of traditional foods, dancing, spoken word, comedy and live music. Doors open at 5 p.m.
, dinner 6 p.m., performances 7 p.
m. Sat, Smith Ballroom, PSU, 1825 S.W.
Broadway. Tickets $8-$15; Ticketmaster. Free Comic Book Day: How cool is that?
Free. Comic books. It's a good day.
Celebrate the world some, too, if you want).
Bridge City Comics, 3725 N. Mississippi Ave.
10 a.m.-7 p.
m. Sat, free books, and autograph signings.
while supplies last.
Store hours 11 a.m.-7 p.
m. Sat.
characters, signings and talks noon-3 p.
m. Sat. Free comics For more details on Free Comic Book Day, log on to includes Taiko drumming, storytelling, song and dances, block printing, brush painting and a tea ceremony for children.
1-4 p.m. Sun, at the garden, 611 S.
W. Kingston Drive. Admission $5.
25-$8. Details: 223-1321 or jumping on this bandwagon. Lincoln High School offers a cast Performances 7:30 p.
m. Fri-Sat, at 1600 S.W.
Salmon St., lively musical with a cast of nearly 100. 8 p.
m. Fri-Sat, in the auditorium, 1401 Nichols Lane, Forest Grove. Tickets performers and get in on the action.
Performances 10 a.m. Sat through May 26, at 1825 S.
E. Franklin St., Bay K.
Tickets $6 general, $20 per family. Details and directions: baby, evening and Spanish story times. Call for schedule.
Magician Jay Frasier combines magic, comedy and puppetry for a show with audience participation and laughs for all ages, 2:30-3:15 p.m. Sat.
Seating is limited, arrive early.
fingerprint masterpiece. For ages 3 and older 2:30-4:30 p.
m. Ages 4 and older, registration required (988-5397). Antioch.
7:30 p.m. Fri, Smith Center, Room 238, Portland arts and gifts.
10 a.m.-4 p.
m. Sat, at 20210 S.W.
Teton sponsors a day of plant sales, a craft and rummage sale, fire truck rides and face painting for the kids. 9 a.m.
-4 p.m. Sat, Family of Christ Lutheran Church, 3500 N.
W. 129th St. Honore Family Day: Make your own galette sucre during make 4 galettes to take home.
10 a.m.-2 p.
m. Sun, St. family-friendly events for those who love fairies.
Make a magic wand, wings or a flower crown, listen to stories and live music or take part in the fairy parade. Hours 10 a.m.
-3 p.m. Sat, at Alpenrose, 6149 S.
W. Shattuck Road. Admission $3-$4, ages 2 and younger free.
Details: Gem Faire: View hundreds of gems and beads. Also classes and demonstrations are offered. Noon-7 p.
m. Fri, 10 a.m.
-7 p.m. Sat, 10 a.
m.-5 p.m.
Sun, Washington County Fair Complex, 873 N.E. 34th Ave.
, Hillsboro. Admission $5 general, ages 11 and bedding plants, veggie starts, meats, wild fish, cheeses and baked goods. 8:30 a.
m.-2 p.m.
Sat, through Dec. 15, South items and whimsical art. Under the west end of the Burnside Market hours: 10 a.
m.-5 p.m.
Sat, 11 a.m.-4:30 p.
m. Sun fun for little builders. Make a splash in "Water Market and Cafe.
" Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.
m. Mon-Sat, 11 a.m.
-5 p.m. Sun; $7 ages 1-54, $6 seniors; County.
Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.
m. daily; $4-$8; of the Gorge in Fiber" ends 6/29. The museum offers history.
Exhibits are supplemented by audiovisual County, Wash., and the Columbia River Gorge. Hours: 10 Pacific Northwest.
Listen to shipwreck survivor stories or learn to read signal flags. The National Historic Vessel Lightship Columbia is available for tours. An extensive collection of nautical artifacts is on display.
Hours: 9:30 Michael King Smith Way, off Oregon 18 (434-4180). The 121,000-square-foot museum welcomes visitors to see the famous Howard Hughes Flying Boat, the Spruce Goose. Aircraft deck.
Also, more than 80 historic aircraft and exhibits are on display. View famous aircraft, and learn about aviation history and science. Hours: 9 a.
m.-5 p.m.
daily (except areas, and outdoor features including a walk-through pioneer homestead and a historic working sawmill. Hours: 9 a.m.
-5 p.m. daily (except major holidays); $7-$12 (good for two Museum of the Oregon Territory: 211 Tumwater Drive, Oregon that made the trip on the Oregon Trail, ancient petroglyphs and Native American artifacts, a 19th-century pharmacy and a Hours: 11 a.
m.-4 p.m.
