Arts & Media❯Ceramics

In Smith Claudel's third solo exhibition with Carnation Contemporary, the yard is both a symbol and a physical source material, juxtaposing the enclosure of nature and its display with the control of the body. In this exhibition, temporary sculptures of raw clay, harvested from the artist’s yard, will soon return to the earth. A series of botanical drawings was made with the artist's menstrual blood. And a site-specific installation displays a collection of yard work specimens: a small patch of grass unnaturally maintained, nail enamel coating unfired pinch pots, and plant clippings caught in resin.

Yard Work examines the absurdity and care of maintaining one's landscape, and the tension between being kept and being desired.

Kim Smith Claudel is an artist and visual designer based in Portland, Oregon. Working across painting, sculpture, and installation, Smith Claudel creates work that exists in deliberate flux. Her process-driven approach embraces the ephemeral, the decaying, and the mundane, building visual systems that resist completion. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including a recent solo exhibition (End Cycle) at The Vestibule in Seattle. Other recent solo exhibitions include The Arts Center (Corvallis, OR), The Painting Center (NYC), Mt. Hood Community College (OR), and KyotoBA (Japan). Recent residencies include Building 5 in Portland and the Boston Center for the Arts. She holds an MFA from the School of Visual Arts. She received an MS in Media Arts and Sciences from the MIT Media Lab, where she was a Learning Innovation Fellow. She is a member of Carnation Contemporary Gallery and the WAVE artist collective.

Opening Saturday, October 03, 5–8 p.m.

Tuesday, July 21st: Both Tasting Room locations will be closing at 3pm. Gather at the pFriem Milwaukie Tasting Room for an evening of hand building mugs and beverages. Each attendee will build a mug from scratch and apply glaze, guided by Alison. The ticket price includes one drink, but stick around for dinner from pFriem's delicious kitchen. This is great for a date night or larger group. Cost includes all materials and firing. Mugs ready to be picked up 3 weeks later at Makerspace Sellwood. We use cookies on our site to give you the best experience. To continue using our site, please accept cookies.

A companion to The Art of Mark Rothko, this exhibition showcases the vitality of abstract painting in American art from Rothko’s time to the present. Rothko created abstract paintings with rich colors that filled the canvas from edge to edge. His example inspired other painters to focus exclusively on color, form, and surface in their works and avoid any representational depictions. Artists like Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, and Jules Olitski found a great variety of expression in this process of underscoring the foundational elements of their paintings. This approach wasn’t limited to painting. Artists like Aaron Siskind in photography and Gertrud and Otto Natzlers in ceramics concentrated on the unique qualities of their materials to further explore the possibilities of abstraction in different artistic disciplines.

Yet by the 1970s, some artists, including feminist artists Valerie Jaudon and Arlene Slavin, considered this strict attention to form too limiting. They began to challenge this orthodoxy by connecting their artworks to everyday patterns and decorations. Over recent decades, a diverse group of artists, including Kikuo Saito, Reginald Sylvester II, and Kay WalkingStick, all featured here, have employed abstraction to convey the world and their experiences beyond the frame of the canvas, further expanding the possibilities for abstract art to connect with meaning and self-narrative.

WSU Vancouver MIS club and the Oregon Data Community host a free one-day training event for data professionals and students using the Microsoft Data Platform.

Session topics include SQL Server, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Azure Synapse, data analytics, visualization and more!

Coffee and Beverages will be provided, and lunch will be available for a small fee.

Conference attendance is free, but registration is required. Use the QR code below.

The Portland SIMposium is a premier event designed for IT leaders, taking place at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Portland, United States. This all-day event brings together CIOs, CISOs, and technology leaders from across the Pacific Northwest, offering a unique opportunity for collaboration, insight, and innovation. Attendees will engage in a series of mainstage panels, breakout sessions, and fireside conversations that delve into key themes reshaping technology leadership today. Topics of discussion will include AI-driven transformation, cybersecurity resilience, workforce evolution, and the human side of digital leadership. Participants will hear from executives who are at the forefront of technology change across various industries, as well as thought leaders from Oregon's vibrant innovation ecosystem. The event also features the prestigious Oregon CIO & CISO of the Year Awards, highlighting exceptional leadership and impact within the region. With the chance to connect with over 150 regional technology and business leaders, attendees can expect to gain actionable insights that will enhance their strategic governance and leadership effectiveness. The Portland SIMposium promises a day filled with knowledge-sharing, networking opportunities, and community engagement.

