic pieces created by the artists of the center's on-site ceramics studio. Ticket Phone: 541-345-1571.
Friday, November 20, 2009 – Friday, December 18, 2009.
1910 E. 15th Ave.
Eugene, OR 97403.
Aunt Bee's Old-Fashioned Holiday Show
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: A great mix of old and new handcrafted seasonal and everyday gifts. Tastings and holiday displays with great decorating ideas for your home. 11/20 from 10 to 7; 11/21 from 10 to 4.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM.
Spinning Room, Mission Mill Museum, 1313 Mill Street SE, Salem, OR 97301.
Handmade NW Presents The 2nd Annual Downtown Holiday Artisans Fair 2009!
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: Handmade NW Brings Quality Handmade Goods to Portland’s Doorstep!
Free pastries and coffee make this event the perfect break in your work day. Conveniently located in the covered pavilion of the World Trade Center Plaza, we'll have more than fifty vendors. This event serves to support an economy of crafters and artisans who have committed to bring quality handmade goods to our community. Handmade NW encourages all to support the local economy by buying local handmade gifts this holiday.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
World Trade Center Plaza
121 SW Salmon St
Portland, OR 97204.
For more info visit www.handmadenw.com. Preschool Science Studio
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: Enjoy a free parent-child drop-in workshop at the children's museum featuring a science experiment and related craft activities. For children ages 2-6. Ticket Phone: 503-371-3631.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village
116 Marion Street NE
Salem, OR 97301.
Free Food For All
Classes & Workshops
Type of Event: Classes & Workshops. Event Description: The Korean American Community would like to invite you to our "Free Food For All" event on
Friday, November 20, 2009 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm at "Top and Bottom" located on 5420 SE
82nd Ave, Portland, OR 97266. We will be providing can foods and beverages for all those who come and everyone is welcome. Please join us! Thank you and hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Maria Park
Korean American Chamber of Commerce of Oregon
mpark@ahscpdx.org
503-641-4113.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
5420 SE 82nd Ave Portland, OR 97266.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Oregon Town Meeting
Lectures & Meetings
Type of Event: Lectures & Meetings. Event Description: The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Oregon will host its bi-monthly Town Meeting. Intended for mature adults fifty and better, the event is open to the public and will provide an opportunity to learn about the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI-UO), membership options, and available programming. There will be a special presentation, Blues in the Schools, a music education group that introduces Lane County students, grades 2-12, to one of America’s original music forms—the blues. Ticket Phone: (800) 824-2714.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
UO Baker Downtown Center 975 High St. Eugene, OR.
For more info visit osher.uoregon.edu. Clayfolk (a non profit) celebrates its thirty-fourth annual pottery show and sale c Hwy.
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: 60+ clay artist's works:decorative to functional. Demonstrations and experiences for children during the show. Live entertainment Friday night: 4-9. Sat.10-7 and Sun.:10-4.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 4:00 PM – Sunday, November 22, 2009, 4:00 PM.
Medford Armory is located at 1701 South Pacific Hwy.
Medford's 3rd Friday Art Walk
Museums & Exhibits
Type of Event: Museum & Exhibits. Event Description: Join our downtown businesses and galleries for art created by local Rogue Valley artists, food by local restaurants, beverages by local wineries and breweries, and music by local musicians. Contact Leena Lee at Yesterday's Blossoms or Larry Safley at larrysafley@rocketmail.com, check our website courtesy of Medford's Visitor Center www.thirdfridayartwalk.org.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
various venues downtown Medford, Oregon 97501.
The Hobbit
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Crosswalk Drama presents 'The Hobbit'. Directed by Betsy Rouse and put on by local homeschool students. An adventure the whole family will enjoy! Ticket Phone: 503-709-5184.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 7:00 PM.
Millen Auditorium
On the grounds of the Evangelical Conference Center.
18121 Se River Rd. Milwaukie.
The Spirituality of the Body Teaching Tour 2009
Classes & Workshops
Type of Event: Classes & Workshops. Event Description: This workshop will be led by Dr. Reggie Ray, who brings us 4 decades of study and intensive practice within the Tibetan tradition. Friday there will be a free lecture at 7:30PM. Sat & Sun from 9AM-5PM will alternate between gentle somatic practices, sitting meditation and lecture. For more information and to register please go to DharmaOcean.org – Retreats – Teaching Tour 2009 – Portland.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 7:30 PM – Sunday, November 22, 2009, 5:00 PM.
The Chelsea Ballroom
SE 9th and Hawthorne.
For more info visit www.dharmaocean.org. Brush Up Your Shakespeare
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets have inspired numerous musical creations. Weber’s opera Oberon was his last work before he died in London. The ravishing Serenade to Music by Vaughan Williams, was written as a plea for peace during World War II. Verdi was drawn to Shakespeare’s understanding of the vulnerable human condition and Otello illustrates his mastery of dramatic theater. Elgar’s Falstaff is a virtuosic symphonic portrayal of the Bard’s burley rogue as outlined in Henry IV Parts 1 & 2. Actor Bill… Ticket Phone: 503-234-4077. Ticket Web Link: http://www.columbiasymphony.org.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
First United Methodist Church
1838 SW Jefferson St
Portland.
For more info visit www.columbiasymphony.org. Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Fri, November 20th, 2009 8:00 PM (Doors open at: 7:00 PM)
Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Wonder Ballroom 128 NE Russell Street, Portland, OR 97212 (503 284-8686)
All Ages. $16.50 Advance. $20.00 Day Of Show. Tickets available from TicketMaster. Ticket Phone: 503 284-8686. Ticket Web Link: www.ticketmaster.com.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
Wonder Ballroom
128 NE Russell Street,
Portland, OR 97212.
In the Ages of the Earth
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: brand-new, all-original, one-man storytelling show written and performed by Guy J Jackson.
Friday, November 20, 2009, 9:00 PM.
Greenwood Playhouse
148 NW Greenwood Ave
Bend, OR 97701.
Thanksgiving Rocks! 5 Day Band Camp
Arts
9am-3pm.
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Need something to keep your kids happy (and you sane) over the Thanksgiving school break? Kids ages 6-16 are invited to ROCK OUT with us at Thanksgiving Rocks! Band Camp at Sound Roots Music School.
Your kids will get matched up with other kids of similar age and skill level (TOTAL BEGINNERS WELCOME!) and will get to become rock stars in their own band, learning a song to play, write music and even put on a live performance at the end of camp!
Check out our WEBSITE for more info!
Call 503 282 9… Ticket Phone: 503 282 9999. Ticket Web Link: www.soundrootsmusic.com.
Saturday, November 21, 2009 – Wednesday, November 25, 2009.
Sound Roots School of Music
412 NE Beech St
Portland, OR 97212.
For more info visit soundrootsmusic.com. Portland Nursery Open House Events
Classes & Workshops
Type of Event: Classes & Workshops. Event Description: Come see colorful displays, get ideas and supplies for your own holiday decorations! Refreshments, music and seasonally-inspired classes. Check our website
www.portlandnursery.com for more details!
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
5050 SE Stark and 9000 SE Division
503-231-5050 / 503-788-9000.
Aunt Bee's Old-Fashioned Holiday Show
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: A great mix of old and new handcrafted seasonal and everyday gifts. Tastings and holiday displays with great decorating ideas for your home. 11/20 from 10 to 7; 11/21 from 10 to 4.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM.
Spinning Room, Mission Mill Museum, 1313 Mill Street SE, Salem, OR 97301.
Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club Annual Show
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: This walkthru operating Model Railroad layout is 60'x70' and is one of the largest layouts west of the Mississippi. The layout has museum quality detail, but retains a fun aspect as we have bigfoot, waldo and at least 5 dinosaurs to try to find. Great family fun at a reasonable price.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
2505 N. Vancouver Ave
Portland, OR.
at N. Vancouver and Russell.
Empty Bowls
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: All proceeds to Marion Polk Food Share. Over 1000 bowls ranging in sizes and price. Great gifts that benefit the hungry. Sale will continue thru November and December until bowls are sold out. Come early. Covered parking.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Willamette Art Center
Oregon State Fairgrounds
Yellow gate on Silverton Rd
Salem , Or.
Beginning Spinning by Instructor Diane McKinnon
Classes & Workshops
Type of Event: Classes & Workshops. Event Description: Learn to spin wool yarn! Learn more about fleeces and fibers, different techniques, and equipment of spinning. Upon completion of this workshop, students will be able to spin a continuous strand of wool yarn.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Mission Mill Museum, 1313 Mill Street SE, Salem, OR 97301.
Heslin House Museum and City Jail
Museums & Exhibits
Type of Event: Museum & Exhibits. Event Description: Heslin House Museum: The historic Heslin House was built in circa 1890. The current exhibit is in two rooms on the first floor and combines photographs, maps, text, and artifacts to tell the stories of the early settlers, Fairview through the years, Dairy Row, and the Heslin Family. The Fairview City Jail, circa 1914, is also included in the tour. Open the third Saturday every month from10am-3pm at 60 Main Street, Fairview. Donation requested. Special tours by appointment. 503-261-8078. Ticket Phone: 503-261-8078.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
60 Main Street, Fairview.
Zimmerman Heritage Farm
Museums & Exhibits
Type of Event: Museum & Exhibits. Event Description: Zimmerman Heritage Farm: The historic Zimmerman House was built in 1874 and was home to three generations of the Zimmerman Family. Their furnishings and personal articles remain in this two-story Victorian home. Open the third Saturday of every month, 10am-3pm at 17111 NE Sandy Blvd. Gresham. $3 Admission. Special tours by appointment. 503-261-8078. Ticket Phone: 503-261-8078.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
17111 NE Sandy Blvd. Gresham.
November Family Day
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: Join us this month for a railroad inspired family day! Visitors will get to explore our newest exhibit The West the Railroads Made, and learn about how the railroads transformed the West and forged a link between the cities and countryside. We will have various activities, including a chance for children to paint their own railroad car.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
Oregon History Museum
1200 SW Park Ave.
Portland, OR 97205.
