Portland – May 11–25
Sat May 11
Crafty Wonderland
Location: Oregon Convention Center
Cost: Free
With a rotating line up of talented vendors, Crafty Wonderland is the place to go to find the best handmade goods in the NW, as well as affordable work from talented visual artists. It’s an event meant to bring together crafty people with those who appreciate cool handmade items, to support artists, and to spread the joy of craft throughout our community.
Live Wire
Location: Alberta Rose Theatre
Cost: $20 Adv / $25 Day of Show / $35 Reserved
The Wild: Portland edition of Live Wire features comedian Marc Maron, Writer Ken Davenport and Director Scott Schwartz, Monica Drake (author of Clown Girl and The Stud Book), science writer Annalee Newitz and musical guest Genders…all hosted by Luke Burbank, creator of the podcast, Too Beautiful to Live.
Mon May 13
Open Season
Location: White Owl Social Club
Cost: $20 for all four shows
Open Season is no longer just a one-day affair. Instead we’ve tapped some of the most well-respected names in Portland’s apparel design field to participate in a four-night series of shows – sort of like a mini spring fashion week, but you know, without the loaded term.
Tues May 14
BUILD: A Day at ADX
Location: ADX
Cost: $190
Spend a day at ADX designing and building a project with a team of 15 colleagues. Work alongside some of the best fabricators in Portland: Team ADX will lead you through shop safety, project design, wood and metal fabrication to bring your project to life.
Open Season
Location: Produce Row
Cost: $20 for all four shows
Wed May 15
Open Season
Location: Rontoms
Cost: $20 for all four shows
Font Detective Extra Bold
Location: The Cleaners at Ace Hotel
Cost: $10 AIGA Member – $15 Non-member
Thomas Phinney discusses and shows evidence from several of the cases he has been called into as a typographic consultant, including a forged will, legislated point size requirements, a seemingly fake rabbi, and the forged documents about President Bush’s National Guard service. Attendees will learn how mistakes in typography, printing and font selection ruined what could have otherwise been perfectly good forgeries.
Thurs May 16
Soundforge
Location: Museum of Contemporary Craft
Cost: $4.00 general admission / Free for museum members
Soundforge continues the Museum’s SoundCraft series with a multimedia installation, the result of a two-year collaboration between metalsmith Gabriel Craig and composer Michael Remson. The installation combines video, audio, and sculptural elements in an interactive piece that explores forging metal as an act of fabrication and percussion.
Open Season
Location: Dig A Pony
Cost: $20 for all four shows
Fri May 17
Creative Mornings
Location: Ziba Auditorium
Cost: Free
HELLO. MY NAME IS MIRA, AND I AM TICKING. We live in societies where women are still to a certain degree defined by their biological clocks. There is so much fear and anxiety around this topic. The Wonder Clock confronts the question “how much time do I have left?” head on, allowing women everywhere to face their fears about this taboo subject, as well as giving them a forum to share their views and feelings with other women.
Object Focus: The Bowl, Engage + Use, and Soundforge
Location: Museum of Contemporary Craft
Cost: Free with museum admission
Objects that occupy daily lives can be some of the most challenging to present, analyze and consider in a museum environment. The second in the Object Focus series, this exhibition focuses on an archetypal cultural form: the bowl.
Keep Portland Wired! A Tour of Portland’s Tech Community
Location: Bus leaves from Ziba Design
Cost: $25 general/ $20 members
Board the bus for an afternoon ride through Portland’s technology industry, including the major institutions our city is known for, as well as some of the emerging start ups. Get a behind-the-scenes view of leading tech innovators, and meet some of the leaders who are shaping Portland’s tech future. Tour stops include Intel Labs, Portland Incubator Experiment, Second Story, Fashionbuddha and more. Don’t miss it.
NW Animation Fest
Location: Hollywood Theater
Cost: $50 for an all-access pass
NW Animation Fest is a variety show that celebrates the best new work from independent animators around the globe. With over 150 films, it’s now the biggest animation festival in the USA. Opening night includes nearly 30 astonishing short films…A thief who steals famous paintings, eats them, and is physically transformed by what he consumes…Two cavemen in search of a fabled mathematical dinosaur…and more!
Sat May 18
24 Hour Comics
Location: Things From Another World
Cost: Free
24 Hour Comics is a special event where illustrators and artists have 24 hours to create the story, finished art, lettering, color, paste-up, everything… including proofreading.
NW Animation Fest
Location: Hollywood Theater
Cost: $50 for an all-access pass
Sun May 19
Hackathon for Social Good
Location: OpenSourcery
Cost: Free
Join web and mobile experts in an all day Hackathon for Social Good, where programmers and designers work collaboratively to build programs and applications for awesome non-profit organizations.
NW Animation Fest
Location: Hollywood Theater
Cost: $50 for an all-access pass
Tues May 21
The Future for Indie Lit, Comics, and Graphic Storytelling
Location: Independent Publishing Resource Center
Cost: Free
It’s an undeniable trend: every day, more and more people are reading books and comics on their phones, e-readers and tablets. Rather than disappearing, though, physical books and comics are evolving into more highly-designed art objects. Hosted by the Independent Publishing Resource Center, this conversation will involve a vibrant group of Portland-based writers, zinesters, small press publishers and comics artists, all of whom are thriving within the intersections of traditional printing and digital publishing.
Wed May 22
WebVisions
Location: Oregon Convention Center
Cost: Register Online
Explore the future of Web and mobile design, digital media and technology with an all-star lineup of visionary speakers…Mark Frauenfelder (MAKE magazine), Carla Diana (Smart Design), Ethan Nicolle (Axe Cop), Jason Kunesh (Obama for America) and more.
Stumptown 40
Location: Spirit of 77
Cost: An entry fee of $25 per car is required for registration
The world famous annual adult pinewood derby starts with a block of wood, four wheels and four axles, and ends in a 100-car, gravity- and alcohol-fueled single-elimination race.
Thu May 23
WebVisions
Location: Oregon Convention Center
Cost: Register Online
Fri May 24
WebVisions
Location: Oregon Convention Center
Cost: Register Online
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