NW Kids Magazine April 2017

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Farm, Nature & Outdoor Summer Camps CSA Resource Guide 2017 Wine, Cider & Beer Festivals – with the kids!

Best Summer Camp Contest nwkidsmagazine.com

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Editor’s Note Wee! Spring is here!

What better way to honor the season of growth and newness than to feature the bountiful farms right here in Portland’s backyard? We’re excited to bring you this year’s edition of our CSA Resource Guide: a colorful centerfold with all you need to know to keep a fresh, delicious supply of lovingly harvested fruits and veggies (plus other goods like fish, meat and eggs) coming in the door all season long! Yum! We’ve also rounded up a bunch of summer camps where kiddos can get firsthand farming experience on real working farms, as well as generally get their hands (and feet and everywhere else) good and dirty while soaking up the spoils of Mother Nature. There’s even an immersive family pirate camp! For real! Run on over to p. 24 to learn more.

In fact, you can meet some of those camps – and many more – in person at our 6th Annual Summer Camp Expo on Saturday, April 8th at OMSI: a full day of activities, demos, raffles and all sorts of freebies! Hope to see you there!

Karel

Cover and contents photography by BROOKE BASS for SCHOOLYARD FARMS

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Contents APRIL 2017

9 Bits & Bytes 12 The Kids are All Right: 8 Family-Friendly Brew & Wine Fests 18 Portland’s Best Summer Camp Contest is Back!

20 Your 2017 Guide to CSAs

24 Get Outside, Get Dirty!

Camps for little farmers, homesteaders and treehuggers (and pirates!)

26 The PJA Perspective Remembering Our Days at Luscher Farms 32 Get Out and Play!

This month’s local adventures

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Listings Adventure WILD.............................................16 Aim High Martial Arts...................................15 All Families Surrogacy...................................14 Art of STEM....................................................22 Audubon Society...........................................16 Barre3.............................................................10 Bennett Suzuki...............................................11 Big Lake Youth Camp.....................................33 Brain Balance.................................................16 Brian Baxter Sports Camp..............................15 Camp Invention..............................................16 Camp Meadowood Springs...........................11 Camp Wahoo!.................................................11 Chinook Book.................................................10 Club Pilates.....................................................14 Dragonfly Children’s Dance............................34 Dynasty Ford Cheer........................................27 Engineering for Kids......................................15 Finding Your Neverland.................................22 Gallagher’s Rug and Carpet Care...................31 German International School........................17 Herrold Stables...............................................11 Hillsboro Parks & Recreation..........................34 Hope Chinese Immersion Charter School.....33 ID Tech............................................................17 International School......................................28 Just Between Friends....................................... 8 K12.................................................................31 Kids Community Learning Center..................34 6 | NW Kids Magazine

Accounting & Business Services Heather Rex heather@nwkidsmagazine.com Krugers Farm..................................................11 Little Fruit Farm..............................................14 Mad Science...................................................34 Marylhurst University....................................35 Metro Arts Inc................................................35 Modern Domestic..........................................11 Mt Hood Meadows........................................28 Naydenov Gymnastics...................................11 NW Film Center..............................................19 NW Kids Camp Contest..................................19 NW KIds Camp Expo......................................39 Old McDonald’s Farm.....................................19 Omega Gymnastics........................................30 Oregon Ballet Theatre....................................28 Oregon Children’s Theatre..............................29 Oregon College of Art and Craft....................28 Oregon Episcopal School...............................29 Oregon Zoo....................................................... 3 Park Academy................................................38 Play Fit Fun.....................................................38 Portland Early Learning Project.....................11 Portland Jewish Academy Kindergarten............14 Portland Jewish Academy Summer Discovery...30 Portland Parks and Rec Aquatics...................38 Portland Trampoline......................................23 Royal Ridges...................................................30 Saturday Academy........................................... 7 School of Rock................................................37 Schoolita Alegria............................................22

