NW Kids Magazine August 2016

L I V E • PLAY • DO

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Back to School Sack lunches Talking about diversity Online learning Resale guide

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Cover photography by SOLOMON ALEMAYHU for SIT STILL SALON solomonalemayhu.com, sitstillkids.com

Editor’s Note It’s been quite a summer, hasn’t it? Full of sun, outdoor adventure and fun, but not without some sobering and difficult national events that challenge our values, views and principles. As much as we wish to, we cannot fully shield our children from the conflicts of reality, no matter how it impacts our personal and family cultures. On page 8, contributor and local parent Mantu Joshi shares his experience in navigating delicate conversations about race with his kids and opens up some important questions to consider as our little ones grow up in a diverse community.

As summer draws to a close, we’re also thinking about the start of another school year – yep, already. We’ve got you covered, from what they’ll wear with a guide to local resale shops and events and an intro to community clothing swaps (host your own!), to keeping up with growing bodies with yummy, nutritious and quick breakfasts and lunches. Encourage kiddos to explore learning interests outside of school in a more accessible way than ever – on the internet! Check out several options for online learning that are fun and age-appropriate for kids, but available for adults as well, so you can learn right alongside them.

But don’t get completely sucked into back-to-school mode just yet!

There’s still some summer left to go, and our events calendar will help you make the most of it. August is THE month to engage in celebration and exploration of East Asian culture, with Obon Festival, India Fest and Jade International Night Market all in the same month. Get out there, be safe and love one another. See you in September!

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Contents AUGUST 2016

8 A World of Grey: Having “the talk” with your kid about race & diversity 12 “What’s for Lunch?”

Getting kids involved in making sack lunches that are healthy and fun 14 Breakfast To-Go: 3 easy recipes to feed and fuel your busy fam 20 Online Learning: A world of education at your fingertips 24 Trade for Treasure with Clothing Swaps 26 Resale and Swap Resource Guide 29 Get Out and Play!

This month’s local adventures

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Hello! Good Morning!.............................25 K12..........................................................2 Kruger’s Farm.........................................18 Little Fruit Farm.....................................10 Myoptic Optometry..................................2 Northwest Mother’s Milk Bank...............22 NW Children’s Theater............................18 Once Upon A Child..................................23 Oregon Repertory Singers......................10 Oregon Zoo............................................15 Park Academy........................................22 Portland Early Learning Project..............18 Portland Trampoline..............................31 Saturday Academy.................................15 Scuola Italiana.......................................18 Seahorses.................................................7

Serpa Audiology.....................................19 Sit Still...................................................19 Smallfry.................................................25 Spanky’s Legendary Consignment..........25 Spielwerk Toys..........................................7 Summa Academy...................................11 Sunshine Montessori................................7 Swallowtail School.................................11 The Kids’ Backyard Store.........................31 Tri-County Farms......................................7 Trinity Lutheran......................................14 Westside Academy.................................18 Westside Montessori..............................14 World of Smiles......................................28 Yoga Playgrounds...................................18 Zenana Spa............................................14

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A WORLD OF GREY:

HAVING “THE TALK” WITH YOUR KID ABOUT RACE & DIVERSITY by MANTU JOSHI

As families are beginning to turn their minds toward returning to school, there may be some new questions on the playgrounds and in the classrooms. Kids are bound to ask deep questions about race because of the recent violence and media coverage of protests across the country.

Race issues can be hard to wrap our minds around; partly this is because to some extent it really is all in our heads. Race is a social construct, but unfortunately, not one that is safe for us to simply ignore.

I remember as a kid, my baby sister had a playdate arranged with a child who had never met her. As they met, this play partner panicked and he started screaming that my sister had chocolate all over her body. He could not figure out why she was darker than he was. His fear was raw and palpable. But that was so long ago. Surely we have moved forward after so many years.

But these past weeks have tested my assumption that we are in a post-racial time.

“I’m scared that police people are going to hurt me.” My African-American eightyear-old daughter surprised me with her vulnerability and a comment I could never have expected from someone so young.

This was a few days after the shootings in Baton Rouge and Minneapolis, and despite my best effort to shield her from the pain of the nation, she somehow was picking up on it in her own way.

I tried to explain how the police are there to help you. If you are lost you can ask them to help you get home. We have friends and family we love and care about who are officers – some of the best people I know.

But then we had the talk. The talk I had thought I might never have to give.

The same talk my dad gave me: how to manage a confrontation with police when you have dark skin. How to be respectful and calm and not get angry. And never run by a store in regular clothes.

