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Grab your helmets 1 Get ready for the 2 and help kick boys of summer. Presented by off the month-long The Portland Pickles Pedalpalooza. The fun have a 5 pm pre- before the family- season game at friendly, 5-mile ride Walker Stadium in starts at 3 pm, with Lents. departure from Fields Park in Northwest KEY Portland at 4 pm. ¢ ¢ Free Inclusive Editors’ pick

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The Festival 3 6 Field trip to 7 We really can’t 8 Hit the release 9 of Flowers in Washougal for the get enough of party for local kindie downtown’s grand opening of a parades in Portland, but artist Jessa Campbell’s Pioneer Courthouse PORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION 5 cool new nature the Grand Floral is the new album Can You Square is almost over! Grab your signs, playground at the biggest and floweriest Feel It? 4 pm at Secret Catch it before the 4 Come see kids, city’s Waterfront of them all. Starts at Society Ballroom. ¢ your sunscreen blooms go bye-bye. dance teams, Park, complete with a 10 am from Memorial and your favorite PORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION $8, cash only. kid activists and stand student bands, and 9-foot tall Sasquatch Coliseum, goes down with local kids suing the PDX Parent Check out ships from installation that’s ready MLK Boulevard, then for playing on, a 6-foot heads downtown. ¢ the government over staff march in the the US Navy, US Coast Guard and Royal hill slide and an ADA- global warming as they Fred Meyer Junior push to have their case Canadian Navy at the accessible play area. heard at the Rally for Rose Parade. 1 pm Rose Festival’s Fleet Cake will be served at the Right to a Livable in the Hollywood Week. Pro tip: No 3:30 pm, plus there’s Future at District. ¢ strollers allowed on deck. rock painting and a at 10:30 am. ¢ Tom McCall Waterfront scavenger hunt too! Park. ¢ ¢ PIONEER COURTHOUSE SQUARE PORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION SEAN CARR PHOTOGRAPHY

The Hillsboro 11 12 Marvel at the 13 The Delta 14 Celebrate 15 Wave your rainbow 16 Tuesday Night School’s out Japanese Garden’s emancipation at flags at the Market kicks off its for PPS! summer exhibit Forest Park Juneteeth ’s Portland Pride Parade. season (which goes This calls of Dreams. Intricately Powwow and Clara Peoples Freedom Starts at the North through August for ice carved planks honor Encampment Trail Parade! Starts on Park Blocks at 11 am. 27). Sure there cream, so the cultures of both our kicks off. Watch MLK and Ainsworth at Or treat Dad like a are veggies, but try Cloud region’s Native tribes 11 am. ¢ king at the Oregon PORTLAND PARKS AND RECREATION also expect live City, Salt and the Aino people of the dance Renaissance Faire at entertainment, arts & Straw or Hokkaido, Japan. the Clackamas Explore a new- competitions, 10 and crafts vendors, and newcomer County to-you inclusive browse arts an international food Little Bean. Fairgrounds. playground. court. 5 pm-8:30 pm. (More and crafts, Northeast’s Cully about that Park opened last and grab one on year and Couch Park some delicious page 16.) in Northwest got a fry bread. major upgrade in the ¢ spring. JUNETEENTH OREGON JONATHAN LEY

Sign up your 17 This 18 Play at the 19 Park for free at 20 Wish Oregon City 21 Come party 22Food, music, kids’ 23 kiddo for your local beautiful Luuwit any Metro-owned a Happy 175th with us! stuff and neighbors library’s Summer month’s View Park’s accessible natural area! It’s a Birthday at the Rose PDX Parent all make for an Reading program. Little Ears playground, then grab great excuse to check Festival’s Oregon awesome day at the We love their epic the kids a free lunch at out the new nature Heritage Days. Start Good in the Hood summer events — and concert at The 12:30 pm from Portland play areas at Oxbow out at the End of Celebrates Multicultural Festival ¢ seeing all the kids in Parks and Rec’s Free Regional Park. the Oregon Trail at NoPo’s King library t-shirts in late Old Church in Interpretive & Visitor the City School’s playground. Lunch + Play. Visit is back with even more summer! ¢ Information Center, and Noon-8 pm. ¢ downtown PDX portlandoregon. swag, more music and catch a ride to other gov/parks/ more fun! 10 am-2 pm features the historic OC sites. ¢ freesummer at Oaks Park. ¢ kid entertainer for a full list of outdoor winner of our summer fun. ¢ reader poll, Red Yarn. 10 am. ¢ METRO MULTNOMAH COUNTY LIBRARY MULTNOMAH

