Archive for April, 2008

Free Events This Weekend in Portland: April 25–27

Lots of art and lampreys this weekend. 

Admission is free for all events below. Have a good one!

Friday, April 25

Saturday, April 26

  • Northwest National Park Family Day: Fort Vancouver National Historic Site is hosting an event showcasing the region’s national parks. Guests will get the chance to speak with park rangers; interact with animals; learn about camping and other topics through displays and presentations; and sample camp cuisine. 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. For more information, visit the Fort Vancouver website.

  • Oregon Guild Fair—Glass, Potters, Metal Arts, Beads, and Weaving: All weekend, artists from several craft guilds will be showing and selling their work at the Oregon Convention Center. Participants include the Oregon Glass Guild, Oregon Potters Association, Creative Metal Arts Guild, Portland Handweavers Guild, Portland Bead Society, Northwest Fine Woodworkers and Guild of Oregon Woodworkers. Friday and Saturday 10:00 am to 9:00 pm; Sunday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.

  • GreenWalks in Lair Hill and Duniway Parks: Park Horticultrist Lance Wright will guide you around these two parks and talk about the plant life including a hundred year old purple beech. 10:00 am to 11:00 am. Meet in front of the old Carnegie Library at 2909 SW Second Avenue. For more information, visit the Portland Parks website.

  • Mike Doughty (website) will perform at Music Millennium at 3:00 pm. For more information, visit the Music Millennium website. 

  • Eric John Kaiser (website) will perform at Edgefield at 7:00 pm. Ages 21 and over. For more information, visit the Edgefield website.

  • The Old Yellers (website) will perform at Rock Creek Tavern at 9:00 pm. All ages until 10:00 pm. For more information, visit the Rock Creek Tavern website.

  • Debra Arlyn (website) will perform at Borders in Tigard at 7:00 pm. Visit the Borders website for more information.

  • Mt. Hood String Quartet will perform at Borders in Gresham at 7:00 pm. Visit the Borders website for more information.

  • Kaitlyn ni Donovan (website) will perform at Press Club at 8:30 pm. Press Club is located at 2621 SE Clinton St., 503.233.5656.

  • Día de los Niños y Día de los Libros: A celebration of bilingual literacy with food, music and special activities. North Portland Library from 11:00 am–1:00 pm, or Rockwood Library from 2:00 pm–5:00 pm. For more information, visit the Multnomah County Library website. 

  • Author William Sullivan will talk about his book Oregon’s Greatest Natural Disasters at the Hillsdale Library from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. For more information, visit the Multnomah County Library website.  

  • Book Release Party: Judy Norsigian, contributing editor of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth, will talk about the book and the challenges women face in pregnancy and childbirth. In Other Words Women’s Books and Resource, 4:00 pm. For more information, visit the In Other Words website.

Sunday, April 27

  • Earth Day Celebration at Tryon Creek State Park: This family-friendly event provides the opportunity to learn about lampreys through arts and crafts, games, stories and more. Guests are invited to come dressed as their favorite animal and participate in a parade. Winners of the 2008 Daryle Seil Tall Tale Contest will tell their stories. Refreshments served. 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm; parade begins at 3:30 pm. For more information, visit the Tryon Creek Park website.

  • Oregon Guild Fair—Glass, Potters, Metal Arts, Beads, and Weaving: All weekend, artists from several craft guilds will be showing and selling their work at the Oregon Convention Center. Participants include the Oregon Glass Guild, Oregon Potters Association, Creative Metal Arts Guild, Portland Handweavers Guild, Portland Bead Society, Northwest Fine Woodworkers and Guild of Oregon Woodworkers. Friday and Saturday 10:00 am to 9:00 pm; Sunday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.

  • Family Discovery Sunday at the Museum of Contemporary Craft: This month’s theme is Feathered Extravagance. Families will get the opportunity to create art that combines everyday objects with feathers. 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. For more information, visit the Museum of Contemporary Craft website.

  • Power of County, Lael Alderman (website) and Amelia (website) will perform at Towne Lounge at 9:30 pm (doors open at 9:00 pm). Visit the Towne Lounge website for more information.