For more info visit www.ohs.org. Rumpelstiltskin
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Spin straw into gold…. What does a girl do when faced with the impossible? Find out in this sparkling adaptation of the classic German tale by the Brothers Grimm. Tears of Joy’s puppets bring the miller and his daughter, the king, baby Lulu, and the mysterious Rumpelstiltskin to life. In the original tale, the central female figure is not even given a name. The heroine is this production not only has a name, Lola, but also manages to solve her own problems. The songs and magic of this timeless story wil… Ticket Phone: 503-248-0557. Ticket Web Link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/search?tm_link=tm_homeA_header_search&q=Tears+of+Joy+Theatre&search.x=35&search.y=16.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Winningstad Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, Portland OR.
Larch Mountain Country Artisans
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: Larch Mountain Country Artisans present the 30th annual “Heart of the Country” Show and Sale. November 20th 1pm to 7pm, November 21st 10am to 5pm, November 22nd 10am to 4pm. The show offers Fine Art…Fine Caft… Folk Art…Quality Handworks. There is a Door prize Drawn Hourly!
Location: Glenn Otto Community Park Sam Cox Bldg. 1106 E. Columbia River Hwy. Troutdale, Oregon. Proceeds benefit Corbett School Arts & Vista House.
www.lmca-artisans.com.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 1:00 PM – Sunday, November 22, 2009, 10:00 AM.
1106 E. Columbia River Hwy.
Troutdale, Oregon.
Women's Full-Contact Football Try-outs
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: Ladies...ever wanted to play full-contact football? Now is your chance!
Camp format will be as follows:
1st 1.5 hours: Runs for time in 800 meters, 40 yard sprint, 10 yard sprint, lateral shuffle, lateral run, t-drill, box drill, vertical leap, sit-ups and push-ups
2nd 1.5 hours: Position specific drills*
Skills Position Types will run through receiving & ball carry drills with potential quarterbacks
Lineman types will work run blocks, pass blocks & defensive rushes, etc.
Special Teams will place… Ticket Phone: 503-693-4844. Ticket Web Link: http://www.portlandshockwave.com/.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Fern HIll Park, Portland, OR
NE 42nd Ave just north of Killingsworth.
For more info visit www.portlandshockwave.com. The Hobbit
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: CrossWalk Drama Prensents 'The Hobbit'. Directed by Betsy Rouse and put on by local homeschool students. An adventure the whole family will enjoy! Ticket Phone: 503-709-5184.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 2:00 PM.
Millen Auditorium. On the Grounds of the Evangelical Conference Center.
18121 Se River Rd. Milwaukie.
Immigrant Experience: Swedes in Oregon by Speaker Lars Nordström
Museums & Exhibits
Type of Event: Museum & Exhibits. Event Description: Nordström invites us on a fascinating journey through the Swedish history of the state of Oregon from the late 1800s into the 21st century. Ticket Phone: 503 585 7012.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Mission Mill Museum, 1313 Mill Street SE, Salem, OR 97301.
An celebration of local craft artistry
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: Come celebrate local talent! Hundreds of affordable items on display and sale during this holiday preview event! Check www.portlandnursery.com for more details!
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Portland Nursery on Division
9000 SE Division
Portland, OR
503-788-9000.
THE BARLEY HARVEST
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: For a family Thanksgiving,
take the road to Bethlehem and join
THE BARLEY HARVEST
A dramatic presentation of the Book of Ruth
With music and In authentic costume
Offering for Living Hope International. Ticket Phone: 503.252.8080. Ticket Web Link: www.sunnyside-sda.org.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Sunnyside Seventh-day Adventist Church
10501 SE Market Street
Portland, Oregon 97216
503.252.8080.
Tsunami Books Third Saturday Literary Reading
Book Readings
Type of Event: Booking Readings. Event Description: POETS PAULANN PETERSON
& MAXINE SCATES !!
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Tsunami Books
2585 Willamette St
Eugene 345-8986.
Lecture by Carl Abbott
Lectures & Meetings
Type of Event: Lectures & Meetings. Event Description: You're invited to join us as we revisit Northwest Portland history and the Lewis and Clark Exposition from the very same spot it took place 104 years ago. Join Carl Abbott, author of "The Great Extravaganza: Portland and the Lewis and Clark Exposition" and the Guild’s Lake Inn for a casual evening of home-style cooking and an exploration of industrial northwest Portland’s rich history. Tickets are free for members and non-members are welcome with a $10 donation, and soup and other fall fare will be provide… Ticket Phone: 503-222-1741.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 5:00 PM.
Guild's Lake Inn
3271 NW 29TH Ave
Portland, OR 97210.
"Eugene Says NO to the WTO": A Celebration on the 10th Anniversary of the "Battle of Seattle"
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Dance the night away with trade activists and others throughout the Eugene/Springfield area as we celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Seattle WTO protests. Screening of "This is What Democracy Looks Like" on Seattle '99, music by the Sugar Beets and the New Mexican Revolution.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 6:30 PM – 11:30 PM.
The WOW Hall, 291 W. 8th Ave, Eugene.
Miz Kitty's Parlour Vaudeville Novelty Show & Revusical
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: ASHCAN ORCHID: Americana/Gothic Cabaret!
CHARLIE BROWN:AMAZING Juggler!
HUCK NOTARI: Ballads & Songs
LISA ORNSTEIN & DAN COMPTON: Legendary Quebecois Fiddler
MANDALA: Belly Dance Troupe! Ticket Phone: 503-223-4527.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 7:00 PM – 9:15 PM.
Mission Theater 1624 NW Glisan.
The Hobbit
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: CrossWalk Drama Presents 'The Hobbit'. Directed by Betsy Rouse and put on by local homeschool students. An adventure the whole family will enjoy! Ticket Phone: 503-709-5184.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 7:00 PM.
Millen Auditorium. On the grounds of the Evangelical Conference Center.
18121 SE River Rd. Milwaukie.
Contra Dance - Unleashed! with Elinor Preston
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Contra Dance - Unleashed! with Elinor Preston calling.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 7:30 PM – 11:00 PM.
Boys & Girls Club
1112 NW Circle Blvd
Corvallis OR.
For more info visit cfs.peak.org. November 21st Fix-It Fair
Classes & Workshops
Type of Event: Classes & Workshops. Event Description: Now in its 23rd year, Fix-It Fair is a FREE event designed to help Portland residents save money, live healthier and connect to valuable resources. Fix-It Fair offers day-long exhibits, hourly how-to classes and free giveaways. Three fairs are held each winter season at various locations around the city.
Day long exhibits and hourly workshops provide information and resources for:
• water & energy savings,
• home & personal health,
• food & nutrition,
• community resources,
• recycling & yard ca… Ticket Phone: (503) 823-4309. Ticket Web Link: http://www.portlandonline.com/osd/fif.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 8:30 PM – Sunday, November 22, 2009, 1:30 AM.
Roosevelt High School, 6941 N Central Street, Portland.
For more info visit www.portlandonline.com. Town Hall with Representative Phil Barnhart
Lectures & Meetings
Type of Event: Lectures & Meetings. Event Description: Representative Barnhart will host a Town Hall Meeting to discuss the 2010 February Special Session, Plans, Opportunities, and Possible Challenges- bring your suggestions and questions! Open to the Public. If you have any questions about the Town Hall meetings please contact Representative Barnhart’s Office at 541-607-9207 or by email at rep.philbarnhart@state.or.us.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 10:00 PM – Sunday, November 22, 2009, 12:00 AM.
Creswell Community Center
99 South 1st, Creswell, OR.
For more info visit www.leg.state.or.us. David Ornette Cherry presents 'Round Midnight Portland
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: The Quadraphonnes saxophone quartet brings to the ear a tantalizing sound filled with funk grooves and soaring solos.These 4 women sometimes 6 with bass and drums, bring to the stage a powerful and rare show with musical arrangementsranging from Tower of Power to Eric Dolphy. Not your averge band! The Quadraphonnes, based in Portland Oregon, perfform in many styles. Often their shows are a blend of traditional and modern Jazz, with arrangements of rock/pop/funk songs, and a splash of Classical saxophone qua… Ticket Phone: (503) 477-9477. Ticket Web Link: http://www.curiouscomedy.org/.
Saturday, November 21, 2009, 11:30 PM – Sunday, November 22, 2009, 1:30 AM.
Curious Comedy Theater, 5225 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (www.CuriousComedy.org).
For more info visit www.roundmidnitepdx.com. Portland Nursery Open House Events
Classes & Workshops
Type of Event: Classes & Workshops. Event Description: Come see colorful displays, get ideas and supplies for your own holiday decorations! Refreshments, music and seasonally-inspired classes. Check our website
www.portlandnursery.com for more details!
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
5050 SE Stark and 9000 SE Division
503-231-5050 / 503-788-9000.
Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club Annual Show
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: This walkthru operating Model Railroad layout is 60'x70' and is one of the largest layouts west of the Mississippi. The layout has museum quality detail, but retains a fun aspect as we have bigfoot, waldo and at least 5 dinosaurs to try to find. Great family fun at a reasonable price.
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
2505 N. Vancouver Ave
Portland, OR.
at N. Vancouver and Russell.
Brush Up Your Shakespeare
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets have inspired numerous musical creations. Weber’s opera Oberon was his last work before he died in London. The ravishing Serenade to Music by Vaughan Williams, was written as a plea for peace during World War II. Verdi was drawn to Shakespeare’s understanding of the vulnerable human condition and Otello illustrates his mastery of dramatic theater. Elgar’s Falstaff is a virtuosic symphonic portrayal of the Bard’s burley rogue as outlined in Henry IV Parts 1 & 2. Actor Bill… Ticket Phone: 503-234-4077. Ticket Web Link: http://www.columbiasymphony.org.
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Mt Hood Community College Theater
26000 SE Stark St
Gresham.
For more info visit www.columbiasymphony.org. PHAME Academy's 12th Annual Winter Gala and Silent Auction
Classes & Workshops
Type of Event: Classes & Workshops. Event Description: 2009 marks PHAME Academy’s 25th year! In celebration of and honor to PHAME’s founder Ms. Carol Stady, the 12th Annual Winter Gala and Silent Auction – CELEBRATING 25 YEARS –
will feature a musical tribute to Ms. Stady, the unveiling of the book Talent Revealed by Cheryl Adelman, and the musical talents of the highly acclaimed Michael Allen Harrison and Julianne R. Johnson-Weiss. The event will also include performances by the PHAME Academy Choir under the direction of Ben Landsverk and pianist Therese… Ticket Phone: 503-973-5815.
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
The Acadian Ballroom
at 1829 NE Alberta, Portland, OR.
Portland Peace Choir - Fall Concert
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: First concert of the Portland Peace Choir, founded in September this year. Eclectic selection of music that will lift your spirit, and promote peace for your loved ones and the world. On the program are Bobby McFerrin's 23rd Psalm, a Russian Alleluia, South Africa's Nkosi Sikeleli, an Eastern chant, songs from the civil rights movement, spirituals and more. The Portland Peace Choir is 40 singers strong. Ticket Phone: 503-715-0048.
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
St. David's of Wales Church
2800 SE Harrison Street
Portland, OR 97214.
Portland Peace Choir Concert
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Please join the Portland Peace Choir at our inaugural concert. Presenting a selection of world music this concert is certain to delight! Bring your children, neighbors and friends to this free, family friendly event celebrating peace and unity through music.
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
2800 SE Harrison Street
Portland, OR.
Portland Peace Choir Concert
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: The Portland Peace Choir strives to exemplify the principles of equality, justice, peace, unity and cooperation. We sing music from diverse cultures and traditions to inspire peace in ourselves, our families, our community, our nation and the world.
We would love for you to join us for our inaugural concert! This is a family friendly and free community event. Bring your friends, loved ones and neighbors.
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
St. David's Episcopal Church
2800 SE Harrison St
Portland, OR.
Rumpelstiltskin
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Spin straw into gold…. What does a girl do when faced with the impossible? Find out in this sparkling adaptation of the classic German tale by the Brothers Grimm. Tears of Joy’s puppets bring the miller and his daughter, the king, baby Lulu, and the mysterious Rumpelstiltskin to life. In the original tale, the central female figure is not even given a name. The heroine is this production not only has a name, Lola, but also manages to solve her own problems. The songs and magic of this timeless story wil… Ticket Phone: 503-248-0557. Ticket Web Link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/search?tm_link=tm_homeA_header_search&q=Tears+of+Joy+Theatre&search.x=35&search.y=16.
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Winningstad Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, Portland OR.
From The Heart Of Love Concert
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: A rare opportunity to hear original, uplifting music. Come share an evening of glorious guitar and heavenly harp with international musicians Rodney Jones and Sammie Thompson.This music will nurture your spirit!
spirit. Ticket Phone: 1-800-838-3006. Ticket Web Link: www.BrownPaperTickets.com.
Sunday, November 22, 2009, 7:00 PM.
The Old Church,1422 S.W.11th Avenue
Portland, OR
97201.
For more info visit www.oldchurch.org. Holiday Gift Workshop
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: Create wonderful clay projects using the slab, freeform and bas-relief methods, as well as other unique projects suitable for gift-giving. Clay projects will be glazed and fired. Ages 6+. Ticket Phone: 503-371-3631.
Monday, November 23, 2009, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village
116 Marion Street NE
Salem, OR 97301.
Bowling and Sports Science
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: Learn about the science of sports and practice bowling skills. With the help of Town and Country Lnaes, we'll set up a portable bowling alley for you to put your new skills to use. Ages 6+. Ticket Phone: 503-371-3631.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village
116 Marion Street NE
Salem, OR 97301.
Moreland Farmers Market's Holiday Market
Food & Wine
Type of Event: Food & Wine. Event Description: Shop for the bounty of the season for your Thanksgiving Table--- farm-fresh produce, meats, farmstead cheese, baked goods, cider, specialty items and more.
- 3:15 performance of the Llewelyn Elementary School Choir
- Kid's crafts table
- complimentary warm cider
- Winter Clothes Drive for the Boys and Girls Club
-Drawing for a $100- Holiday Gift Basket.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Inside the gym at Westmoreland's Boy's and Girl's Club at 7119 SE Milwaukie Ave, two blocks south of Bybee Blvd.
The Polar Express
Museums & Exhibits
Type of Event: Museum & Exhibits. Event Description: Watch snowflakes float down the giant screen and feel the train rumble via 12,000 watts of digital surround sound when The Polar Express arrives at the OMNIMAX Dome Theater this holiday season. Based on the classic Caldecott award-wining children’s book written by Chris Van Allsburg, the film tells the story of a young boy’s extraordinary train ride to the North Pole and his discovery that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe. Ticket Phone: 503.797.4000. Ticket Web Link: http://www.omsi.edu/omnimax.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 6:00 PM – Sunday, January 3, 2010, 6:00 PM.
1945 SE Water Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97214.
Lego Lab
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: Build and design - let your creativy shine! Create and construct models of towers, buildings & machines of all kinds that really work. Ages 6+. Ticket Phone: 503-371-3631.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village
116 Marion Street NE
Salem, OR 97301.
Wildwood Consort Sack Lunch Concert
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Come hear the Wildwood Consort's wind ensemble (baroque flute, recorder, viola da gamba, harpsichord) playing selections from Quantz, Handel, Telemann and more during free Sack Lunch Concert at Old Church. (SW 11th & Clay).
Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
The Old Church, 1422 SW 11th, Portland, OR 97201.
For more info visit www.oldchurch.org. Art with a Heart
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: Looking for creative holiday gift ideas? Your child will make several one-of-a-kind gifts for friends and loved ones in this workshop. All projects will be unique and personal. Ages 6+. Ticket Phone: 503-371-3631.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village.
Constructions and Contraptions
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: Think like and engineer! Investigate concepts like tension, torsion & compression with exciting hands-on activities. Building bridges & towers, you'll learn about the science of structures. Ages 6+. Ticket Phone: 503-371-3631.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village
116 Marion Street NE
Salem, OR 97301.
Red Cross Thanksgiving Day Blood Drive
Classes & Workshops
Type of Event: Classes & Workshops. Event Description: Start the season of giving by giving the gift of life! Donate blood or platelets at the 13th annual Thanksgiving Day Blood Drive on Thursday, November 26, 2009 and receive a free holiday pie, a two-for-one discount coupon to the Oregon Ballet Theater’s The Nutcracker, and an American Red Cross T-shirt (all while supplies last). Enjoy Cinnabon cinnamon roles and Starbucks coffee after you donate. There will also be entertainment by the Rose City Clowns and special activities for children.
Call 1-800-GIVE…
Thursday, November 26, 2009, 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
American Red Cross
3131 N. Vancouver Ave.
Portland, OR 97227.
LIVE CONCERT WITH RANDAL BAYS & DAITHI SPROULE
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Enjoy two great musicians, Randal Bays and Daithi Sproule, play Irish music to make you dance. Bays has performed all over the U.S. Europe and Canada, including the Gaelic Roots Festival, the San Francisco Celtic Music and Arts Festival, the Festival Des Musiques-Vivantes in France, and the Willie Clancy Summer School and Festival in Ireland. Sproule sings in English and Gaelic and has made the guitar a significant factor in Irish music by being one of the first folk artists to make extensive use of the… Ticket Phone: 541-386-3845. Ticket Web Link: http://oakstreethotel.com/events.html.
Thursday, November 26, 2009, 6:00 PM.
Concert at Columbia Center for the Arts at 215 Cascade St. Hood River.
Advance Concert Tickets sold at:
Oak Street Hotel, 610 Oak St. Hood River
Phone: 541-386-3845.
For more info visit oakstreethotel.com. Peaches
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Thu, November 26th, 2009 8:00 PM (Doors open at: 7:00 PM)
Peaches
Special Guest: Amanda Blank
Wonder Ballroom 128 NE Russell Street, Portland, OR 97212 (503 284-8686)
All Ages. $20.00 Advance. $25.00 Day Of Show. Tickets available from TicketMaster
Thanks Giving...Blow off the folks and come see the show! Ticket Phone: 503 284-8686. Ticket Web Link: http://www.ticketmaster.com.
