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Admission is free for all events below. Have a great weekend!
Friday, November 7
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Free First Friday Night at Portland Children’s Museum: Admission to the museum is free from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Bring a gift of canned food for the Oregon Food Bank and create a garland of gratitude and a pinecone turkey to take home. For more information, visit the event website.
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First Friday Art Shows and Openings:
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First Friday East Portland Gallery Art Walk: Several galleries on the East side open their doors to the public from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm on the first Friday of each month. Go to this website for the list of galleries. In addition to those, Bowl of Thistles and Tilde will also host artist receptions.
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Multnomah Arts Center Faculty Art Show & Concert: From 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, chat with members of MAC’s art faculty and view paintings, prints, drawings, metal arts, clay arts, textile arts and more. The music faculty will perform at 7:15 pm. All are welcome. 7688 SW Capitol Hwy. For more information, visit the event website.
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Photography Show and Voice Catcher Reading: The 100th Monkey Studio (110 SE 16th Ave) will host a reception for their new exhibit featuring photos by young people. Also, the Voice Catcher community will read from their new anthology. All ages welcome. 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm; reading begins at 7:30 pm. For more information, visit the event website.
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Pattern Art Show: Olio United (1028 SE Water) is celebrating the opening of “Repeat,” featuring pattern work by 10 artists. 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. For more information, visit the event website.
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Press Club will host a reception for artist Charlie Kraft at 7:00 pm. Press Club is located at 2621 SE Clinton St, 503.233.5656.
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Also, go to PORT for more events.
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First Friday in Multnomah Village: During this monthly event, shops and galleries stay open late and offer special events, sales and complimentary refreshments. 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. For more information, visit the Multnomah Village website.
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First Friday Art Walk in Downtown Camas: This month’s theme is “Favorite Recipes from Downtown Camas.” In addition to displays for the holidays, downtown merchants will serve their favorite holiday recipes for customers to enjoy and also hand out the written recipes. 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. For more information, visit the Downtown Camas website.
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New Faces (website) will perform at Music Millennium (3158 E. Burnside) at 7:00 pm. All ages. For more information, visit the Music Millennium website.
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Ehren Ebbage (website) will perform at East Burn (1800 E. Burnside) at 10:00 pm. Visit the East Burn website for more information.
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The Old Yellers (website) will perform at Edgefield at 7:00 pm. Ages 21+. For more information, visit the Edgefield website.
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Western Aerial (website) will perform at Rock Creek Tavern at 9:00 pm. All ages until 10:00 pm. For more information, visit the Rock Creek Tavern website.
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Ellen Heltzel & Margo Hammond will talk about “Between the Covers,” their anthology of fiction and nonfiction, at Powell’s City of Books on Burnside (1005 W. Burnside), 7:30 pm. For more information, visit the Powell’s website.
Saturday, November 8
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Keep Portland Weird Festival: The Central Library (801 SW 10th Ave) will host a variety of activities and information booths from “weird” organizations in Portland. For more information, visit the festival website. For details on the clothing swaps, click here. 11:00 am–4:00 pm.
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Siren Nation Workshops: In Other Words Women’s Books and Resources (8 NE Killingsworth St) will host three family-friendly workshops: “Zines 101” at 1:15 pm; “What Is Freeschooling?” at 3:00 pm; and “Urban Cycling: How to Ride the Road & Feel Good Doing It” at 4:15 pm. These workshops are part of the Siren Nation Festival, which includes free and not-free events. For more information on the workshops, visit the IOW website.
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Free Events at NW Film & Video Festival: The festival includes two free events:
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Show and Tell Un-conference: A Barcamp for Filmmakers: This is an opportunity for filmmakers of all levels to share their knowledge, learn from others, inspire and be inspired. Beverages and snacks will be provided. School of Film (934 SW Salmon), 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
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What’s Wrong With This Picture: Seattle film guru Warren Etheredge will host this talk about films that were not selected for this year’s festival. Open to filmmakers of all experience levels, as well as to film lovers. Whitsell Auditorium (1219 SW Park Ave), 4:00 pm.
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For more information, visit the event website.
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Marie Black (website) will perform at East Burn (1800 E. Burnside) at 10:00 pm. Visit the East Burn website for more information.
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Will West (website) will perform at Edgefield at 7:00 pm. Ages 21+. For more information, visit the Edgefield website.