Seam Divas Sewing Lounge..........................11 Serpa Audiology............................................14 Sit Still.............................................................. 8 Skinner Montessori........................................27 Sky High Sports................................................ 7 Small Friends School.....................................33 Soccer Shots...................................................40 Sound Roots...................................................19 Spielwerk Toys.................................................. 8 Spring Beer and Wine Fest.............................11 Steve and Kate’s Camp...................................22 Sunshine Montessori.....................................10 SW Community Center.................................... 7 SWKids Adventure Camp................................. 7 The Kids’ Backyard Store................................23 Trinity Lutheran..............................................36 Tucker Arts Camp...........................................36 Uniquely Wise................................................33 Upward Bound Camp for Persons with Special Needs...........................22 USTA Pacific Northwest.................................37 VillaSport......................................................... 2 Westside Academy........................................22 Willowbrook Arts Camp................................36 Winter Green Farm.........................................22 World of Speed..............................................37 Yeates Academy.............................................22 YMCA Camp Collins.......................................15 Yoga Playgrounds..........................................37

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Photograph courtesy of OREGON EPISCOPAL SCHOOL

Summer Camp Season in Full Swing at the

NW Kids Camp Expo Looking for a hands-on way to learn about summer camps this year? Wanna win all sorts of cool prizes and swag, including free camp? (Free camp!) NW Kids and Oregon Episcopal School have teamed with OMSI to bring over 30 camps from all over the Portland area and beyond for our 6th Annual Summer Camp Expo on Saturday, April 8, 2017.

Performances Tomás & the Library Lady Apr 1-29, $14-28 octc.org

Peppa Pig Live!

Apr 5, $29.50-59.50 portland5.com, peppapigliveus.com

BITS & BYTES Wander around the exhibit hall and chat with camp directors and staff about their programs, try interactive demos, play games and enter your name in an hourly raffle. Prizes in past years have included class coupons and passes, t-shirts and gear, performance tickets and yes, free weeks of camp!

Whether you and your kiddos are looking for outdoor adventure, sports, farming, theater arts, rock climbing, craft and artisan or science and math camps; day camps or overnight excursions; youth or family camps or a super special themed camp that you’re not sure is out there… chances are, you’ll find them at the Expo. They’re all excited to meet you!

For a full list of exhibitors, visit nwkidsmagazine.com/summer-camp-expo.

6th Annual NW Kids Summer Camp Expo Saturday, April 8, 2017 10am-5pm OMSI, 1945 SE Water Ave Free!

Robin Hood

Apr 22-May 21, $16-25 nwcts.org

Oregon Ballet Theatre Annual School Performance Apr 22-23, $32-42 obt.org

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The Kids are All Right: 8 Family-Friendly Brew & Wine Fests Spring in the Pacific Northwest kicks off an array of festivals celebrating the region’s prowess in carefully crafted and aged beer, wine and hard cider. But, you ask, what to do with the kids?

Why, bring them along!

Featured Event Portland Spring Beer & Wine Fest Apr 14-15 Oregon Convention Center

Minors allowed during all operating hours, 12-10pm with adult What better way to start the festival season than a tasting event of beer, wine, cider, mead, cheese AND chocolate?! Wander around the vast exhibit hall, sample your fill of all sorts of local libations and delicious gourmet snacks and chow down on hearty food cart offerings. Got Fridays off? Be one of the first 500 to arrive on Fri Apr 14 and your admission is free! Tickets $10-27, kids 12 and under free. springbeerfest.com

Hood River Hard-Pressed Cider Fest Apr 22

Portland Craft Beer Festival Jun 30-Jul 2

Minors allowed during all operating hours with parent or guardian For kids: Music, kids’ area, bouncy house hoodriver.org/cider-fest

Minors allowed on Sunday, July 2 for Family Day For kids: Ping pong, corn hole, wading pools portlandcraftbeerfestival.com

Downtown Hood River

Organic Beer Fest Jun 22-25 Overlook Park

Minors allowed during all operating hours with parent (not guardian) For kids: Kids’ Zone with arts and crafts, games, face painting, soda garden organicbeerfest.org

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The Fields Park

Photograph by TIMOTHY HORN for ORGANIC BEER FEST

Oregon Brewers Festival Jul 26-30

Tom McCall Waterfront Park

Minors allowed during all operating hours with parent (not guardian) For kids: Free handcrafted soda, face painting, music, food! oregonbrewfest.com

