PORTLAND:
PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW
The Portland International Auto Show is the largest auto show in the Pacific Northwest. With the latest in-car design and technology plus exotics from around the world. Get behind the wheel in one of our many Ride & Drives, watch live custom car builds, and explore the latest advancements in electric vehicles and autonomous technology that will be here before we know it. There is something for all ages including a kid’s zone, virtual reality simulators, motorcycles and so much more. As always, an opportunity to win a new car and talk with industry experts.
PORTLAND WINTER LIGHT FESTIVAL
For a few nights each year, the Portland Winter Light Festival transforms the City of Roses into a city of lights. Designed to bring light to the wintry darkness, this free festival returns every winter season with imaginative works that combine light and technology to create interactive experiences.
PORTLAND CAT EXTRAVAGANZA
A Cat Extravaganza like you’ve never seen before! Head over to this family furr-iendly event and meet the most beautiful cats in the world, and maybe even take one home!
CASCADE FESTIVAL OF AFRICAN FILMS
The Cascade Festival of African Films shows us Africa through the eyes of Africans, rather than a vision of Africa packaged for Western viewers. The films celebrate Africa’s achievements, expose its failures, and reveal possibilities for a hopeful future. Although the films cannot represent an entire continent, we hope to encourage American viewers to become interested in and study African cultures.
FARMERS MARKET AT PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
The campus of Portland State University on the South Park Blocks provides a picturesque backdrop for Portland Farmers Market’s year-round flagship market. Farmers and artisan food producers fill 140 stall spaces with the bounty of our region.
CASCADE CARS & COFFEE
Join Cascade Cars & Coffee, a year ’round rain or shine weekly cruise-in on Saturday mornings for all makes and models, stock and modified. No cost for anyone to come out and there are numerous restaurants and shopping so attendees can continue to patronize the local businesses.
MIMOSA MORNING AT BOTTLE & BOTTEGA
It’s time for Mimosas and Painting!! No experience is needed. This is an instructor-led class. The ticket price includes all paint supplies, instruction, aprons, and a take-home canvas!
VANCOUVER:
BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL
Bringing the best of Mountain films back to the Kiggins Theatre. The Banff Mountain Film Festival features 2 great shows over 4 nights. Epic adventures, mountain culture, and outdoor environment films from around the world.
COFFEE AND CONVERSATION
Join us for Coffee And Conversation and enjoy your favorite coffee or tea and meet some new friends in the area!
THE COAST:
VALENTINE’S GNOME PAINTING
Join us at Lincoln City Elks for a Paint Class, hosted by We Make Art. Mrs. B will walk you through the step-by-step process to create your very own Valentine’s Gnome Painting in a relaxing setting. No experience necessary!
SUNDAY CIRCLE OF LIGHT GATHERING
Join the Sunday Circle Of Light Gathering. This is a gathering of joyful sharing of Spirit. We look forward to your presence.
CENTRAL OREGON:
THE SOUND OF MUSIC AT TOWER THEATER
One of the most beloved musicals of all time and a holiday favorite, The Sound of Music has enchanted audiences for more than 50 years. Nominated for 9 Tony Awards, and winner of Best Musical! When carefree nun-in-training Maria is sent by her convent to be the governess of seven children, she finds herself unexpectedly questioning her choices in life and falling in love with the children’s stern father, all the while the events of World War II play out in the background. One of the most beloved musicals of all time and a holiday favorite, The Sound of Music has enchanted audiences for more than 50 years.
SUNRIVER BREWING COMPANY K-9 KEG PULL
The Sunriver Brewing Company K9 Keg Pull is back as the premier winter event for the Village at Sunriver! All proceeds from the Keg Pull will benefit the Ronald McDonald House. Each dog will be placed in a category based on their weight, and pull a keg specific to their weight class.
FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK
First Friday Art Walk is a wonderful opportunity to chat with artists and makers, learn about their creative process, and expand your creative community. Join local artists and a host of retailers as they showcase an array of artists and mediums each first Friday of the month
POPULAR ON NETFLIX/HULU/DISNEY+
DOG GONE
When his beloved dog goes missing, a young man embarks on an incredible search with his parents to find him and give him life-saving medication. (Netflix)
HOW I MET YOUR FATHER
A spin-off of mid-2000s hit sitcom How I Met Your Mother, is finding its footing as it continues to delight fans who revel in the current Gen-Z-centric angle. Like the original, with a gender reverse for the premise, adult Sophie is telling her son in the year 2050 the story of how she met his father. But, like Ted Mosby in HIMYM, she dances around the issue by teasing story after story about how she met her core group of friends in New York and all the men she dated before finally settling down. (Hulu)
STRANGE WORLD
Part “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” part “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” this bright and busy animated adventure works a climate-change allegory into a more intimate story of a father and son with diverging priorities. As Jaeger fixates on the uncharted land beyond the mountains that envelop the land of Avalonia, his son, Searcher, stays closer to home, where he has to figure out why an organic power source seems to be dying out. (Disney+)
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