This November will no doubt be shaped by the results of Election Day Like List , but whatever happens, we want to make sure you have a lineup of things to do to stay sane, if not comforted by simple pleasures. Below, you'll find our picks for this month's biggest events in every genre that are happening in-person and online, from author events with Margaret Atwood and Isabel Wilkerson at the Portland Book Festival Past Event Like List to the contemporary dance festival Union PDX Past Event Like List , and from Pix PĂątisserie's La FĂȘte du Macaron Past Event Like List to the cheery Santa's Enginehouse Past Event Like List at the Rail Heritage Center. For even more options, check out our complete in-person and streaming calendars.
THROUGH NOVEMBER 4
THEATER & PERFORMANCE
Mlima's Tale
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Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage's play, directed here by Reginald L. Douglas and performed by Profile Theater players, is told through the perspective of a Kenyan elephant whose prized tusks trap her in an illegal ivory market. "Mlima takes us on a journey through memory and fear, history and tradition, want and need, and the complicated deals we make with ourselves and each other to get what we most desire," read press materials. Watch the performance on the theater's website.
NOVEMBER 4-JUNE 20
THEATER & PERFORMANCE
Hot ânâ Throbbing
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A single suburban mom writes feminist erotica to help pay the bills in Paula Vogel's latest production for Profile Theater.
NOVEMBER 5-21
READINGS & TALKS
Portland Book Festival
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Literary Arts' annual book and author extravaganza will be extended into not one but over 20 days of online events with over 100 authors from Oregon and beyond, and all but three are free to attend. Presenters include Cold Millions author Jess Walter
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, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and playwright Ayad Akhtar, National Book Award honoree Bryan Washington, acclaimed Black history scholar Isabel Wilkerson
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, and Margaret Atwood
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NOVEMBER 6-20
Daughter
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A young woman decides to move to New York City in the middle of a pandemic (yes, the current pandemic) and turns to her mother for comfort and advice in this heartwarming short play by Ellie Conniff.Â
NOVEMBER 7-FEBRUARY 14
VISUAL ARTS
We Got Each Other's Back
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Together with artists HeldĂĄy de la Cruz, Julio Salgado, and Edna VĂĄzquez, interdisciplinary artist Carlos Motta's three-part video installation features portraits of openly undocumented queer artists and activities in the US whose work condemns this country's history of unjust immigration laws.Â
PICA (Northeast)
THROUGH NOVEMBER 12
FILM
Portland Latin American Film Festival XIV
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The Hollywood Theater is moving the Portland Latin American Film Festival online, which is bittersweet. Bitter: Everyone loves a big screen, especially at this historic gem. Sweet: You'll have a full 48 hours to watch a film once you hit play. From September to November, the festival will present six movies from Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Switzerland, and Belgium that celebrate and honor the cultural diversity of Latin America. The upcoming film is Juliana Fanjul's Radio Silence (starting Thurs Nov 5), about a journalist who fights misinformation at the radio station where she's worked for years.
PODCAST
Vinegar Tom by Caryl Churchill: A Podcast
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Portland's Theatre Company is bringing Caryl Churchillâs modern critique of 17th-century femme witchiness to your home to kick off their inaugural season. They recommend that you "turn off your screens, make a pot of soup, turn up the volume, and take down the patriarchy."
NOVEMBER 12
READINGS & TALKS
Kim Gordon: No Icon
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A photo-heavy follow-up to her fantastic 2015 memoir Girl in a Band, former Sonic Youth frontwoman Kim Gordon's No Icon is a scrapbook of the artist's life, art, and style. Join her for a virtual conversation with Portland rock and roll icon (and memoirist) Carrie Brownstein.Â
NOVEMBER 14
MUSIC
Anthony McGill & Gloria Chien: Clarinet Tours de Force
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Anthony McGill, a principal clarinetist for the New York Philharmonic who performed at President Obamaâs inauguration in 2009, will continue his collaboration with Chamber Music Northwestâs new Co-Artistic Director Gloria Chien with a performance of pieces by Brahms and Weber.Â
NOVEMBER 14-15
READINGS & TALKS
Literally Crawling: A Virtual Lit Crawl
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This two-day online festival of curated prose and poetry readings is brought to you by Zines + Things, the Poetry Brothel, and the Death Rattle Writers Festival.
THEATER & PERFORMANCE
Union PDX - Festival of Contemporary Dance
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This slightly modified program features master classes taught by Oregon dance artists (in Afro-contemporary and Afro-Cuban, athletic contemporary, popping and tutting, hip-hop and krump, improvisation and composition, and Bharatanatyam), as well as a panel discussion.
NOVEMBER 14-22
SHOPPING
Portland Audubonâs 40th Wild Arts Festival
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Support the work of the Portland Audubon Society by shopping for nature-themed works at their annual Wild Arts Festival, moving online this year.Â
THROUGH NOVEMBER 15
THEATER & PERFORMANCE
OBT Act I: Wish List
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The Oregon Ballet Theater had to cancel its in-person events for the season, but they'll stream performancesâlike the solo showcase Wish Listâonline.
NOVEMBER 23-JANUARY 10
WINTER HOLIDAYS
ZooLights
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Drive or walk through the zoo's dazzling display of over a million lights.Â
Oregon Zoo (Southwest)
NOVEMBER 27
SHOPPING
Virtual Black Friday Portland Indigenous Marketplace
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Support local Indigenous vendors by buying their unique wares online.Â
NOVEMBER 27-DECEMBER 13
WINTER HOLIDAYS
Santa's Enginehouse
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Santa and his elves will take it upon themselves to transform the Rail Heritage Center into a winter wonderland filled with vintage rail cars and locomotives lit with twinkle lights for all ages to enjoy.Â
Oregon Rail Heritage Center (Southeast)
NOVEMBER 28-29
FOOD AND DRINK
La FĂȘte du Macaron Pix-O-Matic Popup
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Pix PĂątisserie has replaced the stale Doritos and century-old Life Savers you'd find in your typical vending machine with French macarons in all the flavors of the rainbow, from pistachio and raspberry to salted caramel and a Big Lebowski-inspired White Russian, as well as mini ones that you can eat like popcorn. Order online for pickup.Â
Pix/Bar Vivant (Southeast)
THROUGH NOVEMBER 30
GEEK
Pokémon Go-vember
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Every day at 6 pm, Portland artist Mike Bennet and 2025th Street will drop an original Pokémon cutout in a secret location in town. Gather your Pokémon hunting crew and try to find as many as you can.