Thursday, Portland

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Thu Nov 5

All day. Registration for spring semester - Seniors, Juniors

All day. All-Day Happy Hour

All day. Storytime at Washington County Libraries Libraries across Washington County

All day. Storytime at Multnomah County Libraries Libraries across Mulnomah County

All day. CHAP Art Club CHAP Hillsboro Art Studeio

All day. Spanish Story & Play Time with Adventures in Spanish

All day. Portland Book Festival South Park Blocks and throughout downtown Portland

All day. Chrysanthemum Festival Lan Su Chinese Garden

All day. Wildwood at OMSI's Empirical Theater OMSI’s Empirical Theater

All day. Altares y Muertos Public Art Exhibition

All day. Taste of Thanksgiving Zupan's Markets

All day. PDX Mac & Cheese Week Various restaurants around Portland

6:30 AM. Silver Falls Perimeter Loop

7:00 AM. Morning Meditation

7:00 AM. Elk/Kings Loop (with car shuttle)

7:30 AM. SIMposium 2026 DOUBLETREE BY HILTON PORTLAND:

8:00 AM. Aspire Dental’s Halloween Candy Buy Back Aspire Dental

9:00 AM. Free First Thursday with Live Wire Radio Portland Art Museum

9:00 AM. Sing, Sign & Play @ SWPMA PLAY! at The Multnomah Arts Center SWPMA PLAY!

9:15 AM. Mini Movers at Laurelhurst Park! Laurelhurst Studio

9:30 AM. Tai Chi II Friendly House

9:30 AM. Little Explorers: Toddler & Pre-K Drop-In Canvas & Code

10:00 AM. Argay Park Volunteer Day NE 141st Avenue and Failing Street Portland

10:00 AM. International Travel Trade: Steps to Success | La Grande, Oregon

10:00 AM. CSA Weekly Market for BIPOC Community Leaven Community Center

10:00 AM. Circle of Friends

10:00 AM. Community Electronics Recycling Event 9700 SW Harvest Ct

10:00 AM. Many Loves Nalu

10:00 AM. Family Ninjas (Martial Arts) For Ages 2/3 @ SWPMA PLAY! SWPMA PLAY!

10:00 AM. Berry Picking & Music with Mr. Ben at Bella Organic Farms Bella Organic Farm

10:00 AM. Volunteer Planting at Multnomah Channel Marsh Natural Area

10:00 AM. Visit Leach Botanical Garden Leach Botanical Garden

10:00 AM. Chrysanthemum Festival Lan Su Chinese Garden

10:00 AM. Weaving Time: NUNO – Textiles of Tradition and Transformation at Portland Japanese Garden Portland Japanese Garden

10:00 AM. Free First Thursdays at Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum

10:15 AM. Littles Ballet at Laurelhurst Studio Laurelhurst Studio

10:30 AM. All Ages Storytime

10:30 AM. Postpartum Yoga (babies welcome) Bhakti Yoga Movement Center

10:30 AM. Gym Open Play at Sellwood Community House Sellwood Community House

10:45 AM. Pilates: Welcome to your Core with Mike

11:00 AM. I AM OLD TOWN HOMELESS SERVICES PROVIDERS FAIR & BBQ Transition Projects (TPI)

11:00 AM. Volunteer Drop-in Hours Community Cycling Center

11:00 AM. Family Storytime at Vancouver Mall Public Library Vancouver Mall

11:15 AM. Littles Hip Hop at Laurelhurst Studio! Laurelhurst Studio

12:00 PM. We're open today from noon-midnight Covert Café

12:00 PM. Day-Time Medium & Heavy Board Games

1:00 PM. Public Tour of How We Show Up Location: Menashe Gallery

1:00 PM. Beginner American Mahjong Class & Guided Play: Session 1

1:00 PM. Beginner American Mahjong Class & Guided Play Series

1:15 PM. Dance Around The World: Folk Dance Friendly House

2:00 PM. East County Leadership Meeting (Hybrid) Wood Village City Hall & Civic Center

2:15 PM. Creative Movement Dance Class for 3-4 Year Olds MVP Dance Elite

3:00 PM. Make Room for Care: Guided Art-making Group for Parents and Caregivers Lewis & Clark Community Counseling Center