Catch up 24 Catch a flick at SE 25 26 27 Meet some fine- 28 Bike along 30 with Woody, Portland’s Academy feathered friends with the other Theater, where there’s No as the Oregon Bird Buzz and the a BOGO deal on tickets hamsters Man brings his brightly families at the AMY CONWAY gang in Toy every Tuesday. (And were colored parrots to 50th Sunday harmed in Story 4 — tickets are only $4 to North Portland Get sweaty for a 29 the Parkways. The begin with.) There’s Library. good cause at Cook without the making of Get the “golden” NoPo always at least one 11:30 am. Park in Tigard at the opening the Rocket giggles kid-friendly film Got tweens Candlelighters race, route will weekend Hamster’s out at playing, and the and teens? which raises funds to Dreamy Angel roll through crowds. popcorn is aces. Northwest support children battling Space Ocasio’s Arbor Lodge, Library hosts a cancer. (There’s even Odyssey kid- Teen Craft Hangout at a 1-miler Superhero-in- Kenton and puppet show. friendly ¢ 3 pm. Training race for the Peninsula Promise. Woodstock comedy kiddos, and an obstacle Library. 2 pm. ¢ show at the Parks, and Banks Library course.) more. 11 am- at 2 pm. ¢ 4 pm. ¢ DISNEY PIXAR

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Kids can learn how 1 The littlest kiddos 2 Go old-school 4 The Portland 5 The Autism Society 6 Tears of 7 to make their own have free run of Oregon at Thorns are great role of Oregon sponsors Joy puppet earrings, bracelets and Oaks Park on Tuesday Estacada’s Timber models, and their a free, sensory-friendly theatre lands necklaces at a free and Wednesday Festival. There’s a log matches are notably swimming session at the Portland class at the Hollywood mornings, all summer pond roll-off, a pole- more family-friendly than at the Oregon City Library. Spanish and long. Just $9.95 gets climbing competition, the raucous Timbers Pool starting at 4 Saturday Market, with English spoken. you access to all OREGON GARDEN and a chain-saw home games. Watch pm. No music, no 1 pm-3 pm. ¢ their family rides, display, plus a grand as they take on the judgement and pizza a show about plus cookies, milk and Get your fireworks 3 fireworks display at Seattle Reign at 8 pm at for all. RSVP at events@ how the storytime. fix early at the 10 pm. Providence Park. autismsocietyoregon. constellations Oregon Garden, which org. got their names. smartly sets off their Performances at sparklers one day noon and before everywhere else. 2 pm, with a free Admission is free after 6 puppet craft pm, though a donation after the show. ¢ of $5 per family is TIMBERS.COM/THORNSFC OAKS suggested.

Don’t wait any 8 9 Hit the Kenton 10 Tweens and teens 11 12 Drum-centric 13 Sweet smells 14 longer to go After 2017’s Farmers Market for will go nuts for Cool down performers from abound at the see the fantastical disastrous kid-friendly activities run the gravity-defying on a 300-foot- Mexico, West Africa, Helvetia Lavender Science Behind Pixar fire, trails in by the kind folks from Broadway musical Japan and local tribes Festival, where you exhibit at OMSI. Your Oregon State’s extension Wicked playing at the long slip and come out to celebrate can have a civilized kids will love seeing the Columbia services program, Keller Auditorium, slide, play some their instrument in a cup of tea and scones how Coco, Toy Story Gorge have guaranteed to get your through July 28. free concert, which also with the kids before kids shuffleboard or features drumming you stroll through the and Wall-E came to slowly begun life. excited try your hand at workshops for kids. 2 pm lavender-filled fields. reopening. Try about wiffleball, during at Gateway Discovery $5 per adult, free for eating Park. ¢ kids. one of the trails local free summer in this month’s fruits programming at Field Trip and veggies! Brooklyn Park, (page 36). ¢ MARCUS JOAN from noon to 8 pm. ¢

