History Pub: “Miss Doris, Driving: A Roaring Twenties Teen from Portland Hits...
Miss Doris, Driving: A Roaring Twenties Teen from Portland Hits the Road is the theme of the special bonus History Pub at the Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd), on Monday, October 15, 2012. It’s 1925, and...
View ArticleOMSI Science Pub: “SPILLOVER: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic”...
OMSI Science Pub presents a special author event on Monday, October 22, 2012 at the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne) – SPILLOVER: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic: In this age of speedy...
View ArticlePortland Humanist Film Festival (October 26-28, 2012)
The third annual Portland Humanist Film Festival (PHFF), 35mm closer to reality, takes place Friday, October 26 through Sunday, October 28, 2012 at Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st). Sponsored by the Center For...
View ArticleStrip 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...
View ArticlePortland 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...
View ArticleOMSI After Dark: In The Spirit (31-October-2012)
In The Spirit is the theme OMSI After Dark on Halloween, Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Ghost, goblins, and whiskey, oh my! Get in the spirit and celebrate Halloween at OMSI After Dark – costumes...
View ArticleHistory Pub: Geological History and the development of Oregon’s Wine Industry...
Geological History and the development of Oregon’s Wine Industry is the topic of the latest History Pub at the Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd), on Monday, October 29, 2012. This special Oregon Wine...
View ArticleOE 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...
View ArticleWorld Toilet Day 2012
World Toilet Day 2012 is an annual celebration of the importance of sanitation, designed to raise global awareness of the struggle 2.6 billion face every day without access to proper, clean sanitation....
View ArticleDie-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...
View ArticleStumptown Stories: When Oregon was Russian (15 October 2013)
Kick Ass Oregon History‘s Ribald Resident Historian Doug Kenck-Crispin presents When Oregon Was Russian on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at the Jack London bar (basement of the Rialto, SW 4th and Alder)....
View Article“The Wake of Vanport” Premier Screening (15 November 2014)
The Wake of Vanport, multimedia works produced by the 2014 Vanport Multimedia Project, will be publicly screened for the first time at 2 PM Saturday, November 15, 2014 at the Vancouver Avenue First...
View ArticleStumptown Stories: Gimme that old-time religion … on second thought, don’t....
Gimme that old-time religion … on second thought, don’t. is the title of the 13 April 2015 edition of Stumptown Stories hosted by the Sellwood Public House (8132 SE 13th). There’s some weird stuff in...
View ArticleStumptown Stories: Lewis & Clark’s 210th Anniversary Extravaganza! (10...
Lewis & Clark’s 210th Anniversary Extravaganza! – a special installment of the Stumptown Stories series, begins at 7 PM on Tuesday, November 10 at Jack London bar (basement of the Rialto, SW 4th...
View ArticlePortland 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...
View ArticleOMSI After Dark: In The Spirit (31-October-2012)
In The Spirit is the theme OMSI After Dark on Halloween, Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Ghost, goblins, and whiskey, oh my! Get in the spirit and celebrate Halloween at OMSI After Dark – costumes...
View ArticleHistory Pub: Geological History and the development of Oregon’s Wine Industry...
Geological History and the development of Oregon’s Wine Industry is the topic of the latest History Pub at the Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd), on Monday, October 29, 2012. This special Oregon Wine...
View ArticleOE 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...
View ArticleWorld Toilet Day 2012
World Toilet Day 2012 is an annual celebration of the importance of sanitation, designed to raise global awareness of the struggle 2.6 billion face every day without access to proper, clean sanitation....
View ArticleDie-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...
View Article