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Free Events This Weekend in Portland: Jan 23–25

January 22nd, 2009

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

Friday, January 23

• “Battlestar Galactica” Final Season: Join KUFO’s Cort and Fatboy on Friday nights from January 16 through March 10 to watch the final 10 episodes of “Battlestar Galactica.” Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd). Doors open at 9:30 pm; show at 10:00 pm. Ages 21+. For more information, contact the Bagdad Theater or KUFO.

• Royal Bliss (website) will perform at Music Millennium (3158 E. Burnside) at 6:00 pm. All ages. For more information, visit the event website.

• Hello Loneliness, Shoeshine Blue, and Pancake Breakfast will perform at The Waypost (3120 N. Williams Ave) at 8:00 pm. For more information, visit the event website.

• Dan Balmer (website) will perform at Three Degrees Lounge at the RiverPlace Hotel, 8:00 pm. For more information, visit the PDX Jazz website.

• Quick & Easy Boys (website) will perform at LaurelThirst Public House (NE Glisan and 30th) from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. For more information, visit the event website.

• Will West Duo will perform at Press Club at 8:30 pm. All ages. Press Club is located at 2621 SE Clinton St, 503.233.5656.

• Arz and Fractal will perform at Red Room (2530 NE 82nd Ave) at 9:00 pm. Ages 21+. For more information, visit the event website.

• Beth Willis (website) will perform at Edgefield (2126 SW Halsey St, Troutdale) at 7:00 pm. Ages 21+. For more information, visit the Edgefield website.

• The Checkered Present (website) will perform at Rock Creek Tavern (10000 NW Old Cornelius Pass Rd, Hillsboro) at 9:00 pm. All ages until 10:00 pm. For more information, visit the Rock Creek Tavern website.

• Authors Gar Alperovitz and Lew Daly will talk about their book “Unjust Deserts: How the Rich Are Taking Our Common Inheritance” at 7:30 pm at Powell’s City of Books on Burnside (1005 W. Burnside). For more information, visit the event website.

Saturday, January 24

• End Joblessness—A Mini Job Fair: This is an opportunity for potential employers and job seekers to come together. Employers will talk about their job openings, contracts and other opportunities. Ample time to mingle. OTBC (12725 SW Millikan Way, Beaverton), 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. For more information, visit the event website.

• Free Dance Classes at BodyVox: Click here for more information. 

• Free Yoga Classes at Belmont Yoga: In honor of Yoga Day USA, Belmont Yoga (4246 SE Belmont, #4) will hold two free yoga classes. For more information, click here.

• Tea Party at Seattle’s Best: In celebration of National Hot Tea Month, participating Seattle’s Best Coffee cafes will host a tea party from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Complimentary samples of the new Vanilla Red Tea Latte as well as samples of other tea lattes and full leaf teas will be served. Please contact your local Seattle’s Best to see if it is participating. 

• Oregon Symphony Storytime: This series focuses on books, music, instruments, sound and fun musical crafts. Each week features a visit from an Oregon Symphony musician who will play and provide an introduction to his or her instrument and orchestral music. Free tickets for seating will be available 30 minutes prior to the program. Hillsdale Library (1525 SW Sunset Blvd), 11:00 am–noon. Most appropriate for preschool-age children. For more information, visit the event website.

• ”Raven Steals the Sun” Children’s Puppet Show: Created and performed by Emily Alexander of Tears of Joy Theatre, this show tells how Raven the trickster brought light and warmth to the world. Most appropriate for grades K–5. Sellwood-Moreland Library (7860 SE 13th Ave), 11:00 pm to 11:30 pm, and 12:00 pm to 12:30 pm. Free tickets for seating will be available at 10:30 am. For more information, click here and here.

• Naysayers will perform at Music Millennium (3158 E. Burnside) at 5:00 pm. All ages. For more information, visit the event website.

• when the broken bow, The Chair Project, and Resin Hits will perform at The Waypost (3120 N. Williams Ave) at 8:00 pm. For more information, visit the event website.

• Matt Tabor will perform at Three Degrees Lounge at the RiverPlace Hotel, 8:00 pm. For more information, visit the PDX Jazz website.

• Casey Neill & friends will perform at LaurelThirst Public House (NE Glisan and 30th) from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. For more information, visit the event website.

• Chickweed (website) will perform at Kay’s Bar (6903 SE Milwaukie) at 9:30 pm. Ages 21+. For more information, visit the event website.

• Damage Overdose and The Butchered Fixation will perform at Red Room (2530 NE 82nd Ave) at 9:00 pm. Ages 21+. For more information, visit the event website.

• Rachel Taylor Brown (website) will perform at Press Club at 8:30 pm. All ages. Press Club is located at 2621 SE Clinton St, 503.233.5656.

• Reina Collins (website) will perform at Edgefield (2126 SW Halsey St, Troutdale) at 7:00 pm. Ages 21+. For more information, visit the Edgefield website.

