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Hollywood Theatre celebrates centennial with Sonic Silents festival
Sonic Silents, a new four-night festival at Portland's Hollywood Theatre Sept. 17–20, pairs classic silent films with live original scores by musicians including members of the Decemberists and Los Lobos, building to a centennial screening of Buster Keaton's Oregon-filmed "The General."
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Hollywood Theatre celebrates centennial with Sonic Silents festival
Sonic Silents, a new four-night festival at Portland's Hollywood Theatre Sept. 17–20, pairs classic silent films with live original scores by musicians including members of the Decemberists and Los Lobos, building to a centennial screening of Buster Keaton's Oregon-filmed "The General."
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View MorePortland's Letty Owings Center closes after 37 years
The Letty Owings Center, a residential treatment program where mothers could recover alongside their children, will close permanently by the end of October, leaving a gap in Portland's addiction treatment options.
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View MoreSwan Songs Portland plans Sept. 17 fundraiser after record month
Swan Songs Portland, a nonprofit that sends professional musicians to play free concerts for hospice and memory-care patients, hit its highest monthly concert count in July 2026 and holds a $20 fundraising concert Sept. 17 at Artichoke Music.
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View MorePortland chocolate festival adds cookie contest with Mayor Wilson judging
The Portland Craft Chocolate Festival returns Oct. 2–4 at the Olympic Mills Building with more than 40 makers and a new chocolate chip cookie competition judged by Mayor Keith Wilson and local food industry figures.
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View MoreLaurelhurst Park studio reopens after seven-year closure
Sellwood Community House will reopen the 1920s Laurelhurst Studio on Sept. 26 under a $1-per-year lease from Portland Parks & Recreation, marking the third city-owned building the nonprofit has rescued from Portland's deferred-maintenance backlog.
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View MorePortland's crow roost returns as 1,500 birds gather downtown
Researchers with the Portland Crow Roost project are tracking about 1,500 crows near Pioneer Courthouse Square as the annual fall roost reassembles, with the flock expected to top 20,000 by winter.
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View MorePortland Writers Picnic honors co-founder Steve Arndt Sept. 13
The annual Portland Writers Picnic returns to Laurelhurst Park on Sunday, Sept. 13, carrying extra weight this year as organizers honor co-founder Steve Arndt, who died in February at 77 from heart failure complications.
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View MorePortland's TBA festival brings 52 artists to six venues Sept. 9
PICA's 24th Time-Based Art Festival opens Wednesday, Sept. 9, bringing 52 artists to six Portland venues for five days of performances, a world-premiere opera and analog-themed programming, as the organization navigates a leadership transition.
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View MoreUkandu opens free cancer family center in Portland in October
Portland nonprofit Ukandu will open The Loft in October, a free community center in Southwest Portland offering play spaces, arts, a rock wall and mental health services for families affected by childhood cancer.
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View MorePortland Pacific Islander fashion show casts models for year five
Le Pasefika Runway PDX, the Pacific Northwest's only Pacific Islander-rooted fashion show, holds open model casting Sunday, Aug. 30, ahead of its fifth anniversary show Saturday, Oct. 24, in Portland.
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View MoreArt in the Pearl turns 30 with free festival at North Park Blocks
Art In the Pearl, Portland's volunteer-run outdoor art festival, celebrates its 30th anniversary with more than 140 jury-selected artists at the North Park Blocks from Saturday, Sept. 5 through Monday, Sept. 7.
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View MorePortland's Orquestra Pacifico Tropical drops 3rd cumbia album
Portland's 11-piece cumbia collective Orquestra Pacifico Tropical released its third album, "El Poder," in June 2026 after six years of work, capping a summer of festival appearances including Pickathon and the Waterfront Blues Festival.
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View MorePortland author draws 200 to Powell's for Oregon KKK history talk
Retired Portland journalist Steve Law drew about 200 people to a standing-room-only Powell's City of Books event on Aug. 29 to discuss his book on the Ku Klux Klan's political dominance in 1920s Oregon, drawing parallels to modern far-right movements and outlining plans to memorialize the state's Klan history.
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