March 6, 2019
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Portland Interna-
tional Film Festival
– The Northwest Film
Center opens the 42nd Port-
land International Film Festival,
Oregon’s largest and most culturally diverse
film event on Thursday, March 7 and it will
run through March 21. Screenings take place
at Whitsell Auditorium inside the Portland Art
Museum, Cinema 21, Regal Fox Tower, OM-
SI’s Empirical Theater and Cinemagic. For a
complete schedule, tickets and festival passes,
visit nwfilm.org
bias and how they
affect our perceptions
and decisions, sometimes
with life-threatening implica-
tions, Wednesday, March 13 from
6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Zoo for All – The Oregon Zoo has launched
“Zoo for All,” a discount program that pro-
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Honoring Unsung Women – Celebrate
Women’s History Month and explore the in-
spirational roles black women play when
the empowerment group Sistas hosts its sec-
ond annual “Visibly Invisible: Honoring Our
Unsung Sheroes award ceremony, Saturday,
March 9, from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at The Old
Church Concert Hall, 1422 S.W. 11th Ave.
Admission is a suggested $10 donation and all
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Decolonizing Beauty – The Kenton Library in
north Portland hosts a forum to explore what it
means to think and live beyond colonial struc-
tures and understandings of beauty and bodily
worth with Cory Lira and a panel comprised
of black, indigenous and other people of color,
Sunday, March 3 from 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
Race, Bias and the Brain – The Hollywood
Library in northeast Portland presents Dr. Bin-
yam Nardos of OHSU who will discuss his
findings on race, emotional arousal and racial
Norman Sylvester Band – “Boogie Cat”
Norman Sylvester plays Friday, March 8 at the
Rogue Pub in North Plains; Saturday, March
9 at the Spare Room; Saturday, March 16 at
Mac’s Place in Silverton; Friday, March 22 at
Clyde’s; Saturday, March 23 at CI Bar & Grill
in Tualatin; Wednesday, March 27 at Billy
Blues in Vancouver; Friday, March 29 at the
Vinyl Tap; and Saturday, March 30 at the Half
Penny in Salem.
Discount Tickets – Low income families
and individuals can purchase $5 tickets to
classical musical performances in Portland
as part of a unique program called Music for
All. Participating organizations include the
Oregon Symphony, Portland Opera, Oregon
Ballet Theater, Chamber Music Northwest,
Portland Youth Philharmonic, Portland Ba-
roque Orchestra, Friends of Chamber Music,
Portland Chamber Orchestra, Portland Piano
International, Portland Symphonic Choir,
Cappella Romana and Portland Vocal Con-
sort.
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