Free Events in Portland: Nov 6–Nov 8 (Highlights Edition)
November 5th, 2009
Friday, November 6
Take the kids to the Portland Children’s Museum.
Go gallery hopping at the Central Eastside Art Walk.
Head to Camas for a food sampling event at this month’s Camas Art Walk.
Enjoy family activities and entertainment at the Multnomah Arts Center Open House.
Take a free writing workshop at Ibex Studios: Adventures in Creative Writing at 6:00 pm.
Saturday, November 7
Meet Trail Blazers’ guard Andre Miller at the grand opening celebration of the new DICK’s Sporting Goods at Lake Oswego’s Meridian Square.
Meet and mingle with local printers, book/zine artists, and other proponents of DIY print democracy, take part in educational print demos, and more at the Power of the Press Fair at Portland Center Stage.
Head to Vancouver for the 23rd Annual Veterans Parade.
Take the kids to a new musical puppet show from Penny’s Puppet Productions at the Northwest Library.
Join chef and author, Jean Johnson, at Capitol Hill Library for her presentation “Harvest Bounty from Thailand to the Hopi Mesas to Mexico.” Jean will share simple measure-free recipes and insights from her travels.
See Lou Barlow perform at Music Millennium.
If you’re a Bank of America customer, visit the Portland Art Museum and the Pittock Mansion for free.
Sunday, November 8
Visit the Portland Art Museum and enjoy a day of special events.
Head to Kennedy School for a day of free workshops on a wide range of topics of concern and interest to women. This event is part of the 2009 Siren Nation Festival.
If you’re a Bank of America customer, visit the Pittock Mansion for free.
See German theatre group Grotest Maru give a performance inspired by the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Meet David Javerbaum, producer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and 11-time Emmy Award winner, and hear him talk about his latest book, “What to Expect When You’re Expected: A Fetus’s Guide to the First Three Trimesters.”
Learn about the Children’s Book Bank at its open house.
More events
For more free and low-cost events, check Portland on the Cheap.
For free concerts, see Concert Co-op.
If you know of any other free events happening this weekend, please write a comment about it.
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1. Clare&hellip | November 5th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Free recital on Tuesday evening, 11/10, at Sherman Clay in the Pearl. There’s a suggested donation, but no charge for admission.
http://www.portlandopera.org/node/533
2. Lisa Gilbert&hellip | November 7th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
The Portland Children’s museum is not free. It is $8.00 for adults and for children
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