The Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology runs now through Sunday at OMSI. More than 170 films along with animation screenings, guest speakers, networking events, and special parties. Bringing together filmmakers, artists, and film enthusiasts from across the region to celebrate independent cinema and emerging media.
The Oregon Zoo will host the final Zoo Nights of the summer on Friday with live music on the lawn. Gotta go see the two new adorable red pandas. Zoo officials are hoping they make a love connection to help their endangered species.
Portland Hip Hop Week starts Thursday August 20. What started as a single-day event on the steps of Portland City Hall has evolved into a full week of powerful programming that celebrates the depth, beauty, and diversity of Hip Hop culture.
Take a trip around the gastro globe: We've got food filled festivals including Ukrainian Day at Westmoreland Park, Italian Festival of Portland, Fiesta Mexica in Woodburn and
The Fire and Thorns both playing at home this weekend. Fire take on Washington Mystics Sunday at MODA Center. Thorns v. Denver Summit Saturday at Providence Park.
If you’re looking to recharge your mind, this Saturday is a Mindful Wellness Walk in Portland. It’s a guided walking meditation experience sure to relieve the stress and refresh your mood.
One more week of free outdoor concerts, movies, and family activities across local city parks as part of Portland Parks & Rec's Summer Free For All.
The Swan Island Dahlia Festival continues with 50 acres of breathtaking fields and a beautiful display garden of stunning dahlias featuring over 375 varieties.
LOOKING AHEAD
National Park Week runs from August 22 through August 30, 2026, celebrating the 110th birthday of the National Park Service. Tuesday, August 25, 2026, is an official fee-free entrance day across participating national parks.
Hood To Coast, the most popular and largest running/walking relay race in the world, is Friday August 28. Runners from over 40 countries and all 50 states come to Oregon for the Mother of All Relays. 8-12-member relay teams start at the iconic summit of Mount Hood and end at the beaches of the Pacific Ocean. This 196-mile relay (128 miles for Portland To Coast) has filled its team limit for the past 37 years and on Opening Lottery Day for 33 consecutive years.
If you use i5 near the Rose Quarter, hope you’re planning your work around. The 5 week closure of I-5 southbound at I-405 begins Sept 11. Crews will be doing major repairs to the freeway surface and that closure will last up to five weeks. All I-5 southbound traffic will be directed onto I-405.
Portland Staycation Weekend September 11-13. Stay local and explore more than 100 businesses and attractions and stay in one of 23 downtown hotels just for funzies.
Rose City Comic Con, also Sept 11-13 at the Oregon Convention Center. Celebrating comics, gaming, sci-fi, cosplay, anime, fantasy, and everything pop culture with celebrity guests including Chase Crawford from Gossip Girl, Star Trek’s Star Trek’s Anson Mount & Christina Chong, Lena Headey from Game of Thrones, and Tom Skerritt, who’s been in everything…Alien, Top Gun, Contact, Steel Magnolias.
Have you ever been to Ashland during the holidays? Or Leavenworth? Christmas in the Northwest is so magical that Ashland, Oregon and Leavenworth, Washington are both Top 25 finalists in the Hallmark Channel's Merriest Christmas Towns Contest for 2026. The winning town wins the chance to become an official filming location for a future Hallmark original holiday movie! Deadline to VOTE is Sept. 4.
STACEY & MIKE'S WATCHLIST
NEW IN THEATERS: Spa Weekend with Isla Fisher, Anna Faris and Leslie Mann. The horror sequel "Insidious: Out of the Further." And for dudes who like dude movies, the new Jason Statham action flick "Mutiny," where he plays a former marine who's framed for murder.
WATCH, LISTEN AND WIN YOUR WAY TO DISNEYLAND starting Monday August 24. Watch Good Day Oregon on Fox 12 in the 6am hour for the Disney phrase of the day, then be back here to listen for Stacey & Mike to call and repeat the phrase exactly to win between 7a-10am. Winners receive a $100 Disney gift card and qualify for a family vacation for four to experience Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort.
Stacey: Ransom Canyon S2 on Netflix. Trying to drag it out because I don't want it to be over. Love Minka Kelly and so happy for her and Dan Reynolds (Imagine Dragons)
Mike: Lanterns on HBO Kyle Chandler is a great Hal Jordan