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MONDAY

FILM

Blood Simple Past Event Like List
Joel and Ethan Coen's debut feature Blood Simple is a sharp, penetrating, career-launching noir that introduced the world to the brothers' signature style of unorthodox black comedy. Frances McDormand stars in the '85 Texas thriller, which follows a grody bar owner who hires a private eye to tail his wife. Pauline Kael called it "cruel and ghoulish," which perked up my ears—the Coens can tackle dark topics, but they're typically more playful about it. LC
(Clinton Street Theater, Hosford-Abernethy)

LIVE MUSIC

Mount Eerie with Black Belt Eagle Scout Past Event Like List
Mount Eerie is always a treat to see live. Because Phil Elverum's experimental indie rock project is entirely his own, each setlist includes freedom and variation. When I saw him at Fisherman's Village Music Fest in 2021, Elverum asked the audience, "Is there anything you'd like to hear?" and proceeded to play decades-old rarities entirely from memory. Considering that he hasn't released a new album since 2019, I imagine that this pair of shows at Polaris Hall will be similarly unstructured. Both sets will be co-headlined by singer-songwriter Katherine Paul (aka Black Belt Eagle Scout) with songs from her latest album The Land, The Water, The Sky, a delightful sonic homage to '90s indie rock with shoegaze-y fuzz pedals and Breeders-esque layered vocals. AV
(Polaris Hall, Humboldt)

TUESDAY

FILM

Silent Night, Deadly Night in 35mm Past Event Like List
The Grindhouse Film Festival will present their annual 35mm screening of the feel-bad grindhouse slasher Silent Night, Deadly Night, which follows an axe-wielding Santa's Christmas Eve punishment of the naughty-listers in town. Upon its '84 release, people got fussy. The flick inspired what Variety described as a “rising chorus of protests" against its possibly "traumatizing" depiction of a splatter-happy Santa, and Siskel and Ebert climbed onto their soap boxes to shame the film's production team. In other words, it's a total blast if you're into gnarly, low-budget, mean-spirited horror. LC
(Hollywood Theatre, Hollywood District)

WEDNESDAY

FILM

Christmas in Space Past Event Like List
Lucasfilm's one-night-only televised Christmas special hit screens one fateful evening in 1978, and the rest is history—the newfound miracle of home videotaping guaranteed that fans could relish The Star Wars Holiday Special for decades to come. (According to the Hollywood, the studio's worst-kept secret includes Jefferson Starship entertaining Imperial stormtroopers and Boba Fett buying dope.) For this screening of the oddball cult spectacle, the theater will kick off the pop culture festivities with Blackadder's Christmas Carol and wacky '70s-era holiday commercials. LC
(Hollywood Theatre, Hollywood District)

THURSDAY

COMEDY

Kickstand Comedy Presents: Secret Aardvark Past Event Like List
Over 30 of Portland's best improvisers will gather again for this who's who of Rose City comedy. Named after the organizers' favorite local hot sauce, each Secret Aardvark event features an extra-special mystery guest (past guests have run the gamut from David Lynch to random high school theater students). This holiday edition of the show should be wrapped up in a particularly funny bow. LC
(Kickstand Comedy, Ladd's Addition)

COMMUNITY

Houseless Day of Remembrance Past Event Like List
Nonprofit social justice organization and cafeteria-style eatery Sisters of the Road will bring the community together for its annual Houseless Day of Remembrance on December 21, the longest night of the year. Honoring those who have died while living outside, the event (hosted in collaboration with Street Roots, PDX Saints Love, Multnomah County's Joint Office of Homeless Services, and the Ground Score Association) will center "radical community engagement, remembrance, and celebration" with speeches, live music, winter supply giveaways, and plenty of food. Show up for your houseless neighbors and bring a donation–you can find a list of needed items here. LC
(Ground Score Association, Old Town-Chinatown)

FOOD & DRINK

Festivus For The Rest Of Us At Hey Love Past Event Like List
Celebrate the Seinfeldian holiday "for the rest of us" with Hey Love, which will include all the requisite traditions, including the airing of grievances (here written on custom sticky notes), feats of strength, and a Festivus pole. The restaurant will also serve cheeky themed Chinese-Jewish specials, such as the "Soup for You" (hot and sour duck broth soup with a matzo ball, shredded roast duck, and pickled purple cabbage) and the "I Was in the Pool! There Was Shrinkage" (Nathan's kosher hot dogs wrapped in an egg roll and fried until golden). A "smattering of DJs" will add to the festivities. JB
(Hey Love, Buckman)

