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THUNOV 5
10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
FilmMuseumsGalleriesPoetryAuthor TalksLive Podcasts & RadioVarietyStand-UpHip-HopCultural HeritageTalks & Lectures

Free First Thursday with Live Wire Radio

Overview Portland Art Museum invites the community to join a Free First Thursday event, offering free admission to the museum for all, plus a Live Wire event as part of the Literary Arts Portland Book Festival. Visitors can take in the afternoon gallery pop-ups, the evening show, or both! Free First Thursday + Museum pop-ups 4:30 – 6 p.m. — 4:30-6:00pm — Free, pre-show, pop-up performances will take place throughout the Museum’s galleries. Performers are poet and rapper Dessa, bestselling...
FRINOV 27
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
💰 $10+VarietyImprovDanceTalks & LecturesPartiesMusicFilm

Search and Destroy: A Multimedia Variety Show

Search and Destroy (S.A.D. for short) is a multimedia variety show happening on the last friday of every month featuring artists and local leaders sharing their craft and talking about what matters most to them. Through storytelling, live...
THUNOV 19
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MuseumsFilmGalleriesComedyTheaterVariety

PLUS PLUS Fest

Portland
PLUS PLUS Fest invites you to dissolve your boundaries, question everything and reimagine what could be. PLUS PLUS is a 4-day festival celebrating bold storytelling across mediums. It is an exploration of art forms converging, where art, music...

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WEDNOV 4
5:00 PM
KaraokePartiesArts & MediaDiningCocktailsPop-UpsMusicVariety

Book Bar Pop-Up

Book Bar is a pop-up bar, café, and cultural clubhouse in downtown Portland, open November 4–8, 2026, during the Portland Book Festival. Located at 731 SW Salmon Street, it serves cocktails, coffee, and food alongside live music and literary-inspired events including musical theater karaoke, poetry, piano-backed performances, affogato pop-ups, and cocktail parties. Created by Fuller Events in partnership with Literary Arts.

Book Bar is a pop-up bar, café, and cultural clubhouse in downtown Portland, open November 4–8, 2026, during the Portland Book Festival. Located at 731 SW Salmon Street, it serves cocktails, coffee, and food alongside live music and...
WEDNOV 4
7:30 PM
💰 $29+ClassicalElectronic & DJChoralFilmDocumentaries

Powaqqatsi: Live with The Philip Glass Ensemble

Powaqqatsi is an artful cinematic experience that speaks to the impact of modernization and industrialization on traditional ways of living. Enjoyed alone or as the second in The Qatsi Trilogy , you won’t want to miss this thought-provoking...
WEDNOV 4
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
💰 $10FilmCultural Heritage

THE THREE FROM THE GAS STATION (1930) (Church of Film)

Three friends return from a three month sojourn to find that an economic downturn has robbed them all of their fortunes. Undaunted, the three of them decide to open a gas station and try their hand at manual labor. When a beautiful woman appears...
THUNOV 5
7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Author TalksFilmTalks & Lectures

Film Screening & Author Talk with Jane Schoenbrun and SenLinYu

SOLD OUT Author Talk & Film Screening with Jane Schoenbrun and SenLinYu at Hollywood Theatre Parallel Worlds Bookshop and the Hollywood Theatre present a special author conversation with Jane Schoenbrun and SenLinYu, celebrating the release of...
WEDNOV 4
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Open MicsVarietyStand-UpMusicPoetry

B-Side Records & Vintage Open Mic: All Ages, All Formats

Free! Weekly OPEN MIC for all ages and all formats. Youth musicians are encouraged to attend! Musicians, vocalists, comedians, poetry, spoken word, full bands, storytellers, and more! Join us for the B-Side Records & Vintage Open Mic at 6:30pm on...
THUNOV 12
8:00 PM ¡ Doors 6:30 PM
💰 $73+ComedyVariety

Penn & Teller

From humble beginnings 50 years ago busking on the streets of Philadelphia, to acclaimed sold–out runs on Broadway and renown as the longest-running and one of the most-beloved resident headline acts in Las Vegas history, magic’s legendary duo — Penn Jillette and Teller — continue to defy labels (and at times physics and good taste), by redefining the genre of magic and inventing their own very distinct niche in comedy. Their Off-Broadway debut in 1985 electrified New York with a stage show...

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