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Join Repair PDX for a hands-on workshop where you will learn to repair your ceramics with a modern take on an ancient art form. Limited seats!

Kick off the holiday season by discovering unique handmade crafts, tasty treats, and festive treasures from over 30 local artisans.

It is that time of year again. The 11th Annual OBT Holiday Craft Fair is just around the corner. There will be a variety of skilled artists participating again this year, some returning and some joining for the very first time. Handmade clothing, intricately beaded and silver inlay jewelry, miso products, felted and 3D ornaments, paintings, ceramics, hand-woven baskets, unique greeting cards, and fun stocking stuffers are just some of the amazing creations you will find at the fair. There will be something for everyone—and all budgets. Bring the kids and plan to shop the day away.

The first 30 people through the door will receive a discount coupon from the kitchen, where tasty dishes will be served all day long. There will also be a bake sale booth, run by the Dharma School. Please come out and support these wonderful artists. All are welcome.

Details ## What to Expect: Code and Coffee is an inclusive, informal co-working session. Drink some coffee, bring your laptop, and have engaging conversations. This is a great opportunity to learn from others, share your knowledge, and possibly...

The inaugural exhibition in the heart of the Rothko Pavilion speaks to the strong sense of place experienced through one's connection to the natural environment. Drawn from the Asian, Native American, Northwest, and Modern and Contemporary Art collections, Forming Nature, Nature Formed features artworks in glass, clay, metal, neon, and wood that speak to the ways artists from many cultural backgrounds interpret encounters with the natural world in sculptural form. Some works reflect close observation and representation of leaves, insects, hives, and other surrounding elements. Others become abstract expressions of energy inspired by the dynamic forces around and within us. A poetic neon text by Marie Watt serves to ground us in contemplation of the kinship with the environment of the Pacific Northwest and the creatures who inhabit this space alongside them.

NODES 2026 is Neo4j's free, 24-hour global online conference, running across every time zone on November 12. The program is aimed at developers, data professionals, architects and AI engineers, with sessions on modern application development, multi-agent workflows, graph-backed retrieval and building context-rich systems that hold up in production. Talks are grouped by experience level, so there are introductory sessions for people new to graph databases alongside deeper technical material on knowledge graphs, agent orchestration and graph analytics at scale. Because the event streams continuously for a full day, Pacific-time attendees can join sessions in the morning, over lunch or in the evening, and recordings are typically published afterward. Registration is free through the Neo4j eve https://neo4j.com/event/nodes-2026-engineering-better-intelligence/

Portland Fabric User Group It's that magical time of year again where we have our all day FREE technical conference at a local site. This year, we are once again holding our conference at Washington State University Vancouver, up in the Salmon Creek area. As many of you know, the active leadership lives in the Vancouver area, so we've naturally migrated the event to Vancouver due to the availability of high-quality sites with excellent parking. We're in partnership with WSU Vancouver and the WSU

<p style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"><strong>Dates</strong>: Wednesdays: 11/4, 11/11, 11/18</p><p style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"><strong>Time</strong>: 5:30 - 8:30 PM</p><p style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"><strong>Location</strong>: Bittersweet Studios, 1515 N Rosa Parks Way, Portland, OR 97217</p><p style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\">This is an abbreviated version of our six week Intro series that concentrates on giving students the basics of ceramics wheel throwing and hand-building without the time commitment of a 6 week course.</p><ul data-rte-list=\"default\"><li><p style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"><strong>Week 1: Wheel Throwing Basics</strong><br />Learn the fundamentals of working on the pottery wheel, including centering clay, pulling walls, and forming simple vessels. Keep up to two wheel thrown pieces that we will trim for you.</p></li><li><p style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"><strong>Week 2: Hand-building Techniques</strong><br />Explore coil, slab, and pinch methods to build forms by hand—great for sculptural or functional pieces.</p></li><li><p style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"><strong>Week 3: Glazing & Finishing</strong><br />Apply underglaze and glaze to your bisqued pieces, experiment with surface decoration, and prepare your work for final firing. Students can fire up to 4 glazed pieces to keep.</p></li></ul><p style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\">Due to the sequential nature of this series, we cannot offer make-up classes. Please plan on attending every class session. 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Join us for our Annual Holiday Bazaar!