Thursday, November 26, 2009, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
Wonder Ballroom.
For more info visit www.squarepegconcerts.com. Eastport Plaza: Santa's Place
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: November 27 through December 24 (Excluding Sundays)
11am – 3pm, 4pm – 8pm
Cost: Free! (new toy or non-perishable food donations appreciated!)
□ play with toys and games
□ create an art project
□ watch Christmas movies
□ eat popcorn
□ BRING YOUR OWN CAMERA & GET A PICTURE WITH SANTA
Anyone can relax in Santa’s Place, complete with comfy couches and chairs, while the kids play others shop!
Beneficiaries:
Trillium Family Services
Salvation Army’s Angel Tree
Portland Police, Sunshine Divisio…
Friday, November 27, 2009 – Thursday, December 24, 2009.
Eastport Plaza Shopping Center
4000 SE 82nd Ave, Suite 1400
Portland Oregon, 97266.
Exhibit - "Centuries of Progress"
Museums & Exhibits
Check museum hours at www.ohs.org.
Type of Event: Museum & Exhibits. Event Description: "Centuries of Progress" offers a trip back in time to the century that brought us one of the greatest exhibitions of international culture, the World’s Fair. With over 125 objects, photographs and ephemera, this exhibit gives visitors a look at the many pieces that made up the 17 fairs that took place on American soil. Starting in 1853 with the Crystal Palace exhibition in New York through the 1982 World’s Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee, this exhibit breaks the fairs down into six exciting categories that t… Ticket Phone: (503) 306-5198.
Friday, November 27, 2009 – Wednesday, February 3, 2010.
Oregon History Museum
1200 SW Park Ave.
Portland, OR 97205.
Tualatin Studio Tour
Museums & Exhibits
Type of Event: Museum & Exhibits. Event Description: Visit local artists in their studios, at sponsoring businesses, or at central Tualatin locations; see how the art is created; artwork available for purchase; maps on website or at each location.
Friday, November 27, 2009, 10:00 AM – Sunday, November 29, 2009, 5:00 PM.
Tualatin.
La Boutique Fantasque - The Enchanted Toyshop
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: The Portland Ballet returns to the Newmark Theatre with its holiday classic La Boutique Fantasque. This delightful ballet set in an enchanted toyshop will be danced with LIVE accompaniment in a first-time collaboration with the Portland State University Orchestra. This production is not-to-be missed! Ticket Phone: 1-800-745-3000. Ticket Web Link: www.ticketmaster.com.
Friday, November 27, 2009, 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM.
Newmark Theatre
1111 SW Broadway.
Seaside Holiday Gift Fair
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: Featuring 88 juried artists Great Holiday shopping, Santa will be there & a Gingerbread house competition featuring the Seaside High Culinary students.
Fri 1:30-6:30 Sat 10:00-8:00 Sun 11:00-3:00.
Friday, November 27, 2009, 6:00 PM.
Seaside Convention Center
415 1st St. Seaside Or.
Nov 27th 28th & 29th.
For more info visit www.seasidechamber.com. La Boutique Fantasque - The Enchanted Toyshop
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: The Portland Ballet returns to the Newmark Theatre with its holiday classic La Boutique Fantasque. This delightful ballet set in an enchanted toyshop will be danced with LIVE accompaniment in a first-time collaboration with the Portland State University Orchestra. This production is not-to-be missed! Ticket Phone: 1-800-745-3000. Ticket Web Link: www.ticketmaster.com.
Friday, November 27, 2009, 7:30 PM – 8:45 PM.
The Newmark Theatre
1111 SW Broadway.
That 1 Guy & The Magic Pipe
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Fri, November 27th, 2009 8:30 PM (Doors open at: 8:00 PM)
That 1 Guy & The Magic Pipe
Special Guest: Heatbox
Berbati's Pan 231 Ankeny Street, Portland, OR 97204-2721 (503-248-4579)
All Ages. $12.50 Advance. $15.00 Day Of Show. Tickets available from TicketsWest
Moustaches and Laser Beams Tour. Ticket Phone: 503-248-4579. Ticket Web Link: http://ticketswest.rdln.com/.
Friday, November 27, 2009, 8:00 PM.
Berbati's Pan
231 Ankeny Street, Portland, OR 97204-272.
Tiger Lilly & Sunny Lu: Cirque de Chat
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: DO JUMP!'s new holiday show is based on the memoirs of Sunny Lu (a beautiful orange tabby). See the extraordinary human members of DO JUMP! create a one room feline circus. This show includes trampoline furniture, flying human cat toys and live music from rock and roll to classical performed by Klezmocracy. Artful athletic and hilarious, Sunny Lu and Tiger Lilly is great for audiences of all ages. Ticket Phone: 503.231.1232. Ticket Web Link: www.dojump.org.
Saturday, November 28, 2009 – Monday, January 4, 2010.
the Echo Theatre
1515 SE 37th Ave
Portland, OR 97214.
Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club Annual Show
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: This walkthru operating Model Railroad layout is 60'x70' and is one of the largest layouts west of the Mississippi. The layout has museum quality detail, but retains a fun aspect as we have bigfoot, waldo and at least 5 dinosaurs to try to find. Great family fun at a reasonable price.
Saturday, November 28, 2009, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
2505 N. Vancouver Ave
Portland, OR.
at N. Vancouver and Russell.
Oswego Heritage House Holiday Art Show
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: Holiday art show and sale. Nov 28, 10-5, Nov 29, 10-3. Contact Kay Allenbaugh at 503-635-5899 for further info.
Saturday, November 28, 2009, 10:00 AM – Sunday, November 29, 2009, 10:00 AM.
Oswego Heritage House
10th & "A" Avenue
Lake Oswego OR.
For more info visit www.oswegoheritage.org. Rumpelstiltskin
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Spin straw into gold…. What does a girl do when faced with the impossible? Find out in this sparkling adaptation of the classic German tale by the Brothers Grimm. Tears of Joy’s puppets bring the miller and his daughter, the king, baby Lulu, and the mysterious Rumpelstiltskin to life. In the original tale, the central female figure is not even given a name. The heroine is this production not only has a name, Lola, but also manages to solve her own problems. The songs and magic of this timeless story wil… Ticket Phone: 503-248-0557. Ticket Web Link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/search?tm_link=tm_homeA_header_search&q=Tears+of+Joy+Theatre&search.x=35&search.y=16.
Saturday, November 28, 2009, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Winningstad Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, Portland OR.
Holiday Open House and Kathy Deggendorfer Print Preview
Museums & Exhibits
Type of Event: Museum & Exhibits. Event Description: High Desert Gallery in Sisters Oregon will be hosting several Holiday Open House Events so that we can personally introduce you to two new fine art prints by Kathy Deggendorfer.
Saturday November 28, 2009
Two new prints from Kathy plus holiday music, refreshments, holiday treats. Call -- (541) 549-6250.
Saturday, November 28, 2009, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing
281 W Cascade Avenue at Oak
Sisters, Oregon 97759.
For more info visit www.highdesertgallery.com. La Boutique Fantasque - The Enchanted Toyshop
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: The Portland Ballet returns to the Newmark Theatre with its holiday classic La Boutique Fantasque. This delightful ballet set in an enchanted toyshop will be danced with LIVE accompaniment in a first-time collaboration with the Portland State University Orchestra. This production is not-to-be missed! Ticket Phone: 1-800-745-3000. Ticket Web Link: www.ticketmaster.com.
Saturday, November 28, 2009, 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM.
Newmark Theatre
1111 SW Broadway.
La Boutique Fantasque - The Enchanted Toyshop
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: The Portland Ballet returns to the Newmark Theatre with its holiday classic La Boutique Fantasque. This delightful ballet set in an enchanted toyshop will be danced with LIVE accompaniment in a first-time collaboration with the Portland State University Orchestra. This production is not-to-be missed! Ticket Phone: 1-800-745-3000. Ticket Web Link: www.ticketmaster.com.
Saturday, November 28, 2009, 7:30 PM – 8:45 PM.
The Newmark Theatre
1111 SW Broadway.
Columbia Gorge Model Railroad Club Annual Show
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: This walkthru operating Model Railroad layout is 60'x70' and is one of the largest layouts west of the Mississippi. The layout has museum quality detail, but retains a fun aspect as we have bigfoot, waldo and at least 5 dinosaurs to try to find. Great family fun at a reasonable price.
Sunday, November 29, 2009, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
2505 N. Vancouver Ave
Portland, OR.
at N. Vancouver and Russell.
Rumpelstiltskin
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Spin straw into gold…. What does a girl do when faced with the impossible? Find out in this sparkling adaptation of the classic German tale by the Brothers Grimm. Tears of Joy’s puppets bring the miller and his daughter, the king, baby Lulu, and the mysterious Rumpelstiltskin to life. In the original tale, the central female figure is not even given a name. The heroine is this production not only has a name, Lola, but also manages to solve her own problems. The songs and magic of this timeless story wil… Ticket Phone: 503-248-0557. Ticket Web Link: http://www.ticketmaster.com/search?tm_link=tm_homeA_header_search&q=Tears+of+Joy+Theatre&search.x=35&search.y=16.
Sunday, November 29, 2009, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Winningstad Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, Portland OR.