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Ida Viper (website) will perform at Rock Creek Tavern at 9:00 pm. All ages until 10:00 pm. For more information, visit the Rock Creek Tavern website.
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Author Laura Foster will talk about her book “Portland City Walks: Twenty Explorations in and Around Town” at Northwest Library (2300 NW Thurman St) at 2:00 pm. For more information, visit the event website.
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“Get Me Through the Holidays: 10 Strategies for Coping with Loss and Loneliness on Days That Hold Special Meaning”: Staff from the Community Care Program of Providence Hospital will lead this presentation. Kenilworth Presbyterian Church (corner of SE 34th and Gladstone), 10:00 am to 11:30 am. Coffee and refreshments at 9:45 am. For more information, visit Neighborhood Notes.
Sunday, November 9
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Siren Nation Workshops: Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd Ave) will host a day of free workshops—part of the 2008 Siren Nation Festival—on a wide range of topics of concern and interest to women: writing, music, canning food, sex, health, self-defense, entrepreneurship and more. 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. All ages welcome. For more information, visit the event website.
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”Gourdy Pumpernickel’s Harvest Surprise” Puppet Show: Mudeye Puppet Company presents this all-new, all-original, all-ages puppet show about a determined but slightly silly farmer who never gives up. Free tickets for seating will be available 30 minutes prior to the program. Midland Library (805 SE 122nd Ave), 2:00 pm–3:00 pm. For more information, visit the event website
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Kolvane/Joe McMurrian Quartet will perform at Music Millennium (3158 E. Burnside) at 5:00 pm. For more information, visit the Music Millennium website.
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“Election” will be showing at Press Club at 9:00 pm. Press Club is located at 2621 SE Clinton St, 503.233.5656.
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.
November 7th, 2008
On Saturday, November 8, the Central Library is hosting the Keep Portland Weird Festival. It’s free, and there’s lots going on including circus lessons, live music, ukulele lessons, and a chance to talk to representatives from a variety of “weird” organizations that make Portland such an interesting place to live.
In addition, there will be two clothing swaps: one for women’s clothes and another for kids’ and maternity clothes. Both are organized by PDXSwap.
For those who don’t know, a clothing swap is an event where you bring clean, wearable clothes that you don’t need anymore and trade them for clothes that other participants bring. It’s a great excuse to clean out your closet and a great way to restock your closet for free.
Here are the details:
WHO: The women’s clothing swap is for all sizes. Likewise, the kids’ clothing swap is for all children’s sizes, from newborn to teen. If you’re pregnant, you’re welcome to take some baby clothes even if you don’t have any kids’ clothes to swap yet.
WHEN: Saturday, November 8, 2008. The kids’ and maternity clothes swap will run from 12:30 pm to 4:00 pm. The women’s clothing swap will run from noon to 4:00 pm.
WHERE: Central Library, 801 SW 10th Avenue (at SW Yamhill Street), Portland, OR 97205 (map). The kids’ and maternity clothing swap will be in the Children’s Library Story Theater on the first floor. The women’s swap will take place in the Sterling Writers Room on the second floor.
WHAT TO BRING: Clean clothes in good condition with no rips, tears, visible stains, etc. As mentioned above, all sizes are welcome. There are no minimum requirements for how many items you have to bring or how many you can take, but please be courteous and generous. Don’t forget to bring a bag to carry home your treasures.
- For the kids’ clothing swap, you can also bring lightly used children’s accessories like socks, shoes, boots, hats, scarves, mittens or sunglasses. No toys, please.
- The women’s swap is clothes only, no accessories.
LOGISTICS: These are drop-in swaps, which means you can bring your clothing and swap at any time, as long as the swap is still open. If you like, you can do a little swapping, then check out the other events at Keep Portland Weird, then come back to swap some more.
The clothes will be separated by size. When you arrive, place your clothes in the appropriate piles.
NOTE: The kids’ swap area is child-proofed, but space is very limited. Please leave strollers at home, carry babies in a sling, and bring someone to supervise little ones in the Children’s Library while you swap.
For more information, visit the festival website or PDXSwap.com.
November 6th, 2008
Heads up, gals! PDXSwap is organizing several women’s clothing swaps in June, including swaps for specific sizes (small, medium or large) and a swap for all sizes.
If you’ve never attended a PDXSwap event, I recommend reading this article. In it, Oregonian staffer Laura Oppenheimer writes about the all-sizes swap that took place last month. At the end of this post, I’ve also included PDXSwap’s instructions for newbies.