This year's annual bazaar will take place on November 14th and 15th, 9:00am-3:00pm both days. The event takes place at the West Linn Adult Community Center, 1180 Rosemont Road in West Linn.

This event is free and will feature over 40 local vendors with unique and gift worthy handcrafted items - just in time for the holidays! We will also have homemade cinnamon rolls, hot cocoa and hamburgers available for purchase.

Vendor spaces are full for this year.

Our 2026 handcrafted vendor list includes:

Gnomes By Rita

Julynne Pang - Fabric Ware

Herb's Daughter Custom Soaps

January 5th Designs

PhotoArtJewleryPDX

Ozznek LLC

Shorebirds

Violets Jewelry Stand

Lizard Queen Stitchcraft

Thirst Trap Tumbles

Sassy Penguin

Happy Knits

June Art

Aaron Bloom – Wood Bowls

Hailey Footer Art

Natures Lover Clayworks/ Ceramics by Ania

Harriet Beck - Bibs, Rugs, Etc.

Scarves n Things

Full Spiral Art

Itzy Bitzy

Stitchcraft by Mary Lynn

Mama Love Jewelry

Avation Leather

The Henry Soap Company

Celestial Aromatherapy

Laura Strudwick Art

Butterflyheart

Sarah's Pottery

Jeff Ament – Wood Products

Dazzle Art

Bany Honey

Wag Snax

Sugar Mama Sweets

Local Wood

Annette Shaner – Quilts

Val Ko - Felt Items

Spin to Weave Studio

Linda's Sewing Room

Debbie Woods Painting

The roster for the 2026 season includes more than 80 small businesses, including new and returning vendors spanning local farmers, artisan food, and handmade arts and crafts. Some exciting new products at the market this year include flower bouquets and baked goods by North Portland-based Flower&Flour; frozen take-home Himalayan Dumplings by Kyikyi; and ceramics from members of the St. Johns Clay Collective.

SJFM proudly offers Double Up Food Bucks and Produce Match and will be matching up to $20 in SNAP and EBT Cash per household per market day. SJFM also works with St. Johns-based organization Suma to offer an additional matching program, up to $15 per day. To redeem, SNAP customers can bring their Oregon Trail card to the Information Booth at the market. All are welcome at the St. Johns Farmers Market.

These food access programs are central to SJFM’s mission of providing equitable access to locally grown, healthy, culturally relevant food to residents facing food insecurity and of contributing to the health of all local residents.

Topic: "The Most Human Documentation", talk by Christian Miles at WTD PDX 2026. Video followed by discussion.

Pizza will be served at 5:15pm.

Zoom Registration: https://pdx.zoom.us/meeting/register/0vPArxYIRa-VkJX47Ryn0g

Make an augmented reality environment in an hour? Yes, it can be done.

Come to the workshop led by Brenda Grell and see.

Hand-Crafted, Small Production, Estate Pinot Noir, Rosé, and White Pinot plus Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Super Tuscan, and Chardonnay. Browse the Clay Art Gallery at our Boutique Vineyard nestled in the Laurelwood District of the Chehalem Mountains. Ceramics by Winemaker/Owner Bill Sanchez plus other guest artists. Reservations recommended. Terra our Yellow Lab will greet you. Tasting Fee $25.

WildCraft Studio School is bringing back Wild Holiday, the handmade holiday market. Featuring the work of 25+ Portland artists and craftspeople, the Pearl District studio will be filled with handmade gifts in the mediums of ceramics, printmaking, weaving, jewelry, botanical creations, stained glass, woodworking and traditional arts. WildCraft will be selling craft kits, original screenprints, gift certificates and Prune People. Intrigued? Grab a cup of mulled wine while you explore this handmade market.

Goods By:

Nola Clay & Kelly Beiermann Studio / E Cooper Pottery / Maren + Laura Ceramics / Watseka Journeys / Metal Flora Jewelry / Tania Skevos / Daniela Mahoney / Betsy Walton / Dirt Flower Studio / Camilla Watson Art / Rachel Warkentin & Barrowpdx / Monomino / Maren Salomon / Molly Steadman / Portland Fruit Tree Project / Madre Linen / Tanglier Studio / Kim Lewis Glass / Kreisman Acres Woodworking / One of One Goods / Malorie Hall Ceramics / Squeezebox Press / Bee Wild Candles / Firn Handcrafted / Sauvie Shrubs / Mary Carroll Ceramics / De Flora Magia / Canyon House Textiles