  • Connie Bieberach and Armonia Latina will perform at the Central Library from 2:00 pm–3:00 pm. Visit the Multnomah County Library website for more information.

  • Poet Floyd Skloot will talk about his book Selected Poems at 7:30 pm at Powell’s City of Books on Burnside. Visit the Powell’s website for more information.

  • Author William Sullivan will talk about his book Oregon’s Greatest Natural Disasters at the Central Library from 12:30 pm–1:30 pm. For more information, visit the Multnomah County Library website.  

  • National Poetry Month Celebration: Authors Kate Moses, Leanne Grabel, Paulann Petersen, Anita Helle and Kathleen Worley will read works by and about Sylvia Plath. Looking Glass Bookstore, 4:00 pm. Visit the Looking Glass Bookstore website for more information.

  • The film Purple Noon will be showing at Press Club at 8:00 pm. Press Club is located at 2621 SE Clinton St., 503.233.5656.  

If you know of any other free events happening this weekend, please write a comment about it. If you’d like me to include an event in a future round-up, feel free to contact me.

Add comment April 25th, 2008

Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s (4/29), 31-Cent Scoop Night at Baskin-Robbins (4/30)

Next week, there’ll be back-to-back events that will satisfy your sweet tooth without rotting your wallet:

April 29 is Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s stores. Stop in and get a free ice cream cone to celebrate Ben & Jerry’s 30th birthday. Check the Ben & Jerry’s website for participating locations.

On April 30, Baskin-Robbins will be selling small ice cream scoops for 31 cents between 5:00 pm and 10:00 pm. The event will raise money for the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. Check the Baskin-Robbins website for locations.

Thanks to reader Kate for alerting us to this report on ReadySetMom.

Add comment April 25th, 2008

Free iTunes Download From Starbucks Each Week

Starbucks and iTunes have teamed up to promote new music by giving away a free song or music video each week.

The new program is called Pick of the Week. More than 7,000 Starbucks will offer customers a card with information on how to get a free download of a particular song or music video on iTunes. Each Tuesday, a new download, determined by Starbucks and iTunes, will be available. Pick of the Week artists include Carly Simon, Duffy, Adele, Sia, Hilary McRae and more.

For more information, visit the Starbucks website.

1 comment April 22nd, 2008

Free Children’s Admission to Portland Art Museum Starts April 23

portlandartmuseum.jpgFollowing up on our report back in February, the Portland Art Museum recently announced that free admission for children aged 17 and younger will start on April 23, 2008.

The new policy is the result of a $1 million donation from long-time supporters Gordon D. Sondland and Katherine J. Durant.

Adult ticket prices will remain the same:

  • Adults: $10.00
  • Seniors 55+/students 19+: $9.00

The museum also offers college students a yearly pass for just $10.

Photo by marcella&antonio

1 comment April 22nd, 2008

Portland’s GetRichSlowly.org on Money Magazine’s 100 Best List

moneymag_20080501.jpgGetRichSlowly.org, a personal finance blog written by Portland-area resident J.D. Roth, has been named “Most Inspiring” blog in the May 2008 issue of Money Magazine. GRS is one of three blogs included in the magazine’s annual list of the top 100 “people, places, things and strategies worth knowing right this minute.”

If you’re a regular reader of Around the Sun, you already know how inspiring I think GetRichSlowly is. The title of “Most Inspiring” definitely fits, but I’d say the site’s combination of information and inspiration is what has kept me coming back for almost two years. (In case you’re wondering, I’ve never met J.D. so it’s not a personal thing; the blog is just that good.)

You can read what Money Magazine has to say here.

The other blogs on the list include another favorite of mine, My Money Blog (named “Most Voyeuristic Blog”), and All Financial Matters (”Most Sensible Blog”).

In addition to blogs, the list covers “bests” in many other categories including jobs, stocks, cars, vacations, places to live, credit cards and more. Be sure to check out the magazine at your local library or online.   

Add comment April 21st, 2008

A Couple More Frugal Events Happening in Portland, April 19

In addition to the free events, I wanted to mention two other things going on in Portland on April 19. Both are frugal and help the greater good.