3:00 PM. Book Bar: Musical Theater Karaoke Book Bar

4:00 PM. First Thursday Crafts & Cocktails

4:00 PM. Archery Fun Just for Kids

4:00 PM. Teen Volunteer Club

4:00 PM. Sales Competition Award Ceremony Firstenburg Student Commons

4:00 PM. Feldenkrais with Alice

4:00 PM. Magic the Gathering - Thursday Night Commander Rune and Board

4:00 PM. Beginning Gymnastics for Ages 4-7 & 6-10 at Laurelhurst Studio Laurelhurst Studio

4:30 PM. Live Wire + Portland Art Museum: Art, Books, & Radio Portland Art Museum: Main Building

5:00 PM. Live music with Twenty Three Suns!! Free, 21+ Covert Café

5:00 PM. Scythe at The Paladins League

5:00 PM. Nights of the Golden Flower Lan Su Chinese Garden

5:30 PM. Tigard Volunteer Pop Up

5:30 PM. 1st Thursday Free Pizza Buffet at River Pool and Sportsbar River Pool and Sports Bar

5:30 PM. 11-5-26 Accelerate Biotech Happy Hour Oregon Bioscience Incubator (OBI): 4640 SW Macadam Avenue

5:30 PM. Casual Backgammon Play at Gigantic

5:30 PM. Support and Discussion Group for Autistic Adults Thursday Edition, age 18+ (Online) Online

5:30 PM. Wilkes Headwaters Community Gathering Location to be announced

5:30 PM. Board Games @ Mox

5:30 PM. Unapologetically Open Open Mic Makin Groceries

5:30 PM. Queer Teens Book Club Always Here Book Store

5:45 PM. Rules-Light RPGs

6:00 PM. Portland Community College Men's Basketball vs Pacific University JV Portland

6:00 PM. River Pool and Sports Bar weekly pool tournament. Newbies encouraged! River Pool and Sports Bar

6:00 PM. Conscious Connected Breathwork with Holly SomaSpace

6:00 PM. Thirsty Thursday Run @ PRC-NW Portland Running & Walking Co. + The Run Pub

6:00 PM. 11/5 CANCELLED Wrench Nights - Volunteer Shift Community Cycling Center

6:00 PM. Baksana Drills & Vocabulary: Winter Series at Datura Datura

6:00 PM. Intro to Compound Bows (1 of 3)

6:00 PM. Canto Con Orgullo: The Film Premiere PAM CUT’s Tomorrow Theater

6:00 PM. Lazy Days Brewing Chess Night

6:00 PM. Art, Heart, and Soul: "Stained Glass" Chagall Windows

6:00 PM. Caminando Run Club ADX

6:00 PM. Out in Tech PDX - November Social 2026 Peacock PDX

6:00 PM. Improv for Auditioners Deep End Theater

6:00 PM. HWA Oregon: “Why Horror?” Author Panel Broadway Books

6:00 PM. Animal Wonder: Stories Shaped by the Wisdom of Animals Rose City Book Pub

6:00 PM. Live Music featuring Clark Engine Company Woodstock Taproom

6:00 PM. Pour Me Comedy Open Mic NW Growlers

6:00 PM. Board Game Club @ Langer's

6:00 PM. Games for 50 and Older!

6:30 PM. ACC Cribbage Club

6:30 PM. Brentwood-Darlington Neighborhood Association General Meeting Brentwood-Darlington Community Center

6:30 PM. Kimberly Blaeser with Christopher Diaz Literary Arts

6:30 PM. Early Bird Karaoke Escape Bar and Grill

6:30 PM. Open Level Urban Bachata <3 Portland Dance Studio

6:30 PM. Bridge City Improv: Thursday Night Special Bridge City Improv

6:30 PM. Harvey’s Pop-Up Comedy Morrison Market

6:30 PM. Auditions for "On Golden Pond" Tualatin United Methodist Church

6:45 PM. No-RSVP half Pop/Rock rehearsal! Come check us out! (But please message us first

