Category Archives: things to do

The Jazz Festival is February 13-22
Numerous Education Opportunities Highlighting Portland and Northwest Artists Alaska Airlines & Horizon Air Portland Jazz Festival presented by The Oregonian A&E will present numerous educational workshops, jazz conversations, panel discussions and free concerts at the PDX Jazz Pavilion @
Pioneer Courthouse Square throughout the festival schedule, February 13-22. Whether you or [...]

While you were sleeping off your turkey induced coma, the Winter Wonderland at PIR opened. Surprise! It’s widely recognised as the biggest drive-thru Christmas Light display in all of the Northwest. It’s two miles long and loaded with new lights every year (of course some of the displays are ones they’ve put up [...]

Want to give mindful gifts this year? Tired of commercialized Christmases? (yeah, I’m buying Barbie™ some friends too)
Shop at the 7th Annual Mindful Gifts Bazaar, Saturday December 13, from 10AM to 4PM.
It’s at the BridgePort UCC, at 621 NE 76th Avenue (Two blocks north of Glisan, on Irving at 76th).
“Purchase unique gifts and certificates [...]

The Montessori Institute Northwest is excited to announce an upcoming lecture,
“Good at Doing Things” with special guest Dr. Steven Hughes a
pediatric neuro- psychologist. He will be speaking on Montessori Education
and Brain Development on Tuesday, September 23rd at the OHSU Old Library
Auditorium from 6:30-8:30pm.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased through [...]

Here’s something fun to do-
Your kid, in grades 6-12, can enter a writing contest made possible by the Library Foundation. Gift cards from Powell’s Books is a great prize! The sections are divided by prose and poetry, and are also divided for grades 6-8 and 9-12. Get More Information!

Well, now, being a fan of Tommy and Grease, this sounds like a lot of fun!
The Corbet Children’s Theater is doing the Midsummer Night’s Dream as a rock musical with Beatles songs.

Come and enjoy this exciting adaptation of the classic to Beatles songs.
Costumes and music will be from the 60s and 70s; the music [...]

FIRST is hosting a Robotics Competition the First Weekend in March; that is, Thursday Feb 28, Friday Feb 29, Saturday Mar 1. We went to a Robotics show at PSU a couple of years ago; it was pretty cool, but not quite “Competitiony”. This would be a great show to take your kids to. [...]

From the 2nd to the first of September, you can travel back in time 200 million years and across the globe to witness China’s most spectacular Dinosaurs. China’s Ancient Giants features twenty complete skeletons ( casts and fossils ), interactive touch screens, and even a “dig pit” where kids can dig their hearts out!
Learn [...]

[ The AAC is the American Adoption Congress ]
AAC’s 29th International Conference
Wednesday, March 26 – Saturday, March 29, 2008
Portland Downtown Waterfront Marriott
1401 SW Naito Parkway
Portland, Oregon 97201
Adoption in the Global Community:Redefining Kinship in the 21st Century
For more information, visit our website.
The AAC is comprised of individuals, families and organizations committed to adoption reform. We represent [...]

As you drive south on I-5, just as you pass Delta Park (heading from Vancouver), if you look to your right, you’ll see the gorgeous Queen Anne Victorian Mansion. Every year it’s lit with “the miracle of a million lights.” It’s $5 for parents and kids 11 and older, three bucks for seniors and kids [...]