Events & Classes

Join Edurne Andre for four days that will build your cooking skillz.  

Space is limited. Registration begins on June 16. 

Comics are a great way to tell stories and make people laugh, but did you know they can also bring positive change to the world? Join Wildfire cartoonist Breena Bard for this workshop demonstrating the basics of making comics, designing characters, and writing a script. Then put your skills to work to write a one-page comic about an issue you care about! Let's change the world, one comic at a time.  

Explore the weird and wonderful world of animals! Join Creature Teachers and learn about the animal kingdom! After learning a few super cool facts, kids can meet our scaly, feathery and furry friends!

This event is first come first served.

Join Edurne Andre for four days that will build your cooking skillz.  

Space is limited. Registration begins on June 16. 

Acompaña a la artista colombiana Nathalia en un evento musical familiar que hará bailar y cantar a todos los niños y adultos juntos.

La participación en este evento es por orden de llegada.

Join Colombian-born musician Nathalia for a family music event that will have kids and their grown ups dancing and singing along!

This event is first come, first served. 

Cathy Camper will share her experiences creating seed art mosaics and will teach participants how to create a small seed art picture of their own. Participants will draw their own design with pencils on cardboard or use stencil outlines provided by presenter. 

Explore the weird and wonderful world of animals! Join Creature Teachers and learn about the animal kingdom! After learning a few super cool facts, kids can meet our scaly, feathery and furry friends!

This event is first come first served.

Make your own adorable plantie friends with LeBrie Rich of PenFelt Studio. Learn how to felt and take your new little summer friend home with you!

Join Edurne Andre for four days that will build your cooking skillz.  

Space is limited. Registration begins on June 16. 

Acompaña a la artista colombiana Nathalia en un evento musical familiar que hará bailar y cantar a todos los niños y adultos juntos.

La participación en este evento es por orden de llegada.

Join Colombian-born musician Nathalia for a family music event that will have kids and their grown ups dancing and singing along!

This event is first come, first served. 

Explore the weird and wonderful world of animals! Join Creature Teachers and learn about the animal kingdom! After learning a few super cool facts, kids can meet our scaly, feathery and furry friends!

This event is first come first served and is great for patrons of all ages!

Join Portland family performer Red Yarn and his lovable critter puppets on a gardening adventure! With folksongs and roots-rock originals about gardens, vegetables, and the sneaky animals who love them, Red Yarn & the Critters will get audiences singing and dancing along. Meanwhile, puppet skits will explore themes like sharing nature's bounty and planting seeds of hope for the future.

Join Edurne Andre for four days that will build your cooking skillz.  

Space is limited. Registration begins on June 16. 

Acompaña a la artista colombiana Nathalia en un evento musical familiar que hará bailar y cantar a todos los niños y adultos juntos.

La participación en este evento es por orden de llegada.

Join Colombian-born musician Nathalia for a family music event that will have kids and their grown ups dancing and singing along!

This event is first come, first served. 

Acompaña a la artista colombiana Nathalia en un evento musical familiar que hará bailar y cantar a todos los niños y adultos juntos.

La participación en este evento es por orden de llegada.

Join Colombian-born musician Nathalia for a family music event that will have kids and their grown ups dancing and singing along!

This event is first come, first served. 

Come play at the mobile version of the FLIP Museum! Play is such an important of learning and growing. Kids from birth - 10 and their caregivers will enjoy hands on play and crafts. Fun, Learning, Inspiration, and Play -- FLIP! 

Cathy Camper will share her experiences creating seed art mosaics and will teach participants how to create a small seed art picture of their own. Participants will draw their own design with pencils on cardboard or use stencil outlines provided by presenter. 

Acompaña a la artista colombiana Nathalia en un evento musical familiar que hará bailar y cantar a todos los niños y adultos juntos.

La participación en este evento es por orden de llegada.

Join Colombian-born musician Nathalia for a family music event that will have kids and their grown ups dancing and singing along!

This event is first come, first served. 

Summer is the perfect time to work with fresh herbs in your recipes to treat the senses. Join Saundra Kamman to talk about a few traditional herbal uses for popular summer herbs, sip an herbal hibiscus cooler while making a lavender simple syrup for a fresh soda, and make a fresh herb pesto... and it won’t be basil this time!

Portland Insectarium is the city's first museum and zoo dedicated entirely to bugs! In this program there will be a selection of live bugs on display, such as tarantulas, mantises, and scorpions! Some are touchable bugs (roaches, isopods, millipedes), others preserved insect displays. Toys and other activities will be there to explore, plus experts to answer any questions! Suitable for all ages.