Saving Throw Studio presents G.A.T.H.E.R., previously called Beginner Friendly App Building for Innovators: a three-hour, innovation-focused workshop for people building software without a technical background. No experience is required and the session is structured to be judgment-free -- guided, founder-friendly building rather than a lecture. This edition digs into prompting accuracy, breaking complex features down into plans a non-engineer can actually execute, and the architectural decisions behind front-end design. Bring a laptop and whatever refreshments you want; there is no dress code. Hosted by Ryan Green at North Bank Innovations inside the Vancouver Innovation Center, 18110 SE 34th St, Vancouver, Washington. Park in Lot 1, the red lot. Weekend doors are locked, so latecomers sho https://luma.com/j9rh2whz

LFDT Oregon Join us for a webinar with Cosmos Labs, an LFDT general member, on Designing Tokenized Deposits for a Multi-Ledger Future. Most tokenized deposit initiatives start within a single institution or consortium, but the architecture choices banks make today will determine how effectively deposits can reach new markets and power new use cases. This session examines how an interoperability protocol fits into a tokenized deposit stack, covering how deposits and data can be exchanged across l

Portland Analytics Club Calling all developers, AI engineers, software architects, data scientists, DevOps professionals, and tech enthusiasts — **TechConnect** is your ultimate destination for career growth, project showcasing, and global peer networking in the tech ecosystem.

Hosted in a self-led, Slack-style virtual space, this **virtual tech networking event** invites you to connect, collaborate, and innovate with a diverse community of tech minds and hiring professionals from around the wo

Lovett Deconstruction and Salvage Shop's annual makers market — Made and Found — is almost here. This year features 30+ local vendors committed to sustainable practices, specializing in secondhand, new heirlooms, and upcycled goods.

Vendor highlights include Kohai Ceramics, Vitrelux Glassworks, Vibrant Valley Farm, Buji Butter, Chatley Tea, Attic Journals, and many more local makers, including clothing designers, floral artists, candle makers, jewelry artists, wood turners, upcycled knitwear magicians, and more. It's an awe-inspiring collection of local people making great gifts.

Made and Found takes place at Lovett Deconstruction's HQ—an incredible space filled with found objects, reclaimed lumber, architectural salvage, art, and an awe-inspiring collection of collections.

Made and Found is family-friendly and free to attend.

Discover how contemporary AI applications can serve as powerful tools for independent living, lifelong learning, and daily problem-solving. This interactive workshop demonstrates practical accessibility functions hidden inside everyday tech, such as instant text-to-speech audio conversion, natural voice-command interactions, and real-time smartphone image recognition (perfect for reading small labels or identifying objects). Moving into deeper research skills, we will outline advanced prompting methods while unpacking the distinct structural limits of large language models. Learn exactly why AI should never replace professional advisory services, and discover specific strategies for spotting online medical misinformation.

For this session, participants are asked to bring smartphones, laptops or tablets with internet access. Hands-on activities will also include more in-depth prompt writing techniques.

Taught by Adult Services Librarian April Younglove of the Lake Oswego Public Library, with one‑on‑one assistance provided by students from the Lake Youth Leadership Council.

For more information and to register for this free class, please call the Adult Community Center at (503) 635-3758. This class will take place at the Adult Community Center, located at 505 G Avenue, Lake Oswego. This event is sponsored by the Lake Oswego Adult Community Center and the Lake Oswego Public Library.

Join us for a Sale featuring over 50 amazing Ceramic Artists and Potters!

Thanksgiving weekend: November 27-29

At Portland Nursery, 5050 SE Stark in Portland

Artists: The application is open September 30-October 4

Application Link

The Technology Association of Oregon convenes the Agentic AI Summit, a gathering for Oregon technology professionals focused on agentic AI - systems that plan, take actions, and use tools on a persons behalf rather than simply answering prompts. The program is aimed at engineering leaders, product teams, data and platform practitioners, founders, and the operators who have to decide where autonomous agents genuinely earn their keep. Expected themes include practical deployment patterns, evaluation and guardrails, security and data governance for tool-using systems, cost and reliability tradeoffs, and lessons learned from teams already running agents in production. As with other TAO summits, expect a mix of talks, panels, and structured networking with the regional tech community in downtow https://www.techoregon.org/event/agentic-ai-summit

