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6th Annual Sip & Shop Historic Downtown Hillsboro Saturday, Nov. 7 | 3–7pm Experience the vibrancy of Historic Downtown Hillsboro during the holidays. We have your passport to retail therapy at over a dozen merchants, to meet and greet up to 14 wineries and more perks in Downtown as we launch the 6th Annual Sip & Shop November 7th 2026 3:00PM - 7:00PM. What’s Pouring This Year Sip, stroll & shop your way between 2nd and 4th Avenue and Washington to Lincoln, discovering wine, cider, and zero-proof tastings all along Main Street and beyond. Score while you shop! Select merchants are offering bonus prizes during your visit. Win big! Collect just 7 passport stamps to enter the raffle drawings for themed gift baskets valued between $30–$75 — no purchase required. Hands-free shopping. Our Wine Concierge Service will whisk your purchases off to designated pickup spots so you can keep sipping and shopping worry-free. ️> Tickets Snag your Sip & Shop Passport tickets by Nov. 1 for the early-bird rate of $22, or bundle up — 4 for $74 (just $18.50 each!). After Nov. 1, tickets are $25, so don’t wait! > Your passport includes: Complimentary tastings Reusable shopping bag filled with merchant swag + promos A logo wine glass *(while supplies last)* Dining guide to deals at local restaurants and food carts Use the ticket link to grab yours today and join the fun! --- Cheers for a Cause Beneficiary: Proceeds from this year's event support the Family Peace Center of Washington County --- Check-In Locations > LaHaie's at 277 E Main Street > Colours Art at 270 E Main Street --- ️Participating Merchants: Artful Garden | Belladonna | Bowies Bargains | Catherine Bede Gallery | Colours Art |Dee's Divine Finds | Gimre's Shoes | LaHaie's | Le'Stuff Antique Mall (Co-Sponsor) |Merrill Gardens |Piccolo Mondo | Rock It Resell | Snider's Antique Mall | 3 Goats Vineyard | Willow & Ash | Urban River Spirits Pouring Partners: Chris James Cellars | DAnu Wines | Dion Vineyards | Flipturn Cellars | Helvetia Winery | La Randonnée | Résolu Cellars (Co-Sponsor) | Parra Wine Co | Patton Valley Wines | Scotch Church Road Vineyard | 3 Goats Vineyard | 2 Towns Cider | Bull Run Cider | Urban River Spirits Shout Out to our Community Sponsors: Le'Stuff, Lithtex Printing > Refund Policy - Stuff happens! Ticket cancellations before Nov. 4 are eligible for a refund. Questions? Contact: > Sandie Nelson, Le'Stuff Antique Mall 503-860-3663 > Kathleen Floistad, Cedar Street Antiques/ Le'Stuff Antique Mall 503-780-0785 >Kathie Nelson, Résolu Cellars 503-803-9270

A talk by Glynnis Fawkes. How does a cartoonist go about adapting a work of history, specifically Eric H. Cline’s 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed? In this talk Fawkes will describe the process of interpreting Cline’s text in comics, an exercise during which she repeatedly asked herself how she might tell this story visually. Through page compositions and dramatizations in which historical figures (such as Ramses III) speak, she imagined characters for whom we have no record offering...

Overview Todd McGrain’s original bust of York, the enslaved man who was the only African American member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, was secretly installed on Mount Tabor Park in 2021. It was placed on the vacant pedestal where a statue of Oregonian editor Harvey Scott (1830-1910), a known racist, once stood. The surprising appearance of York, with no artist name attached to the work, is a local example of the protest art being created in the wake of political and social unrest. The...

This holiday season we're partnering with local organizations to host nightly fundraising events! Enjoy a pint or a meal and $1 from every McMenamins beer and cider and 15% of food & beverage proceeds will go to the evening's beneficiary. But that's not all! Because these...

On November 3, 1885, five hundred white Tacomans rounded up hundreds of the city's remaining Chinese residents and forcibly marched them through the pouring rain to a railroad station and crammed them into boxcars bound for Portland. After terrorizing local businessmen known...

Join us for an evening where learn how to break cycles that police normalcy and control information in society. From the creator of the Bedlam Book Club podcast comes a workshop about how to identify and disrupt the ableist social dynamics that often cloud discussions of truth and power. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about how definitions of madness have been used to direct power throughout history, and how to avoid replicating these cycles in our personal lives. The first half will focus on the basics of mad studies and the history of madness in the West. After a break, the workshop will detail how these ideas show up in daily life, how to interrupt them, and healthier ways of building knowledge and trust together. Workshop will be very hands-on and will contain lots of opportunities for discussion and questions. Zines, reading lists, and other resources will be available. RSVP required! Sliding scale suggested donation $5-$25 (No one turned away for lack of funds!)

Get ready for the 92nd Verboort Sausage and Kraut Festival, a one-day celebration in Verboort, Oregon. Bring your appetite for the famous all-you-can-eat sausage and kraut dinner, or take home bulk sausage and kraut to create your own festival...

Date: Nov. 13 to 14 Location: Oregon Zoo Cost: $65 to $75 Buy tickets