Vancouver Wine & Jazz Festival Aug 25-27 Esther Short Park

Kids 12 and under free with parent or guardian during all operating hours For kids: Jazz concerts, art shows, food of course! vancouverwinejazz.com

Hood River Hops Fest Sept 23 Downtown Hood River

Minors allowed with parent until 5pm For kids: Food, live music hoodriver.org/hops-fest

Portland Fresh Hops Fest Sept 29-30 Oaks Amusement Park

Minors allowed Sat until 5pm For kids: Amusement park rides! oregoncraftbeer.org/freshhopsfest

Helpful Tips for a Successful Trip Check the rules ahead of time.

Every festival has slightly different regulations, and they might change from year to year. Maybe absolutely no kids are allowed (it’s a legal thing!), or just babes in arms, or maybe there are only certain hours when kids are permitted on site. Double check before you make the trip. If possible, try to find fests with kid-friendly features like Tuxedo Jimmy, the balloon artist you’ll find at this year’s Portland Spring Beer and Wine Fest.

Know your terrain. A stroller might make things easier for walking and napping, unless there isn’t much space to maneuver.

Chances are good you’ll have a porta-potty situation on your hands, so make plans that’ll work for little bottoms or diaper changes on the go.

Come packed with snacks. Food options can be sparse, not geared toward kids, and sometimes spendy to boot. If you’re headed to a fest that doesn’t allow picnics, get in line for food before the grumps start kicking in. It might take some time to get your order.

Go early. “The later it gets in the day, the rowdier a crowd is likely to get, so consider getting the kids home at a reasonable hour,” says Chris Crabb of the Oregon Brewer’s Festival. Besides, if you visit early, brewers are less likely to have run out of popular and rare tastes.

Kids first, beer and wine second.

If you’re used to a kid-free beer and wine experience, you might have to adjust your expectations when junior comes along.

Meltdowns are sure to come quickly if all you’re doing is waiting in line and talking tasting notes. Instead, use a tag-team system, plan plenty of activities for the little ones, and have a great time as a family!

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Portland's Best Summer Camp Contest is Back!

Now in its 5th year, NW Kids’ Best Summer Camp Contest, sponsored by Trackers Earth, is your chance to give back to the camp that gives your cherished kiddos unforgettable summers, year after year. This year, we have 14 categories, plus the culminating category of Best Overall Camp.

Starting April 1, visit nwkidsmagazine.com and nominate camps in each category for consideration. The top three nominated camps in each category are finalists. Nominations close on April 15, and then it’s voting time! Vote as many times as you want from April 16 through April 30! With each vote you cast, you’ll be entered in a drawing to win a free week of Trackers camp!

The 2017 winners will be announced mid-May. Here are the reigning champs of 2016: Best Academic Camp SATURDAY ACADEMY saturdayacademy.org

Best Nature & Farm Camp TRACKERS EARTH trackerspdx.com

Best Arts & Crafts Camp WILLOWBROOK ARTS CAMP willowbrookartscamp.org

Best Overall Camp WILLOWBROOK ARTS CAMP willowbrookartscamp.org

Best Cooking Camp THE MERRY KITCHEN themerrykitchen.com

Best Overnight Camp CAMP WESTWIND westwind.org

Best Dance & Gymnastics Camp THE CIRCUS PROJECT thecircusproject.org

Best Performing Arts Camp NW CHILDREN’S THEATER & SCHOOL nwcts.org

Best General Camp WILLOWBROOK ARTS CAMP willowbrookartscamp.org

Best Science & Technology Camp OMSI omsi.edu

Best Language Camp THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL intlschool.org

Best Special Needs Camp HAPPY MINDFUL PEOPLE happymindfulpeople.com

Best Music Camp SCHOOL OF ROCK portland.schoolofrock.com

Best Sports Camp BAXTER SPORTS CAMP baxtersports.com

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Full Plate Farm

Season: See website for details Prices: Full share $775, half share $430 Features: Bulk and pre-packed bin pickup options fullplatefarm.com

Gathering Together Farm

Season: Jun-Nov (21 weeks) Price: $550 per share Options and additions: Salad Lovers option $60, Salad Addicts option $110 gatheringtogetherfarm.com

ILIAMNA FISH CO. WOBBLY CART FARM

Iliamna Fish Co.