Portland Analytics Club Join the global gathering of AI builders, researchers, and enthusiasts pushing the boundaries of agentic systems and multimodal intelligence. Connect every month for organic networking, 1-on-1 video chats, and powerful peer-to-peer exchanges across a flexible, open chat-based platform. **Watch how it works**: [https://youtu.be/trmf6Gqs6FM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trmf6Gqs6FM) What Is the **Agentic AI Multimodal** #MonthlyMixer? The **Agentic AI Multimodal MonthlyM

Join us at CtrlH in the Kenton neighborhood for Home Assistant Community day! Talk about your projects\, demo what you've created\, and learn how to convert that old Amazon Echo dot into a voice assistant to use with Home Assistant. Snacks and drinks are available!

Event page: https://events.pdxhackerspace.org/occurrences/home-assistant-community-day-2026-11-07

The ancient Greeks loved wall murals and small portable paintings, but most of these have been lost over time. Instead, their art is best known from objects such as ceramic pots and vessels, excavated from rubbish heaps and graves. These ordinary household wares were produced in vast quantity, and some were even decorated by artists of extraordinary talent. Those that survive, often reconstructed from shards, continue to inspire artists and all of us with the stories and culture of ancient Greece and Rome. The stories range from the labors of Herakles to the poet Orpheus, and range in time from Greek antiquity to the age of Pablo Picasso. Here, we can see how later artists have interpreted those eternally relevant stories and themes for their own generations.

Summary: Let's talk about the use (and abuse) of tmux! We'll cover the basics of how it works, how I use it for both good and evil, and the terrible things other people have done with it (hint: tmux is turing complete). This will be a helpful session for people who are just getting started, and (hopefully) amusing for people who have been using tmux for years. Bio: TBA

Tags: plug, linux, tmux

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Shop local vendors offering pottery, jewelry, hand-sewn toys and food items from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 21 at the historic 1912 Venersborg Schoolhouse, 8 miles east of Battle Ground at 24309 N.E. 209th St. Food and beverages will be available.

Come make your own sculpture as we explore air dry clay.

Ages 5–9

Beers with Engineers No agenda, no pitch, no bullshit. As always, come geek out, network, and have a good time.

Beers with Engineers is a diverse group of engineers from a variety of fields coming together to share a drink after work, commiserate with like-minded nerds, and learn more about our respective industries.

If it's your first time joining us, welcome! We strive to make our meetup welcoming for both newcomers and returning attendees and inclusive for all current or aspiring engineers,

Celebrate Radical Harvest’s first anniversary at a fully indoor craft market featuring more than 30 local artists and sustainability-minded makers. Browse handmade art, home decor, jewelry, candles, clothing, ceramics, plants, sweets, and many other goods. The pop-up community center also features an onsite bar, a free craft supply swap, DIY junk journaling, mending and upcycling, gift wrapping, games, giveaways, community resources, a food pantry, a photobooth, and flash tattoos. Admission is free, and all ages are welcome.

Kick off your holiday shopping at Cathedral Ridge Winery in Hood River! Browse a festive collection of local artisans offering handcrafted candles, pottery, jewelry, clothing, original artwork, and unique gifts for everyone on your holiday list. Enjoy Cathedral Ridge Winery's award-winning wines as you explore one-of-a-kind creations, meet local makers, and support our creative community. Bring friends and family for an afternoon of holiday shopping and wine-country cheer! Free to browse and shop. Wine tastings and purchases are available separately.

Kilnfolk Clay Studio, 108 W. Sixth St., Vancouver, offers First Friday Open Sculpting from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on the first Friday of every month. Bring your own inspiration or choose from a variety of simple, beginner-friendly projects including mugs, vases, gnomes and animal sculptures. A clay instructor will teach you the basics of sculpting up to two pounds of clay into your own unique creation. No prior pottery experience is needed. Kilnfolk staff will fire and glaze your piece with the color of your choice and it will be ready for pick up about a month after the workshop. A separate custom glazing session is available at an additional cost. The workshop is $50 per person; sign up at kilnfolkclay.com.

