Flying condors
The offspring of an Oregon Zoo-hatched California condor made headlines as the first wild-hatched condor in more than a century to survive, leaving its nest and soaring at Pinnacles National Park in central California. The Oregon Zoos Jonsson Center for Wildlife Conservation has raised and prepped more than 40 wild-bound condors for release since joining the effort to save the critically endangered species in 2003. The first chick, hatched in 2004 and dubbed Kun-Wak-Shun (Thunder and Lightning) is flying at Pinnacles, as is a fledgling from Kun-Wak-Shun and his mate.
Captain Hardy and the Black Ship Scroll
Oregon Nikkei Endowment will show the groundbreaking exhibit of the 1853 Perry Expedition to Japan, which opened up the country to the outside world, painted in watercolor by Japanese eyewitnesses. It shows through Jan. 15 at Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center, 121 N.W. Second Ave. For more: www.oregonnikkei.org.
Talkin weather
The 24th annual Winter Weather Forecast Conference, held by the Oregon Chapter of the American Meteorological Society, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, 1945 S.E. Water Ave.
Meteorologists and weather watchers gather to predict the upcoming winter. The meeting is free, as is parking, and open to the public.
For more: www.aametsoc.org/chapters/oregon.
OHS and photos
The Oregon Historical Society and Newspace Center for Photography are partnering to offer an artists residency and exhibition opportunity in support of an image-based project that critically examines issues pertinent to Oregon. Itll be focused on collective histories, identity formation and the politics of place. The project will connect historic imagery and contemporary culture, demonstrating the ways collective and personal identities in Oregon have been shaped by photography and other media.
The OHS Research Library, rich with 5 million photos and films, manuscripts, books and oral histories, will serve as a primary resource for the projects development. The project will culminate with a seven-week exhibition at Newspace in October and November 2017.
Deadline to apply is 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7.
To learn more: www.ohs.org, www.newspacephoto.org.
Going 24 hours
The Portland Radio Project, a locally focused commercial-free radio station, has expanded to 24-hour broadcasting.
The station, PRP.fm, was launched in 2013 online, was granted an FM construction permit in 2014, and began broadcasting part-time (12 hours/day) at 99.1 FM in May 2015. Portlands Q Center filled the other 12 hours.
The station broadcasts rock/folk/blues and weekend jazz at PRP.fm and 99.1 FM in Portland.
KBOO news
KBOO Community Radio has rejoined the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, thanks to a Radio Community Service Grant. It joins All Classical and Oregon Public Broadcasting in the nationwide noncommercial public radio system.
Movie happenings
Along with the Portland EcoFilm Fest, there are a couple other movie happenings:
The Astoria International Film Festival celebrates 10 years at the 1925 Vaudeville-style Liberty Theater, 1203 Commercial St. in Astoria, Oct. 21-23. For more: www.goaiff.com.
Thrillers, comedies and dramas from Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Iceland movies not usually shown in theaters are part of New Scandinavian Cinema, Oct. 21-29 at Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 S.W. Park Ave. ($6-$9). It starts with In Front of Others from Iceland, 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21. The others: Nice People, 5 p.m. Oct. 22; Silent Heart, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22; The Homecoming, 4:30 p.m. Oct. 23; The Fencer, 7 p.m. Oct. 23; The Idealist, 7 p.m. Oct. 24; Here is Harold, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 25; Sparrows, 8:30 p.m. Oct. 25; Women in Oversized Mens Shirts, 7 p.m. Oct. 27; The Here After, 2:15 p.m. Oct. 29; The Mine, 4:30 p.m. Oct. 29. For more: www.nwfilm.org.
The Northwest Film Center also hosts the Klamath Independent Film Festival Best of Program, 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20 at Whitsell.
National Geographic Live
Photojournalist Lynsey Addario shares her life of love and war from behind the lens in such places as Afghanistan, Darfur and Libya, focusing on humanitarian and human rights issues. The details: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, Newmark Theatre, 1111 S.W. Broadway, www.portland5.com, $35-$55.
Thrill the World
More practices are scheduled for the 2:45 p.m. Oct. 29, Michael Jacksons Thriller-inspired dance at Irving Parks covered basketball court at the corner of Northeast Seventh Avenue and Fremont Street.
The practices: 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, 2620 N.E. Fremont St.; 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, Q Center, 4115 N. Mississippi Ave. Therell also be a practice 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27 at the North Star ballroom, 635 N. Killingsworth St. ($10).