Know your fishermen! Get 21 pounds of boneless vacuum sealed wild Alaskan salmon. Flash frozen to ensure quality.

Season: Aug-Oct Pickup sites:
1142 SE 7th Ave, Portland (Ecotrust Redd Campus) Price: $238 per 21 pound share.

Single pickup.

Features: Multi-share orders are common and encouraged! redsalmon.com

Your 20 Guide to La Finquita del Buho

Season: Apr-Oct (29 weeks) Price: Full share $900, half shares available Features: Sustainably grown vegetables, some fruit without pesticides or herbicides.

Additions: Fresh cut flowers, eggs, grass fed beef, farm raised pork (meat available seasonally) finquita.com/wordpress

Love Farm Organics

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A small heritage family farm providing direct access to delicious, organically grown, seasonal, excellent-quality, local fresh produce.

Season: Jun-Oct (22 weeks) Pickup sites: NE, SE, SW (Garden Home), Kenton (North), Bonny Slope, NUNM campus, Forest Grove at the Farm, Orenco in Hillsboro, and Ground Breaker Brewing Price: Standard share $575, Double share $975

Features: Bulk berry buying in summer Additions: Salad share add-on $125, berry share add-on $85 lovefarmorganics.com

Pumpkin Ridge Gardens

LOVE FARM ORGANICS

Season: Year-round (52 weeks) Price: Full share $31.73/week ($1650 for the whole season), Half share $20.19/week ($1050 for the whole season) Options and additions: Flowers, eggs, fruit available for additional fee, subscriber pot lucks in summer; pumpkin pick-up weekend in October pumpkinridgegardens.com

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PHOTO by EVA VERBEECK for STONEBOAT FARM

ILIAMNA FISH CO.

LA FINQUITA DEL BUHO

Schoolyard Farms

Winter Green Farm

Stoneboat Farm

Wobbly Cart Farm

Schoolyard-grown food that directly supports K-12 garden education. Shares are sized individually, allowing you to design your ideal share for you or your family.

Season: Jun-Oct (20 weeks) Pickup sites: NE – Eliot, SE – Sellwood, Division, Buckman, NW – Pearl, Jennings Lodge, Oak Grove Price: $325/share cash, check or SNAP; $337/share credit card Features: Individually sized, schoolgrown produce, grown using sustainable practices, SNAP payment accepted schoolyardfarms.org/csa

Season: May-Nov (24 weeks) Price: Full shares $675, half shares $385 Features: Partner CSAs for bread, milk, eggs, meat, fruit and fish stoneboatpdx.com

A family farm, certified organic since 1984, that grows using biodynamic methods. Providing communities with the healthiest food possible.

Season: Jun-Nov (24 weeks) Pickup sites: NE Brazee, NE 11th, SE 31st, SE 33rd; PSU, Hollywood & King Farmers Markets Price: Full share $565 (19 weeks)-765 (24 weeks), half share $297 (10 weeks)-388 (12 weeks) Features: Over 40 types of vegetables and fruit, as well as organic grass fed beef available wintergreenfarm.com

Season: Jun-Oct (22 weeks) Price: Large share $680, Small share $460, Juicing share $460 Additions: Greens share $93, roots share $186, storage share $83 wobblycart.com

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Get Outside, Get Dirty!

Photograph by MEAGHIN KENNEDY of SCHOOLYARD FARMS

Camps for little farmers, homesteaders and treehuggers by APRIL CHRISTENSEN

(and pirates!)

Let’s be honest: the best thing about summer is spending long days outside getting dusty, dirty and sweaty. Wouldn’t it be cool to also be learning about the amazing things that nature can do? From exploring the great outdoors and getting close with animals large and small to learning about food from farm to table, these farm and nature camps have something for every kid!

Adventure WILD! Spending time in the great outdoors is the best way to instill a lifelong love of nature in children. At Adventure WILD! kids explore the ways that nature, science and art are interconnected in the world around us. On Thursdays in July and August, campers will visit The Mazamas on Mt. Hood and learn about climbing, mountaineering and hiking. This is the perfect camp for outdoor enthusiasts, young naturalists and animal lovers. And best of all, proceeds from the camp help send metro-area sixth graders to Outdoor School.

