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Free Events This Weekend in Portland: June 13–15

June 13th, 2008

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

All weekend

• Pedalpalooza: Over the next two weeks, there’ll be tons of free biking activities as part of this annual event. For the full schedule, visit the event website.

Friday, June 13

• Liberty Plaza Concert Series: Scotland Barr & The Slow Drags will play at 6:00 pm; The Lloyd Jones Band will perform at 8:00 pm. Liberty Plaza, next to the Clackamas County Courthouse in Oregon City. For more information, click here.

• Natalie Pinkis (website) will perform at Borders in Vancouver at 7:00 pm. Visit the Borders website for more information.

• Kevin Barber & The Happiness Boys (website) will perform at Rock Creek Tavern at 9:00 pm. Visit the Rock Creek Tavern website for more information.

• Mood Area 52 (website) will perform at Press Club at 8:30 pm. Press Club is located at 2621 SE Clinton St., 503.233.5656.

• Ben Darwish will perform at RiverPlace Hotel at 8:00 pm. Visit the PDX Jazz website for more information.

• Author Salman Rushdie will talk about his book The Enchantress of Florence at 7:00 pm at Powell’s Books, Cedar Hills Crossing. For details, visit the Powell’s website.

• Author David Sirota will talk about his book The Uprising at 7:30 pm at Powell’s City of Books on Burnside. For details, visit the Powell’s website.

• Author Paulette Rees-Denis will talk about her book Tribal Vision: A Celebration of Life Through Belly Dance at Ink & Paper Group from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm. For more information, visit the Ink & Paper Group website.

• Betty Roberts will read from her memoir With Grit and By Grace: Breaking Trails in Politics and Law at the Oregon Historical Society at 5:00 pm. Click here for more information.

Saturday, June 14

• Cirque du Cycling: This event includes a family bike ride (registration required), a parade of wild-looking bikes, and bike racing. For more information, visit the event website.

• Berry Jam at Kruger’s Farm on Sauvie Island: On Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, enjoy live music, hay rides, jam making classes for kids and more. For more information, visit Kruger’s website. Thanks to UrbanMamas for the heads up!

• Worldwide Knit in Public Day: There are two events in the Portland area: Pioneer Square and Streets of Tanasbourne fountain area, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Check the WWKIP website for more information and rainy day instructions.

• Healthy Kids Fair: This event is all about safety for you and your kids: practice a fire drill, get a close-up look at an ambulance, and more. Bike helmets will be on sale for $5. Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. For more information, visit the event website.

• Maternity and Baby Clothes Swap is happening at Milagros at 11:30 am. Visit the Milagros website for more information.

• Patton Square Park Re-Opening Celebration: The public is invited to enjoy music and theater performances, games, and arts and crafts. 11:30 am to 2:30 pm (dedication ceremony at 1:00 pm). For more information, visit the Portland Parks website.

• Flag Day Kids’ Fair in Vancouver: This event includes entertainment, free rides on the Wells Fargo Stage Coach, a Flag Day Ceremony featuring a faux George Washington, free food, and more. Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm. Visit the City of Vancouver website for more information.

• Wetland Watchers Nature Walk in Tigard: Tualatin Riverkeepers volunteers will lead a two-hour nature walk where adults and kids can learn about the wildlife existing in the Tigard Public Library wetlands and Fanno Creek Trail. Meet in the Tigard Library Community Room at 1:00 pm. Visit the library website for details.

• Scotland Barr & The Slow Drags (website) will perform at Music Millennium at 5:00 pm. Visit the Music Millennium website for more information.

• Lincoln Crockett (website) will perform at Edgefield at 7:00 pm. Visit the Edgefield website for more information.

• The Brothers Jam (website) will perform at Rock Creek Tavern at 9:00 pm. Visit the Rock Creek Tavern website for more information.

• Natalie Pinkis (website) will perform at Borders in Gresham at 7:00 pm. Visit the Borders website for more information.

• Clay Giberson will perform at RiverPlace Hotel at 8:00 pm. Visit the PDX Jazz website for more information.

• The History and Mystery of the Blues: Steve Cheseborough will talk about and play the blues. Northwest Library, 2:00 pm–4:00 pm. For more information, visit the Multnomah County Library website.

• Buggy Puppet Show: Dragon Theater Puppets will perform “Little Bugs, Big World” at Central Library from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Free tickets for seating will be available 30 minutes prior to the program. Visit the Multnomah County Library website for more information.

• Author Jen Delyth will be talking about her book Celtic Folk Soul at Kathleen’s of Dublin at 1:00 pm. Visit the event website for more information.

Sunday, June 15

• The Portland Pride Parade will be stepping through downtown Portland starting at 11:00 am. For more information, visit the parade website.

• Berry Jam at Kruger’s Farm on Sauvie Island: On Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, enjoy live music, hay rides, jam making classes for kids and more. For more information, visit Kruger’s website. 

• Free admission for dads at the Portland Children’s Museum. Check the museum website for more information.

• Dads can ride free on the Willamette Shore Trolley with paying children (over 3 years old). Visit the trolley website for more information.

• Old 97’s (website) will perform at Music Millennium at 2:00 pm. Visit the Music Millennium website for more information.

• 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 Playing Card Notebooks. 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.

• Author Sheldon Siegel will be signing his book Judgment Day at Murder by the Book at 5:00 pm. Visit the MBTB website for more information.

• Author Jeremy Scahill will talk about his book Blackwater at 7:30 pm at Powell’s City of Books on Burnside. For details, visit the Powell’s website.

• The film Pyeongtaek: Struggles of South Korea for Land will be showing at Hotel deLuxe. 6:30 pm. Contact the hotel to RSVP, 503.219.2093. For more information, visit the Hotel deLuxe 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.

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