Portland Fabric User Group Explore how the Port of Portland is blending machine learning and AI with traditional BI to support operational and customer experience insights. Using the PDX terminal passenger‑arrival forecasting model and the Customer Experience Scorecard as examples, we’ll trace the end‑to‑end data journey – from raw data to Databricks pipelines to Power BI. The session emphasizes practical design considerations for surfacing AI‑generated data products or advanced analytics in a w

Working with data that's too large, too slow, or too messy for regular CSVs? Join us for an introduction to the {arrow} package in R. We'll explore how Arrow and Parquet files can make large datasets faster to store, read, and analyze, all while using the familiar dplyr workflows you already know and love. Using Portland's Biketown data, we'll convert, query, and visualize millions of rides without breaking a sweat (or our laptops). Bring your laptop if you want to follow along. No need to RSVP via Meetup, but we might share info ahead of time in the event comments!

Tags: data, r, women in tech

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PDX Women Coders Join PDX Women Coders for a back-end study session, where we read and discuss *[Designing Data-Intensive Applications (2nd edition)](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/designing-data-intensive-applications/9781098119058/)* by Martin Kleppmann. We plan to go over one chapter (or so) each session, and we will be meeting every two weeks for 7-8 months to finish the book. Each session, we'll go over that we learned in that chapter, and explore key concepts in distributed systems,

Better Futures Club is a weekly event (alternating Tuesdays and Thursdays) focused on imagining and making better futures. Imagine an artist community, a think tank, and a research center in the same building. People in all of those fields working alongside each other imagining and creating different futures together. Cross pollination and inspiration. Liberal Arts and STEM and R&D. Photographers, physicists, authors, astronomers, musicians, makers, mathematicians, designers, developers, fashionistas, climatologists and all manner of imaginative optimists. All Better Futures Club events are covered by the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct (https://www.contributor-covenant.org)

Tags: ruby, STEM, liberal arts, community, hacking, AI

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Portland Code & Coffee Code & Coffee is an inclusive, informal co-working session: drink your beverage of choice, bring your laptop, and hang out with your peers! Have engaging conversations, or focus on work or projects. This is a great opportunity to learn from others, share your knowledge, and possibly collaborate on side projects, online courses, or even your day-to-day work.

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**Drop** **in** **at** **any time!** Everyone has commitments from time to time so **join** **us** **when** **you** **can!**

**Introductions are informal and** **unscheduled** \- practice your personal elevator pitch\, or take things slower to build your confidence\.

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**Fly** **Chai** allow us to informally and freely use their space. If within your budget, we'd appreciate your help to sustain our use of the venue, by purchasing **[something tasty](https://order.toasttab.com/online/fly-chai-12520-sw-farmington-rd)**, whether Chai or otherwise.

Find us at tables with a **Code&Coffee** **sign** \- or a group of laptop\-users\!

**Wifi** and **power** **outlets** are available. The meeting area should be **accessible** \- please let us know if you have concerns\.

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* A smaller, less intimidating, lower pressure, cozy atmosphere. * A mix of regular and new faces, week to week. * A simpler schedule - every week, same time, same place - that you can drop into when you like. * Being closer to you than other events.

If those are to your liking, we hope you'll drop by sometime!

\-\-\-\- Getting to the venue \-\-\-\-

Fly Chai is between Watson & Washington, and Farmington & the pedestrian 1st Street commons.

The meetup page has a Google map, or use alternatives like [OpenStreetMap](https://osm.org/go/WIDNi6~gt-?m=).

Let us know if you have advice on the travel options below!

\-\- Parking \-\-

A lot outside the venue has 4 regular and 1 accessible space.

Beaverton City maps indicate:

* On-street parking within \~2-3 blocks is limited to 2 hours. * On-street parking to the South between 3rd-5th have indefinite parking * A public parking lot bounded by Hall & Washington, and 3rd & Beaverton City park (next to Beaverton City Library)

Paid parking is available at the Beaverton central district garage, near the Beaverton Central MAX stop, for $1/hour up to 8 hours.

These are all up to 5-10 minutes from the venue.

\-\- Public Transit \-\-

Beaverton Central (Red/Blue MAX), then [walk~ 8 minutes](https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_foot&route=45.4904681%2C-122.8070937%3B45.4867379%2C-122.8052808#map=16/45.48864/-122.80644&layers=N)

Beaverton Transit Center (Red/Blue MAX, bus, WES) then [walk ~11 minutes](https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_foot&route=45.4912376%2C-122.8009972%3B45.4867379%2C-122.8052808#map=15/45.48905/-122.80314&layers=N)

For a shorter walk to the venue, take a bus from Beaverton Transit Center (52 to Farmington/Hall, 76 to Watson/Broadway, 57 to Canyon/Watson)

\-\-\-\- Supporting the events \-\-\-\-

Purchasing items from the venue helps us maintain a healthy relationship with them.