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“Did that ever happen to you?”

Sigh. I didn’t want to have this conversation yet. I hesitated for a moment, looking into her soft brown eyes, my mouth suddenly dry, and started with a barely audible, “Yes”.

I shared the time I was pulled over at dusk for not having my lights on. Actually, someone had called the police when they saw me driving in their neighborhood.

As a very dark Indian-American, I was an obvious outsider to that neighborhood. I was frisked and held in the police car as they looked for drugs. But I stayed calm and respectful and just waited and it was okay eventually. I was young, out to pick up a girl on my first date.

My daughter considered, then tried to reconcile this information. Her eightyear-old logic struggled to move to shades of grey, so hard to do when even we adults so often think in only black and white.

She asked more questions and I tried to answer honestly and with respect to the officers I know.

I told the story of how her mother’s guide dog had once been attacked by a loose Rottweiler, and a friend who was an officer had heard the incident on the radio and come quickly to her aid.

I asked her to remember how last year an African-American officer had given her

a stuffed animal from his police car in the Gateway neighborhood as part of an outreach program aimed at building trust in a community that is often weighted with crime and mistrust of authorities.

I said that the officers were there to help her. She could trust them.

“Then why did those people die?”

So somehow she had heard. Ugh. “We all are working on that together. It’s really sad, but we all have to work to make things better.” I shared that she already was making things better with her very brave questions.

The conversation quickly then moved to school starting and summer reading, a new teacher and requests for playdates. But we had crossed an intimate line, where my need to protect her had given way to the need to prepare her.

I wondered to myself how I could learn from her courageous curiosity. In many ways, she is already beyond me, willing to be honest and raw with her feelings in a way that is hard in adulthood, but so necessary in the greyness of these times.

What are the stories that your children are asking of you? What are the divides that you can cross that give your family access to this world of grey?

Mantu Joshi is a stay-at-home dad in Portland, OR where he is learning to be human, trying to do the dishes before they pile too high and fall out of the sink altogether, and is learning true fashion from his three-year-old who wears everything backward these days. He supports families with kids with special needs and is author of the book,“The Resilient Parent: Everyday Wisdom for Life with Your Exceptional Child”. Contact him at theresilientparent@gmail.com or facebook.com/theresilientparent.

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“What’s for Lunch?”

Getting kids involved in making sack lunches that are healthy and fun

Photography by JUSTIN LERNER

by JULIE MERRY

If there’s anything I’ve learned about cooking with kids, it’s that they are more likely to try food if they helped create it. Find jobs that they can learn easily and that are helpful to you. Take time after school or after work to prep lunch ingredients for the next day. Once you have the lengthier items prepped, putting together their lunch the following morning should take no time at all!

Wraps Ah, how we love the wrap. It’s a great way to incorporate most of the food your child needs into a meal that travels well. From breakfast wraps to Mediterranean to Mexican, there are infinitely possible combinations you could put in a wrap.

You can let them assemble it at school if you feel it will get soggy. If there is a sauce, it can be left on the side for dipping. Certain wraps will also hold up if they are cut into one-inch slices and held together with a toothpick. Let your kids spread the hummus or beans on the tortilla and have them fill their own wraps with their favorite combinations.

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wraps can include refried beans, bell pepper, cheese, corn, sliced tomato, rotisserie chicken and avocado with salsa for dipping. All-American wraps can include turkey, cheese, lettuce and tomato with their favorite salad dressing for dipping. Try chicken or tuna salad, chicken Caesar or leftover veggies from the night before with their favorite protein. Most wraps use a tortilla, but romaine lettuce is a sturdy substitute.

Kebabs If you put it on a stick, they will eat it. Kids love building, putting together projects and creating their own designs: enter the kebab. Try raw veggie kebabs with ranch dip or hummus. Fruit kebabs with yogurt for dipping. Protein kebabs layered with meats, cheese and cherry tomatoes.

Leftover roasted veggies and a precooked chicken breast (cubed, of course).

Kebabs can be assembled at home, or if kids have enough practice, they can assemble at school. A lunch box with compartments is a great way to package ingredients; check out the ECO Lunch Box Three-in-One ($29.95, bellastellaresale.com) and OOTS! Lunchbox Deluxe ($25, blackwagon.com).

Fill the different compartments with options and let them have fun creating their own designs. Find out what works best, what travels well and what their favorite combinations are and you’ll see smiling faces.

Including kids in the lunch making process will make them take pride in the meals they’ve helped create and give them more confidence in the kitchen.

