TEDx Portland returns this weekend. The largest TEDx in the world, this year's theme is titled Continuum. Our most precious and finite resource, time is free, yet priceless. It can be spent, but not saved. Once used, it can never be returned. TEDx starts Saturday at 9am at The Keller.
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, April 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.at Portland Police Bureau North Precinct (449 NE Emerson St, Portland, OR 97211) In partnership with local law enforcement, Take Back Day has removed 19.2 million pounds (9,600 tons) of medication from circulation since inception. It offers free and anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 5,000 local drop-off locations nationwide.
Join Friends of Tryon Creek to connect with and care for the park by removing ivy growing up trees or caring for newly planted trees near the creek. Volunteer activities include hiking and the use of hand tools. Instruction, gloves and tools provided (feel free to bring your own gloves).
Oregon AG Fest is happening at The Oregon State Fairgrounds. Free for kiddos 15 and under!
The Home & Garden Idea Fair is inspiring Clark County homeowners this weekend. Stop by and see Mountainwood Homes to see how they can make your remodel dreams a reality!
Get ready for an immersive adventure like no other as Ryan ‘Brickman’ McNaught re-imagines Jurassic World, the blockbuster franchise from Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, through 6 million LEGO bricks. It features large-scale LEGO brick dinosaurs, props, scenes, and activities, as well as the newest Jurassic World by Brickman® dinosaur, made from over 100 thousand LEGO's!
Sleeping Beauty is at The Newmark Theater. Be enchanted by act three of Sleeping Beauty, performed as the centerpiece of a program featuring accomplished students on the cusp of a professional career. Get swept away by fairy tale characters dancing for Aurora and her prince. Set to Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece and perfect for all ages!
The Portland Thorns will host Racing Louisville FC Sunday at Providence Park at 1pm.
There’s a new place for your kids to play in East Portland. They just opened a new playground at Ed Benedict Park. It includes slides, a tightrope bridge, swings, and much more for ages 2 thru 12. It’s a big park, nearly 13 acres, located at SE 100th Avenue and Powell Blvd.
FOR BARGAIN HUNTERS
Calling all book lovers, media collectors, and bargain hunters! Tomorrow thru Sunday is The Spring Book and Media Sale at Beaverton City Library. includes Contemporary and vintage finds, all genres—from thrillers to cookbooks, CDs, DVDs, and video games, Vinyl records, plus comic books, puzzles, and board games. They’re at 12375 SW 5th Street.
The Portland Flea is a gathering place for creators, curators and collectors and is held the last Sunday of the month from April to October. Every market features 80+ local artists, makers, and curators of the best vintage, handmade and locally sourced goods in town.
Portland Indigenous Market. Find up to 15 artists and meet the architect team at Kaleido Studio, who are working on the new headquarters for the Portland Indigenous Marketplace Nonprofit
STACEY & MIKE WATCHLIST
Stacey: I can't keep track! Anyone else in the middle of like five shows just waiting for the next week's episode? Mobland, The Studio, Your Friends & Neighbors are all really good. Finally started True Detective Night Country with Jodie Foster so I have something to actually binge.
Mike: Mobland starring Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren on Paramount+
The Oscar-winning film "Conclave" will be available for streaming tomorrow on Prime Video. The film centers around the death of a pope and the process of electing a new one. It comes as Pope Francis died from a stroke on Monday. "Conclave" won Best Adapted Screenplay at the Academy Awards and was nominated in eight different categories, including Best Picture.