If you attend semi-regularly then please consider signing up to be a co-host. This reduces the load on other co-hosts, and provides backup for the event if another is unable to attend. To get involved, please chat with a co-host at an event!

\-\-\- Links \-\-\-

Still uncertain?

Information on the wider Portland Code & Coffee group is available on [meetup](https://meetup.com/portland-code-coffee). The channel #portland-general is available for the group to chat on Discord.

That and the set of nationwide Discord channels may be accessed at [codeandcoffee.chat](https://codeandcoffee.chat/), or the Discord button at [codeandcoffee.org](https://codeandcoffee.org).

Further information about the central Code&Coffee organization and their other events is available on their [website](https://codeandcoffee.org/).

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Veterans in Technology First Thursday of the month at Tap Union Freehouse, 1300 Washington St #200 Vancouver, WA.

Join NWVIT for our meeting in Vancouver, WA. Join us at this informal professional networking event. No presentation/agenda for this meeting. Bring your spouse! Connect with other veterans in the Vancouver, WA area.

That PLUG Clinic you like is coming back into style! The PLUG Clinic returns again this month on November 15, from 1pm-5pm. We are back at the Albina Branch Library this month. If you need help with your Linux computer, or want to offer help, you are welcome! Volunteer helpers are as desirable as helpees. Helping is fun and rewarding. If you've ever helped out at a PLUG Clinic before, come checkout the space! Thanks to the taxpayers of Multnomah County for the beautiful new building!

Tags: Linux Help, plug, clinic

Imported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250482768

Tech talent pool This is a fun networking event to play pool and talk tech. We will have free tables to play on and Happy Hour runs until 6pm. Everyone is welcome, you do not have to be great at pool to attend!

The Tech Academy **How can developers use AI effectively without losing sight of the fundamentals?**

AI is changing how software is built and how developers approach everyday problems. For students and early-career engineers, keeping up with new tools and practices can feel overwhelming. Understanding how the industry has evolved and learning to make thoughtful decisions about AI can help you adapt and build skills that last.

Our guest speaker, **Bethany Janos**, is a senior software engineer

Join Adult Services Librarian April Younglove from the Lake Oswego Public Library for a hands-on, four-part series designed to demystify artificial intelligence. Learn how to navigate the digital world, protect your privacy, and use AI tools with confidence and skepticism. Sessions include clear, live demonstrations, interactive discussions, and personalized tech support. Free for all participants.

• Location: Lake Oswego Adult Community Center
• Cost: Free for both residents and non-residents
• Requirements: Please bring a smartphone, laptop, or tablet with internet access for the hands-on practice portions.

Foundations for Everyday Use

Kick off the series by stripping away the tech jargon and discovering how artificial intelligence can simplify your day-to-day life. This foundational session introduces core AI concepts and terminology—including AI summarizers, generative chatbots, and natural prompting—in clear, approachable language. Through live demonstrations of Claude AI, Microsoft Copilot, and ChatGPT, you will learn how to safely use these tools to brainstorm recipes, plan custom travel itineraries, and organize daily tasks. We will introduce the essential "Ask–Tweak–Verify" (ATV) framework alongside critical privacy guidelines to ensure you protect your personal data right from the start.

One-on-one lab assistance is proudly provided by student volunteers from the Lake Youth Leadership Council to help you configure settings on your personal devices.

Date / Time: Tuesday, September 15 | 2:00–3:30 p.m.
Class Number: 34825

Hands-On Skills and Sandbox Practice

Build directly upon your foundational knowledge with a supportive, highly interactive sandbox session dedicated to mastering digital assistants. In Part 2, participants shift from watching demonstrations to writing and refining their own prompts. Under patient guidance, you will practice conversational techniques, discover how subtle shifts in word choices yield dramatically improved answers, and learn how to implement standard internet safety boundaries. A major focus of this workshop will be learning how to cross-reference and fact-check chatbot output to ensure your digital interactions remain secure, accurate, and productive.

Personalized, one-on-one tech support will be provided throughout the hands-on practice intervals by members of the Lake Youth Leadership Council.