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eat_mobilevan_thumbnail.jpgEat Mobile: Food Cart Festival
April 19
On Air, 1300 N. River Street off the Albina Max Stop
5:30 pm–9:30 pm
All Ages

For $5.00, you can sample cuisine from 11 local food carts: Altengartz Bratwurst, Asian Station Cafe, Biggs Bros Wings, Hacienda CDC (homemade tamales), India Chaat House, Junior Ambassador, Julia’s Mobile Cafe (Russian food), Moxie RX, NW Hotdogs, Tabor (Czech food), Tita’s Pista (Filipino food). Plus, BridgePort beers for $1, FREE Vitamin Water, and music by Jack Straw. 100% of the proceeds benefit Mercy Corps NW and Hacienda CDC. Sponsored by Willamette Week.

via Portland Food Carts

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portland_haw.jpgBuffalo Exchange Dollar Day Sale benefiting Galapagos Conservancy 

Buffalo Exchange, source of hip used clothing, is having a $1 sale on April 19. Proceeds from the sale will go to Galapagos Conservancy to fund its efforts to repopulate Pinta Island with Espanola tortoises. Buffalo Exchange has two locations in Portland: one at 1036 W. Burnside, and the other at 1420 SE 37th Avenue. For more information, visit the Buffalo Exchange website.

via Portland Mercury Mod Blog

Add comment April 18th, 2008

Free Events This Weekend in Portland: April 18–20

In addition to the great swaps, there’s tons to do to celebrate Earth Day weekend.

Admission is free for all events below. Have a good one!

Friday, April 18

Saturday, April 19

  • Earth Day 2008 Celebration—Dance of the Dinosaur: Organized by the City Repair Project, this event features more than 150 businesses and organizations offering information on sustainability, entertainment on three solar-powered stages, a kids village, parades, food and more. Overlook Park, 10:00 am to 10:00 pm (rain or shine). For more information, visit the City Repair website.

  • 82nd Avenue of Roses Parade kicks off Rose Festival season with marching bands, floats, and the young women of the 2008 Portland Rose Festival Court. 9:00 am, 82nd Avenue from SE Foster to SE Division. For more information, call 503.484.6225 or visit the Rose Festival website.

  • Record Store Day at Music Millennium: Free live music, giveaways, and prizes. The celebration begins at 10:00 am. Chris Margolin is performing at 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm, and Dylan May is performing at 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm. Visit the Music Millennium website for more information.

  • SOLV IT Earth Day Volunteer Projects: Celebrate Earth Day by helping to clean up a green space in your community. There are approximately 100 clean-up projects to choose from, spanning all five Portland-area counties. Tasks include litter pickup, ivy pulls, riverbank restoration, tree planting and more. 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. For more information, visit the SOLV website.

  • Gresham Earth Day Celebration includes live music, food, kids activities, workshops, prize giveaways, and loads of information on outdoor recreational activities, green living, environmental volunteer opportunities and more. Gresham City Hall, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. For details, visit the City of Gresham website.

  • Earth Day Celebration in Vancouver: This event includes a free pancake breakfast, slide presentation on global warming, earth-friendly crafts, interactive booths, games, face painting, and demonstrations on gardening and green living. Marshall Community Center, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. For more information, visit the City of Vancouver website.

  • Earth Day Environmental Fair at Salmon Creek Park: More than 10 local organizations will provide environmental information and children’s activities. 8:30 am to 2:00 pm. For more information, visit the City of Vancouver website.

  • 11th Annual Nez Perce Chief Redheart Ceremony: Members of the Nez Perce Indian Nation will present a traditional ceremony in memory of the Nez Perce War of 1877. Ceremony includes singing, speeches, Riderless Horse ceremony, and peace pipe ceremony. 10:00 am, Fort Vancouver National Historic Reserve, 5th Street, just north of Fort Vancouver. Other events will follow at various locations. For more information, visit the City of Vancouver website.

  • Thai New Year (Songkran) Celebration: This family-oriented celebration includes a performance by the Thai Association of Oregon Dancers and a family water blessing beginning at 2:00 pm. The Monkey & the Rat (131 NW Second Avenue), 1:00 pm–4:00 pm. For more information, visit The Monkey & the Rat website.

