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su m m e r gu ide 2 014 Pick your favorite path: The meandering trails of Oregon Country Fair (7/11-13) will open again, complete with music, crafters, food and other fun. Get the rundown in our annual OCF issue (7/10). PHOTO BY TODD COOPER location. FREE. Run to the Ruts, 10k run/5k run/walk, 9-11:30am, National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, 22267 Hwy. 86, Baker City, call 523-1844. $15. Bank of the West Grand Floral Work, walk your way down the 4-mile Bank of the West Grand Floral Parade w/fans cheering you along, 9:30am, Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum, downtown Portland, call 503-227-2681. FREE. Portland Saturday Market, 10am-5pm today & 11am- 4:30pm tomorrow, 108 W. Burnside St., Portland. FREE. Portland Rose Festival CityFair, fun & festivities, midway rides, live music, local beer, exotic animal displays, shopping & more, 11am today & tomorrow, Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Naito Pkwy., Portland. $10. Taste of Summer, wine walk & music, noon-4pm, Britt Pavilion, 350 1st St., Jacksonville. $25 for wine walk, admission FREE. Northwest Dance Project Presents: Summer Splendors continues. See June 6. SUNDAY, 6/8 Dirty Half, a sweet all-dirt half marathon, 8am, start at Ruff Wear, 2843 N.W. Lolo Dr., Bend. $40. Explore Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge by Canoe or Kayak, BYO kayak, 9-11am, email Meagan_ Campbell@fws.gov or call 270-0610 to pre-reg. & for location. FREE. Northwest Dance Project Presents: Summer Splendors continues. See June 6. Portland Saturday Market continues. See June 7. WEDNESDAY, 6/11 Festival of Flowers Flower Sale, 8am-5pm today through Friday, June 13, Pioneer Courthouse Square, 701 S.W. 6th Ave., Portland. FREE. Northwest Dance Project Presents: Summer Splendors, 7:30pm today & tomorrow, June 8, Northwest Dance Project Studio, 833 N. Shaver St., Portland. $32-$40. THURSDAY, 6/12 Festival of Flowers Flower Sale continues. See June 11. Northwest Dance Project Presents: Summer Splendors continues. See June 11. FRIDAY, 6/13 Festival of Flowers Flower Sale continues. See June 11. Northwest Dance Project Presents: Summer Splendors continues. See June 11. SATURDAY, 6/14 Portland Pride Festival & Parade, booths, musical acts, weekend-long block party, today & tomorrow, Waterfront Park, Portland, see pridenw.org. FREE. Newport Celtic Festival & Games, traditional Celtic games including sheaf toss, open stone, weights for distance, scottish hammers & caber toss, 9am- 7pm today & 9am-5pm tomorrow, Lincoln County Fairgrounds, 633 N.E. 3rd St., Newport. $12-$18, $9-$13 stu. & sr. Elgin Riverfest, vendors, treasure hunt, duck race, quilt show & more, 10am-5pm today & tomorrow, Baltimore & N. 10th, Elgin, call 786-1770. FREE. Oregon Senior Games: Cowboy Action Shooting, 10am, Central Oregon Shooting Sports Association, Hwy. 20 Mile Marker 24, Bend. Portland Saturday Market, 10am-5pm today & 11am- 4:30pm tomorrow, 108 W. Burnside St., Portland. FREE. River’s Edge Music Fest, food vendors, games, beer gardens, music by Kimberly Caldwell, Valora, Demure & more, noon-11pm, Riverview Park Amphitheater, 50 C St., Independence, see fl avorus. com/edge for tix. $25, ages 11 & under FREE. Gala Opening: Angela Meade Sings Verdi’s La Traviata, 7:30-9:30pm, The Liberty Theater, 12th & Commercial, Astoria, call 503-325-9896 for tix. $35- $65. SUNDAY, 6/15 Elgin Riverfest continues. See Saturday, June 14. Newport Celtic Festival & Games continues. See June 14. Portland Pride Festival & Parade continues. See June 14. Portland Saturday Market continues. See June 14. eugeneweekly.com • May 29, 2014 33