Winter Solstice Party Past Event Like List
The prolonged dark of the winter solstice simply begs for some revelry and some soul-soothing comfort foods, and the dependable Lucky Horseshoe Lounge has you covered on both of these fronts. Light up the longest night of the year with candles and glow sticks and cozy up on the covered patio, which will be lit and heated for the occasion. The Italian-inspired menu is like a SAD lamp in culinary form, with sunny saffron arancini, a bright citrus and radicchio salad, hearty house-made gnocchi, and boozy limoncello floats. JB
(The Lucky Horseshoe Lounge, Hosford-Abernethy)

FRIDAY

LIVE MUSIC

Rocky Mountain High Experience: A John Denver Christmas Past Event Like List
John Denver and the holiday season go together like Miss Piggy and Kermit (literally—have you seen their 1979 Christmas special?) Beyond his festive collaboration with the Muppets, Denver's non-holiday tunes arouse memories of crackling fireplaces, family dinners, and road trips through snowy mountains. Billed as "America's Top John Denver Tribute," Rick Schuler will take you back to the '70s with the cozy tunes from the folk legend's prolific career. AV
(Newmark Theatre, Southwest Portland)

Sera Cahoone Past Event Like List
You might know the Seattle-based singer-songwriter and longtime Sub Pop artist Sera Cahoone from her work in beloved indie rock bands like Carissa's Wierd or Band of Horses. However, over the last 15-plus years, Cahoone has established a hefty solo career with her lyrically-driven Americana and country-rock tunes. Her ease with the genre could have to do with her home state of Colorado, which birthed musicians like John Denver, Judy Collins, and Nathaniel Rateliff. She will be joined by local alt-pop artist Anna Diem. AV
(Polaris Hall, Humboldt)

SATURDAY

COMMUNITY

Portland BIPOC Children’s Book Fair Past Event Like List
The city's inaugural BIPOC Children's Book Fair promises a free book from Black-owned bookstore Sistah Scifi for every attending child, but that's far from all—the fair, organized by Nebula Award-winning author K. Tempest Bradford and the Carl Brandon Society, will include appearances by authors Nisi Shawl, David F. Walker, Anita Crawford, and Diana Ma. Picture an old-school book fair with a justice-focused twist: The fair centers BIPOC-authored children's and young adult books in adventure, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, non-fiction, and other genres. LC
(Norse Hall, Kerns)

FILM

FAM JAM // Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special Past Event Like List
This screening of history's best holiday special, Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special, honors the memory of Paul Reubens, everyone's favorite nasally, bow-tied, high-camp artiste who passed in July after a private cancer battle. (It's not all about him, though: Cher, Oprah, Grace Jones, Little Richard, and k.d. lang make appearances.) Pee-Wee's shiny postmodern sarcasm and half-toy, half-human, kitschy sincerity were far more influential than we gave him credit for. If you're in need of a little spiked-eggnog cheer, I recommend popping on an ugly sweater and taking this flick for a spin—it's even weirder, and better, than you remember. LC
(Tomorrow Theater, Richmond)

SUNDAY

FOOD & DRINK

Feast of the Seven Fishes Past Event Like List
The Feast of the Seven Fishes is a traditional Italian American supper featuring seven kinds of fish or seafood, usually served before midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. (You might be familiar with it via the star-studded Christmas episode in season two of The Bear.) Grand Amari will celebrate on Christmas Eve with a five-course tasting menu featuring antipasti, soup, pasta, seafood-centric entrees, dessert (blessedly seafood-free), and optional wine pairings. Expect oysters, squid, branzino, and more. JB
(Grand Amari, Buckman)

MULTI-DAY

FILM

The Big Lebowski Past Event Like List
Although the Clinton Street Theater changed hands last year, the historic movie house's new owners will continue a longstanding tradition of screening The Big Lebowski in magical 35mm for the holidays. Nothing says Christmas in Portland like laughing alongside an audience of folks sipping sake-based White Russians—if you haven't made it a tradition yet, now's the time. LC
(Clinton Street Theater, Hosford-Abernethy, Thursday-Sunday)