It also helps in the long run with meal planning. Who knows? Maybe they’ll want to make dinner one night…

Dips We all love to dunk our food, right? Make sandwiches without any mayonnaise and give them a dip instead. That way their bread stays dry and they have fun dipping each bite. Dip quesadillas in salsa or a taco flavored sour cream. Make pigs in a blanket or pizza rolls and send them with marinara, or veggies and a side of their favorite salad dressing or onion dip. Use cucumbers instead of chips with a side of bean dip or fruit salsa.

Build your own meals Kids love assembling their own meals!

Use a compartment lunch box to separate each item that they will use in their lunch. Some favorites are build your own tacos with small tortillas or chips to customize each bite, or pita pocket halves so they can stuff their own fillings.

Assemble-your-own trail mix is a blast for kids to make and eat. Send along a snack bag so they can put several items in the bag and eat it as a snack or dessert. Rather than using plastic bags, try Ore’ Good Lunch Containers ($9.95, bellastellaresale.com) or LunchSkins Snack Bags ($8.95-12, blackwagon.com).

Julie Merry runs The Merry Kitchen – a cooking school for kids – out of her home in NE Portland, where kids learn to cook a meal from scratch, eat at the end and take home recipes.

She offers year-round classes, summer camps, and cooking birthday parties, along with private lessons and family classes. Visit her at themerrykitchen.com.

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Breakfast To-Go: 3 easy recipes to feed and fuel your busy fam What’s the morning scene like at your house? When the kids are back to school, it can sometimes be a madhouse and it’s all you can manage to get them out the door with both (matching) shoes on and some semblance of sanity and order. Then there’s breakfast. Short of storebought bars or the classic, yet old-hat eggs and toast, finding options that hit the “tasty” and “fast” requirements can be tough. Adding “nutritious” and “filling” to the list, and it’s officially challenging.

Here are 3 recipes that you can make ahead of time that’ll solve your breakfast dilemma.

Recipes by JULIE MERRY

Egg Muffin Cup Pie crust or bisquick mix 12 eggs (one per muffin cup) ½ cup milk ½ cup cheese (recommend Cheddar or Gruyere) ½ cup sausage, ham or bacon, cooked ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon black pepper This recipe is great with crust or without. If you want to leave off the crust, make sure you grease the muffin pan generously.

Photography by JUSTIN LERNER

Grease the 12 muffin cups generously either using a cooking spray, shortening or oil.

Crack and place your eggs in a large mixing bowl.

Add your milk and whisk until all the eggs are blended. Stir in your cheese, meat, salt and pepper.

Pour ¼ - 1/3 cup egg mixture into each muffin holder. Bake 20-25 minutes or until set. Remove from oven. Top with additional cheese if desired. * You can leave out the meat, or substitute with veggie meats as well

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

* You can add additional vegetables such as broccoli, spinach, mushrooms, onions, etc.

If using pie crust, cut out 2-inch circles. You can roll out the dough thinner if using store bought crust. If using homemade crust, roll out to¼-inch thickness.

* You can add one egg individually to each muffin instead of mixing with the milk to create more of an oven baked egg. Cook until the egg whites have gone white and firm.

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Breakfast Burrito Makes enough filling for four burritos 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 pound ground sausage (chicken, pork, turkey or veggie) ½ cup onion, diced

½ cup red bell pepper, diced ½ cup other vegetable such as mushrooms or spinach, sliced 2 garlic cloves, minced

6 large eggs 1 cup cheddar cheese, grated ½ cup chives or scallions 4 medium soft taco tortillas

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add oil and let heat for 30 seconds. Add sausage and onions and stir until sausage is almost done and barely pink. Add bell pepper, other vegetables (if using) and saute an additional 2 minutes. Add garlic cloves and saute for one minute.

Crack eggs into a bowl. Whisk until well blended. Pour into the sausage vegetable mixture and cook until eggs reach desired doneness. Sprinkle cheese and chives on top. Stir to combine.

Lay out the four tortillas. Spread ¼ mixture into the middle of each tortilla. Starting from one side, roll over the ingredients. Fold the bottom onto the ingredients, and then finish rolling to the other side. Wrap the bottom half in foil so you don’t have any drips. * Add salsa or guacamole to your burrito before rolling up, or have dipping containers on the side.