Where: NE Portland Dates: Jul 10-14, 17-22, 24-28; Jul 31-Aug 4; Aug 7-11 Ages: Ages 4-10 Price: $295-325/week friendsofoutdoorschool.org/adw-home-page.html 24 | NW Kids Magazine

Photograph by OLD MCDONALD’S FARM

Finding Your Neverland Imagine combining a Renaissance festival with summer camp, but replace the Middle Ages with the Golden Age of Piracy... got it? That’s exactly what you’ll experience at Pirate Eclipse Camp, a 4-day overnight camping experience. (This is a family camp, so parents, you’re coming, too!) Don your pirate name and costume and recreate history through hand crafts and demos; partake in familiar camp activities like hiking, archery and fishing. Grownup programs available for after the kiddos bed down.

Where: Gates, OR Dates: Aug 19-22 Ages: All! (18 and under with parental supervision) Price: $100/individual, $400/family of up to 5 findingyourneverland.org

Kruger’s Farm Dig, explore, roam, see, learn, laugh, run… grow! It’s all in a day’s work at the farm.

Campers at Kruger’s Farm can explore nature, learn new skills and enjoy plant life, animals and the great outdoors. Each week-long day camp includes activities related to farm animal learning; forest, wetland and farm ecology; gardening and agriculture; and urban homesteading.

Where: Sauvie Island Dates: Jun 19-Aug 21 Ages: 6-12 Price: $220/week krugersfarm.com

Old McDonald’s Farm The only nonprofit children’s program in Oregon, Old McDonald’s Farm, Inc. combines farm animals, agriculture, gardens and natural resources to provide an enriching educational program for kids in a farm setting. This camp is perfect for your animal loving child and young people interested in careers working with animals. Summer Programs include Junior Vet. Equine, Junior Vet. Ruminant, Farmer-For-A-Day, Horses of the World (new this year!) and programs for young people with special needs.

Where: Corbett, OR Dates: Jun 19-23, 26-30; Jul 10-14, 17-21; Jul 31-Aug 4; Aug 7-11 Ages: Entering 2nd through 6th grade Price: $219-267/week oldmcdonaldsfarm.org

Schoolyard Farms If your child loves helping out in the kitchen and wants to learn more about where their food comes from, Schoolyard Farms is the camp for them! Schoolyard Farms creates healthier communities by teaching kids how to grow nutritious food that goes from the schoolyard to their plate. Campers connect with nature through planting, growing and preparing healthy plant-based snacks and meals.

Where: Oregon City, OR Dates: Jul 10-Sept 1 Ages: Entering 1st through 6th grades Price: $250/week schoolyardfarms.org

SWKIDS Adventure Camp Located on a beautiful, forested, sprawling 27-acre campus in Beaverton, SWKIDS Adventure Camp offers fun and exciting activities around a new theme every week including nature, art and theater. Campers can enjoy a collection of inflatable water slides, slip n’ slides and other water games every Wednesday (weather permitting).

Operated by Southwest Bible Church (and new this year!), SWKIDS Adventure Camp has something for everybody.

Location: Beaverton, OR Dates: Jun 19-Sept 1 Ages: Entering Kindergarten through 5th grade Price: $180/child/week swkidsadventure.org April Christenson is a freelance writer who works full-time in nonprofit communications and fundraising. A native Midwesterner, she enjoys spending her free time exploring all that her new home in Portland has to offer. On the weekend you’re most likely to find her running in Forest Park, making a quick getaway to the coast or checking out a new spot in Portland.

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The PJA Perspective Portland Jewish Academy (pjaproud.org) provides a rich academic and cultural learning experience for kids from early childhood through 8th grade. We’ve invited budding journalists from PJA’s writing club for 6th-8th graders to join our team for a series that gives you a glimpse into thoughts and life – from their perspective.