The Boy and The Heron (Subbed and Dubbed Screenings) Past Event Like List
Over the last 30 years, Studio Ghibli has become legendary for its lush visuals, emotional and affecting storytelling, and poetic, intelligent approach to nature and the more-than-human world. One of its central figures is (duh) cofounder Hayao Miyazaki, who has made some of the studio's most revered flicks (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and Kiki'sDelivery Service among them). He's also the most endearingly idiosyncratic director, like, maybe ever, and has announced, then broken, his retirement a total of four times. Never change, Miyazaki!! Anyway, if you're a Ghibli fan, you probably know all of this and are already jazzed for his first feature film in 10 years, The Boy and The Heron. It's a hand-drawn, semi-autobiographical fantasy that seems likely to fall in line with all of the reasons you love him already. LC
(Hollywood Theatre, Hollywood District, Monday-Sunday)

The Iron Claw Past Event Like List
In The Iron Claw, an insanely jacked Zac Efron dons a shaggy wig and a pair of tiny shorts and hits the wrestling ring. He plays one of the Von Erich brothers, a real-life inseparable clan that made waves in the early '80s professional wrestling world while navigating a family "curse" and a domineering dad. Jeremy Allen White is in it, too, so expect lots of sweaty zaddy moments, tacky costuming for the gods, heartfelt reflections on brotherhood, and a side of self-destruction. LC
(Cinema 21, Northwest Portland, Thursday-Sunday)

It's a Wonderful Life Past Event Like List
Already before World War II, the world of the villain in It's a Wonderful Life, the robber baron Henry F. Potter (portrayed by the stern face of Lionel Barrymore) was long over. The glory period of his kind did not rise from the combined ashes of the First World War and the Crash of 1929. But no one knew what was to come next. Would the USA become another USSR? The 1930s were called the Red Decade for a good reason. Was the hero of It's a Wonderful Life, George Bailey (played by the drawl of James Stewart), a Red? Sure looked like it in 1946. STRANGER SENIOR WRITER CHARLES MUDEDE
(Hollywood Theatre, Hollywood District, Friday-Sunday)

Poor Things Past Event Like List
Real Lanthimos heads know that he doesn't direct anything without dystopic, black comedy underpinnings and plotlines that make audiences ponder why they're on the planet at all. He is weird, as directors should be, and you're either in or you're out. This time around, he's adapted a '92 Scottish novel for the screen, painting the picture of a young woman (played by Emma Stone, who is raven-haired and looks charmingly bananas) brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist (played by my famous dad, Willem Dafoe). Best part? Poor Things "saved" my other dad, Mark Ruffalo, from "depressed dad typecasting." Praise be. LC
(Hollywood Theatre, Hollywood District, Monday-Sunday)

Saltburn Past Event Like List
Emerald Fennell's latest film is nothing if not polarizing ("Saltburn is the sort of embarrassment you’ll put up with for 75 minutes. But not for 127," says the New York Times), but as the world's preeminent Barry Keoghan stan, I have to at least entertain the idea that it has legs. Saltburn is billed as a "wicked tale of privilege and desire" (oOoOo) that sees an Oxford student attempt to infiltrate the aristocratic world of a classmate on an "eccentric family’s sprawling estate." (Has anything good ever happened at a "sprawling estate?") If you like Agatha Christie and drugs, this one might hit. LC
(Cinema 21, Nob Hill, Monday-Thursday)

FOOD & DRINK

Miracle at Deadshot Past Event Like List
In 2014, New York bar owner Greg Boehm temporarily transformed his space into a kitschy Christmas wonderland replete with gewgaws and tchotchkes galore. The pop-up phenomenon has expanded to more than 100 locations all over the world, including Portland's stylish cocktail bar Deadshot. Specialty cocktails are housed in tacky-tastic vessels and christened with names like the “Bad Santa,” the “Yippie Ki Yay Mother F**r,” and the “Jolly Koala.” JB
(Deadshot, Hosford-Abernethy, Monday-Sunday)

Sippin' on Sixth Past Event Like List
This holiday-tiki-themed cocktail bar pop-up (a spinoff of the hit Miracle pop-up, which takes place at Deadshot this year) invites you to "imagine Santa on a surfboard instead of a sleigh and palm trees instead of pine." Drinks range from the "Merry Spritzmas" (Prosecco, aperitif, tawny port, cognac, lemon, falernum, fig preserves, and cardamom bitters) to the "Jingle Bird" (bourbon, pineapple rum, Campari, lime, pineapple, and "jingle mix"). JB
(Courtyard by Marriott Portland City Center, Downtown, Monday-Sunday)