History Pub
Lectures & Meetings
Type of Event: Lectures & Meetings. Event Description: What could be a better combination than beer and history? That’s what is on the menu at history pub, and this month the topic is “Women and the First World War.” Kimberly Jensen, a Professor of History at Western Oregon University, will share her vast knowledge of the various roles of women in the war. From serving in the military to volunteering at home and abroad, the First World War acted as an opportunity for women to expand their participation as full citizens for the first time.
Monday, November 30, 2009, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
McMenamin's Kennedy School
5736 N.E. 33rd Ave.
Portland, OR 97211.
For more info visit www.kennedyschool.com. Art Exhibit and Reception with House Concert
Museums & Exhibits
Type of Event: Museum & Exhibits. Event Description: Michael Orwick and Valerie Sjodin in the main gallery with Kim Lakin in the lower exhibition space. House concert with the Hillsboro Community Youth Choir, Suzuki Academy of Strings and the Intel Singers.
Oil paintings by two of Hillsboro’s most well-known artists, Michael Orwick and Valerie Sjodin, are featured this holiday season. Kim Lakin is a fiber artist who creates quilts using the same techniques as an abstract painter.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 – Saturday, January 23, 2010.
Walters Cultural Arts Center
527 E Main Street
Hillsboro, OR 97123.
For more info visit ci.hillsboro.or.us. Beverly Soasey: Found
Museums & Exhibits
Type of Event: Museum & Exhibits. Event Description: The Mary Lou Zeek Gallery is excited to feature the work of Beverly Soasey for the month of December. Soasey’s work evokes a sense of nostalgia from an artful point of view.
“When trying to explain the meaning of one’s art, it can be said that one is ‘painting their life,’ that they and their art are one. My ideas emerge from my own reality; expressing my beliefs and ideals and exposing my truths.”
Soasey’s art falls in the category of mixed media/assemblage, which means, anything goes. There are n…
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 – Thursday, December 24, 2009.
Mary Lou Zeek Gallery
335 State Street
Salem, Oregon 97301.
Holiday Group Show Featuring Redmond Artists
Museums & Exhibits
Type of Event: Museum & Exhibits. Event Description: Holiday Group Show through December 2009 and
Holiday Open House at High Desert Gallery – Redmond – December 4th
Please join us in December and for a special festive Holiday Open House at High Desert Gallery in Redmond, Oregon, on Friday December 4th, from 5 to 8pm. Our gallery space at 453 SW 6th Street will be filled with more than 60 new original paintings, prints, collage and fiber art by Kay Baker, Sue Gomen Honnell, Rosalyn Kliot, Patty Freeman-Martin, Vivian Olsen, and Sue Favinger Smith.
Galler…
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 – Thursday, December 31, 2009.
High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon
453 SW 6th Street
Redmond Oregon 97756.
For more info visit www.highdesertgallery.com. Kathy Deggendorfer: December Artist Feature and Holiday Open House
Museums & Exhibits
Type of Event: Museum & Exhibits. Event Description: Kathy Deggendorfer will be the December Artist Feature at High Desert Gallery in Sisters Oregon, featuring two new fine art landscape prints in Kathy's whimsical style. Festive Holiday Open Houses are planned on Saturday December 5 and Saturday December 12, from noon to 5pm.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 – Thursday, December 31, 2009.
High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing of Central Oregon
281 W Cascade Avenue
Sisters, Oregon 97759.
For more info visit www.highdesertgallery.com. Portland Plan Community Workshop
Classes & Workshops
Type of Event: Classes & Workshops. Event Description: Community workshops organized by the City of Portland to discuss ideas around the Portland Plan. The Portland Plan will be our City’s strategic plan for the next 25 years, ensuring that Portland is a thriving and sustainable city and our people are prosperous, healthy and educated. Residents are invited to these workshops to work together with the City and their neighbors to discuss challenges, define priorities and guide investments for the future. All Portlanders are welcome. For more information about t…
Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
St. Johns Community Center
8427 N Central Street.
It's In the Bag: Biking and Quilting for “Joe the Plumber”
Lectures & Meetings
Type of Event: Lectures & Meetings. Event Description: OSU-Cascades’ annual lecture series showcases the range of research and scholarship underway by our faculty.
Kreg Lindberg, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Tourism and Outdoor Leadership
The economic impact of Central Oregon’s special events reach far beyond
the hospitality industry. Using the Road Racing National Championships
and the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show as examples, Lindberg demonstrates
how these events generate revenue that flows throughout our economy,
and benefits even the proverbial “Jo…
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Cascades Hall, Room 118
2600 NW College Way
Bend, OR 97701.
For more info visit www.osucascades.edu. OSU-Cascades Graduate Teaching Programs Info Session
Lectures & Meetings
Type of Event: Lectures & Meetings. Event Description: Interested in teaching at the early childhood, elementary, middle or high school level? Come to an Information Session with the faculty and staff of the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) programs at OSU-Cascades to learn about requirements and admissions procedures, and the application process and deadlines. The application deadline is December 7, 2009 and classes begin in June 2010. No RSVP necessary. To learn more visit http://www.osucascades.edu/master-arts-teaching or call 541-322-3100.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
Cascades Hall, Rm 114
2600 NW College Way
Bend, OR 97701.
For more info visit www.osucascades.edu. Notary Seminar
Lectures & Meetings
Type of Event: Lectures & Meetings. Event Description: Have you ever thought about becoming a notary? This class is for new, current and renewing notaries. Seating is limited. Must register for class: notsem.sos.state.or.us. Ticket Phone: 503-986-2200.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Beaverton City Library
Conference Room A&B
12375 SW 5th St.
Beaverton, OR 97005.
For more info visit notsem.sos.state.or.us. Holiday Open House
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: Enjoy live holiday music while the kids visit with Santa or make crafts. Free cookies and cider! Suggested donation: Non-perishable food item for Food Bank.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, Exit 82 off I-84.
For more info visit www.gorgediscovery.org. OMSI After Dark
Museums & Exhibits
Type of Event: Museum & Exhibits. Event Description: A night at the museum for the 21-and-over crowd filled with food, drink, and science fun. Ticket Phone: 503.797.4000. Ticket Web Link: http://www.omsi.edu/.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
OMSI
1945 SE Water Ave
Portland OR 97214.
For more info visit www.omsi.edu. Foster Care Information Meeting
Lectures & Meetings
Type of Event: Lectures & Meetings. Event Description: Become a foster parent with Boys & Girls Aid and experience the rewards of being a foster parent! Boys & Girls Aid trains and supports foster parents to work with children and teens in Washington, Clackamas, and Multnomah counties. Our experienced and dedicated staff maintain small caseloads and provide 24 hour support, 7 days a week. Foster parents receive quality training plus a generous, monthly tax-free stipend. Join us for a Foster Care informational meeting on December 2nd at 6:30pm. Call 503-542…
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Boys & Girls Aid
018 SW Boundary Court
Portland, OR 97239.
Justin Nozuka
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Wed, December 2nd, 2009 7:30 PM (Doors open at: 7:00 PM)
Justin Nozuka
Special Guest: Sam Bradley
Wonder Ballroom 128 NE Russell Street, Portland, OR 97212 (503 284-8686)
All Ages. $18.00 Advance. $20.00 Day Of Show. Tickets available from TicketMaster. Ticket Phone: 503 284-8686. Ticket Web Link: www.ticketmaster.com.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM.
Wonder Ballroom.
9th Annual Festival of Nativities
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: 12-9pm
The 9th Annual Festival of Nativities is a unique community event, with a display of more than 600 nativity scenes from around the world. There will be original artwork, live musical performances, and children's activities room with crafts, story time and touchable nativities. Children and families can go into a room, dress up, and stand in a nativity setting to take personal pictures.
Saturday at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. there will be a live nativity performance.
Handicap parking is available. Th…
Thursday, December 3, 2009 – Sunday, December 6, 2009.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
10509 SE 5th Street
Vancouver, WA 98664.
For more info visit www.festivalofnativities.org. The Assignment
Museums & Exhibits
Type of Event: Museum & Exhibits. Event Description: 23 Sandy Gallery and the College Book Art Association (CBAA) are pleased to present The Assignment, a national, juried book arts exhibition being held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the CBAA in Portland, Oregon. To illuminate the meeting’s focus on book arts teaching practice and pedagogy, this exhibition features artist book works that were generated directly from course assignments or from self-assignments generated by the artist.
A full online catalog of this exhibition can be found at: ht… Ticket Phone: 503-927-4409.
Thursday, December 3, 2009 – Saturday, January 9, 2010.
23 Sandy Gallery
623 NE 23rd Ave
Portland, OR 97232.
Portland Plan Community Workshop
Classes & Workshops
Type of Event: Classes & Workshops. Event Description: Community workshops organized by the City of Portland to discuss ideas around the Portland Plan. The Portland Plan will be our City’s strategic plan for the next 25 years, ensuring that Portland is a thriving and sustainable city and our people are prosperous, healthy and educated. Residents are invited to these workshops to work together with the City and their neighbors to discuss challenges, define priorities and guide investments for the future. All Portlanders are welcome. For more information about t…
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM.
World Trade Center
121 SW Salmon Street.
Salem Community Nativity Festival
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: A community exhibit of creches and nativities from around the world, includes holiday music presented by regional performers. School groups are welcome by appointment.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 1:00 PM – Sunday, December 6, 2009, 7:00 PM.
L.D.S. Stake Center
4550 Lone Oak St. SE
Salem, OR 97302.