Here are the what, where and when of the swaps happening in June. Some swaps require an RSVP.
Women’s/Teens’ Clothing Sizes 0–5
Friday, June 20
7:00 pm (Please plan to arrive about 10–15 minutes early)
People’s Food Co-op, 3029 SE 21st Avenue, Portland, OR 97202
RSVP to Rae at small@pdxswap.com. Spaces are limited. Also, ask to be added to the mailing list.
Women’s/Teens’ Clothing Sizes 6–12
Monday, June 9
7:00 pm (Please plan to arrive about 10–15 minutes early)
Tigard Senior Center, 8815 SW O’Mara Street, Tigard, OR 97223
Contact Cindy at simple_and_enough@yahoo.com for more information or to be added to the mailing list.
Women’s/Teens’ Clothing Sizes 6–12 (yes, another one)
Thursday, June 12
7:00 pm (Please plan to arrive about 10–15 minutes early)
Presbyterian Church of Laurelhurst (in the Narthex), 935 NE 33rd Avenue, Portland, OR 97232
No RSVP needed. Contact Barb at medium@pdxswap.com for more information or to be added to the mailing list.
Women’s/Teens’ Clothing Sizes 12–18
Thursday, June 26
7:00 pm (Please plan to arrive about 10–15 minutes early)
Tigard Senior Center, 8815 SW O’Mara Street, Tigard, OR 97223
Contact Cindy at simple_and_enough@yahoo.com for more information or to be added to the mailing list.
Women’s All-Sizes Clothing Swap
Friday, June 13
7:00 pm (Please plan to arrive about 10–15 minutes early)
Pilates with Fe, 702 Main Street, Oregon City, OR 97045
* Due to the exercise equipment on-site, children are unfortunately not allowed at this swap. Also, you will be asked to remove your shoes at the door when you enter to keep Fe’s Studio tidy.
RSVP to Rae at allsizes@pdxswap.com. Please include your size in your RSVP. Spaces are limited. Also, ask to be added to the mailing list.
The following has been provided by PDXSwap:
TIPS TO MAKE SWAPS RUN SMOOTHLY (aka if this is your first swap, here’s how it works…)
If you’ve never been to a clothing swap, here are some tips:
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Scour your closets, drawers, and storage for clothes in good condition that you no longer wear, accessories, shoes, belts—basically any wearables (also junior equivalents). Wash them up and bring them along to add to the swap.
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Wear spandex/yoga/bike clothes or a swimsuit under your regular clothes so you don’t have to get naked to try things on (children may be present, and occasionally a janitor has come through near the end of a swap).
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Bring along a bag(s) to carry your treasures home in.
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At 7 pm we dump all our bags of clothes into rows on the floor (we have an accessories pile in a separate place so no one is hit by an errant shoe or purse). You take what interests you and put it in a pile behind you (or on your folding chair seat—that’s your ‘base’ at the medium swap). When your pile gets rather large, you try on the clothes in your pile, throw back what you don’t want, and put what you do want in the bag(s) that you brought.
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Leftover clothes will be donated to organization(s) that will pass the clothes along for free.
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There is no limit to the amount you bring or the amount you take home with you. We ask that you be courteous and generous with each other. If you can use it—take it! In fact, if you’re a quilter, felter, or other fabric artist, after the other women have chosen what they can use, if you see something (especially something that is damaged or outdated) that you could incorporate into a cloth project, feel free to take it at the end of the swap when we’re bagging things up.
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Depending on how many people show up, the exchange can last from 30–50 minutes, so it’s short and sweet.
June 7th, 2008
Admission is free for all events below. Stay cool!
Friday, May 16
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Designers Denyse Schmidt and Heather Ross (www.dsquilts.com, www.heatherrossdesigns.com) will be at Bolt Fabric Boutique from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm for a “casual meet-and-greet, see-new-fabrics-event.” Visit the Bolt website for details.
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30 Rooms Art Exhibit Opening Reception: More than 30 local artists will show their work in the loft building of art refuge Milepost 5. DJs such as Jellyfish & Bubbles will perform. 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. For more information, visit the Milepost 5 website.
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Missy Higgins (website) will perform at Music Millennium at 5:30 pm. For details, visit the Music Millennium website.
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Acoustic Minds (website) will perform at Borders in Beaverton, 7:00 pm. For more information, visit the Borders website.