Sleigh Love Past Event Like List
Sleigh the day with a menu of delightfully tacky holiday-inspired drinks and other nostalgic treats at the cocktail bar and restaurant Hey Love. The vibe is described as "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation but more, and located in a cocktail-soaked indoor jungle." Sample offerings include "Noggy by Nature" (an eggnog slushie) to "Toboggan Time" (Hey Love's signature frozen spin on Irish coffee, made with a Rumplemintz float, whipped cream, and candy cane sprinkles). DJs will add to the chaotic merriment starting at 9 pm on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. JB
(Hey Love, Buckman, Monday-Sunday)

Yule Tide Bar Past Event Like List
The team behind King Tide will bring good tidings to you and your kin with this nostalgic Christmas pop-up. Look forward to gussied-up takes on retro classics, from deviled eggs to French onion soup to surf and turf (their version of the latter comes with beef tenderloin, prawns, duchess potatoes, and harissa). Not feeling the holiday season? Indulge your inner Scrooge with the "Bah Humbug" cocktail (bourbon, rosemary honey, and lemon). JB
(King Tide Fish & Shell, Waterfront, Monday-Sunday)

LIVE MUSIC

Brown Branch Big Band’s Holiday Tribute to Count Basie Past Event Like List
Brown Branch is one of the Portland music scene’s finest treasures and certainly worth boasting about. Its band members include Portlander-turned-New Yorker drummer and composer Domo Branch as well as local jazz pianist and producer Charlie Brown. Brown, who sometimes goes by Charlie 3rown or Charlie Brown III, has worked with artists like Aminé, Reva DeVito, and Blossom, and of late has supported Memphis-based bass guitar prodigy MonoNeon on the international tour circuit, including a couple of spectacular sets at Pickathon in August. Just a week before Christmas, the duo will perform a holiday show in tribute to jazz legend Count Basie, offering a modern twist to the great musician’s catalog. Anyone who attended last year’s Brown Branch Presents: Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite is already looking for tickets. Branch on drums and Brown on the piano, the duo will play with the 17-piece Brown Branch Big Band, which includes acclaimed musicians like saxophonists Max Roark, Kevin Oliver, Mieke Bruggeman, Devin Phillips, and Hailey Niswanger; trombonists Kyle Molitor, James Powers, Adriana Wagner, Denzel Mendoza; trumpeters Noah Simpson, Abner Deltle, Cameron Formanczyk, Justin Copeland; Bassist Finn Jones, and guitarist Jack Radsliff. That’s a lot of names and a lot of talent, right there. PORTLAND MERCURY CONTRIBUTOR JENNI MOORE
(Portland Center Stage, Pearl District, Monday-Tuesday)

Pink Martini: Home(town) for the Holidays with the Oregon Symphony Past Event Like List
Portland's own "little orchestra" Pink Martini features over a dozen musicians who perform a multilingual repertoire of slinky jazz, theatrical classical, catchy pop, and vibrant global sounds. The band has a certain je ne sais quoi that puts everyone in a good mood—they don't just perform a show, they know how to throw a party. For this annual hometown concert, the ensemble will perform a mix of classic Christmas carols to get you in the holiday spirit. JW
(Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, South Park Blocks, Wednesday-Thursday)

Portland Cello Project: Under The Mistletoe with Saeeda Wright Past Event Like List
The Pacific Northwest's "premiere alt-classical ensemble" Portland Cello Project will be joined by jazz vocalist Saeeda Wright for a unique twist on a traditional holiday concert. The ensemble's genre-blending renditions of yuletide classics are the perfect way to celebrate the season while also taking a refreshing break from it. AV
(Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, Beaverton, Saturday-Sunday)

PERFORMANCE

A Christmas Carol Past Event Like List
If the impending holiday season elicits your well-deserved "Bah, humbug," I recommend taking this dependable Yuletide delight for a spin. After all, what's more Christmassy than a bunch of intrusive ghosts and a notably grumpy old dude? Portland Playhouse's A Christmas Carol is a Dickensian feast of holiday theatrics that offers a contemporary interpretation of Ebenezer Scrooge's ghostly journey, adapted with original lyrics by award-winning playwright and director Rick Lombardo. LC
(Portland Playhouse, King, Wednesday-Sunday)

Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really Past Event Like List
Look, I love Dracula as much as the next person, but he definitely has what I'd describe as a misogyny issue—I mean, who kidnaps women and sucks their blood?? Couldn't be me! Anywho, playwright Kate Hamill's adaptation of Bram Stoker's sanguinary novel "bounces between horror and humor," challenging gothic tropes and twisting the vampire tale on its gory head to create something cool and feminist, but still scary. After all, isn't it about time we drive a stake through the heart of the patriarchy? LC
(Portland Center Stage, Pearl District, Wednesday-Sunday)

George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker Past Event Like List
It's The Nutcracker—you already know the premise, but it never really gets old, does it? Tchaikovsky’s magical score will spring to life again in this sugar plum-packed rendition of the longstanding holiday tradition, complete with mice, tin soldiers, and a timeless trip to the Land of Sweets. LC
(Keller Auditorium, Downtown, Wednesday-Sunday)

Home for the Holidays Past Event Like List
In this cheery musical revue, a bus full of passengers headed home for the holidays find themselves stranded in Iowa, where they wrangle up some Yuletide spirit with stories and songs to ward off the snow storm. LC
(Broadway Rose New Stage Theatre, Tigard, Thursday-Saturday)

Liberace & Liza Holiday at the Mansion (A Tribute) Past Event Like List
It's December, which means the holidays are in full swing, whether you like it or not!! Get into it with this sequined holiday tribute, in which classically trained pianist David Saffert and singer/actor Jillian Snow Harris will charm the crowd as showstoppers Liberace and Liza Minnelli. Liberace's real-life music director Bo Ayars will conduct the musical performance; expect foot-tapping piano medleys and jazzy tribute songs. LC
(Portland Center Stage, Pearl District, Wednesday–Sunday)

ZooZoo Past Event Like List
Imago's globe-trotting holiday tradition returns this year with a colorful array of "hippos with insomnia, arrogant anteaters, introverted frogs, paradoxical polar bears, acrobatic worms, self-touting accordions," and other tricky critters. They'll all come together on stage for an eye-popping family production before heading back into storage (aka Imago's warehouse, which probably looks pretty wild for the rest of the year). LC
(Imago Theatre, Buckman, Tuesday-Sunday)

SHOPPING

The Makers Fair Holiday Market Past Event Like List
This 11-week market will feature 140 local craftspeople all under one roof, so consider your gift-giving list trounced. Vanquished. Utterly defeated. If you are the type of person who starts stressing about "the holidays" long before they're here (aka me), never fear: You'll find pretty much everything under Santa's sun, from woodturned decor to vintage goods, candles, and holiday treats, at the gargantuan pop-up. LC
(Rejuvenation, Buckman, Monday-Saturday)

VISUAL ART

A Sense of Place: the Art of George Tsutakawa Past Event Like List
One of George Tsutakawa's gargantuan fountains once graced the Lloyd Center, and they still stand at the Seattle Public Library's downtown branch and the Memorial Gates of Seattle’s Washington Park Arboretum. Seattle-born but educated in Japan, the sculptor's public works blend Pacific Northwestern and Japanese aesthetic sensibilities; they also seem to draw inspiration from Abstract Expressionism, feeling both ambitious and personally expressive. Tsutakawa, who passed in '97, created over 70 bronze fountain sculptures in the US, Japan, and Canada, and his artistic process was complex, spanning a wide variety of mediums like sumi ink and woodblock printing. (I highly recommend looking him up on YouTube and watching a documentary or two.) A Sense of Place: The Art of George Tsutakawa is the first Oregon exhibition of his work. LC
(Japanese American Museum of Oregon, Old Town-Chinatown, Thursday–Sunday)

Anya Roberts-Toney: Water Witch Moon Mother Past Event Like List
I gushed about Anya Roberts-Toney's work in a piece for Art & About PDX a few years back, so it's safe to say I'm stoked to see her return to Nationale for another solo exhibition of jewel-toned compositions, which typically contain equal parts feminine revelry and illusive unease. Sneak peeks on her Instagram reveal a move toward bolder, more color-forward compositions in oil-on-linen, but Roberts-Toney maintains a dreamy sensibility that always reminds me of that one episode of Wishbone where he travels to the Eloi's futuristic, pink-tinged fruit garden from The Time Machine, in the best possible way. (If you have no idea what I'm referencing, why not remedy that by spending some time with Water Witch Moon Mother?) LC
(Nationale, Buckman, Monday & Thursday–Sunday)