LIVE CONCERT WITH RANDAL BAYS & DAITHI SPROULE
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Enjoy two great musicians, Randal Bays and Daithi Sproule, play Irish music to make you dance. Bays has performed all over the U.S. Europe and Canada, including the Gaelic Roots Festival, the San Francisco Celtic Music and Arts Festival, the Festival Des Musiques-Vivantes in France, and the Willie Clancy Summer School and Festival in Ireland. Sproule sings in English and Gaelic and has made the guitar a significant factor in Irish music by being one of the first folk artists to make extensive use of the… Ticket Phone: 541-386-3845. Ticket Web Link: http://oakstreethotel.com/events.html.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 6:00 PM.
Concert at Columbia Center for the Arts at 215 Cascade St. Hood River.
Advance Concert Tickets sold at:
Oak Street Hotel, 610 Oak St. Hood River
Phone: 541-386-3845.
For more info visit oakstreethotel.com. Rilassi Coffeehouse & Tea Reading Series
Book Readings
Type of Event: Booking Readings. Event Description: David Biespiel and David Oates read from their latest releases, THE BOOK OF MEN AND WOMEN, and WHAT WE LOVE WILL SAVE US. Ticket Phone: 503-467-7531.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
3580 SW River Parkway, Portland, OR 97239.
John Doe (of X and the Knitters)
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Thu, December 3rd, 2009 9:00 PM (Doors open at: 8:00 PM)
John Doe (of X and the Knitters)
Dante's 1 SW 3rd Ave, Portland, OR 97204 (503-226-6630)
21 & Over. $13.00 Advance. $15.00 Day Of Show. Tickets available from TicketsWest. Ticket Phone: 503-226-6630. Ticket Web Link: www.ticketswest.com.
Thursday, December 3, 2009, 9:00 PM – Friday, December 4, 2009, 12:00 AM.
Dante's.
The Christmas Revels
Kids & Family
7:30pm.
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: Join The Christmas Revels this December as we offer a Celtic celebration of Winter Solstice, with stories, songs and dance, rich as a pot of gold! Our joyous Irish holiday show features renowned fiddler Kevin Burke, plus Betsy Branch (fiddle), Elizabeth Nicholson (harp), Channing Dodson (Uillean Pipes), Maldon Meehan (Sean-Nos dance), the Portland Brass Quintet, and our 75-member volunteer chorus. 11 matinee and evening performances, Dec. 4 through 13. Tickets online at www.portlandrevels.org or call the… Ticket Phone: 503-200-1603. Ticket Web Link: www.portlandrevels.org.
Friday, December 4, 2009 – Sunday, December 13, 2009.
Scottish Rite Theater, 1512 SW Morrison.
The Christmas Revels
Kids & Family
7:30pm.
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: Join The Christmas Revels this December as we offer a Celtic celebration of Winter Solstice, with stories, songs and dance, rich as a pot of gold! Our joyous Irish holiday show features renowned fiddler Kevin Burke, plus Betsy Branch (fiddle), Elizabeth Nicholson (harp), Channing Dodson (Uillean Pipes), Maldon Meehan (Sean-Nos dance), the Portland Brass Quintet, and our 75-member volunteer chorus. 11 matinee and evening performances, Dec. 4 through 13. Tickets online at www.portlandrevels.org or call the… Ticket Phone: 503-200-1603. Ticket Web Link: www.portlandrevels.org.
Friday, December 4, 2009 – Sunday, December 13, 2009.
Scottish Rite Theater, 1512 SW Morrison.
Green Day Forum 2009
Classes & Workshops
Type of Event: Classes & Workshops. Event Description: 2030: The Road Before Us
2009's Green Day Forum will assemble thought leaders to discuss cutting-edge strategies to guide the building industry towards meeting AIA's 2030 Challenge of achieving carbon neutrality.
Professionals from the building, design and real estate industries, as well as policy makers, educators, and students should attend this event. Green Day Forum is limited to 100 participants and takes place at Earth Advantage Institute’s National Center. Last year’s Green Day Forum sold out,… Ticket Phone: 503.968.7160 x20. Ticket Web Link: www.greendayforum.org.
Friday, December 4, 2009.
16280 SW Upper Boones Ferry Road
Portland, OR 97224.
A Christmas Story
Arts
7:30pm
Every Sunday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday starting December 4 through December 19.
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Humorist Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the Midwest in the 1940s follows 9 year-old Ralphie's quest to get a genuine Red Ryder 200 Shot Carbine action Model Air Rifle under the tree for Christmas. This unique multimedia presentation features the talented voices of Mary McDonald-Lewis and direct from Live-Wire heard on OPB, the Siren of Sound, Pat Janowski. Ticket Phone: 5039220532. Ticket Web Link: www.publicplayhouse.org.
Friday, December 4, 2009 – Saturday, December 19, 2009.
Public Playhouse preforms at CoHo Theatre,
2257 NW Raleigh St.
Portland, OR 97210.
Christmas Belles
Arts
Every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday starting December 4 through December 20.
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: 7:30 pm Wed-Sat, 2 pm Sun
A church Christmas program spins hilariously out of control in this Southern farce about squabbling sisters, family secrets, a surly Santa, a vengeful sheep and a reluctant Elvis impersonator. In the small town of Fayro, Texas, the Futrelle Sisters—Frankie, Twink and Honey Raye—are not exactly in a festive mood, when Frankie lets slip a family secret that has been carefully guarded for decades. All hope for a successful Christmas program seems lost, but the sisters manage to prese… Ticket Phone: 541-389-0803. Ticket Web Link: www.cascadestheatrical.org.
Friday, December 4, 2009 – Sunday, December 20, 2009.
Greenwood Playhouse
148 NW Greenwood Ave
Bend, OR 97701.
Cristina Acosta December Featured Artist - High Desert Gallery
Museums & Exhibits
Type of Event: Museum & Exhibits. Event Description: High Desert Gallery is pleased to announce Oregon artist Cristina Acosta as the December Artist Feature , December 4 through December 31, 2009. Cristina's mixed media retablos will be on exhibition and sale at out Bend, Oregon gallery, located at 10 NW Minnesota Avenue on the ground retail floor of the Oxford Hotel. Gallery hours run daily 10am to6pm. For more information on Cristina, the gallery, or this event please visit our website at www.highdesertgallery.com or call 866-549-6250.
Friday, December 4, 2009 – Thursday, December 31, 2009.
High Desert Gallery at the Oxford Hotel
10 NW Minnesota Avenue
Bend, Oregon 97701.
For more info visit www.highdesertgallery.com. Cristina Acosta - Bend First Friday at High Desert Gallery
Museums & Exhibits
Type of Event: Museum & Exhibits. Event Description: Opening reception for Oregon artist Cristina Acosta will be held at High Desert Gallery at the Oxford Hotel, on Friday, December 4th, 2009. This event is part of the First Friday Gallery Walk, from 5 to 9pm. Central Oregon favorite Bellavia will play their live jazz renditions. Please join us for fine art, refreshments, and holiday spirit.
Cristina's mixed media retablos will be on exhibit and sale from December 4 through December 31, 2009.
Friday, December 4, 2009, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
High Desert Gallery at the Oxford Hotel
10 NW Minnesota Avenue
Bend, Oregon 97701.
For more info visit www.highdesertgallery.com. Holiday Open House At High Desert Gallery - Redmond - December 4th
Museums & Exhibits
Type of Event: Museum & Exhibits. Event Description: Holiday Open House at High Desert Gallery – Redmond – December 4th
Please join us for a festive Holiday Open House at High Desert Gallery in Redmond, on Friday, December 4, from 5 to 8pm. Our gallery space at 453 SW 6th Street will be filled with more than 60 new original paintings, monoprints, collage and fiber art by Kay Baker, Sue Gomen Honnell, Rosalyn Kliot, Patty Freeman-Martin, Vivian Olsen, and Sue Favinger Smith.
Gallery Information: 541-548-1811 or 866-549-6250. Gallery Hours: Wednesday thro…
Friday, December 4, 2009, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
High Desert Gallery
453 SW 6th Street
Redmond Oregon 97756.
For more info visit www.highdesertgallery.com. Christmas Storybook Land
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: During the holiday season, Christmas Storybook Land provides a place for visitors of all ages to enjoy an inside walk through the forest, while viewing characters and scenes from storybooks and movies. At the end of the walk, everyone has a chance to visit Santa!
Visitors are welcome to bring non-perishable foods, which are donated for local distribution.
Event Detail
Mon. - Fri. 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Sat. & Sun. 10 am – 8:30 pm
* Don’t forget to bundle up and bring your camera!
Friday, December 4, 2009, 6:30 PM – Friday, December 18, 2009, 8:30 PM.
Linn County Fair & Expo Center
Cascade Livestock Pavilion
700 Knox Butte Road
Albany, Oregon 97322.
Benefit Dinner & Entertainment
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: The evening will feature some of our community's finest musical talent and novelty acts while enjoying a fantastic dinner. Tickets to the event are recession-priced at $12 per adult, $6 per child or teen and $40 for larger families (includes two adults). Tickets: (541) 312-2069. Information: (541) 306-6751. Proceeds will support a 2010 project, “Community Arts & Meals,” to nourish the bodies, hearts & minds of adults and children experiencing homelessness through a partnership of two non-profits: Heritage T… Ticket Phone: 541.312.2069.