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Mary Flower (website) will perform at Edgefield at 7:00 pm. Visit the Edgefield website for more information.
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Sonny Hess Trio (website) will perform at Rock Creek Tavern at 9:00 pm. Visit the Rock Creek Tavern website for details.
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Pete Krebs Jazz Trio (website) will perform at Press Club at 8:00 pm. Press Club is located at 2621 SE Clinton St., 503.233.5656.
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Mary Kadderly and Dan Gildea (Mary’s site) will perform at RiverPlace Hotel at 8:00 pm. Visit the PDX Jazz website for more information.
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Author Nicole Mones will talk about her book The Last Chinese Chef at Tigard Library, 7:00 pm. For more information, visit the Tigard Library website.
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Author John Straley will present his book The Big Both Ways at Murder by the Book at 6:30 pm. Visit the MBTB website for details.
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Author Garth Stein will talk about his book The Art of Racing in the Rain at 7:00 pm at Powell’s Books, Cedar Hills Crossing. Visit the Powell’s website for details.
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Author Will Durst will talk about his book The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing at 7:30 pm at Powell’s City of Books on Burnside. Visit the Powell’s website for details.
Saturday, May 17
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Alberta Art Hop: This annual arts festival includes a parade, music and activities for the whole family. In addition, local artists will line the street to show and sell their work. 11:00 am to 6:00 pm. Visit the Art Hop website for details.
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Mt. Tabor Art Walk: On May 17 and 18, 40 artists will show their work from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. For more information and a map of participating locations, visit the Art Walk website.
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30 Rooms Art Exhibit Party: The party will feature live music by Boy Eats Drum Machine, Y La Bamba, Celilo and St. Frankie Lee. Milepost 5, 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. For more information, visit the Milepost 5 website.
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Gateway Fun-O-Rama Parade and Community Fair: Parade starts at 10:30 am at NE Halsey from 132nd to 106th, followed by a fair from noon to 3:00 pm at NE Halsey and 111th. Visit the Gateway Area Business Association website for details.
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Children’s/Maternity Clothing Swap: Visit the Milagro’s website for information.
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Chinese Lion Dance and Storytelling: Tigard Library will host a lion dancing performance by Lee’s Association Dance Team, followed by Chinese stories told by Margaret Eng. 2:00 pm. For more information, visit the Tigard Library website.
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Anna Kramer & The Lost Cause (website) will perform at Music Millennium at 5:00 pm. For details, visit the Music Millennium website.
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Carlyle (website) will perform at Borders in Tigard, 7:00 pm. For more information, visit the Borders website.
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2 Licks 2 Many Bluegrass Band (website) will perform at Borders in Gresham, 7:00 pm. For more information, visit the Borders website.
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Sky in the Road (website) will perform at Edgefield at 7:00 pm. Visit the Edgefield website for more information.
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The Naysayers (website) will perform at Rock Creek Tavern at 9:00 pm. Visit the Rock Creek Tavern website for more information.
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Swing Papillon (website) will perform at Press Club at 8:00 pm. Press Club is located at 2621 SE Clinton St., 503.233.5656.
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Mitzi Zilka & French Café (website) will perform at RiverPlace Hotel at 8:00 pm. Visit the PDX Jazz website for more information.
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Sharon Wood Wortman will present her book Walking Bridges Using Poetry as a Compass: Poems About Bridges Real and Imagined by 70 Poets, with Directions for Five Self-Guided Explorations at 1:00 pm at Sellwood-Moreland Library. The event will be followed by an optional walk to the Sellwood Bridge (weather permitting). For more information, visit the Multnomah County Library website.
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What’s Hot in Comics!?! Find out from the owners of Guapo Comics, Bridge City Comics, Cosmic Monkey Comics and Floating World Comics. Central Library, 3:00 pm. For more information, visit the Multnomah County Library website.
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Author Jill Kelly will talk about her book The Making of an Honest Woman at In Other Words Women’s Books and Resources at 2:00 pm. Visit the In Other Words website for more information.
Sunday, May 18
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Mt. Tabor Art Walk: On May 17 and 18, 40 artists will show their work from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. For more information and a map of participating locations, visit the Art Walk website.
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Learn about TriMet’s Westside Express Service (WES) commuter rail. TriMet staff will be at the Tigard Library to talk about WES, 1:00 pm. For more information, visit the City of Tigard website.
