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For you a rose in Portland grows: A Rose Festival retrospective

Portland’s love of the rose goes back to the late 1880s, with the first Rose Show in Georgiana Pittock’s backyard. These events evolved, and in 1907, Portland celebrated the first annual Rose Festival. Explore the history of Portland’s most prominent annual celebration through an exhibit curated by the City of Portland Archives and with featured items contributed by the Rose Festival Foundation.

Dates: May 25th-June 30th

For you a rose in Portland grows: A Rose Festival retrospective

Portland’s love of the rose goes back to the late 1880s, with the first Rose Show in Georgiana Pittock’s backyard. These events evolved, and in 1907, Portland celebrated the first annual Rose Festival. Explore the history of Portland’s most prominent annual celebration through an exhibit curated by the City of Portland Archives and with featured items contributed by the Rose Festival Foundation.

Dates: May 25th-June 30th

For you a rose in Portland grows: A Rose Festival retrospective

Portland’s love of the rose goes back to the late 1880s, with the first Rose Show in Georgiana Pittock’s backyard. These events evolved, and in 1907, Portland celebrated the first annual Rose Festival. Explore the history of Portland’s most prominent annual celebration through an exhibit curated by the City of Portland Archives and with featured items contributed by the Rose Festival Foundation.

Dates: May 25th-June 30th

For you a rose in Portland grows: A Rose Festival retrospective

Portland’s love of the rose goes back to the late 1880s, with the first Rose Show in Georgiana Pittock’s backyard. These events evolved, and in 1907, Portland celebrated the first annual Rose Festival. Explore the history of Portland’s most prominent annual celebration through an exhibit curated by the City of Portland Archives and with featured items contributed by the Rose Festival Foundation.

Dates: May 25th-June 30th

For you a rose in Portland grows: A Rose Festival retrospective

Portland’s love of the rose goes back to the late 1880s, with the first Rose Show in Georgiana Pittock’s backyard. These events evolved, and in 1907, Portland celebrated the first annual Rose Festival. Explore the history of Portland’s most prominent annual celebration through an exhibit curated by the City of Portland Archives and with featured items contributed by the Rose Festival Foundation.

Dates: May 25th-June 30th

For you a rose in Portland grows: A Rose Festival retrospective

Portland’s love of the rose goes back to the late 1880s, with the first Rose Show in Georgiana Pittock’s backyard. These events evolved, and in 1907, Portland celebrated the first annual Rose Festival. Explore the history of Portland’s most prominent annual celebration through an exhibit curated by the City of Portland Archives and with featured items contributed by the Rose Festival Foundation.

Dates: May 25th-June 30th

Historian Dr. Tracy Prince and her daughter and co-author Zadie Schaffer will present their book, Notable Women of Portland, which uncovered overlooked parts of Portland history -- from 10,000 years of Native American women, pioneer women, women of the Progressive Era, WWI, WWII, post-war women, and women in arts and politics. Many women made their mark and radically changed the Oregon frontier.

Made possible by The National Endowment for the Humanities Fund of The Library Foundation.

First come, first served.

Kids in grades 4-5 are invited to talk about graphic novels and eat snacks! Every meeting includes a short activity related to this month's book. A limited number of books are available for pick up at the library. Our book for this month will be Garlic and the Vampire.

Kids in grades 4-5 are invited to talk about graphic novels and eat snacks! Every meeting includes a short activity related to this month's book. A limited number of books are available for pick up at the library. This month we will discuss Swim Team. 

Kids in grades 4-5 are invited to talk about graphic novels and eat snacks! Every meeting includes a short activity related to this month's book. This month's book will be Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd. A limited number of books are available for pick up at the library.

Compartiremos nuestras recetas favoritas y hablaremos sobre la historia del maíz en las culturas indígenas de América, así como los beneficios para la salud del método tradicional de procesamiento del maíz, la nixtimalización.