  • Día de los Niños y Día de los Libros: A celebration of bilingual literacy with food, music and special activities. Gregory Heights Library, 2:00 pm–5:00 pm. For more information, visit the Multnomah County Library website. 

  • Tim Uecker (website) will perform at Borders in Tigard at 7:00 pm. Visit the Borders website for more information.

  • Debra Arlyn (website) will perform at Borders in Gresham at 7:00 pm. For more information, visit the Borders website.

  • Jimmy Bivens (website) will perform at Edgefield at 7:00 pm. Ages 21 and older. Visit the Edgefield website for more information.

  • The Bittersweet Trio (website) will perform at Press Club at 8:00 pm. Press Club is located at 2621 SE Clinton St., 503.233.5656.

  • Author Sharon Wood Wortman will talk about her book Walking Bridges Using Poetry as a Compass: Poems About Bridges Real and Imagined by 70 Poets, with Directions for Five Self-Guided Explorations. The reading will be followed by an optional walk to Balch Gulch Bridge (weather permitting). Northwest Library, 2:00 pm–3:00 pm. Visit the Multnomah County Library website for more information.

  • Poetry Reading: Paulann Petersen, Mark Thalman and Barbara Drake will be reading selections from the poetry anthology Deer Drink the Moon: Poems of Oregon. Central Library, 3:30 pm. For more information, visit the Multnomah County Library website.

  • Author and photographer Rosanne Olson will present her book This is Who I Am: Our Beauty in All Shapes and Sizes at In Other Words Bookstore at 2:00 pm. For more information, visit the In Other Words website. 

  • Russian Film Series at Midland Library will be showing Dersu Uzala/Derusu Uzara directed by Akira Kurosawa. 2:00 pm. The film is in Russian with English subtitles. A brief discussion will follow. For more information, visit the Multnomah County Library website. 

  • Dance Uncovered—Contact Improvisation Demonstration: Internationally renowned teacher and practitioner Carolyn Stuart will give an overview of Contact Improvisation, followed by a live demonstration. Conduit Dance Studio, 1:00 pm. Visit the Conduit website for more information.

Sunday, April 20

  • Bagdad Theater will show The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream, followed by a Portland Peak Oil Panel Q&A. Doors at 4:15 pm; event at 5:00 pm. All ages welcome. Visit the Bagdad Theater website for more information. 

  • Pirate Treasure Hunt: Dress up in pirate attire and pick up a treasure map at The Dollar Scholar on Hawthorne. From there, visit several businesses, answer questions and collect pirate coins. Head back to The Dollar Scholar to exchange your coins for a prize. The hunt takes 45 minutes to 1 hour. All ages are welcome. 11:00 am–3:00 pm. For details, visit the Hawthorne neighborhood website.

  • The Church of Craft is having its monthly craft class/get-together at the Central Library from 12:30 pm–3:30 pm. This month’s class is Coil Basketry. Seating is limited to 70 people, and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For the list of supplies you’ll need to bring and more information, visit the Multnomah County Library website.

  • Bonnie Garrett will perform harpsichord music of 17th and 18th century Europe at the Central Library at 2:00 pm. For more information, visit the Multnomah County Library website. 

  • It’s Sunday Movie Night at Hotel deLuxe. Contact the hotel to find out what is showing and to RSVP, 503.219.2093. For more information, visit the Hotel deLuxe website.  

  • The Hitchcock film Rope will be showing at Press Club at 8:00 pm. Press Club is located at 2621 SE Clinton St., 503.233.5656.  

  • Authors Nina Revoyr (The Age of Dreaming), Abraham Rodriguez (South by South Bronx) and Elizabeth Crane (You Must Be This Happy to Enter) will speak at 7:30 pm at Powell’s City of Books on Burnside. For more information, visit the Powell’s website. 

If you know of any other free events happening this weekend, please write a comment about it. If you’d like me to include an event in a future round-up, feel free to contact me.