Power Smoothie 1 cup unsweetened plant milk such as hemp, coconut or almond milk ½ cup blueberries, raspberries or blackberries 1 pear or apple (not including the core) ½ cup baby spinach or kale 4-5 parsley leaves and stems Juice of one lemon 1 tablespoon flax seeds or chia seeds Ice cubes (optional, depending on how cold you like your smoothie)

Add all the ingredients to a blender or juicer and process until smooth. * Invest in a cup with a lid that is insulated so it will keep your smoothie cold. * Make the night before and leave in the refrigerator so it will be nice and cold for those hot summer days. Make sure to shake it up before drinking. * L et chia seeds soak in water while you are measuring and getting the other ingredients ready. Once they have soaked, they will be more readily available for your body to absorb. Chia seeds are great for hydration!

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Online Learning: a world of education at your fingertips

by AFTON NELSON

Until recently, if your child wanted to learn a new skill, you had to find a teacher and pay for lessons. If he had trouble with homework, or needed a boost to his in-class learning, he had to seek out a tutor or spend time in the library searching books to find answers to his questions.

Today, education is only a few clicks away. YouTube is rich with videos of drawing tutorials, mini science classes, and recreational math that will entrance even the most reluctant student. This can’t come at a better time.

Budget cuts have transformed what we once knew as a typical school day. Music, foreign language, art, computer science and library have been decreased in favor of STEM, and kids miss out on subjects that would not only inspire them, but also help them develop more fully in their STEM studies.

Online learning opportunities allow parents and caregivers to supplement kids’ education. Now, more than ever, a world of opportunities is quite literally at our fingertips. As we start a new school year, here are four free online education resources to enhance any child’s education.

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Hoffman Academy Hoffman Academy offers high quality, free video piano lessons with the goal of instilling beginning students with a love for piano. University-trained teacher Joseph Hoffman has developed an ever-growing catalogue of video lessons kids can take at their own pace.

Students are engaged with fun learning techniques, stories, clever finger puppets and quick results. They’ll be playing songs after just a few lessons.

Beginning students will find Hoffman Academy a great way to see if they like piano without making a big financial investment. hoffmanacademy.com

DuoLingo With a game-like platform that allows learners to track progress, level up and earn rewards while learning one of twenty-three languages, DuoLingo is designed to get kids hooked on a consistent foreign language education. Both online and with a mobile app, kids can “play” and learn wherever they go.

Abbie C., 14 years old, and her mom Liz, both from Portland, use Duo Lingo to learn French, a language that is not currently offered in Abbie’s school. “The program makes cheerful musical chords when one answers questions correctly. It has a system of levels and rewards that are fun for kids obsessed with accomplishment.” duolingo.com

Code.org

Khan Academy If kids are looking to learn a new skill or brush up on a concept that’s challenging for them, a resource whose tagline is “You Can Learn Anything” is a comforting ticket.

Khan Academy operates on a learning as growth mindset and uses a positive and encouraging approach to their audience – YOU. Offering free online lessons in math, science and engineering, computing, arts and humanities, economics and finance and test prep, from kindergarten to college-level, there’s truly something for everyone.

Each student has a personalized dashboard that allows them to work from their skill level and at their own pace, earning badges and points along the way as they learn.

Parents and teachers can stay updated on kids’ progress via email updates and other coaching tools for a collaborative and interactive experience. khanacademy.org

Computer coding teaches kids problem solving and logic skills and, for kids who want to work in computer science, will translate into nearly twice the mean salary of all other occupations. Over the next ten years, programming will be one of the fastest growing occupations, yet many of those jobs will go unfilled because kids aren’t learning this valuable skill in school.

Sadly, however, just one in ten schools in the US offers coding classes.

Code.org is trying to bridge that gap by teaching kids as young as six how to code. Lessons are presented as a series of increasingly difficult puzzles and use fun characters from pop culture to engage kids. Smaller kids can drag and drop lines of code to make on-screen characters accomplish tasks and, as they advance, they will start to write their own lines of code. code.org

No matter what platform you use, kids don’t need to feel confined by the learning they get in school. They can choose the things they want to learn by looking for lessons online.

Afton Nelson is a Portland writer and lifelong learner who loves exploring the Pacific Northwest with her family. Get to know her better at aftonnelson.com.

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Trade for Treasure with

Clothing Swaps Whether you’re flying solo or have a family of eight, nothing beats finding a great bargain; the dozens of consignment and resale shops that dot the Portland and surrounding areas speak to this thriving trend. For those of us who are regulars at those stores and spend our Saturdays cruising yard sales, the idea of simply trading those jeans you never wear for that gorgeous jacket might seem too good to be true—but it’s not! Clothing and stuff swaps are happening all over Portland and getting involved is simple.