Learn how easy it is to make delicious masa creations. This hands-on class includes shaping and cooking tortillas, sopes and gorditas and finishing them with our favorite locally available Mexican ingredients. We share our favorite recipes and talk about the history of corn in Indigenous cultures throughout the Americas, as well as the health benefits of the traditional corn processing method, nixtimalization.

Middle school students are invited to talk about comics and eat snacks! Every meeting includes a short activity related to this month's book. A limited number of books are available for pick up at the library.

Courage and Compassion Together! This month's action packed book is City of Dragons: The Awakening Storm, by Jaimal Yogis and Vivian Truong! Three years after her dad died mysteriously, Grace is bummed when she moves to Hong Kong with her mom and step-dad Hank. But then a fortune teller gives Grace an egg that hatches into... a dragon!? Pretty soon Grace finds herself living one of the legends her dad used to tell her! 

Middle school students are invited to talk about comics and eat snacks! Every meeting includes a short activity related to this month's book. A limited number of books are available for pick up at the library.

This month our book is Squished! All Avery Lee wants is her own space to make art, but she lives with six siblings, and has to share a room. Totally squished! When her older brother gets his own room (which she thinks is TOTALLY unfair, her art needs the space more than he does) she decides to find a way to get one of her own. But things get complicated when she finds out they might move across the country! 

Have you ever stopped to watch those creatures that scurry around in your yard or fly past you? Those are bugs and insects, nature's tiny superheroes! For every one person on Earth, there are about 200 million bugs! They come in all colors and shapes, with some cool stories to tell.

We know a lot about bugs because of the discoveries of Dr. Charles Henry Turner (1837-1923). Dr. Turner was the entomologist who discovered insects could think, see, hear and learn. He is the first Black scientist to be published in Science magazine in 1892, and his work transformed the field of natural science!  

Join us learning more about bugs and insects everywhere, common ones found in Portland, their habitats, and adventures in nature! We'll celebrate Juneteenth by honoring Charles Henry Turner’s life, achievements, and contributions to science.

Compartiremos nuestras recetas favoritas y hablaremos sobre la historia del maíz en las culturas indígenas de América, así como los beneficios para la salud del método tradicional de procesamiento del maíz, la nixtimalización. En el salón comunitario 1A

Learn how easy it is to make delicious masa creations. This hands-on class includes shaping and cooking tortillas, sopes and gorditas and finishing them with our favorite locally available Mexican ingredients. We share our favorite recipes and talk about the history of corn in Indigenous cultures throughout the Americas, as well as the health benefits of the traditional corn processing method, nixtimalization.

Held in Community Room 1A.

Middle school students are invited to talk about comics and eat snacks! Every meeting includes a short activity related to this month's book. A limited number of books are available for pick up at the library.

Our book this month, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki (anime director of Spirited Away, Ponyo, The Boy and the Heron) is about a warrior princess named Nausicaä, with a strong connection to nature, in a world where nature is slowly reclaiming the planet. So we’re making mini-terrariums with moss and decorative toy mushrooms to reflect the healing power of nature!

Come explore art concepts with us in a hands-on, fun, and engaging environment. For families and kids.

This month's project is Kindness Rocks!

Come explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math concepts with us in a hands-on, fun, and engaging environment.

This month's project is inventions!

Come explore art concepts with us in a hands-on, fun, and engaging environment. For families and kids.

This month's project is watercolor ocean landscapes!

Come explore art concepts with us in a hands-on, fun, and engaging environment. For families and kids.

This month's project is DIY scratch art!

Come explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math concepts with us in a hands-on, fun, and engaging environment.

This month's project is spy science!

Come explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math concepts with us in a hands-on, fun, and engaging environment.

This month's project: Gardening! 

Come explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math concepts with us in a hands-on, fun, and engaging environment.

This month's project: SLIME!

Come explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math concepts with us in a hands-on, fun, and engaging environment.

This month’s project: Light-up Valentine Cards!

Kids in grades 4-5 are invited to talk about graphic novels and eat snacks! Every meeting includes a short activity related to this month's book. A limited number of books are available for pick up at the library.