• October 23 - November 9 -- La Carpa Del Maestro: El Dia De Los Muertos Festival
  Performing Arts: Every fall, the dead are commemorated in a lively show of dance, music and theatre in Portland's longest-running Day of the Dead celebration. This year, a folkloric master makes way for the rise of his hip-hop apprentice, el nuevo maestro. Milagro Theatre, 525 SE Stark Street, Portland, OR
  Fee: $14.00 - $22.00Time: 7:30 p.m. Thurs; 8 p.m. Fri-Sat; 2 p.m. Sun Phone Number: (503) 236.7253

• November 1 -- Godzilla in the Garden
  Film: A matinee showing of the classic Japanese film. Japanese Garden, 611 SW Kingston Avenue, Portland, OR
  Fee: Free with garden admissionTime: 1 p.m. Phone Number: (503) 223.1321

• November 6 -- Lecture: W. S. Merwin
  Lecture: W. S. Merwin, one of the most prolific and praised poets of the last half century, is a model for creative engagement with the world. Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, Portland, OR
  Fee: $15.75 - $19.50Time: 7:30 p.m. Phone Number: (503) 248.4335

• November 7 - December 14 -- Lakewood Center Presents You Can't Take It With You
  Performing Arts: At the zany Sycamore household, presided over by Grandpa Vanderhof, everyone does just what he or she pleases. The one "normal" family member is granddaughter Alice, who is in love with her boss, Tony Kirby. When Tony's stuffy parents come to visit, you can expect a few fireworks and even a police raid! Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S. State Street, Lake Oswego, OR
  Fee: $26.00 - $30.00Time: Call for information. Phone Number: (503) 635.3901

• November 7 - 9 -- Wordstock 2008
  Family Fun: Although best known for the Book Fair, several events actually make up the Wordstock Festival including Children's Festival, Live Wire radio show, the Night of Literary Feasts, and workshops. Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr., Boulevard, Portland, OR
  Fee: Call for information.Time: Call for information. Phone Number: (503) 546.1012

• November 7 - 15 -- Opera: Fidelio
  Performing Arts: Beethoven's only opera is a towering tour de force. When her husband is thrown into prison for his passionate stand against tyranny, Leonore faces her life's pivotal moment. Does she wait and risk his death or do whatever it takes to save his life? Keller Auditorium, SW 3rd & Clay, Portland, OR
  Fee: Call for information.Time: 7:30 p.m. Phone Number: (503) 241.1802

• November 13 -- Lecture: Dr. Brian Greene
  Lecture: Cosmology at the Frontier - The laws of physics can't account for any particular direction in which the universe develops. Therefore "time's arrow" must somehow be a relic of the conditions at the moment of the big bang. Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, Portland, OR
  Fee: $52.00 & $62.50Time: 7:30 p.m. Phone Number: (503) 248.4335

• November 14 - 16 -- The Northwest Knockdown
  Family Fun: The 2008 WFTDA's National Championships in Portland. The Rose City Rollers, an all-female roller derby league located in Portland, consists of five teams. Expo Center, 2060 N. Marine Drive, Portland, OR
  Fee: $16.00Time: 6 p.m. Phone Number: (503) 224.0368

• November 15 -- Saketini Saturday
  Wine Education: We will shake things up by introducing three rockin' saketinis. Be the first on your block to taste these new treats from our test kitchen. Tours are offered at 1, 2 & 3pm. Tasting Fee $5. Event takes place 3rd Saturday of every month throughout the year. SakeOne, 820 Elm Street, Forest Grove, OR
  Fee: $5.00Time: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Phone Number: (503) 357.7056

• November 15 - 30 -- Dream Weaver: The Bamboo Art of Jiro Yonezawa
  Exhibition: The Garden's fall exhibition features sculpture in bamboo—one of the world's most sustainable mediums. Jiro Yonezawa, one of Japan's finest bamboo artists, displays his mastery of bamboo using traditional forms and modern sculpture. Japanese Garden, 611 SW Kingston Avenue, Portland, OR
  Fee: $8.00Time: 10 - 4 p.m. Tues-Sun, 12 - 4 p.m. Mon Phone Number: (503) 223.1321

• November 17 -- Concert: Carrie Underwood
  Live Music: The excitement and overwhelming demand from fans for tickets to Carrie Underwood's headline tour, the "Carnival Ride Tour," is no surprise. Rose Garden Arena, One Center Court, Portland, OR
  Fee: $35.00 - $55.00Time: 7:30 p.m. Phone Number: (503) 797.9619

• November 23 -- Concert: New Kids on the Block
  Live Music: New Kids On The Block — five now fully-grown men who forever defined what the modern boy band would look and sound like — are back together for the very first time in nearly a decade and a half, and currently hard at work on their first new album since 1994. Rose Garden Arena, One Center Court, Portland, OR
  Fee: $37.50 - $77.50Time: 7:30 p.m. Phone Number: (503) 797.9619