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15 17 18 20 21 Explore the Let the kids get Dive in to Peninsula Learn about fire Head to Sugarpine messy at Blue Lake Pool in NoPo for a safety and injury Drive-In in Tualatin Regional Park’s Summer free open swim session prevention at Fire in Troutdale for River Greenway Fun Days. Youth and from 1:05 pm-2:55 pm, the Park at Vancouver’s scoops of bike path, adult educators will on Thursday afternoons Esther Short Park. dreamy, lead kids in hands- all summer long. For Kids can meet local creamy DISNEY MICHAEL DURHAM/ which has neat on gardening and free swim times at firefighters and learn soft-serve, then poke interpretive conservation projects. other city pools, check Bow down to 19 how to give CPR. 9 am- ¢ around Take the MAX to 16 11am-3 pm. Lunch portlandparks.org. Queen Beyoncé, 2 pm. ¢ signs along ¢ the Sandy the Oregon Zoo included for kids. who voices Nala in the River at the way that for Twilight Tuesdays, live-action remake of nearby Glen when admission is just The Lion King, now out trace the area’s Otto Park. $5 per person and you in theaters. geology from can find live music and the Ice Age on. fun kiddo activities. ¢

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Latin flair 22 Explore a new 23 Hold our 24 The Washington 25 Take a break from 26 27 Cool off 28 nature play area, beer. The County Fair kicks the lunch grind is in the air like Sahallie Ilahee Park off, with tons of fun at Food Truck Fridays during a free Oregon Brewers at Sellwood in West Linn, or Dirksen for kids, including in Hillsboro, with open swim ¢ Festival starts Nature Park in Tigard. encounters with Elsie vendors gathering at session at Park, with at noon at the Cow and a chance to the Tom Hughes Civic an evening Waterfront noodle around on a mini- Center Plaza, plus live Sunset Swim concert Park. For little tractor. entertainment and fun Center in Tigard. ones, there’s games. 11:30 am- OREGON REGENCY SOCIETY from Grupo 1:30 pm. (And follow complimentary Get fancy at the 12th thprd.org for Masato, who Annual Pittock Mansion root beer and info on other play high- soda. Free Picnic from the Oregon energy music Regency Society. Bring open swims admission, but your muslins, bonnets, with Andean tasting packages parasols, croquet sets and throughout the roots. ¢ for beer start at food to share. More info summer.) 1 pm. ¢ $20. at Oregonregencysociety. wordpress.com. PORTLAND PARKS AND RECREATION. PORTLAND PARKS

What’s summer 29 31 without a sandcastle? Hit the sand at an area beach, like George Rogers Have a very berry 30 Park in Lake Tuesday out at Oswego for West Union Gardens some drip in Hillsboro, where castle you’ll find exotic action. ¢ u-pick varieties, Sing happy including tayberries, birthday to the KEY loganberries and MVP of Gryffindor at gooseberries. a Harry Potter party ¢ Free at Maggie Mae’s Kids Bookshop at 5 pm. Presented by Expect crafts, trivia Inclusive and various other shenanigans worthy of Editors’ pick the Weasley twins. CLIP+ SAVE

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Admission 1 Gorge yourself 2 Take your pick 3 The whole city of 4 all weekend at Gladstone turns is free after on this jam- the Tualatin Crawfish out to celebrate their Presented by packed weekend: 5 pm at the Festival — there’s a annual community Portland Art bubble pit, potato-sack Chinese Festival at festival. There’s a Museum, so go races, a watermelon- Pioneer Square? fishing derby, a giant take in the new eating contest and a Fremont Fest in slip ‘n slide, free visit from the Reptile NE Portland? concerts and more. exhibit of three KEY Man. Cold Brew Festival generations at Esther of indigenous Short ¢ Free female artists

