Oregon & SW Washington Weekend Planner: March 3-5, 2023

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PORTLAND:  

PORTLAND SEAFOOD & WINE FESTIVAL
Seafood lovers! Wine lovers! Your weekend is here!! The 17th annual Portland Seafood & Wine Festival is at the Portland Expo Center this Friday and Saturday featuring over 100,000 sq. ft. of fresh seafood, incredible Oregon Wines, shopping, music, and more. BONUS: Your Seafood & Wine Fest ticket also grants you admission into the Portland Golf Show in the hall next door!


PORTLAND GOLF SHOW
In addition to huge savings and a first look at the newest clubs, enjoy free lessons, instructional seminars, golf fitness, kids’ areas, a 19th-hole lounge, and fun tests of skill, including long drive, putting, chipping, and closest-to-the-pin contests at the Portland Golf Show.


MONSTER JAM
Monster Jam brings adrenaline-charged family entertainment to fans across the country. These world-class Monster Jam vehicles and athletes deliver what fans want to see most, more trucks, more racing, more freestyle, more donuts, more wheelies, and more action.


ANNUAL CASCADE FESTIVAL OF AFRICAN FILMS
The 33rd Annual Cascade Festival of African Films: Africa Through African Lenses is a hybrid virtual and in-person film festival at the Portland Community College Cascade campus, as well as at the Hollywood Theater. Celebrate Black history and culture with spectacular films.


TUALATIN VALLEY GEM CLUB ROCK & GEM SHOW
Tualatin Valley Gem Club is a nonprofit organization that promotes the interests and learning of geology, lapidary arts, paleontology, and mineralogy.  Exhibits consist of all varieties and combinations of private collections. These collections can consist of lapidary works, wire-wrapped or silver-smithed gems, minerals in their crystal form, and fossils from around the world.


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. 


VANCOUVER:   

OPEN SATURDAYS AT PEARSON FIELDS
Open every Saturday, the Pearson Field Education Center is the ideal location for youth of to experience STEM education through aviation. Explore a flight simulator lab, Kerbal Space Program stations, vertical wind table, glider building, historic airplanes and collections on display, and various educational programs. Admission is free. 


FREE BOOK SWAP
FREE BOOKS! Bring your book donation to Kindred Homestead Supply then browse books other community members donated. You do not need to bring a book to take a book. We ask that you be courteous so everyone finds a story! 


THE COAST: 

NEWPORT CARS & COFFEE
Bring your car, truck, or motorcycle and join in for Cars & Coffee at O’Reilly Auto Parts in Newport. There will be a BBQ vendor barbecuing sandwiches for participants and spectators.


TEA & TALK
Join the Coastal Arts Guild for Tea & Talk from artist Windwalker Taibi of Raven Rocks Studio & Gallery.  His work includes tapestry design and weaving, yarn spinning, watercolor, and stone cutting. 


CENTRAL OREGON:

WINTER PRIDEFEST
Come check out the Winter PrideFest for a jam-packed weekend of winter events! Skiing, ice skating, snowshoeing, LGBTQIA+ film screenings, dancing, pool parties, and more! 


JAZZ NIGHT
Join us at Walt Reilly’s for our first Jazz Night. The night will feature Central Oregon’s Big Band Jazz, a 17-piece ensemble. “Jazz club” attire encouraged, specialty cocktails, photo booth, and a magical night to remember! 

POPULAR ON NETFLIX/HULU/DISNEY+

YOUR PLACE OR MINE
When best friends and total opposites Debbie and Peter swap homes for a week, they get a peek into each other’s lives that could open the door to love. (Netflix)


THE WHITE LOTUS
An all-star cast heads to a resort and unleash their worst, most privileged impulses. The series is a sharp social satire following the exploits of various guests and employees of the fictional White Lotus resort chain, whose stay becomes affected by their various dysfunctions. A week in the life of vacationers is unraveled as they relax and rejuvenate in paradise. With each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees, and the idyllic locale itself. (Hulu) 


WILLOW
An unlikely group of heroes set off on a dangerous quest to places far beyond their homes, where they must face their inner demons and come together to save their world. (Disney+)

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