Free Events in Portland: Dec 31–Jan 3
December 30th, 2009
This week’s summary comes a day early to bring you a few New Year’s Eve freebies.
Admission is free for all events below. Have fun!
Thursday, December 31
New Year’s Eve parties:
- Doug Fir: DJ SAFI will be spinning rock and party music all night long in the free heated patio tent.
- Edgefield: Sonny Hess Trio and The Quick & Easy Boys will perform.
- Kennedy School: Freak Mountain Ramblers will perform.
- Kelly’s Olympian: Coco Cobra and the Killers, The Rainy States, Yeltsin, and Secrets In The Salt will perform.
- More New Year’s Eve parties: Check PDX Pipeline for more parties, both free and not.
Free TriMet rides: All TriMet service is free after 8:00 pm on New Year’s Eve.
Almost free chocolate buffet: At each Pix location, a free chocolate buffet awaits 100 people who purchase a bubbly drink. Check the website to find out how you can be one of them.
Friday, January 1
New Year’s Day Bike Ride: Led by the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, this 12-mile bike ride will highlight some of the best new additions to Portland’s bike infrastructure and bike culture, as well as areas for improvement. Please RSVP.
Saturday, January 2
Hayao Miyazaki Film Festival: “My Neighbor Totoro,” “Howl’s Moving Castle” and “Nausicaä of the Valley Wind” will be playing at Tigard Library starting at 11:00 am.
Audubon Christmas Bird Count: Each year, birders all over North and Central America gather to count all the birds in a 15-mile diameter circle on a given day. Join birders of all skill levels this year at Tryon Creek and help in the Portland Count.
For Bank of America customers: You can visit the Portland Art Museum and Pittock Mansion free today and tomorrow.
Portland Makes Music One-Year Anniversary: Typhoon, Y La Bamba, Tango Alpha Tango, Eat Skull, and Zoo Girl will perform at Backspace.
Sunday, January 3
Owling at Tryon Creek Park: You will learn about the species present in this forest, mating and nesting behavior, as well as tips and tricks to successful owling.
For Bank of America customers: You can visit the Portland Art Museum and Pittock Mansion free today.
More events
For more free and low-cost events, check Portland on the Cheap.
For free concerts, see Concert Co-op.
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1. L. D. Wood-Hull&hellip | January 6th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
Hello, Amy. Please let your readers know about the free community dinner offered every second Saturday of the month at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in SW Portland. We serve a simple meal (soup or pasta, salad, bread, dessert) from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. Our next dates are 1/9/10, 2/13/10, 3/13/10. All are welcome. Bring your kids. No strings attached. We’re at 2201 SW Vermont St., Portland, on Trimet bus routes 44 & 45. Our website (www.saintbarnabaspdx.org) offers contact information and a link to maps/directions. Thanks!
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