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Paul Manousos and the East Bay Wrecking Crew (website) will perform at Music Millennium at 3:00 pm. For details, visit the Music Millennium website.
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Makana (website) will perform at Borders in Beaverton, 1:00 pm. Visit the Borders website for more information.
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Sonny Hess (website) will perform at Edgefield at 7:00 pm. Visit the Edgefield website for details.
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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 Button Pendants. 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.
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LeAnn Locher, author of the Portland blog LeLo in NoPo, will talk about her experiences with blogging over the last three years at Hollywood Library at 2:00 pm. For more information, visit the Multnomah County Library website.
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The film Solving Immigration 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.
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Akira Kurasawa’s Rashomon will be playing at Press Club at 9:00 pm. Press Club is located at 2621 SE Clinton St., 503.233.5656.
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Children’s and YA authors Joni Sensel, Thatcher Heldring and Sundee T. Frazier will talk about their respective books at 2:00 pm at Powell’s Books, Cedar Hills Crossing. Visit the Powell’s website for details.
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Ursula K. Le Guin and Kim Stafford will join editors of In the Blast Zone: Catastrophe and Renewal on Mount St. Helens to talk about the book at this Mt. St. Helens anniversary event. Powell’s City of Books on Burnside, 4:00 pm. Visit the Powell’s website for details.
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.
May 16th, 2008
On May 17, PDXSwap and Milagro’s Boutique are hosting a swap for children’s and maternity clothes. This is a great way to clear out your kids’ outgrown clothes and trade them for things they can use. Moms-to-be are also invited even if you have nothing to trade yet. Items that don’t find new owners will be donated to a local charity. The event is free. Here are the details:
When: Saturday, May 17
There will be three swaps based on size. Each swap will last about 30 minutes. Arrive early.
11:00 am: size 0 through size 24 months and maternity clothing
11:30 am: sizes 2T to 6
12:00 pm: sizes 7 to 14+
Where: Milagro’s Boutique, 5433 NE 30th Avenue, Portland, 97211
Bring: Maternity/kids’ clothes in good condition with no rips, stains, etc. You may also bring other kid-related items such as shoes, accessories, baby bottles, books, CDs, DVDs/videos and small toys. To help the event run smoothly, PDXSwap asks that you sort the clothes by size before arriving. According to organizer Jennifer, there’s no requirement on the number of items you need to bring or the amount you can take; the only requirement is that you be respectful and have fun.
If you’d like to donate items but can’t make it to the swap, contact the email address below, and PDXSwap will arrange for a pick-up.
Contact: pdxkidswap@gmail.com
Visit ReadySetMom for more information.
May 15th, 2008
Calling all Portland women who wear sizes
6–12: Clean out your closets of unused/unwanted clothes, wash them, and bring them to the next PDXSwap!
What: Women’s/teens’ size 6–12 clothing swap
When: Thursday, January 10, 7 pm (please arrive early)
Where: Presbyterian Church of Laurelhurst (in the Narthex), 935 NE 33rd Avenue, Portland, OR 97232, 503-232-9129
Directions: two blocks south of Sandy Blvd on 33rd, at Pacific Street, in a small modern red brick building. There is a large parking lot behind the church. There will be signs.
What to bring: Clean, good-condition, size 6–12 clothes that you no longer wear, including accessories, shoes, belts (also petite and jr. equivalents).
What is a swap? At 7 pm, everyone dumps their clothes into a pile on the floor. You take what interests you and put it in a pile behind you. Then you try on the clothes in your pile—be sure to wear spandex/yoga/bike clothes or a swimsuit under your regular clothes so you can try things on without having to get naked (children may be present, and occasionally a janitor has come through near the end of a swap). You keep what you like and throw back what you don’t want. Fabric artists are welcome to take items (especially something that is damaged or outdated) for projects after everyone else has taken what they want. Depending on how many people show up, the swap can last from 30–50 minutes.
There is no limit to the amount you bring or the amount you take home. PDXSwap just asks that you be courteous and generous with each other.
Leftover clothes will be donated to charity.
For more information, visit www.pdxswap.com.
January 3rd, 2008
From Kim, Women’s Size 0–5 Clothing Swap Coordinator, PDXSwap.com:
It is that time again! Like Christmas or your birthday every month….
Time to swap!