So, what is a swap exactly? A swap is an organized, community-based event where participants come together to trade lightly used clothes and goods. You can purge your closet and get some new things for yourself or your family, and it puts a fun spin on the whole “shopping” experience.

Swap Positive (swappositive.wordpress.com) is an online source that connects volunteer hosts with interested swappers. The host finds a venue to volunteer the space, sets up a time, decides what type of swap it will be (specific sizes, all sizes, kid’s stuff, men’s clothes, etc.) and posts it on the site.

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With Swap Positive, everything is completely by free: no cost to attend, RUTH PLOURDE no money exchanged for goods and all left over items are donated. “Free Stuff Forever” is their motto!

If you’re interested in hosting your own swap, you first need to decide where it will be (your house, community center, or library for example). Next, decide what kind of swap it will be, pick a date and spread the word. For more detailed guidelines, head over to Swap Positive’s website and check out their “Starting a Free Swap” page.

There are also Swap ‘n’ Plays. Swap ‘n’ Plays are community based co-ops or non-profits that function on a membership basis. Swap ‘n’ Plays provide a space for families to exchange useful items while their children spend time in the play space. Additionally, many Swap ‘n’ Plays offer classes and seminars for their members. This is a wonderful way to introduce kids to new friends and for you to meet other parents and caregivers from your community. A great support system and new friendships are practically a guarantee.

Here’s a little rundown on three Swap ‘n’ Plays in Portland.

Woodlawn Swap ‘n’ Play started with director Beth Ivester’s vision for a community-based space for families to meet up and support each other. It has grown into quite an operation, with swaps for children’s clothing and toys, family activities, an awesome play space and a schedule of events like family dances and musical guests.

The St. John’s Swap ‘n’ Play is a non-profit play space designed to bring together members of the St. John’s community. They strive to create a space where families can exchange resources while their

children are engaged in unstructured, multi-age play. They even host events like Baby and Me Yoga and Parents’ Night Out. In addition to promoting the exchange of useful goods, the Southside Swap ‘n’ Play (previously Sunnyside) also provides its members with access to ongoing family classes and seminars (like yoga, breastfeeding, and art classes), playgroups, a toy library and over 3,000 square feet of developmentally appropriate play space.

Ruth Plourde is a writer and barista currently living in Portland, OR. She is a lover of words and poetry, travel, music, and food. Currently, the most pressing item on her agenda is to move to Kauai, Hawaii. From there she plans to spend the next several years seeing the world, writing poetry, and loving life.

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RESALE AND SWAP RESO Consignment Stores NE

Multiple locations

BELLA STELLA bellastellaresale.com

BEANSTALK (NE & SE) beanstalkpdx.com

JUST 4 KIDS yelp.com/biz/just-4-kids-portland

PICCOLINA (SE Clinton & SE Woodstock) piccolinaresale.com

SMALLFRY smallfrypdx.com

SPANKY’S LEGENDARY CONSIGNMENT (SW & Vancouver) shopspankys.com

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SWEETPEA’S (NE & SE) sweetpearesale.com

HAZEL & PEAR hazelandpear.com WE LOVE KIDS yelp.com/biz/we-love-kids-portland

Outside Portland

NoPo

ALL ABOUT KIDS, INC. (Gresham) facebook.com/All-About-KidsInc-104545085492

BUTTON buttonpdx.com

BACK ON THE RACK (Hillsboro) shopbackontherack.com

QUEEN’S MAB facebook.com/Queens-Mab-267830812616

ONCE UPON A CHILD (Vancouver) onceuponachildvancouverwa.com

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PIPSQUEAK (Vancouver) pipsqueakresale.com

BABY TO BABY babytobabyresale.com

SECOND CHANCE RESALE (Milwaukie) secondresale.com

HOOT-N-ANNIE hoot-n-annie.com

Swaps SHWOP shwoppdx.com SOUTHSIDE SWAP ‘N’ PLAY southsideswapandplay.org ST. JOHN’S SWAP ‘N’ PLAY facebook.com/swapnplay SWAP POSITIVE swappositive.wordpress.com WOODLAWN SWAP ‘N’ PLAY woodlawnswapnplay.org

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SOURCE GUIDE Resale Events EVER AFTER RESALE everafterresale.com JUST BETWEEN FRIENDS portland.jbfsale.com MY KIDS TO YOUR KIDS mykidstoyourkids.com SUPERKIDS RESALE superkidsresale.com THRIFTMOUSE thriftmouse.com

EDITOR’S PICKS BEANSTALK Enjoy 50-75% off new prices on kids clothes, shoes and backpacks. New arrivals on the floor daily; carries items through youth size 14.