• November 28 - 30 -- Niiname-sai Harvest Festival
  Festival: SakeOne invites you to experience the new Rice Exposed Tour where you'll try fresh Oregon koji rice as well as kasu, the rice cake pressed from fermented sake which is commonly used as a pickling agent in Japanese cuisine. And the best part, tasting America's most honored sake paired with delectable delights. 820 Elm Street, Forest Grove, OR
  Fee: $6.00 - $10.00Time: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Phone Number: (503) 357.7056 x.235

• November 28 - 30 -- 2008 Wine Country Thanksgiving
  Celebration: More than 100 wineries in the Willamette Valley are open to the public and many are not open at any other time during the year. Festivities include tasting of new releases and older vintages, barrel tastings, specialty foods and sales of limited quantity wines. Some wineries have live music and some charge a tasting fee.
  Fee: Call for information.Time: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Phone Number: (503) 646.2985

• November 29 - December 28 -- Zoolights 2008
  Celebration: Celebrate the Northern Lights, or wild polar bear nightlights, at the Oregon Zoo's annual light-time festival. The zoo comes alive as you walk through this winter wonderland of more than a half-million lights. This winter festival includes our lighted zoo train, choral and ensemble music, and our fantastic gift shop. Oregon Zoo, 4001 SW Canyon Road, Portland, OR
  Fee: Call for information.Time: 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. Phone Number: (503) 226.1561

Ongoing Events

• 3rd Saturday of every month -- Saketini Saturday
  Wine Education: Be the first on your block to taste these new treats from our test kitchen. Tasting fee includes a flight of five sakes, three saketinis and a tour. Call ahead to confirm this regular 3rd Saturday of every month event. SakeOne, 820 Elm Street, Forest Grove, OR
  Fee: $5 Time: 11a.m. - 5 p.m. Phone Number: (503) 357.7056

• Saturdays -- Portland Farmers Saturday Market
  Market: Portland Farmers Market, the city's kitchen garden and flourishing farm-direct marketplace. Held at Portland State University in downtown's South Park blocks between SW Harrison and Montgomery, Portland
  Fee: FreeTime: 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Phone Number: (503) 241.0032

• October 1 - November 30 -- Oregon Bounty at SakeOne
  Wine & Food Education: Oregon Bounty celebrates Oregon artisan wines, spirits and brews and local cuisine during the annual extravaganza. We'll demystify sake with a brewery tour and Oregon Bounty tasting that explores our craft-brewed sake paired with local delights such as Rogue Creamery Oregonzola Blue Cheese & delectable Moonstruck chocolate. 820 Elm Street, Forest Grove, OR
  Fee: $10.00Time: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Phone Number: (503) 357.7056 x.235

• Every Wednesday -- Tigard Irish Ceili/Group dance class
  Recreation, Instruction: Weekly drop-in dance class. Tigard Grange, 13770 SW Pacific Hwy, 97223, Tigard, OR. 14 & older Want to learn how to do the Irish jig? Leap to reels? Know how to dance before St. Patrick's Day is here again? Meet new friends and have fun and get fit too!? Find the Irish spirit within yourself! Taught by Sam Keator, TMRF
  Fee: $5Time: 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Phone Number: (503) 691.2078

• TBA -- Portland's 6th Annual Beaujolais Nouveau Fete
  Celebration: This refrain will be heard globally and in the City of Roses as Francophiles and wine enthusiasts prepare to celebrate the end of the harvest season and the first bottles of the 2007 Beaujolais Nouveau. Heathman Hotel, S.W. Broadway and Salmon Streets, Portland, OR
  Fee: $55.00 in advance, $75.00 at doorTime: 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. Phone Number: (503) 516.5914

• TBA -- Thanksgiving Open House
  Celebration: Dobbes Family Estate welcomes your visit over Thanksgiving Weekend. Experience amazing Oregon wines, appetizers and live music as we share the warmth of friends and family. Dobbes Family Estate winery, 240 SE 5th St., Dundee, Oregon. Pinot noir, Pinot gris, Syrah and Viognier.
  Fee: $10Time: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Phone Number: (503) 991.6598

• TBA -- Salud! Oregon's Pinot Noir Auction
  Beneift, Auction: Oregon's top Pinot Noir producers unite to provide much-needed healthcare outreach and services to seasonal vineyard workers and their families. This two-day event is a rare opportunity to preview the 2005 vintage, bid on unique Pinot Noirs created especially for Salud, and other exciting auction lots.
  Fee: $295 for both daysTime: call for schedule of events & locations Phone Number: (503) 681.1850