7:00 PM. Open Circle

7:00 PM. Murder Mystery Machine

7:00 PM. Brandi Carlile At Revolution Hall Revolution Hall

7:00 PM. FemDom Bootcamp Sub Rosa

7:00 PM. BroadCast Peer Support Discussion Sanctuary Club

7:00 PM. CHUCK ISRAELS JAZZ ORCH – Jazz Titan Thursdays Jack London Revue

7:00 PM. The Get Down Presents The Last Revel with Quattlebaum The Get Down

7:00 PM. Oregon Jewish Voices 2026 Location: OJMCHE Auditorium

7:00 PM. Special Event: Matthew Broussard Helium Comedy Club

7:00 PM. Portland Linux/Unix Group General Monthly Meeting: Tmux, with Peat Bakke Portland State University Fourth Avenue Building (FAB) Room FAB 86-01: 1900 Southwest 4th Avenue

7:00 PM. Silents on 16mm: Camera Magic 2522 SE Clinton

7:00 PM. CCHM Speaker Series: Always Indians and the Path to Federal Status Clark County Historical Museum

7:00 PM. BACKFENCE Unhinged podcast — LIVE TAPING! Powell’s City of Books

7:00 PM. Landline: Weekly Queer Line Dance Class Baker Building

7:00 PM. Oregon Queer History Collective Edits & Exhibits Meeting Zoom

7:00 PM. Velodrome Indie Improv Kickstand Comedy

7:30 PM. Rachel Brice Intermediate Fusion Drills

7:30 PM. NAHKO AND MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE – HOKA 10TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR Star Theater

7:30 PM. The Neon Room at Helium: Ray Lau Helium Comedy Club

7:30 PM. Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 Fir Acres Theatre

7:30 PM. ANTHROPOLOGY at 100 Lives Theatre 100 Lives Theatre

7:30 PM. SPAIN by Jen Silverman Portland Center Stage: Ellyn Bye Studio

7:30 PM. Walden by Amy Berryman 21Ten Theatre

7:30 PM. An Iliad by Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare CoHo Theatre

7:30 PM. Soccer Mommy (Solo) with Pre-Show Discussion and Q&A with Special Guest First Congregational United Church of Christ

7:30 PM. Al’s Den Mic Al’s Den McMenamins

7:30 PM. Marigolds y Memorias Milagro Theater

7:50 PM. No-RSVP Classical rehearsal! Come check us out! (But please message us first

8:00 PM. Brandi Carlile: Burn The Setlist (The All Request Tour) Revolution Hall

8:00 PM. Veredas w/ Mike Mannequin, Miss Honey 832 SE Grand

8:00 PM. Jake Xerxes Fussell Aladdin Theater

8:00 PM. THE SUITCASE JUNKET WITH RATTLESNAKE MAMA The Showdown

8:00 PM. LUCY (Cooper B. Handy) Mississippi Studios

8:00 PM. Chill N Fill Comedy Chill N Fill

8:00 PM. Preach! Pope House Bourbon Lounge

8:00 PM. Jeffrey Martin Mississippi Studios

8:30 PM. Aardvark Improv Kickstand Comedy

9:00 PM. Star Trek Trivia 8-9pm, free, 21+ Covert Café

9:00 PM. My Father's Place Open Mic My Father’s Place

9:15 PM. The Neon Room at Helium: Ray Lau Helium Comedy Club

10:00 PM. Roast Battle Portland

Ongoing events

Since Wed Sep 16. Shop + Stay Portland

Since Wed Oct 14. Marigolds y Memorias Milagro Theatre

Since Fri Oct 23. Under the Overpass Stelo

Since Sat Oct 24. Altares y Muertos Public Art Exhibition

Since Tue Oct 27. Marsha Blovotnik and the Marvelous Magical Chicken Soup Artists Repertory Theatre

Since Sun Nov 1. November Is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month!

Since Mon Nov 2. Candy Drive

Since Mon Nov 2. Small Wonders Poetry Exhibition (All Week) Toolbox Gallery

Since Mon Nov 2. Artist Respite at Camp Colton 30088 South Camp Colton Drive

Since Mon Nov 2. Comics Come to Life: Characters Workshop with Breena Bard A Children’s Place Bookstore

Since Tue Nov 3. Small Wonders Opening Reception and Reading Toolbox Gallery

Since Wed Nov 4. Book Bar: The Social Hub of Portland Book Festival Week Book Bar

Since Wed Nov 4. GuiltyAF — Live Online Court Show: Casting Performers (Remote) Online

Since Wed Nov 4. Emo Karaoke Night Chopsticks

Through Sun Nov 15. Chrysanthemum Floral Design Showcase Lan Su Chinese Garden

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