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Seek out some Extra, extra! Take Get ready to run, 10 You still have 11 Join the geniuses 5 Get to 6 7 8 9 of Mad Science for air-conditioning — the whole family swim and bike in some energy after an hour-long workshop/ know your take the kids to see the Journey the West Coast’s only yesterday’s triathlon? journey into space at neighbors bowling (check out Theater Arts production barrier-free triathlon, Great! Bike the loop at the Capitol Hill Library, KidsBowlFree.com for of Newsies, at 7 pm at designed for kids of BridgePedal, then hit with stop-offs to and local first how to do this one on Heritage High School’s all abilities. Athletes up the India Festival learn about planets, responders at the cheap). ¢ Performing Arts Center in will swim 50 yards, downtown. lunar eclipses and the CLARK COUNTY FAIR Washougal. bike 2 miles and run travels of the sun. National Night half a mile on a fully 2 pm-3 pm. ¢ Hit up the Clark County accessible course Out events all Fair in Vancouver for at the Tualatin Hills over the metro tons of family-centric Athletic Center. fun, including clowns area. Visit aplenty, carnival rides, natw.org to and a super-cool performing doggies find yours. ¢ show. GIDU MAD SCIENCE OF PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER JOURNEY THEATER ARTS

12 Take a flight of 13 Keep the theater 14 The city of 15 Catch this year’s 16 17 Teens who are 18 Pure Imagination love going at a Wilsonville sensation Spider- coping with and see Charlie and daytime matinee of the Man: Into the Spider Verse cancer are invited the Chocolate Factory, Broadway is throwing a under the stars in Hillsboro. to attend a free which starts tonight Rose block party, and The movie starts at dusk camp-out at Rooster at the Keller and plays Theater’s everyone‘s invited. in Shute Park, but there’s Rock State Park, through August 18. production pre-show live music and FLICKR/PHOTO BY TOM GOOD ARTS courtesy of NatureRx, There’s free eats, of Cinderella popcorn starting at Unfortunately (or a new program of in Tigard, live music, train 7:30 pm. ¢ fortunately, for their the Children’s Cancer playing rides and the brains) kids aren’t Association. at 11 am chance to cool off allowed to participate Think guided hikes, Celebrate elephant and photo classes and in the awesome in the Soapbox Derby Samudra’s 11th birthday 1 pm. races at . So star gazing. a little early during Town Center pack a picnic, get a good joyrx.org/naturerx. ¢ World Elephant Day at fountains. The seat and show up early the Oregon Zoo. All day, to cheer for your favorite free with zoo admission. fun starts

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As the 19 After a summer 20 Spread out 21 Head to Wilkes 22 The Oregon State 23 24 Close out summer 25 summer full of fun, it’s time Park in NE Portland Fair in Salem is with the “Green to give back. Take the a blanket on for a free lunch + summer’s last big hurrah. Loop” Sunday winds down, kids to volunteer at the lawn and play program from Head south to get your Parkways ride, through catch the the Oregon Food Bank, listen up during noon to 1 pm. ¢ fill of midway games, downtown and inner Hillsboro Hops sorting and repacking the Outdoor farm animals and food on SE Portland. Pro tip: food, or to help clean a stick. Leave plenty of time in action; first up donated kids’ books Storytelling Picnic to stop at the fountain KIDS OBSTACLE CHALLENGE pitch is at at the Clackamas at the Walters at the Moda Center to 7:05 pm. Bookshelf. ¢ Cultural Art Center Don’t wear white to the cool down. in Hillsboro, Kids Obstacle Race. The 2-mile course features starting at 13 obstacles for your kid 7 pm. Light to navigate, and they beverages and will get muddy. In a twist, parents run for free. At snacks provided! ¢ the Sherwood Forest HILLSBORO HOPS JULIA SILVERMAN OREGON STATE FAIR Equestrian Center.

26 Head for the 27 28 Hit up your 29 Mo Phillips and the 30 See summer 31 beach with the Grumpies play an kids. In just an hour favorite splash epic goodbye-to-summer out with Family and a half, you can be pad. Kids love the set at Montavilla Park, Nature Days at tidepooling at Cannon froggie fountain followed by a screening Columbia Springs Beach, or on the of 2019’s live-action Seaside prom. at Peninsula Dumbo at dusk. ¢ in Vancouver, with Park in NoPo, guided walks and but don’t sleep activities from

Take JULIA SILVERMAN on uncrowded 10 am-2 pm. deep breaths School starts in Elizabeth Explore the at the Swan Portland. (For Caruthers forest, breathe Island Dahlia Festival everyone except the fountain in South deep, and get in Canby. Over kindergarteners. You 400 varieties of the guys get to wait until Waterfront. ¢ ready — a busy quintessential late next week!) fall is coming summer flower will be right up. on display. CHUTIMAKUANAMON