PORTLAND WINTER LIGHT FESTIVAL
The annual Portland Winter Light Festival is one of the most popular winter festivals in the city. The citywide outdoor arts celebration featuring interactive light-based art installations, vibrant performances, and kinetic fire sculptures. The festival presents public art installations and performances for the community to enjoy.
A VALENTINE’S HAUNTED HOUSE
Dracula. Bride of Chucky. The Mummy. Some of our favorite classic haunts ride the tight rope of the horror-romance genre. This Valentine’s weekend, one of Portland’s best haunted houses is hosting a special event to celebrate horror with your honey. Leave traditional Valentine’s celebrations in the past and get your heart racing at the haunted house!
FALL IN LOVE WITH LENTS COMMUNITY FESTIVAL
Show some love to the Lents community of artists, musicians, and businesses during the multi-day festival. Special events are scheduled all weekend at the Lents Town Center. Activities are family friendly, community oriented and free to attend!
LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVAL
Portland’s most popular Lunar New Year Celebration is back at Lan Su Chinese Garden. The two-week festival features hanging red lanterns, a contact-free scavenger hunt, festival audio tour and cultural displays. The Chinese New Year festival is celebrating the Year of the Tiger from February 1-15, 2022!
LOVE FEST
Presented by Prosper Portland, Love Fest is a collaboration between local businesses. Find locally made gifts for the people you love at Love Fest, a two-day local shopping event, in the heart of downtown! Enjoy live music as you shop for local wine, chocolate, flowers, plants, jewelry, and home decor items that will warm the hearts of your Valentines, Galantines, friends, and family!
GLOW SKATE NIGHTS
Get out of the house and enjoy a fun evening activity at Oaks Park Roller Rink’s Glow Skate Nights! Oaks Amusement Park in Portland has been bringing joy to the young and young at heart since 1905. For just $10, you can enjoy the skating rink during open skate sessions!
RACE TO EQUALITY
Sign up for Vancouver’s 3rd Annual Race to Equality 5K, 10K, Half Marathon & 135 Mile Challenge to bring awareness to racial inequality while raising funds to support scholarships to the African American community.
VALENTINE’S WEEKEND WINE & CHOCOLATE PAIRING
During designated time periods, collect a passport from a participating winery for an opportunity to win prizes! See each winery for individual promo details & print your passport: get 3 stamps from participating association wineries on your passport for a chance to win a gift certificate!
VINTAGE HITCHCOCK: A LIVE RADIO PLAY
Spies, murder, love, and other trademarks of Alfred Hitchcock come to life in the style of a 1940s radio broadcast of the master of suspense’s earlier films. A Live Radio Play is a triple feature, complete with vintage commercials! Presented by Vancouver’s Magenta Theatre.
SINGING BOWLS MEDITATION
Head to the Graceful Waves Wellness Center for Julie’s meditations which include an introduction to the history, traditions, and making of the Himalayan Singing Bowls. As you embark on your meditation with Julie, you will be invited to set an intention for your session.
MUNSON CREEK FALLS
Munson Creek Falls State Park contains Munson Creek Falls, which is the tallest waterfall in Oregon’s Coast Range. A short hike of 0.5 miles leads to views of the 319 feet waterfall! The trail is accessible for all ages and every level of hiking enthusiast.
ARTIST SHOWCASE
Local and visiting musicians perform a free concert at the Tillamook Fairview Grange, featuring Eric Sappington and other musicians and artists. Relax and take in music in one of the best local performance halls!
VALENTINE’S DINNER & CONCERT
Head to the Sunriver Music Festival and get ready for good food, dancing, and enjoy music from the big band era! Featuring the Blue Skies Big Band!
GALENTINES DAY 2022
Head to Bend’s Saxons Fine Jewelers to enjoy Galentines with your friends! Join for a drink, a bite, a treat, and lots of sparkles. There will be prizes, a rolling discount, but most importantly a really good time!
POPULAR ON NETFLIX/HULU/PRIME/DISNEY+
THE WOMAN IN THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE GIRL IN THE WINDOW
Starring Kristen bell. Mixing wine, pills, casseroles and an overactive imagination, Anna obsesses over a hunky neighbor across the street and witnesses a murder. Or did she? (Netflix)
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
In Guillermo del Toro’s film noir, an ambitious carny (Bradley Cooper) crafts a ticket to success grifting the elite of 1940s society. With Molly (Rooney Mara) by his side, he plots to con a tycoon (Richard Jenkins) with the aid of a mysterious psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett), his most formidable opponent yet. (Hulu)
ENCANTO
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Encanto,” featuring all-new songs by award-winning songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda, tells the tale of the Madrigals, an extraordinary family living in a magical house in the Colombian mountains. But when Mirabel, the only ordinary family member, discovers the magic surrounding their home is in danger, she may be her family’s last hope. (Disney+)
