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THUNOV 5
12:00 AM
DanceCultural HeritageHolidays & SeasonalCraftsGalleriesOutdoorsParks & NatureWorkshopsWorld Music

Chrysanthemum Festival

Step into autumn’s splendor as the garden transforms with the colors and textures of chrysanthemums, a flower of nobility and longevity in Chinese culture. Stroll among 81 mum varieties, cascading displays along the waterfall, and sweeping...
THUNOV 5
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Talks & LecturesReadingsPoetryAuthor Talks

HYBRID: Brian Doyle Celebration and Book Release

Join Mary Miller Doyle and friends for a presentation of Wonder Is a Lovely Place to Be: 365 Days of Wit, Wisdom, and Irrepressible Imagination by Brian Doyle and Mary Miller Doyle. Drawing from both beloved and previously unpublished Brian Doyle...

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THUNOV 5
10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
FilmMuseumsGalleriesReadingsPoetryAuthor 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...
SATNOV 7
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
OutdoorsHiking & WalkingNetworking & Jobs

Founders Hike PDX

Portland
Founders Hike PDX is a walking networking event at Hoyt Arboretum for founders, entrepreneurs, and growth-minded operators who would rather talk while moving than stand around a room. Participants pair up and walk and talk, rotating partners...
THUNOV 5
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Author TalksReadingsCultural HeritageTalks & Lectures

Kimberly Blaeser with Christopher Diaz

The Literary Arts Bookstore is pleased to welcome Kimberly Blaeser to celebrate her latest book Red Ants. Blaeser will be joined in conversation by Christopher Diaz. About the book: This bold and genre-defying prose debut by the prizewinning poet...
SUNNOV 8
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
💰 PaidDocumentariesMuseumsReadingsLGBTQ+

Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (2026)

Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (2026) Directed by Sasha Waters Freyer. 1hr 31min. Not Rated. If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver would be it. Best-selling poet and Pulitzer Prize-winner, lover of dogs and long walks in the woods, queer and out but intensely private—Oliver’s poems inspire liberals and conservatives, atheists and believers, naturalists and urbanites. She was America’s unlikely, contemporary mystic, stalking the ponds and forests of Cape Cod for nearly fifty...
SUNNOV 15
1:15 PM – 3:30 PM
OutdoorsParks & NatureTalks & Lectures

Common Fall Mushrooms of the PNW and Lookalikes

Date/Time Date(s) - November 15, 2026 1:15 pm - 3:30 pm Categories - Classes & Activities Join Leah Bendlin to learn some of the most common and memorable mushrooms found in fall in the Pacific Northwest. Information will focus especially on...

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