Celebrate Zootoberfest by filling your stein with offerings from 45 of the finest breweries and cideries in the Northwest and enjoy live music, food carts, animal encounters, keeper chats and more. Raise a toast to wildlife in the zoo’s beautiful, woodsy surroundings.
The Spirit of Halloweentown returns to the historic town of St. Helens, 45 minutes from Portland. Open through Halloween with haunted tours, costume contests, celebrity appearances and more. Twilight fans might want to wait until the weekend of Oct 11 & 12 for special guest, actor, producer, musician, and storyteller, Jackson Rathbone. He's best known for his iconic role as Jasper Hale in The Twilight Saga and as Sokka in The Last Airbender.
Frog Pond Farm in Wilsonville is welcoming families for its annual Fall Festival, running now through October 31. The event features a whimsical llama-themed corn maze, a vibrant pumpkin patch, and over 80 friendly farm animals to meet. If you're looking for Fall Festivals, check out Stacey & Mike's favorite Portland Pumpkin Patches.
The Wedge is a Farmers Market-style festival celebrating cheese and everything with it. Sample and purchase local artisan cheese, specialty foods, beer, wine, and cider. Portland Night Market is located at 100 SE Alder.
What’s more fun than bar-crawling through Portland? Knowing that every sip is helping a worthy cause. Every September, bars and restaurants around the city (and the world) join forces for Negroni Week. This Portland-born fundraising event challenges bartenders across the globe to present their best twists on the classic three-ingredient cocktail. Part of the proceeds from each negroni purchased benefit 40 charities, including Portland’s Outside In and Oregon Food Bank.
Portland Weird Fest is goin down at Oaks Park. Throw out the rulebook and embrace Portland's uniquely quirky culture.
It's the last weekend of this year's Dahlia Festival at Swan Island Dahlias in Canby. You can stroll through fields of over 370 varieties of vibrant dahlias, enjoy live music, and sample local fare from food carts.
The Portland Latin American Film Festival is at the Hollywood Theatre through November 12 featuring feature films, documentaries, and short films from Peru, Portugal, the Dominican Republic, Germany, Mexico and Argentina.
College ball this weekend: Friday, Oregon State will host Houston on ESPN and Fubo. The Beavers are trying to avoid their first 0-and-5 start since 1996. Number five Oregon will face second-ranked Penn State on the road on Saturday. The Ducks beat the Nittany Lions in the Big Ten title game last year. Also on Saturday, Washington State will be on the road to square off with Colorado State. The Cougars have won their last two meetings with the Rams.
Timbers Army will be out at Providence Park Saturday as FC Dallas is in town.
STACEY & MIKE WATCHLIST
Stacey: The Residence. A murder mystery that takes place in the White House on Netflix starring Uzo Aduba and Giancarlo Esposito (and even Kylie Minogue). It's just fun, and who couldn't use some fun right now? Plus the episodes are only 30 min so you can watch whenever you need a laugh.
Mike: Black Rabbit and Task. Both on Netflix and both really really good!