Tue-Sat; $5-$7 using the Historic "New York, September 11 by Magnum Photographers" Museum hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.
m. Mon-Sat; $5-$10; ohs.org.
sternwheeler Portland, the museum offers models of early steamboats and sailing vessels, and a maritime library. Also view videos in the theater, listen to nautical music, take in interactive displays and shop at the museum store. Hours: history, the museum houses airplanes, tanks, trucks, missiles, mortars, torpedoes and other weapons; uniforms; maps; and pictures.
A reference and technical library is available for use by appointment. Museum hours: 9-5 p.m.
Fri-Sat and by appointment; donation; www.ormilmuseum.org.
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 1945 S.E. Water Ave.
entertain and inform. Omnimax film is "Hurricane on the Bayou." Museum hours 9:30 a.
m.-5:30 p.m.
Tue-Sun. Planetarium, Omnimax films and the submarine USS Blueback; E. 15th Ave.
(541-346-3024). "Light and Color" exhibit features interactive stations for viewing holograms, Native American weaving in Oregon. Ends September 2007.
Museum hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.
m. Wed-Sun; $3, family admission Featured is Polynesian paradise. Gift store.
Noon-5 p.m. Washington County Museum: 17677 N.
W. Springville Road on children's tea sets. Hours: 10 a.
m.-4:30 p.m.
Mon-Sat; Paul (678-1251). On the banks of the Willamette River, the authentic 1860s kitchen garden and wheat-threshing barn. The visitor center houses exhibits, videos and a bookstore.
Hiking, biking, camping and picnic areas are available. Visitor center hours: 10 a.m.
-4 p.m. Mon-Fri, 10 a.
m.-5 p.m.
Sat-Sun; $3 day-use fee charged.
an exhibit of objects that traveled the 2,000 miles of trail to Oregon with the pioneers. Ends 9/3.
The center offers reach the Northwest. Tours include living-history presentations, historical cinematic drama, hands-on activities and exhibits. Hours: 11 a.
m.-4 p.m.
Tue-Sat; (538-6629). The boyhood home of President Hoover, now a museum, contains many of its original furnishings, including the bedroom set that Hoover used. Tours can be arranged by appointment.
Hours: 1-4 p.m. Wed-Sun; 50 cents-$3; 538-6629.
the Sandy River); on view at the Barn Museum. The Troutdale Capt. John Harlow, Troutdale's founder.
Hours: 1-4 p.m. This 12-room mansion was built in 1845 by Dr.
John McLoughlin and his family. Hours: 10 a.m.
-4 p.m. Wed-Sat and 1-4 p.
m. Sun. The McLoughlin House is operated by the Old Aurora Colony Museum: Second and Liberty streets, Aurora settled the area in 1856.
Hours: 11 a.m.-4 p.
m. Tue-Sat, post-WWII toy trains, airplanes and other windup toys. Ends 6/16.
The heritage home, completed in 1908, is an example of Foursquare architecture. Authentic period decor in a house families, which were prominent in the settlement and politics of the West. Hours: noon-4 p.
m. Wed-Sat; $5-$7 using the Historic Oregon City Pass. Details and schedule: areas in the region.
It takes a great many volunteers and hours and hours of work, but it helps trees stay healthy. Join a volunteer work party for ivy removal 9 a.m.
-noon Sat, with refreshments and a pat on the back. Details and meeting the Tillamook State Forest, from the devastating fires of The new center offers free public access to activities, exploration of timber-management practices. The grounds donkey.
Miles of trails offer educational displays. The River Highway) near milepost 22. Hours: 10 a.
m.-4 p.m.
Walk through a grove of old-growth Douglas fir, learn about native birds, watch an animal surgery through the wildlife hospital observation windows, or look for native cutthroat Sunday of every month. Sanctuary hours: dawn to dusk, at 5151 N.W.
Cornell Road; free; 292-6855 or macaws live at this Northeast Portland refuge. The birds are drastically declining in the wild through capture, transport home. The refuge provides an outdoor "flight" birds) for the majority of the birds.
The farm includes other resident animals, and a wetland trail that passes by the home of deer, coyotes, raccoons and others. Tours are by reservation only at noon and 2 p.m.
daily; $5 donation is requested; 286-0882, or visit macawlanding.org/refuge.html for available tour times.
Mount St. Helens (southwest Washington): Visit an active eruption. Movies and interactive touch-screen exhibits explore the eruption and biological recovery.
Single-site Pond and Interpretive Center features Herman, a 12-foot-plus sturgeon, in his natural environment, with underwater Open 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.
m. daily year-round. Reach the center off Interstate 84 near the dam; 541-374-8393.
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