2 comments April 18th, 2008

April 19 & 20: Two Art/Craft Supply Swaps & One “Stuff” Swap in Portland

We’ve got three swaps happening this weekend. Two of the swaps focus on craft and art supplies. Conveniently, one swap is on Saturday and the other is on Sunday, so you can go to one or both. Also on Saturday is the mother of swaps—the Spring Stuff Swap. Admission is free for all events.

If you don’t know what a swap is, it’s an opportunity to clean out your house of items you don’t want and trade them for stuff that others have brought. The main thing is to be courteous, generous and, most of all, to have fun!

Without further ado…

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Art Materials Swap at the 100th Monkey Studio
Saturday, April 19
1:00 pm–4:00 pm

The 100th Monkey Studio
110 SE 16th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97267
503.232.3457
www.the100thmonkeystudio.com

FREE admission!

This is an opportunity to swap usable art or craft materials such as paints, (clean) fabrics, yarn, beads, buttons, pens, pencils and paper. Keep “alternative” materials at home; no paper towel tubes, for example. 

Leftover materials will be donated to three non-profit agencies.

For more information, visit the 100th Monkey Studio website.

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Craft Supplies Swap at Union Rose
Sunday, April 20
1:00 pm–2:30 pm

Union Rose
2023 NE MLK Jr. Boulevard
Portland, Oregon 97212
503.287.4242
www.unionrosepdx.com

FREE admission!       

This is a swap for craft supplies such as yarn, fabric, notions, beads, paper and needlework materials. No finished projects, please.

Leftovers will go to SCRAP. 

For more information, visit the Union Rose website.

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Spring Stuff Swap organized by PDXSwap
Saturday, April 19
2:00 pm
www.pdxswap.com

Presbyterian Church of Laurelhurst (in the gym)
935 NE 33rd Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97232 

FREE admission! RSVP required:

If you’d like to attend, please send an email to urbanfarmerpdx1@yahoo.com with the word YES and the number in your party in the subject box so they can get an approximate head count.

Guidelines and what to expect:

  • This is a swap for anything that’s clean, in good working order, and small enough to fit in the back seat of a car or in a trunk (examples of acceptable items are at the end of this post). Since the gym is carpeted, it’s important that all items are clean so as not to stain the carpet.

  • Bring bags/boxes to put your newfound treasures in, and paper to wrap up breakables.

  • The gym is not heated, so dress appropriately.

  • Arrive between 1:40 pm and 1:50 pm and bring your stuff into the gym. You’ll arrange your things on the gym floor by category (books, clothes, etc.).

  • At 2:00 pm, everyone will have 10 minutes or so to pick out 10 items. After that, the organizers will give the go-ahead for open foraging. The big rule is “Be Generous And Courteous.”  

  • For everyone’s safety, please leave little children at home. Everything will be on the floor—power tools, breakables, food items, etc. Kind, fun-loving men, women, and teens are welcome. Feel free to “shop” for yourself and others, too. 

  • If your organization can use the final leftovers, please let the organizer know in your RSVP (and be prepared to haul things away on Saturday after the swap—probably around 3:30 or so).

PDXSwap has provided a few funny examples of what (and what not) to bring:

Items to bring as is:
New beanie baby with tags still on, Barbie doll still in box with all clothes on. Clean trike, super balls still in packaging. Brand new soaps, candles, lotions. Fancy food items in original packaging, kids games still in wrapped box. New CDs. Brand new electronics and household items. New clothes. Any new items you want out of your house. New CLEAN tools. Your fun-loving curiosity and treasure-seeking skills.

Items to bring after you provide cleaning/care:
Machine wash and dry used beanie baby, surface wash naked Barbie doll and comb her hair if needed—wash any clothes you want to donate also. Wash outdoor sporting equipment. Put clean loose super balls or other small items in a Ziploc bag. Boxes of soaps & candles from which you used up only one and still have the rest of the box, lotions you tried once and decided you didn’t like, antiques that are in good shape and have been dusted/surface washed, games that are used but the box still is in good shape and all the pieces and instructions are there. Clean matching cups/saucers, scrubbed clean flower pots. Washed clothing, bedding, dishes, etc.