Remembering Our Days at Luscher Farms by MAZZI KATZEN AND GABRIELLE KROEPFL

From the time we were seven until we were ten, we attended a day camp at Luscher Farms, where we gardened, fed the chickens and cooked international cuisine. We weeded rows of vegetables and picked tons of the sweetest golden raspberries. In the mornings, we cooked lunch in the kitchen of the farmhouse. We took the fresh vegetables from the garden and turned them into recipes from all over the world. We also made crafts inspired by other cultures that seemed both amazing and different from ours.

While remaining close to home, we traveled to India, Mexico, Japan, Germany, Thailand, India and Italy through their food, language and holidays.

We learned the wondrous ways that we can grow our own food, and we discovered the world through food.

Some days, we went to Hazelia Park and played for hours, never wanting to go. We ran across the short, soft grass and jumped over sprinklers, soaking ourselves to our hearts’ content. From atop an old tractor, we looked out onto a field. Past the field were the trails where we hiked and picked blackberries, thorns tugging at our skin, but we didn’t care. We sat in the shade of an arbor and sucked on fragrant honeysuckle. We ate picnics under the time-worn, shady willow tree. We laughed, we enjoyed and we cooked.

Each year, we decided that we would go back. Sadly, we have grown too old for our beloved camp at Luscher Farms, but we are now considering returning as junior counselors. We wish that we could go back in time and feed those chickens once again...

Gabrielle Kroepfl and Mazzi Katzen are seventh grade writers attending Portland Jewish Academy. Gabrielle plays tennis and volleyball. She enjoys reading, drawing and hanging out with friends. Mazzi enjoys softball, soccer and having fun with friends.

Both girls are members of an after-school writing workshop at PJA.

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Get Out and Play!

This month’s local adventures

Now thru Apr 30 Apr 10 Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival

Noontime Showcase: OBT2

It isn’t really spring until you’ve been to the tulip festival! Bring a picnic lunch for a low-cost family outing or buy lunch onsite. Youngsters may also request a ride on the famous “cowtrain.” $5 (free for children under 13), woodenshoe.com/events/tulip-fest

Watch some of the most talented students from the School of Oregon Ballet Theatre perform four short pieces.

This is a wonderful (and free!) way to introduce young people to the art of ballet. Free, portland5.com

Apr 4

Family Gardening at the Capitol Hill Library Kids in grades 2-5 will enjoy this hands-on opportunity to learn about gardening.

You may even end up with a helper for your home garden! Free, multcolib.org/ events/family-gardening-library

Apr 8

Bollywood Family Dance Party at the Central Library All ages and skills levels are welcome at this dance party hosted by DJ Prashant!

Bollywood dancing is basically guaranteed to put you in a good mood and you’ll come away with some impressive moves. Free, multcolib.org/ events/bollywood-family-dance-party

Apr 15, 22 & 29

Día de los niños y día de los libros Don’t miss this bilingual celebration of childhood and literacy held annually at several branches of Multnomah County Library. In addition to music, face painting and fun literacy activities, this year each child who attends will receive a free book!

Free, multcolib.org/events/¡día-de-losniños-y-día-de-los-libros

Apr 18

Little Ears Concerts for Children – Mo Phillips Band If you haven’t attended a Little Ears Concert at the Old Church, now is the time. Mo Phillips’ music engages both kids and parents and the beautiful setting makes it even more fun! Free, theoldchurch.org

Please confirm calendar events and performances as scheduling changes may occur.

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WOODEN SHOE TULIP FESTIVAL

Apr 22

Portland Art Museum Miller Family Free Day for Constructing Identity PAM will be hosting a wide array of activities to help young people engage with the Constructing Identity exhibit and learn about African-American identity and culture. As an added bonus, this day coincides with the The HEART of Portland: A Portland Public Schools K-12 art showcase, which is a great opportunity to see art made by young people from the community. Free, portlandartmuseum.org

Apr 22

SOLVE IT for Earth Day: Volunteer Opportunities Celebrate Earth Day in style by helping to take care of the environment! You can sign up for a wide variety of volunteer activities across the metro area. Check for minimum age requirements on each event’s page to find a good fit for your family. Free, solveoregon.org/what-wedo/solve-it-earth-day Looking for more? Check out our online calendar: nwkidsmagazine.com/events

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