• Matt Meighan (website) will perform at Rock Creek Tavern (10000 NW Old Cornelius Pass Rd, Hillsboro) at 9:00 pm. All ages until 10:00 pm. For more information, visit the Rock Creek Tavern website.

• Children’s Book Author Allen Say will talk about his new book “Erika-San” at A Children’s Place Bookstore (4807 NE Fremont St) at 1:00 pm. For more information, visit the event website.

• Children’s Book Author Addie Boswell will talk about her book “The Rain Stomper!” and lead kids in a craft activity. Coloring sheets and bookmarks will also be provided. Capitol Hill Library (10723 SW Capitol Hwy), 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm. Free tickets for seating will be available 30 minutes prior to the program. For more information, visit the event website.

• Happy Valley City Hall Open House: The City will host an open house for the public from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Staff will be providing tours of the new facility and light refreshments will be served. For more information, visit the event website.

Sunday, January 25

• Crystal Ballroom 95th Birthday Free-for-All: All four floors of Portland’s historic music venue will rock ‘n’ roll in exuberant celebration of the Crystal’s 95th birthday. Blitzen Trapper, Blue Giant, Greensky Bluegrass, Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls, and more. Doors open at 12:30 pm. All ages (except Lola’s and the Annex, which will be open to ages 21+). For more information and complete schedule of events, visit the event website.

• 10 Steps to Starting a Business: This seminar covers basic small business startup information in 10 steps. The presentation is designed for individuals in the thinking stage of starting a business. Midland Library (805 SE 122nd Ave), 12:30 pm to 3:00 pm. For more information, visit the event website.

• Njuzu Mbira: Music of Zimbabwe: Enjoy the traditional dance music of the Shona people of Zimbabwe played on the mbira, an instrument played for at least 1,000 years. Usually two or more musicians play interlocking parts, creating a multitude of melodies and rhythms, and are accompanied by hosho (shakers). Central Library (801 SW 10th Ave), 12:30 pm–1:30 pm. For more information, visit the event website.

• Steve Cheseborough (website) will perform at Music Millennium (3158 E. Burnside) at 5:00 pm. All ages. For more information, visit the event website.

• Jazz Stories 2009: Jazz Stories is a series of spoken word/live jazz narratives. In original stories accompanied by live jazz, writer Lynn Darroch, guitarist John Stowell and saxophonist Rob Davis celebrate musicians such as Ray Charles, Phil Woods, Charles Lloyd, Betty Carter and Red Rodney. St. Johns Library (7510 N. Charleston Ave), 2:00 pm–4:00 pm. For more information, visit the event website.

• Jon Koonce (website) will perform at Edgefield (2126 SW Halsey St, Troutdale) at 5:00 pm. Ages 21+. For more information, visit the Edgefield website.

• “Eat, Drink, Man, Woman” will be showing at Press Club at 9:00 pm. All ages. Press Club is located at 2621 SE Clinton St, 503.233.5656.

• Children’s Book Author Addie Boswell will talk about her book “The Rain Stomper!” and lead kids in a craft activity. Coloring sheets and bookmarks will also be provided. Gregory Heights Library (7921 NE Sandy Blvd), 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. For more information, visit the event website.

• William Stafford Birthday Events: Three events today:

  • Poetry readings and presentations will be given by Jim Scheppke, Ellen Louise Hart, Holly Springfield, Don Colburn and Kirsten Rian. Central Library (801 SW 10th Ave), 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. For more information, visit the event website.

  • Marie Buckley, Sue Einowski, Lucinda Huffine and Celeste Thompson will read Stafford poems. Birthday cake and light refreshments will be provided. Hillsboro Main Library (2850 Brookwood Pkwy), 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. For more information, visit the event website.

  • David Benedicktus, Dennis Cole, Den Mark Wichar, and Sharon Wood Wortman will read. Vancouver Community Library (1007 East Mill Plain Blvd), 2:00 pm. For more information, visit the event website.

• 100 Poems by 100 Poets From the Past 100 Years: From Willamette Week: “Experimental writing haven and reading series Spare Room celebrates its 100th reading with a mondo poetry blowout that careens through a century of spoken history and subject matter. Poems will be read by Spare Room organizers and friends, from David Abel to Rodney Koeneke, plus ’sound poetry’ performances by Linda Austin and Lisa Radon, among others.” Gallery Homeland (2505 SE 11th Ave), 2:00 pm. All ages. For more information, click here.

• Art Tour of Portland’s Chinatown and Japantown (RSVP Required): Click here for more information.

• Kwan-Yin Healing Arts Open House: Kwan-Yin Healing Arts, a natural health clinic, is having an open house featuring free sample treatments and refreshments from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. For more information on Kwan-Yin, visit www.kwanyinhealingarts.com.

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, please contact me.

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• July 29, 2010 -- Free Events in Portland: July 30–August 1
• July 15, 2010 -- Free Events in Portland: July 16–18
• July 4, 2010 -- Free Family Film Festival 2010 at Regal Theatres

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