Don’t bring these:
Ripped beanie baby with an eye missing. Naked Barbie doll with a crewcut and permanent ink mustache. Tennis racket with strings missing, balls the dog chewed up. A used bar of soap or a half used candle. Lotions you used most of and have dried lotion chunks stuck to the nozzle. Stuff that is broken or any other “project” your husband/boyfriend says is easy to fix (but never gets around to fixing). Remains from yesterday’s happy meal. Puzzles and games in scuffed boxes with missing pieces. Electronics or video games that don’t work. Large things that take 2 people to lift or won’t fit into the back seat or trunk of a car (exception would be skinny items like a bike or skis—but these must be clean and in good shape). Don’t bring anything that stinks!

Add comment April 16th, 2008

Around the Sun Blog Offline on Friday Night (Apr 11)

I wanted to give you a heads up that Around the Sun will experience some downtime on Friday night (April 11). It’ll happen sometime after 7:00 pm and last for a couple of hours.

The reason is that Acorn Host is moving Around the Sun to a new server, which promises better performance. I’ve been satisfied with Acorn, and I like that they’re local and 100% green powered. If you need a web host, check them out.

Add comment April 11th, 2008

Free Events This Weekend in Portland: April 11–13

To celebrate the balmy weather we’ll be having (fingers crossed), this weekend’s round-up has a few outdoor events, a solar energy workshop, and a chef from Maui.

Admission is free for all events below. Have a great weekend!

Friday, April 11

  • Courtney Jones (alternative/pop/acoustic) will perform at Edgefield at 7:00 pm. Ages 21 and older. For details, visit the Edgefield website. 

  • Cowboy Heroes will perform at Rock Creek Tavern at 9:00 pm. All ages until 10:00 pm. For more information, visit the Rock Creek Tavern website.

  • Pearl District (jazz) will perform at Borders in Vancouver at 7:00 pm. For details, visit the Borders website.

  • Will Coca will perform at Borders in Beaverton at 7:00 pm. For more information, visit the Borders website.

  • Miss Michael Jodell (country/jazz/pop) will perform at Press Club at 8:00 pm. Press Club is located at 2621 SE Clinton St., 503.233.5656.     

  • Author Gary Moore will talk about his book Playing With the Enemy at 7:30 pm at Powell’s City of Books on Burnside. For more information, visit the Powell’s website.

  • Author Peter F. Hamilton will talk about his book The Dreaming Void at 7:00 pm at Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing. For more information, visit the Powell’s website.

Saturday, April 12

  • Green Week Kick-off Event: The Tualatin Youth Advisory Council is sponsoring a week-long event starting with this opening celebration at The Pointe at Bridgeport (across from Bridgeport Village) from noon to 3:00 pm. Community organizations and businesses will share information on how to reduce our impact on the environment. There will also be food, music, games and recycled crafts. Area businesses will be handing out coupons and freebies. The Washington County Bicycle Transportation Coalition will be giving free bike inspections. For more information, visit the City of Tualatin website.

  • Critter Count: The Water Resource Education Center in Vancouver will teach you how to identify reptiles and amphibians, and then send you out with an experienced biologist to help find and document these creatures. The information will be fed into a statewide internet database, NatureMapping, maintained by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the University of Washington. Bring boots, warm clothes, your lunch and binoculars (if you have them). Snacks, drinks, field guides and equipment will be provided. 9:00 am. Visit the Water Resource Center website for more information on the expedition.

  • Tualatin Hills Nature Park is hosting an Earth Day celebration. The theme is Wildflowers: Backyard and Beyond. Go for a walk in the wildflowers and learn about native plants and gardening through activities and displays. 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. For more information, click here.

  • Día de los Niños y Día de los Libros: A Celebration of Bilingual Literacy: Midland Library is hosting this event featuring a visit by author Pat Mora, as well as food, music and special activities. 1:00 pm–5:00 pm. For more information, visit the Multnomah County Library website. 

  • Columbia Children’s Arboretum is celebrating the addition of new bridges and 1,780 new trees. There’ll be tours, children’s activities, giveaways, and speeches by local leaders. 10:00 am to noon. Details here.

  • Healthy Kids Day and Open House at the Clark County Family YMCA: Admission will be free all day, with special activities from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm including an underwater Easter egg hunt, obstacle courses, crafts, family games, vendors and demonstrations. For more information, visit the YMCA website.  

