Dozer Day Cool Event Next Weekend! May 16-17

If you have a little guy or gal who loves Bull Dozers, Firetrucks, Police Cars and the like, head over to the Clark County Fairgrounds on Saturday for Dozer Day.  The tickets, through Portland Perks, are only $5 and it sounds like a day of fun, and it's for a good cause.







From the Portland Perks Ad.....

• May 16th & 17th: We invite you to join us for Dozer Day, "Where Kid's Drive!" Yes, hop in the cab and drive a dozer, loader, backhoe, fire engine or so much more. This unique two event is held at the Clark County Fairgrounds 20 minutes from Downtown Portland (I-5 to Exit 9) It’s a day of fun for the kids and adults all while benefitting many local children’s charities. Purchase tickets early to save money and avoid the long ticket lines on the day of the event!
• Dozer Days is brought to you by the Nutter Foundation, a non-profit family foundation focusing primarily on the needs of children

Arts For All $5 Art, Music and Culture Tickets for Oregon Trail Card Holders

Arts For All is a non-profit in the Portland area that offers $5 tickets to art, music and culture events for Oregon Trail Card holders.  If you get food stamps (SNAP) and you have an Oregon Trail card, you qualify for the reduced price tickets.  They have an impressive list of organizations that offer the tickets.  You may have to go to the specific websites or call the organization to find out how to go about getting those specially price tickets.

Here's the list.....  (Not sure if it is updated.)

All Classical FM’s Live & Local Series

Anjali School of Dance

Artists Repertory Theatre

Aurora Chorus

Bag & Baggage

BodyVox

Broadway Rose Theatre Company

Cappella Romana

Capoeira Angola Palmares of Portland

Chamber Music Northwest

Consonare Choral

Do Jump! Extremely Physical Theatre

The Ensemble

Friends of Chamber Music

Hand2Mouth Theatre

Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre/Northwest

Lakewood Theatre Company

Live Wire! Radio

Metropolitan Youth Symphony

Miracle Theatre Group

Northwest Children's Theater & School

Northwest Dance Project

Northwest Film Center

Opera Theater Oregon

Oregon Bach Festival (June/July)

Oregon Ballet Theatre

Oregon Children's Theatre

Oregon Symphony

Pacific Youth Choir

Pendulum Aerial Art

Polaris Dance Theatre

Portland Art Museum

Portland Baroque Orchestra

Portland Center Stage

Portland Chamber Orchestra

Portland Children’s Museum

Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Portland Gay Men's Chorus

Portland Metro Arts

Portland Opera

Portland Piano International

Portland Playhouse

Portland Revels

Portland Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade

Portland Story Theater, Inc.

Portland Symphonic Choir

Portland Taiko

Portland Vocal Consort

Portland Youth Philharmonic

Post5 Theatre

Profile Theatre

Resonance Ensemble

Siren Nation Film Festival

Stumptown Stages

Tears of Joy Theatre

The Portland Ballet

Third Angle Ensemble

Triangle Productions

White Bird

Wisdom's NW Indian Storytelling Festival

World Affairs Council

May The Fourth Be With You!!!!

It'a almost Star Wars Day!!!  This weekend is Free Comic Book Day, AND Toys R Us wants to celebrate Star Wars Day with a FREE Lego Event.  12-2pm at TRU stores kids get a FREE Wookie Gunship set.  How cool is that!  Too bad adults can't participate!!!!



And Oregon City Library will be having a party and costume contest on May 4th...

• Monday, May 4, 6:00 - 8:00 PM
  Come join us for a Star Wars party! Make your own light-saber and train in the way of the Jedi! Eat snacks that originated in a galaxy far, far away! Come dressed as your favorite Star Wars character to compete in the costume contest, with out of this world prizes!
  PLEASE NOTE:  The Library will be closing at 5:30 PM on May 4. No library services will be available during the program. Doors reopen for the program at 5:45 PM.