Photo courtesy of the Wild Arts Festival
Wild Arts Festival
Featuring nature-themed work from artists known around the region and the nation, the Wild Arts Festival has been putting a bird on it since long before "Portlandia" as a fundraiser for the Audubon Society of Portland.
10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17 and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18; Montgomery Park, 2701 N.W. Vaughn St.; $8;
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Rose Quarter Guitar Festival
Guitar heads can shop more than 75 dealer tables for new, used, vintage and custom guitars, pedals, amps, accessories and other stringed instruments at this festival that'll have you saying "I've got blisters on my fingers!"
10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 18; Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 300 N. Winning Way; $15;
Mortified Portland
Adolescence is generally tough. But it's so full of fodder for laughs years down the road. Watch as regular people share their diaries, home movies, poorly written poetry and other angst-ridden artifacts while remembering how ridiculous you probably were as a kid.
6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17; Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 N.E. Alberta Ave.; $16-$23;
Plucky Maidens Holiday Fest
Come pick over tables and tables worth of vintage holiday stuff and find gifts for your classically minded loved ones or decorations for your own house.
5-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17 and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18; Oaks Park Dance Pavilion, 7805 S.E. Oaks Park Way; $10 for Friday, $5 for Saturday;
Turkey Trot at the Zoo
Celebrate the bird of the season and prepare yourself to gorge by burning some calories in advance of Thanksgiving dinner. Portland's big four-mile Turkey Trot travels near the International Rose Test Garden and ends up inside the zoo.
Waves begin at 8 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 22, and the race ends at 11 a.m.; World Forestry Center, 4033 S.W. Canyon Rd.; $25-$40;
Tofurky Trot
You don't have to be a carnivore to get in on the meal-specific fun run action on Thanksgiving. Vegetarians and vegans get their own plant-based 5K version of the Turkey Trot to support organizations like Northwest VEG and Green Acres Farm Sanctuary.
Run begins at 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 22; Oaks Amusement Park, 7805 S.E. Oaks Park Way; $15-$30;
ZooLights
Forget the animals and head to the ZooLights for a million and a half twinkling lights arranged into all sorts of wild displays. And for an even more merry and bright tour through the lighted loop, pair illuminated animals with a beer or two at BrewLights (Nov. 27-28).
5-9 p.m. daily Wednesday, Nov. 21-Jan. 5 (except Thursday, Nov. 22 and Dec. 24-25); $13-$18 for regular admission, $8-$13 on value nights (5-8 p.m. Nov. 26 and 29, Dec. 3-6 and 10-13);
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