  • It’s Second Saturday at the Water Resources Education Center in Vancouver. This month’s theme is Reptiles as Pets - What You Need to Know. Kids and their families will explore this topic through hands-on activities, games and stories. 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. For more information, visit the Water Resources Center website.  

  • Delectable Designs with Cupcake Jones, Central Library, 2:00 pm: Learn about the origins of foods like vanilla and chocolate found in this year’s Every Family Reads book, Yum! ¡Mmmm! ¡Qué Rico!, by Pat Mora. Then you’ll get the chance to decorate your own cupcake. Recommended for ages 5 and up. Space at this program is limited. Free tickets for seating will be available 30 minutes prior to the program. For more information, visit the Multnomah County Library website.

  • Guitarist Ronnie Robins (Brazilian, samba) will perform at Woodstock Library at 2:00 pm. For more information, visit the Multnomah County Library website.

  • Canoe (indie folk/rock) will perform at Borders in Gresham at 7:00 pm. Visit the Borders website for more information.

  • Courtney Jones (alternative/pop/acoustic) will perform at Borders in Tigard at 7:00 pm. For details, visit the Borders website.

  • Lincoln Crockett (folk rock/bluegrass/acoustic) will perform at Edgefield at 7:00 pm. Ages 21 and older. For more information, visit the Edgefield website.

  • Red Rubber Band (jam band/nu-jazz/rock) will perform at Rock Creek Tavern at 9:00 pm. All ages until 10:00 pm. Visit the Rock Creek Tavern website for details.

  • Pete Krebs Gypsy Jazz Trio will perform at Press Club at 8:00 pm. Press Club is located at 2621 SE Clinton St., 503.233.5656.      

  • The Shackeltons will perform at Music Millennium at 6:00 pm. For more information, visit the Music Millennium website.

Sunday, April 13

  • Basics of Going Solar Workshop: Learn how even Puddletown residents can benefit from solar energy. Tryon State Park (Kraft Room), 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Visit the Solar Oregon website for more information.

  • Hip Drip Cafe’s 2nd Sunday Sustainability Fair is happening from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. Swing Papillion (gypsy, jazz trio) will be performing. Local artisans will show off art made from recycled or renewable resources, and representatives from businesses that use sustainable practices will be on hand to talk about what they do. This event happens every second Sunday of the month. Visit the Hip Drip Cafe website for more information.    

  • Crafty Wonderful, Portland’s monthly art and craft fair, is celebrating its second birthday. There’ll be cupcake decorating for all to enjoy, prizes and 40 vendors. Doug Fir Lounge, 11:00 am–4:00 pm. Visit the Crafty Wonderful website for more information.

  • Guitarist Bryan Johanson will perform at the Central Library at 2:00 pm. Visit the Multnomah County Library website for more information.

  • Ken Kesey and Other Great Notions—A Book Discussion: David Sumner, director of Linfield College’s Writing program, and Wendy Willis, Social Sustainability program manager at Oregon Solutions, will lead a discussion of Ken Kesey’s novel Sometimes A Great Notion. Central Library, 2:00 pm–4:00 pm. For more information, visit the Multnomah County Library website.

  • Author William Sullivan is giving two presentations today. First, he will talk about his book Oregon’s Greatest Natural Disasters at the World Forestry Center, Cheatham Hall, at 12:00 pm. For details, visit the WFC website. Then he will present a slide show of some of the best hikes in Northwest Oregon at St. Johns Library, 3:30 pm. Sullivan is the author of 100 Hikes in Northwest Oregon & Southwest Washington. For more information, visit the Multnomah County Library website.

  • Maui chef Brian Igarta will be dishing up recipes from his book The Maui Vegetarian: Cooking with Aloha at Borders in Beaverton, 1:00 pm. For more information, visit the Borders website. 

  • The film Double Indemnity will be showing at Press Club at 8:00 pm. Press Club is located at 2621 SE Clinton St., 503.233.5656.      

If you know of any other free events happening this weekend, please write a comment about it. If you’d like me to include an event in a future round-up, feel free to contact me.

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