3527 NE 15th Avenue 8021 SE Stark Street beanstalkpdx.com

SMALLFRY A resale boutique holding the standard of better than new for women and children. (Mention NW Kids and receive 10% off your purchase in August!)

4107 NE Tillamook smallfrypdx.com

BELLA STELLA Quality resale for baby, kids and maternity. Offers a variety of new toys, gifts and baby carriers. Open 7 days a week, no appointments necessary.

2751 NE Broadway bellastellaresale.com

SPANKY’S LEGENDARY CONSIGNMENT Spanky’s is one of the largest consignment stores in the Portland Metro area. You’ll find the best fashion trends at low prices for your family.

8625 SW Scholls Ferry Rd, Beaverton 13503 SE Mill Plain Boulevard Suite 114, Vancouver shopspankys.com

ONCE UPON A CHILD Buys and sells gently used kids’ stuff that is in great condition, meets their safety standards and are of current style. Why pay retail?

11505 NE 4th Plain Road Suite D-3, Vancouver onceuponachildvancouverwa.com

THRIFTMOUSE Bi-annual upscale children’s consignment sale at the Washington County Fair Complex. Shop for toys, furniture, clothing, maternity, books and much more!

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INDIA FEST

Get Out and Play!

This month’s local adventures

Aug 5-7

Aug 5-14

You know summer is in full swing when the Crawfish Fest rolls around.

Not only will you taste some of the best dang boiled crawfish you ever had, you’ll get to see a local dog show, a classic car cruise-in and much more. $4 (Friday free all day), tualatincrawfishfestival.com

Join Journey Theater in this fantastic production of Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang. Based on the movie adaptation of the children’s book, this exciting story of a car with special powers will delight you and the family, $22-28, journeytheater.org

Tualatin Crawfish Fest

Journey Theater presents Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang

Aug 5-7

Oregon International Airshow

Feast your eyes on the acrobatics of the most stunning jets from around the world. The USOC Para Commandos team will also be jumping from 12,500 ft. to put on their own aerial show, in addition to live music, food and beer on the ground. $5-30, children under 5 free, military free Friday, oregonairshow.com Remember to check the NW Kids online calendar for dozens more outings and activities each day. Share with friends, subscribe to the RSS, add directly to your calendar, and more features. There’s something going on you don’t want to miss! nwkidsmagazine.com/kids-activities-and-things-to-do

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Aug 5-19

Aug 20 & 27

Friday evenings throughout August, Pioneer Square will be transformed into Portland’s largest outdoor theater, with family-friendly movies at dusk. Be sure to bring your favorite lawn chairs, bean bags and blankets to make it extra cozy! Free, thesquarepdx.org/ flicks-on-the-bricks

A growing staple summer event celebrating the diverse community of the Jade District, with delicious food, dance and music performances and shopping from various cultures. Tip: get there early to avoid super long lines!

Free, jadedistrictnightmarket.com

Flicks on the Bricks

Jade International Night Market

Aug 6

Obon Festival

Oregon Buddhist Temple hosts this Japanese and Japanese-American festival in honor of Japanese ancestry. There will be dancing, lanterns hung and good food to eat to celebrate and honor ancestors and family who have recently passed. Free, pdx-obon.com

Aug 13

Seaport Celebration

Dip your toes in the harbor world with this month’s Seaport Celebration! Get a look inside a working marine terminal, take a jet boat ride or try your hand at welding. There will also be live music and delicious food. Free, www2.portofportland.com/ SeaportCelebration

Aug 14 India Fest

Get a real taste of vibrant, beautiful Indian culture down in Pioneer Square. It will be a day full of dancing, music and the best Indian food from around Portland. Free, icaportland.org

NATIONAL PARKS

Aug 25-28 National Parks Service 100th Birthday All year we’re celebrating the 100th birthday of the National Parks Service.

Say happy birthday to your favorite National Park with a free entrance day!

Free, nps.gov

Aug 27

3rd Annual Grilled Cheese Fest

Who doesn’t love a delicious, ooeygooey grilled cheese? Take your grilled cheese loving selves to this festival and try the best melty sandwiches Portland can toss your way! Benefits the Portland Women’s Crisis Line.

Free, eastburn.pagecloud.com/ grilledcheesefest2016

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

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