Free Events in Portland: Dec 4–6 (Highlights Edition)
December 3rd, 2009
Admission is free for all events below. Have a great weekend!
All weekend
Enjoy holiday events each day in Tigard.
Friday, December 4
Celebrate the season at these community events:
See live model steam locomotives at Staver Locomotive’s Holiday Train Event.
Take the kids to the Portland Children’s Museum.
Go gallery hopping at the Central Eastside Art Walk.
Take a free writing workshop at Ibex Studios: Adventures in Creative Writing at 6:00 pm.
Hear a classical concert at Tigard Library.
Saturday, December 5
Celebrate the season at these community events:
Take a guided nature walk at Tryon Creek State Park.
Bring the family to Northwest Library to hear a variety of holiday music, including olde carols, African American spirituals, bluegrass, and more.
Take a free horse-drawn carriage ride in Sellwood.
Bring your pet to the Hotel Vintage Plaza to enjoy a treat and pose with Santa.
If you’re a Bank of America customer, visit the Portland Art Museum and the Pittock Mansion for free.
Sunday, December 6
Celebrate the season at the Happy Valley Tree Lighting Event.
Take your kids to Holgate Library to enjoy a new musical puppet show from Penny’s Puppet Productions.
Head to Powell’s to meet Lisa Schroeder, owner of Mother’s Bistro and Bar, and hear her talk about her new cookbook.
Take a free horse-drawn carriage ride in Sellwood.
Take a guided bike tour of movie theaters of the past in NE and North Portland.
If you’re a Bank of America customer, visit the Portland Art Museum and the Pittock Mansion for free.
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. Mary Sauve&hellip | December 3rd, 2009 at 10:32 pm
The French American International School at Miller and Cornell is hosting a Holiday Market Saturday, December 5th from 9 to 4pm. Enjoy french pastries, german sausages, local and french wines, and 50+ local artisans selling their beautiful creations. It’s festive, it’s fun and it’s FREE. Join us!
2. socialism&hellip | December 9th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Here’s another event that you might find interesting. Details below:
The Jobless Speak Out on the “Jobless Recovery”
A panel of under- and unemployed will speak on how an economic recovery without job creation deepens the impoverishment of workers to resuscitate corporate profits. Discussion will follow on what the growing dispossessed need to do to guarantee everyone the right to a decent-paying job. Sunday, December 13, 3:00pm at the Bread and Roses Center, 819 N. Killingsworth St., Portland (1/2 block west of N. Albina; TriMet bus lines #4 and #72). A $2.00 door donation is requested and a robust multi-cultural meal will be available at 2:00pm for an $8-$10 sliding-scale donation. Childcare and work exchange available upon request. For more information, call or email the Freedom Socialist Party: 503-240-4462; fsp@igc.org; http://www.socialism.com.
3. Radical&hellip | December 9th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
I would like to invite you all to this event tomorrow night. Please feel free to invite anyone that you would like. Event listed below:
Speak Out In Defense of Youth of Color
Anti-police brutality activist, Helen Sherman, will speak on the disproportionate number of youth of color caught up in the juvenile justice system. Meeting held on Thursday, December 10th at 7:00pm at the Bread & Roses Center, 819 N. Killingsworth St., Portland (on Tri-Met lines #4 and #72). Light meal with vegan option available at 6:45pm for donation. Sponsor: Radical Women. For more information call 503-240-4462.
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