Date / Time: Tuesday, October 20 | 2:00–3:30 p.m.
Class Number: 34826

Helping Seniors Navigate Daily Life With Confidence

Discover how contemporary AI applications can serve as powerful tools for independent living, lifelong learning, and daily problem-solving. This interactive workshop demonstrates practical accessibility functions hidden inside everyday tech, such as instant text-to-speech audio conversion, natural voice-command interactions, and real-time smartphone image recognition (perfect for reading small labels or identifying objects). Moving into deeper research skills, we will outline advanced prompting methods while unpacking the distinct structural limits of large language models. Learn exactly why AI should never replace professional advisory services, and discover specific strategies for spotting online medical misinformation.

Personalized, one-on-one tech support will be provided throughout the hands-on practice intervals by members of the Lake Youth Leadership Council.

Date / Time: Tuesday, November 17 | 2:00–3:30 p.m.
Class Number: 34827

Becoming a Confident, Critical AI User

The final installation equips you with an essential digital defense toolkit to evaluate whether online content is authentic, accurate, and trustworthy. We will break down common system errors, reveal how "hallucinations" occur, and introduce quick, library-approved methods for verifying data across independent sources. Crucially, this session helps participants recognize how malicious actors deploy technology for modern fraudulent schemes—including cloning voices for identity scams, fabricating hyper-realistic deepfakes, and pushing complex cryptocurrency traps. Leave with the confidence and critical awareness needed to enjoy modern digital conveniences safely and securely.

Personalized, one-on-one tech support will be provided throughout the hands-on practice intervals by members of the Lake Youth Leadership Council.

Date / Time: Tuesday, December 15 | 2:00–3:30 p.m.
Class Number: 34828

Missed a previous session? Access archived video recordings, interactive presentation slides, and educational handouts from our past technology literacy classes below:

Explore the sophisticated tools and methodologies professional librarians utilize to identify computer-generated texts, altered documents, and artificial imagery. This session provides actionable, real-world clues to help you differentiate between genuine human creations and artificial content in your daily newsfeeds and correspondence.

This class was originally presented at the Lake Oswego Public Library.

• Watch the Presentation Video on YouTube
• View Interactive Presentation Slides
• Download Class Instructional Handout

Navigate the rapidly-evolving digital landscape with clarity and balance. This session pulls back the curtain on automated "content farms," breaking down how social media algorithms, financial pay-per-click incentives, and strategic influence campaigns purposefully accelerate the distribution of false narratives. Learn to evaluate source motivations and protect your digital footprint from predatory content design.

This class was originally presented at the Lake Oswego Adult Community Center.

• Watch the Presentation Video on YouTube
• View Interactive Presentation Slides
• Download Class Instructional Handout

For questions or more information regarding our technology programs, please contact Adult Services Librarian April Younglove at [email protected].

LFDT Oregon Panurus ([https://github.com/LFDT-Panurus](https://github.com/LFDT-Panurus)) is an open-source framework for building token-based applications that preserve transactional privacy while remaining fully auditable and interoperable across ledgers. In this talk, we'll walk through how Panurus's driver-based architecture lets developers plug in different token technologies — from Fabtoken to zero-knowledge schemes — behind a common transaction lifecycle (Request → Assemble → Sign → Commit

Strategic Sponsors - Oregon State University and Beacon Lake Oswego

LO TECH FORUM meets quarterly to hear from a speaker on the cutting edge of technological progress and presents a Lake Oswego version of "Shark Tank."

Watch this space as details emerge.

Want to join the mailing list for this group? Email [email protected].

If your Company would like to Sponsor an LO Tech Connect or Forum event, please click here for more information.

People doing strange things with electricity! Dorkbot PDX is an informal show-and-tell for electronic artists, circuit designers, microcontroller programmers, retro computing enthusiasts, video game designers, digital archaeologists and modular synth gearheads. Bring something you have built and talk about it, or just come along to see what other people in the Portland hardware and electronic art community are up to. Presentations are short and casual, and range from finished installations to half-working prototypes and instructive failures. The meetup usually draws 20 to 50 people, is free, and is very welcoming to newcomers -- no project required. Hosted at PDX Hackerspace (CTRL-H), 7608 N Interstate Ave, Portland, in Section 2, the main space you enter through the front door, from 6:30 https://events.pdxhackerspace.org/occurrences/dorkbot-2026-11-09