Friday, December 4, 2009, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Bend's Community Center
1036 NE 5th Street.
Free showing of Ivy Lin's 2009 documentary: "Come Together Home" at 5th Avenue Cinema
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Come Together Home, a documentary which retraces the final journey of disinterred remains of early Chinese immigrants from Portland's Lone Fir Cemetery, Block 14, to Hong Kong will be shown at the 5th Avenue Cinema on Friday, December 4, 2009 starting at 7pm. This special showing of the documentary produced by Portlander Ivy Lin is sponsored by the PSU Friends of History and will be followed by a discussion with the director. Ticket Phone: (503) 725-3551. Ticket Web Link: http://www.5thavenuecinema.org.
Friday, December 4, 2009, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
5th Avenue Cinema
at Portland State University
510 SW Hall St
Portland, OR 97209.
For more info visit www.history.pdx.edu. Vancouver Dance Theatre's Nutcracker Ballet
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Vancouver Dance Theatre presents
The Nutcracker Ballet 2009
Artistic Director - Alexandrous Ballard
Tickets available at the door, Beacock Music Fisher's Landing, & Music World in Hazel Dell . Ticket Web Link: www.vancouverdancetheatre.com.
Friday, December 4, 2009, 7:00 PM – Sunday, December 6, 2009, 2:00 PM.
Fort Vancouver High School Auditorium
5700 East 18th St
Vancouver WA.
First Friday Irish Ceili, music and dance
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: 3rd season of this fun cultural event.
Includes live music, complimentary lesson, all dances taught and cued.
All ages, but mind your children so that they are not stepped on. Ticket Phone: 503.691.2078.
Friday, December 4, 2009, 7:30 PM – 11:00 PM.
Winona Grange, 8340 SW Seneca Street, Tualatin 97062.
For more info visit www.sandairishentertainment.com. ISing Community Choir sings "Favorites: The Best of Our Winter Repertoire"
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: ISing Community Choir, celebrating the season under the direction of Stephen Galván and David Walters, will be joined by organist Dan Miller, keyboardist Yvonne Yang, a brass ensemble, and, to complete the sound, accompanying percussion. The three holiday concerts will be: Friday, December 4th, 7:30 pm; Saturday, December 5th, 7:30 pm; and Sunday, December 6th, 3:00 pm. The performances feature selections voted “most loved” by the choir including Lauridsen’s “O Magnum Mysterium,” two movements of Vivadi’s…
Friday, December 4, 2009, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Bethel Congregational United Church of Christ
5150 SW Watson Avenue
Beaverton OR.
Sweet Home Singing Christmas Tree Performances
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Please note that the Dec. 6 the show is at 3:00 PM. This is an exceptional Choral and Holiday light show full of inspiration and fun. We preform on an actual Tree Structure that is about 20 ft high using real branches so it looks and smells like a real tree. We are all volunteers. The amount of singers varies from year to year and the ages have been from 13 to 94. At our intermission Santa will e there for the kids to visit. There are raffles featuring a homemade quilt and a fully decorated Christmas treem…
Friday, December 4, 2009, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Sweet Home High School Auditorium
1641 Long St.
Sweet Home, Or 97355.
The Spirit of Christmas
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Sherwood Chorale and Children's Choir host their annual benefit concert for the performing arts in Sherwood public schools. Ticket Web Link: www.tix.com.
Friday, December 4, 2009, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Sherwood High School Auditorium.
Winter Celebration
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: The Metropolitan Youth Symphony invites you to join the Symphonic Band and Symphony Orchestra on a musical journey away from the hectic city to a small country hamlet for a festive occasion. Featuring the “Rustic Wedding Symphony” by Karl Goldmark the music is sure to convince you that not all weddings are formal occasions but a time to dance in your chair. We hope to see you at the Schnitz for our Winter Celebration! For ticket information please visit the MYS web site—www.playmys.org. MYS is dedicated to… Ticket Phone: 503-239-4566. Ticket Web Link: https://www.playmys.org/tickets.html.
Friday, December 4, 2009, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97205.
Bandon's Annual Celebration of Lights
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: Enjoy a day full of fun activities, shopping and celebration in Old Town Bandon. Mr. & Mrs. Claus, family activities, demonstrations, market fair, minstrals and musicians, are all part of the celebration.
Holiday coupons will be available at the Chamber of Commerce/Visitor Center, so stop in, enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of an Old World Christmas in Old Town Bandon. For more information, please call Margaret at 541-347- 1144 or Kim at 541-347-9440.
Saturday, December 5, 2009.
Throughout Old Town Bandon.
Fairview/Troutdale Fraternal Order of Ealgles #4645 Holiday Bazaar
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: Fairview/Troutdale Fraternal Order of Eagles #4515
Winter Bazaar
Saturday, December 5, 2009
9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
COME JOIN THE FUN, HAVE A BITE TO EAT AND SHOP TILL YOU DROP
You NEVER know what you might find for yourself or that hard to please someone.
Fairview Community Center
300 Harrison Street
Fairview, Oregon. Ticket Phone: 971-404-7076. Ticket Web Link: patsmoonie@yahoo.com.
Saturday, December 5, 2009.
Fairview Community Center
300 Harrison St
Fairivew, Oregon.
Festival of Lights / Old World Charm
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: Family holiday event! Craft Market at HarborTown Event Center all day - shop handmade items for the holidays! Childrens / adults too, classes, from gingerbread cookie makings to holiday trimmings! Check www.bandonoldtown.com for updated events. 530P - Candlelight Parade with caroling.
Saturday, December 5, 2009.
Bandon Old Town.
BikeCraft V
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: BikeCraft is a holiday craft bazaar featuring locally handmade, bicycle themed arts. This 5th anniversary will feature a 13,000+ square feet venue, 50 crafters, plus bike-based food vendors, indoor bike parking for hundreds, and even janitorial service by bike.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Sandbox Studio
420 NE 9th Ave
Portland, OR 97232.
For more info visit bikeportland.org. Holiday Sale
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: Pottery and Glass for Sale. Unique Items, one of kind created by Students and Artists like Karl Knudson, Doug Dacar, Jim Ransom, Ken Jacobsen. Reasonably priced from small to large. Covered parking. Ticket Phone: 503-365-3911.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Willamette Art Center
Oregon State Fairgrounds
Yellow gate on Silverton Rd.
Salem, Or.
Women's Full-Contact Football Try-outs
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: Ladies...ever wanted to play full-contact football? Now is your chance!
Camp format will be as follows:
1st 1.5 hours: Runs for time in 800 meters, 40 yard sprint, 10 yard sprint, lateral shuffle, lateral run, t-drill, box drill, vertical leap, sit-ups and push-ups
2nd 1.5 hours: Position specific drills*
Skills Position Types will run through receiving & ball carry drills with potential quarterbacks
Lineman types will work run blocks, pass blocks & defensive rushes, etc.
Special Teams will place… Ticket Phone: 503-693-4844. Ticket Web Link: http://www.portlandshockwave.com/.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
Fern Hill Park, Portland OR
NE 42nd just north of Killingsworth.
For more info visit www.portlandshockwave.com. Portland Plan Community Workshop
Classes & Workshops
Type of Event: Classes & Workshops. Event Description: Community workshops organized by the City of Portland to discuss ideas around the Portland Plan. The Portland Plan will be our City’s strategic plan for the next 25 years, ensuring that Portland is a thriving and sustainable city and our people are prosperous, healthy and educated. Residents are invited to these workshops to work together with the City and their neighbors to discuss challenges, define priorities and guide investments for the future. All Portlanders are welcome. For more information about t…
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
Mt. Scott Community Center
5530 SE 72nd Avenue.
Puddletown School Art Auction & Fundraiser
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: Music! Storytelling! Facepainting! Art! Food! Wine! The art auction will feature work by over 50 plus the art of the Puddletown students. The silent auction will include wonderful packages, including gift certificates and products from local spas and salons, delicious local restaurants, local clothing shops, and much, much more! Take advantage of great deals and complete your holiday shopping early. Buy $5 raffle tickets for the grand “Dining out In Portland” prize.
All of the proceeds go to the Pudd…
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
Chelsea Ballroom
1510 SE 9th Street
Portland OR 97214.
Petsmart Santa Paws Event/Cascade Ferret Network
Classes & Workshops
Type of Event: Classes & Workshops. Event Description: This is a great opportunity for pet owners to bring their animals in for a photo with Santa. Proceeds benefit Cascade Ferret Network, a non profit shelter that relies on the excellent care of foster homes.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Gresham Petsmart
430 NW Eastman Pkwy
Gresham OR 97030.
Holiday Open House and Kathy Deggendorfer Print Preview
Museums & Exhibits
Type of Event: Museum & Exhibits. Event Description: High Desert Gallery in Sisters Oregon will be hosting several Holiday Open House Events so that we can personally introduce you to two new fine art prints by Kathy Deggendorfer.
Saturday December 5, 2009
Two new prints from Kathy plus holiday music, refreshments, holiday treats. Call (541) 549-6250.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
High Desert Gallery & Custom Framing
281 W Cascade at Oak
Sisters, Oregon 97759.
For more info visit www.highdesertgallery.com. The Spirit of Christmas
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Sherwood Chorale and Children's Chorus host their annual benefit concert for performing arts in Sherwood public schools. Concert repeats at 7:30pm. Ticket Web Link: www.tix.com.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Sherwood High School Auditorium.
