Portland Open Studios
Just a reminder that the second weekend of the popular tour of artists studios continues, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 17-18. A tour guide is available for $5. For complete information (and to purchase tour guide), see
portlandopenstudios.com. The tour guides also are available at any New Seasons location, Muse Art & Design, and Collage locations. A mobile app is available for $4.99.
Big grant
The Portland Childrens Museum, currently presenting the Blue Man Group Making Waves exhibit through Jan. 10, has received a $70,000 grant from the Oregon Community Foundation as part of its Studio to School initiative.
The grant goes to organizations in which experienced teacher-artists work with educators to increase arts integration into classrooms and after-school activities, including for underserved youth. The museum has been working with Woodlawn Schools PK-8 and is the only one in the nation that integrates a tuition-based preschool, public K-5 charter school (Opal School), and a research center (the Museum Center for Learning).
The museum, at 4015 S.W. Canyon Road, is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
For info: portlandcm.org.
Spooky trivia
There are always scores of cool events for Halloween, but fans of scares might want to take in a Geeks Who Drink trivia event that focuses on the hit TV show The Walking Dead.
Its titled Stupid Gets You Killed: A Walking Dead Quiz, held at locations nationwide. Itll be held 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, at Bethany Public House, 4840 N.W. Bethany Blvd. Therell be costumes and prizes.
For info: geekswhodrink.com/walkingdead.
National Geographic Live
Its a bit in advance, but fans of National Geographic might want to take note of the National Geographic Live speakers/concerts/films series that will be coming to Portland.
The series in Portland will feature wildlife filmmaker Bob Poole, underwater photographer Brian Skerry, and planetary scientist/astrobiologist Kevin Hand.
The details:
n Gorongosa Reborn: A Cameramans Journal, Feb. 16, Newmark Theatre, features Poole as he visits an African wildlife park.
n Ocean Soul, April 5, Newmark, features Skerry in a voyage across the oceans, exploring the hidden world beneath the waves.
n The Search for Life Beyond Earth, May 17, Newmark, features Hand in his search for life in space, working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., on instruments that will travel to Jupiters moon Europa.
For info and tickets:
portland5.com.
NW LoopFest
The series of concerts showcases music and technology performance artists who use hardware and/or software to instantly record and play back sound looping. The series stops at Analog Cafe, 720 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd., 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 ($10, nwloopfest.com), after two nights in Seattle and before a night in Lincoln City.