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THUNOV 5
10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
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Free First Thursday with Live Wire Radio

Portland Art Museum1219 SW Park Ave
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. — Free, pre-show, pop-up performances will take place throughout the Museum’s galleries. Performers are poet and rapper Dessa, bestselling children’s...
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SUNNOV 8
2:00 PM
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Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (2026)

Portland Art Museum1219 Southwest Park Avenue
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...
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THUNOV 5
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
💰 $15+Drop-inMuseumsReadingsPoetryAuthor TalksLive Podcasts & RadioVarietyStand-UpHip-Hop

Live Wire: Dessa, Mac Barnett, Ed Park, and Mx. Dahlia Belle

Portland Art Museum1219 Southwest Park Avenue
Live Wire joins forces with the Portland Art Museum for an afternoon of roving performances ahead of an evening recording of the program. The event coincides with PAM's monthly Free First Thursday and the Portland Book Festival's expanded...
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SATNOV 14
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
💰 PaidDocumentariesMuseums

Ornette: Made In America (1985)

Portland Art Museum1219 SW Park Ave
Ornette: Made In America (1985) Directed by Shirley Clarke. 1hr 17min. Not Rated. Guest programmed by Rob Lewis, PAM CUT @ The Whitsell presents Ornette: Made In America (1985). This freewheeling documentary is a portrait of Ornette Coleman’s...
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SATNOV 7
12:00 PM
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Crescendo - Portland Book Festival

Portland Art Museum1219 SW Park Avenue Portland, OR 97205
Anthea Kreston presents a reading from her new memoir Crescendo: Chronicles of an Adventurous Violinist in the Prints & Drawings gallery (Level 0, Room 007) of the Portland Art Museum. This will be followed by a book signing at The Shop at PAM. Literary Arts is pleased to present Portland Book Festival, the largest book festival in the Pacific Northwest returns in collaboration with some of Portland’s most influential voices in arts and culture. Literature, music, visual art, and culinary experiences collide for a multi-day celebration centered around books, storytelling, and the many ways stories bring us together. Link to Crescendo: https://a.co/d/0aDxp6EO
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SATNOV 7
Hours not provided
💰 $25+Hip-HopClassicalPopReadings

Dessa with the Oregon Symphony

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall1037 Southwest Broadway
Singer, rapper, and author Dessa will join the Oregon Symphony for an evening of soaring ballads, writerly pop songs, and rap anthems. The concert will also include a series of new monologues, crafted in Dessa’s signature style—true stories...
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THUNOV 5
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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The Colorful Chemistry of Art: Lecture with Dr. Mas Subramanian

Jordan Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design1981 SW Broadway
Join Dr. Mas Subramanian, the inventor of YInMn Blue—the first new blue pigment discovered in more than 200 years—for a fascinating lecture on the science, history, and future of color. Dr. Subramanian will share the story behind this...
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TUENOV 3
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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Anish Kapoor: Dissolving Margins

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State University1855 Southwest Broadway
Anish Kapoor: Dissolving Margins, from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, is a bold and expansive exploration of nearly four decades of Kapoor’s printmaking practice and marks the artist’s first retrospective...
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