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Strip City’s Storied Sex Worker Specters & Midnight Cowboy (26-October-2012)
Kick Ass Oregon History presents Strip City’s Storied Sex Workers Spectre… a.k.a. Portland’s Dead Prostitutes plus a screening of Midnight Cowboy, this Friday, October 26, 2012 at the Mission Theater...
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Night of the Living Ales (26-October-2012)
The third annual Night of the Living Ales takes place Friday, October 26, 2012 at Burnside Brewing (East Burnside at 7th). Night of the Living Ales is the ultimate Halloween extravaganza designed...
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Portland Art Museum Free Day (October 26, 2012 5pm-8pm)
Admission to the Portland Art Museum (1219 SW Park) is free on Friday, October 26, 2012 from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. The museum offers free admission ever fourth Friday (5 p.m.- 8 p.m.) of the month....
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Portland Weekend Amusements (October 26-28, 2012)
Ongoing Walktober PDX 2012 Walktober PDX 2012 runs from Saturday, October 6 through Halloween (the greatest walking holiday of the year). Inspired by Pedalpalooza, three weeks of bikey fun in Portland...
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OE History Night: Of Casts and Characters – the Early Years and Collections...
The Oregon Encyclopedia, in conjunction with McMenamins, the Northwest Examiner, and the Portland Art Museum, presents Of Cast and Characters: the Early Years and Collections of the Portland Art...
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ScanFair 2012
Celebrate the sights, sounds, tastes and traditions of a Scandinavian Christmas at the 28th annual Portland ScanFair, presented by the Scandinavian Heritage Foundation, this Saturday and Sunday,...
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Die-Oh-Ram-Ahs! The 2nd Annual Kick Ass Oregon History Diorama Contest
The 2nd annual Kick Ass Oregon History Diorama Contest has begun. As everybody knows – Dioramas Kick Ass! Those awesome little cardboard boxes detailed with globs of glue and faded construction paper...
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True Crime in Portland: Portland Exposé (12-June-2013)
The first installment of True Crime in Portland, presented by the Jim Elkins Appreciation Society and McMenamins Mission Cinema Society, features a screening of the 1957 noir film Portland Exposé on...
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Back Row Picture Show: The Octagon (June 28, 2013)
The Back Row Picture Show (tag line: Lights! Camera! Disappointment. We make bad movies worse.) takes place every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month at the East Bank Saloon (727 SE Grand). Hosted by...
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Portland Weekend Amusements (June 28-30, 2013)
The first really warm weekend of the year is upon us, so of course: beer. Portland’s summer seems to have begun a bit early this year – the 4th of July isn’t until next week! Friday Back Row Picture...
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Portland 4th of July Weekend Amusements (2013)
Have a great 4th of July – don’t drown and don’t burn anything down! Thursday Portland Area 4th of July Fireworks You’ll find fireworks galore in the Portland area on Thursday, July 4th 2013. All of...
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Noir City: Portland’s Vintage 35mm Film Noir Festival (September 20-22, 2013)
The Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Boulevard) presents Noir City Portland, this weekend Friday, September 20 through Sunday, September 22, 2013. [T]he full lineup of titles boasts the Film Noir...
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Breakfast: From Silver Screen to Small Screen (1 October 2013)
Portland ecologist and food writer Heather Arndt Anderson presents Breakfast: From Silver Screen to Small Screen, on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at the Jack London bar (basement of the Rialto, SW 4th and...
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Oregon Experience ‘Portland Noir’ Documentary Screening (11 October 2013)
Watch a preview screening of Oregon Experience‘s Portland Noir on Friday, October 11, 2013 at the Mission Theater (1624 NW Glisan). From shanghaied sailors to opium dens, Portland’s illicit past is...
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (15 March 2015)
Portland Geek Council and Interesting Times present Monty Python and the Holy Grail at the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton) on Sunday, 15 March 2015 at 2 PM. Revisit the classic comedy you...
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Kick Ass Oregon History Diorama Contest 2015
The 4th annual Kick Ass Oregon History Diorama Contest is under way. You made them in Mrs. Dingleberry’s 5th grade American History class. You saw them at that Crappy County Historical Society your Dad...
View ArticleCurious Gallery – The Wunderkammer Revival (January 10-11, 2015)
Curious Gallery is back with an arts festival of the wunderkammer revival this weekend, January 10-11, 2015 at the Crowne Plaza (1441 NE 2nd Avenue). Long before public museums became a feature of...
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Made in Oregon: 16mm Industrial Films from the Pacific Northwest (12 November...
The Oregon Historical Society presents Made in Oregon, an evening of 16mm films produced by local area businesses on Wednesday 12, November 2014 at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd). From the...
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Revolution: DB Cooper (22 November 2014)
For the fourth year in a row, the geeked out history folks at Kick Ass Oregon History give us the straight shit on the NW’s most famous hijacker. Revolution: DB Cooper takes place Saturday, 22 November...
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Science Pub Portland: Shaping Light with Folded Surfaces (18 November 2014)
Science Pub Portland presents Shaping Light with Folded Surfaces tonight at the Empirical Theater at OMSI (1945 SE Water Ave.). Light reveals our visual universe. Light shapes how we perceive form and...
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