The Oregon Regency Society Annual Winter Ball
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: A Regency Costume Ball with live musicians playing English Country Dances, A fine dinner, refreshments, dance and more. The ORS's yearly crowning event. Ticket Phone: 503.622.0266. Ticket Web Link: http://www.oregonregencysociety.com/events.htm#ball09.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 5:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
Sunnyside Grange, Happy Valley Oregon.
For more info visit www.oregonregencysociety.com. Healthy Pets NW Anniversary Celebration and Fundraiser for Oregon Spay/Neuter Fund
Classes & Workshops
Type of Event: Classes & Workshops. Event Description: As a celebration of their 5th anniversary, Healthy Pets is hosting a benefit fundraiser for Oregon Spay/Neuter Fund. There will be pet photos with Santa, a raffle for a cool cruiser bike worth $480, a fabulous silent auction, and food and wine. Admission is free. Professional pet photos start at $25 and raffle tickets are $10/each. Oregon Spay/Neuter Fund coordinates and distributes discount coupons for spay/neuter at local vet clinics and subsidizes spay/neuter services for pets of low income individuals.…
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Healthy Pets NW, 2224 NE Alberta St. Portland 97211.
43rd Annual Yulefest and Wine Tasting
Food & Wine
Type of Event: Food & Wine. Event Description: Yulefest is La Salle’s longest running event, having been held every year since the school opened in 1966. Originally, the event began as a small gathering of parents and Brothers enjoying Christian Brother’s wines. Today, it has grown into a spectacular holiday celebration which includes amazing wines, wine purchasing options, delicious, gourmet appetizers, and a fabulous start to the holiday season. There is a raffle of beautifully decorated Christmas trees as well as gift baskets and select wines to bid… Ticket Phone: 503-353-1444. Ticket Web Link: https://secure.imodules.com/s/255/index_alumni.aspx?sid=255&gid=1&pgid=1681&cid=3723.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
For more info visit falconsnest.lshigh.org. ISing Community Choir sings "Favorites: The Best of Our Winter Repertoire"
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: ISing Community Choir, celebrating the season under the direction of Stephen Galván and David Walters, will be joined by organist Dan Miller, keyboardist Yvonne Yang, a brass ensemble, and, to complete the sound, accompanying percussion. The three holiday concerts will be: Friday, December 4th, 7:30 pm; Saturday, December 5th, 7:30 pm; and Sunday, December 6th, 3:00 pm. The performances feature selections voted “most loved” by the choir including Lauridsen’s “O Magnum Mysterium,” two movements of Vivadi’s…
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Bethel Congregational United Church of Christ
5150 SW Watson Avenue
Beaverton OR.
Sweet Home Singing Christmas Tree Performances
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Please note that the Dec. 6 the show is at 3:00 PM. This is an exceptional Choral and Holiday light show full of inspiration and fun. We preform on an actual Tree Structure that is about 20 ft high using real branches so it looks and smells like a real tree. We are all volunteers. The amount of singers varies from year to year and the ages have been from 13 to 94. At our intermission Santa will e there for the kids to visit. There are raffles featuring a homemade quilt and a fully decorated Christmas treem…
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Sweet Home High School Auditorium
1641 Long St.
Sweet Home, Or 97355.
HOLIDAY AFFAIR VIII ~Swing into the Season~
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: YOUR Rose City Swing is coming to the Historic Dance Pavilion at Oaks Park.
Kick off this Holiday season by dancing to the music of a 16-piece swing band. Take your loved ones out for a night of live jazz and dancing, featuring classic holiday tunes and the great standards by Glen Miller, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and other favorites. Ticket Web Link: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/89845.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
Oaks Park Historic Dance Pavilion
7805 SE Oaks Park Way, Portland.
For more info visit rcgfb.org. 42nd Annual Holiday Cheer
Book Readings
Type of Event: Booking Readings. Event Description: Join us on Sunday, December 6th in the Miller Pavilion to meet with Oregon authors who will be signing and selling their newest books. A variety of literary works will be available, from history to fiction, children’s books to cookbooks, all newly published this year. The festivities begin at noon, and visitors will have a chance to chat with their favorite authors as well as hear readings from select works. Come support Oregon writers and find the perfect gift, and get it signed and personalized, for th… Ticket Phone: 503-222-1741.
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave.
Portland, OR 97205.
For more info visit www.ohs.org. Petsmart Santa Paws Event/Cascade Ferret Network
Classes & Workshops
Type of Event: Classes & Workshops. Event Description: This is a great opportunity for pet owners to bring their animals in for a photo with Santa. Proceeds benefit Cascade Ferret Network, a non profit shelter that relies on the excellent care of foster homes.
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Gresham Petsmart
430 NW Eastman Pkwy
Gresham OR 97030.
Holiday Gift of Music: Peter & The Wolf
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra (CSO) presents Peter & The Wolf Prokofiev’s Peter & The Wolf with puppets from Tears of Joy Theatre along with narration. Pre concert activities include an instrument petting zoo and an art display from local school children. The second half of the concert features holiday favorites including a carol sing-a-along and soloists Portland Symphonic Girlchoir. Ticket Phone: 503-234-4077. Ticket Web Link: http://www.columbiasymphony.org.
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Mt Hood Community College Theater
26000 SE Stark St
Gresham.
For more info visit www.columbiasymphony.org. ISing Community Choir sings "Favorites: The Best of Our Winter Repertoire"
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: ISing Community Choir, celebrating the season under the direction of Stephen Galván and David Walters, will be joined by organist Dan Miller, keyboardist Yvonne Yang, a brass ensemble, and, to complete the sound, accompanying percussion. The three holiday concerts will be: Friday, December 4th, 7:30 pm; Saturday, December 5th, 7:30 pm; and Sunday, December 6th, 3:00 pm. The performances feature selections voted “most loved” by the choir including Lauridsen’s “O Magnum Mysterium,” two movements of Vivadi’s…
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM.
Bethel Congregational United Church of Christ
5150 SW Watson Avenue
Beaverton, OR.
THE MIKE STRICKLAND TRIO
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: The Blues, Gospel and a Medley of Holiday Favorites! Come and enjoy the Blues, Gospel and Holiday classics in a special performance by The Mike Strickland Trio and guest vocalist Julianne R. Johnson. Ticket Phone: 360-834-7807. Ticket Web Link: cpasconcerts@eccgas.org.
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Camas Theatre at Camas High School
29600 SE 15th St.
Camas WA.
Holiday Gift of Music: Peter & The Wolf
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Portland Columbia Symphony presents Peter & The Wolf Prokofiev’s Peter & The Wolf with puppets from Tears of Joy Theatre along with narration. Pre concert activities include an instrument petting zoo and an art display from local school children. The second half of the concert features holiday favorites including a carol sing-a-along and soloists Portland Symphonic Girlchoir. Ticket Phone: 503-234-4077. Ticket Web Link: http://www.columbiasymphony.org.
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Mt Hood Community College Theater
26000 SE Stark St
Gresham.
For more info visit www.columbiasymphony.org. Sweet Home Singing Christmas Tree Performances
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: Please note that the Dec. 6 the show is at 3:00 PM. This is an exceptional Choral and Holiday light show full of inspiration and fun. We preform on an actual Tree Structure that is about 20 ft high using real branches so it looks and smells like a real tree. We are all volunteers. The amount of singers varies from year to year and the ages have been from 13 to 94. At our intermission Santa will e there for the kids to visit. There are raffles featuring a homemade quilt and a fully decorated Christmas treem…
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Sweet Home High School Auditorium
1641 Long St.
Sweet Home, Or 97355.
Christmas Storybook Land School Tour Days
Kids & Family
Type of Event: Kids & Family. Event Description: During the holiday season, Christmas Storybook Land provides a place for visitors of all ages to enjoy an inside walk through the forest, while viewing characters and scenes from storybooks and movies. At the end of the walk, everyone has a chance to visit Santa!
Christmas Storybook Land is FREE and non-commercial. Visitors are welcome to bring non-perishable foods, which are donated for local distribution. During this time of year, the fairgrounds are pretty chilly. Don’t forget to bundle up and bring… Ticket Phone: 541-766-8072.
Monday, December 7, 2009 – Thursday, December 10, 2009.
Linn County Fair & Expo Center
Cascade Livestock Pavilion
700 Knox Butte Road
Albany, Oregon 97322.
Portland Plan Community Workshop
Classes & Workshops
Type of Event: Classes & Workshops. Event Description: Community workshops organized by the City of Portland to discuss ideas around the Portland Plan. The Portland Plan will be our City’s strategic plan for the next 25 years, ensuring that Portland is a thriving and sustainable city and our people are prosperous, healthy and educated. Residents are invited to these workshops to work together with the City and their neighbors to discuss challenges, define priorities and guide investments for the future. All Portlanders are welcome. For more information about t…
Monday, December 7, 2009, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Wilson High School
1151 SW Vermont Street.
Habitat for Humanity Benefit
Arts
Type of Event: Arts. Event Description: each month on the 2nd Tuesday, 6:30 pm, Axe & Fiddle Music Pub, 641 E. Main St. C. G. Open Microphone Musical Benefit for Habitat For Humanity. For information: 942-3878. Ticket Phone: 541-942-3878. Ticket Web Link: http://www.AxeAndFiddle.com.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 6:30 PM – Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 12:30 AM.
Axe & Fiddle Music Pub
641 E. Main Street
Cottage Grove, OR 97424.
For more info visit www.axeandfiddle.com. Open Poetry Night at the Arts Center
Book Readings