On-going, by appointment
Cost: $2 per student
Email education@MuseumofContemporaryCraft.org or call 503.223.2654 x120.

CraftKids asks students to explore the interplay between form and function in craft through carefully looking at the Museum’s collection and temporary exhibitions. Through a 60-minute session, students are introduced to craft by
considering the role it plays in their daily lives. Tours are inquiry- and discussion-based, guiding students as they learn to look at objects in new and meaningful ways. Thematic tours focus on materials, process, identity in craft, positive and negative space, and more.

Reservations are required a minimum of two weeks in advance. Please provide the requested date and time, contact name, contact information, as well as the number and grade level of students.

Monday nights year round except September 1, 2008. 7-9pm

Yeates Studio in the Arciform Building, 4231 North Interstate Avenue, Portland, Oregon

13 & older, drop-in fee $3. Contact Irish Club 503.286.4812

The insiders view of Portland. This award-winning walk clarifies why Portland is regularly recognized as one of the best places to live. You’ll be smiling and laughing as you hear about early and modern Portland as you experience an enlightened city rich with artwork, parks, bridges, fountains, countless coffee shops, brewpubs, and friendly people. Find out how this area grew from "stumptown" to a modern yet livable city.

The works of local photographers inspired by Oregon architectural subjects will be the focus of the Pittock Mansion’s spring exhibit. Photographers will submit their best choices of significant sites that represent the last 150 years of Oregon architecture. Dramatic imagery will allow visitors to discover some well-known and not-so-well-known structures throughout the state. Structures created and preserved for beauty, utility or ingenuity will be selected for the juried exhibit of more than 30 works, which will hang in the historic Mansion’s 23 rooms.

$7 for adults, $6 for seniors, $4 for children 6-18, free for Pittock Mansion members

The Cinco de Mayo Fiesta is a four-day celebration that attracts 300,000 people to Waterfront Park each year. The Fiesta brings to Portland and all Oregonians the beautiful colors, cuisine, arts, music and folklore of Mexico and specifically, Guadalajara, Portland’s sister city.

“I gave ‘em a sword. and they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I’d have done the same thing.” - Richard Nixon

Can a lightweight, has-been talk show host lead the most infamous political figure of his time to publicly acknowledge his guilt? That is the central question raised in Peter Morgan’s delicious drama about a series of televised interviews that former president Richard Nixon granted British journalist David Frost in 1977.

I am looking for someone to
share in an adventure…
Between the dawn of Faerie and the Dominion of Men, this unlikely hero’s journey is full of magic and mystery! Travel there and back again with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey in this epic adventure to reclaim a stolen treasure from a fearsome dragon.

Museum of Contemporary Craft features for the first time the 17 ceramic vessels granted to the Museum by internationally recognized artist Toshiko Takaezu. Former faculty member at Princeton University, Takaezu is widely considered the first person to close – or nearly close – a ceramic vessel. She combines technical mastery with spontaneous painterly glazes that have influenced decades of ceramists worldwide.

Tues-Sun 11-6
Thurs 11-8

Admission is free

Every Monday
11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Every Thursday
11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Every Sunday
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m

Portland Orchids and Bamboo Chinese Ensemble
Free, with order of tea service and Garden admission

Monday May 04
A special evening with Spacemen 3's Sonic Boom
Spectrum
plus guests
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$12 advance, $14 day of show

Tuesday May 05
Broke down-blues-punk from brilliant one-man band lawbreaker
Bob Log III
Willem Maker
Pure Country Gold
Doors 8pm, Show 9m
$12 advance, $12 day of show

Wednesday May 06
Upbeat piano pop from Washington, DC trio
Jukebox The Ghost
Jenny Owen Youngs
and guests
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$10 advance, $12 day of show

Thursday May 07
Dark and gentle folk-rock from subtle Seattle troubadour
Damien Jurado
Laura Gibson
Leonard Mynx
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$12 advance, $12 day of show

Friday May 08
A co-headline CD release celebration with unique PDX talents
Copy
Sophe Lux
Sugar Shortwave
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$8 at the door

Saturday May 09
A Log Love evening of Movers & Shakers
The Prids
The Upsidedown
Catholic Comb
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$8 at the door

Sunday May 10
Royal Family Presents The Up Here Tour
Soulive featuring The Shady Hours
The Nigel Hall Band
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$18 advance, $18 day of show

Monday May 11
Juno Award winning Canadian troubadour
Patrick Watson
and guests
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$11 advance, $13 day of show

Thursday May 14
Soulful Indie Rock from Swedish mutli-instrumentalist
Loney, Dear
plus guests
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$10 advance, $10 day of show

Saturday May 16
High energy rock 'n roll from NOLA veterans
Cowboy Mouth
Dusty Rhodes & The River Band
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$15 advance, $15 day of show

Sunday May 17
Buzz worthy rock from Brooklyn quartet
OBITS
The Lights

Lana Rebel and the Broken Promises
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$10 advance, $12 day of show

Friday May 22
The return of America's funny man
Neil Hamburger
plus guests
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$10 advance, $12 day of show

Saturday May 23
A night of slamming grime with diminutive UK MC
Lady Sovereign
Chester French
Hollywood Holt
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
$15 advance, $15 day of show

In Focus: National Geographic Greatest Portraits is an exhibition consisting of 56 striking color and black-and-white portraits. From fascinating archival images of tribal leaders, fishermen and American workers, to riveting modern pictures of refugees, city dwellers and urban laborers, In Focus takes visitors around the globe and through the heights and depths of human emotion.

Photograph courtesy of Steve McCurry, 1985 & National Geographic
An exhibition created by National Geographic and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, In Focus: National Geographic Greatest Portraits is organized for travel by the Smithsonian Institution for Traveling Exhibition Service.