Converge 45 Contemporary Arts Biennial Past Event Like List
The free, citywide art exhibition Converge 45 is in full swing, with artists showcased across over 15 venues in Portland, including college campuses, the Portland Japanese Garden, and Pioneer Square. The biennial's theme, Social Forms: Art as Global Citizenship, takes on topics of Amazon deforestation, indigeneity, citizenship, and immigration, and aims to amplify the voices and experiences of people of color, so you're bound to find a cause you can get behind. I'm looking forward to local textile legend and Seneca Nation member Marie Watt's Chords to Other Chords (Relative). LC
(Various locations, Monday-Sunday)

Elefant Medium Past Event Like List
Jeffry Mitchel's solo exhibition concludes the year's programming at this Portland staple gallery. Furniture pieces made of ceramic and wood feature, alongside prints in wonderful hand-crafted frames. The lightheartedness of Mitchel’s work—which is often characterized by whimsical florals and animals—is adeptly timed as we enter the holiday season. PORTLAND MERCURY CONTRIBUTOR ASHLEY GIFFORD PETERSON
(PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, Slabtown, Tuesday–Saturday)

Secret Room Work•Shop Pop-Up Past Event Like List
Risograph print studio and comics and art publisher Secret Room Press has joined the other lovably artsy weirdos at Lloyd Center and opened a sparkly new pop-up art gallery and print shop. The Secret Room Work•Shop home to Life on Earth: A RISO Art Show, "a RISO art show showcasing over 25 cartoonists from the Pacific Northwest and beyond," plusweekly events and workshops and a curated selection of books, cassettes, vinyl, and VHS. Drop by the next time you're headed to Floating World Comics. LC
(Lloyd Center, Lloyd District, Wednesday-Saturday)

WINTER HOLIDAYS

Creatures of Christmas Past Event Like List
Mysterious creatures from Nordic lore will stop by Nordic Northwest this holiday season, including the 13 Icelandic Yule Lads (don't worry, they were banned from tormenting children in 1746), a Swedish Yule goat (cute and tied to ancient Pagan festivals), Danish and Norwegian nisse (gnome-like dudes with conical caps), and the Finnish Santa, Joulupukki, who looks a lot like the American one these days. While you're there, don't miss Ole Bolle, Thomas Dambo's own mythical creature (a giant troll made of recycled materials). LC
(Nordic Northwest, Metzger, Monday-Sunday)

Peacock Lane Past Event Like List
Portland's very own "Christmas street" is back at it this year with its charming Tudor homes decked out in lights and garland. The weekend of December 15 through 17 will be pedestrian-only, so bundle up and don't forget to stop by the free cocoa and cider booth for extra warmth. On other nights, you can enjoy the decorations from inside your car, just be sure to drive slowly to take it all in and ensure everyone (inside and outside of cars) is safe! Can you spot all the iconic characters? We hear the Grinch is on the loose. SL
(Peacock Lane, Sunnyside, Monday-Sunday)

Woodsy Winter Village and Ice Rink Past Event Like List
A new ice skating rink and marketplace is popping up at the west end of the Morrison Bridge this holiday season! Ice skating will be open every day except Christmas, costing $20 for adults and $12 for kids under 12, including skate rental. Pro tip: spend at least $20 at a central city business (peep the map to see what qualifies), bring your receipt, and get a $5 discount on your skate ticket. If you need a little help on the ice, you can pay an extra $10 for an unreasonably cute skate aid named Bobby the Seal. The marketplace will feature local vendors, food trucks, warm beverages, and a "cozy lounge" with board games and warming pods. SL
(Morrison Bridgehead, Downtown, Monday-Sunday)

Zoo Lights Past Event Like List
Lions, tigers, and bears will have you saying "oh my!" in childlike wonder at the Oregon Zoo's immersive holiday lights experience. Be mesmerized as you walk through tunnels of sparkling lights, take a ride on the zoo train, and enjoy treats like elephant ears and hot cocoa. SL
(Oregon Zoo, Washington Park, Monday-Sunday)