Women’s Size 0–5 Clothing Swap
People’s Food Co-op, Upstairs Community Room
3029 SE 21st Avenue
Portland, OR 97202
503.232.9051
Friday, 11/16/07
7 pm sharp
Please RSVP to small@pdxswap.com, including the number of people in your party.
November 8th, 2007
The gals at ReadySetMom. com are hosting a kid and maternity clothes swap on November 6. Click here for details.
November 5th, 2007
From Barb, Medium Swap Coordinator from PDXSwap.com:
Bring clothes, shoes, and accessories you no longer love to the November swap. It’s a great way to spend a Thursday night pampering yourself while saving money, updating your wardrobe, and keeping usable cool stuff out of landfills.
When: Thursday November 8th, 7pm (please arrive a little early)
Who: women of all ages that wear medium sizes 6–12
Where: Presbyterian Church of Laurelhurst (in the Narthex), 935 N.E. 33rd Avenue, Portland, OR 97232, 503-232-9129
Directions: two blocks south of Sandy Blvd on 33rd, at Pacific Street, in a small modern red brick building. There is a large parking lot behind the church. Enter through the door closest the parking lot. There will be signs.
Bring: CLEAN and in good condition size 6–12 clothes/accessories/shoes (plus petite and jr.equivalents) to swap, a bag to carry your treasures home in. (Musty, smokey, stink-soaked clothes are no fun to paw through. Please do a smell test before bringing clothes that have been in storage…because like dryers steal socks, storage adds strange smells:)
TIPS TO MAKE SWAPS RUN SMOOTHLY a.k.a. if this is your first swap, here’s how it works…
If you’ve never been to a clothing swap, here are some tips:
* wear spandex/yoga/bike clothes or a swimsuit under your regular clothes so you don’t have to get naked to try things on (children may be present, and occasionally a janitor has come through near the end of a swap).
* I’ve got three tall mirrors I’ll bring, but it actually works better with at least 4, so if you have a full length mirror please bring it with you.
* Bring along a bag(s) to carry your treasures home in.
* Scour your closets, drawers, and storage for clothes in good condition that you no longer wear, accessories, shoes, belts - basically any wearables (also petite and jr equivalents), wash them up and bring them along to add to the swap.
* At 7 pm (or other designated time) we dump all our bags of clothes into a pile on the floor (we have an accessories pile in a separate place so no one is hit by an errant shoe or purse). You take what interests you and put it in a pile behind you. When your pile gets rather large, you try on the clothes in your pile, throw back what you don’t want, and put what you do want in the bag(s) that you brought.
* I’d really appreciate it if you get here before the start time because if I have to leave the pile to let you in I miss out on some of the thrill of the chase:)
* Leftover clothes will be donated - preferably to organization(s) that will pass the clothes along for free.
* There is no limit to the amount you bring or the amount you take home with you. If you can use it - take it! In fact, if you’re a quilter, felter, or other fabric artist, after the other women have chosen what they can use, if you see something (especially something that is damaged or outdated) that you could incorporate into a cloth project, feel free to take it at the end of the swap when we’re bagging things up.
Depending on how many people show up the exchange can last from 30-50 minutes, so it’s short and sweet.
You CAN make a positive difference by recycling your clothes. Plus, you may eventually get a whole new wardrobe:). Please feel free to pass this information on to your female friends. The more people that come, the better selection of clothes for everyone.
November 5th, 2007
There are 2 women’s clothing swaps happening this month. (Sorry for the very late notice for the medium-size swap!)
For more information on these swaps, visit www.pdxswap.com.
Women’s medium-size clothing swap
When: Thursday, October 11, 7:00 pm (please arrive a little early)
Who: women of all ages who wear medium sizes 6–12
Where: Presbyterian Church of Laurelhurst (in the Narthex), 935 NE 33rd Avenue, Portland, OR 97232, 503.232.9129
Directions: two blocks south of Sandy Blvd on 33rd, at Pacific Street, in a small modern red brick building. There is a large parking lot behind the church. Enter through the door closest the parking lot. There will be signs.
No RSVP needed.
Women’s size 0–5 clothing swap
When: Friday, October 19, 7:00 pm (please arrive a little early)
Who: women of all ages who wear sizes 0–5
Where: People’s Food Co-op, Upstairs Community Room, 3029 SE 21st Avenue, Portland, OR 97202, 503.232.9051
Please RSVP to small@pdxswap.com.
October 11th, 2007
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