Calendar

Music

4NovMusicESTET pick7:30 PMThe Philip Glass Ensemble: PowaqqatsiPhilip Glass, Powaqqatsi and a live ensemble: a film without words, where the music tells everything.Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall · from $294NovMusicImprovement MovementFour-part harmony, psychedelic folk and acoustic grunge: Improvement Movement come to Portland with a new record.Mississippi Studios

Talks & lectures

4NovTalks1:15 PMOpeningTea Ceremony DemonstrationThe Japanese Garden demonstrates chado, the Way of Tea, without which, the garden says, the heart of Japanese garden art cannot be understood.Portland Japanese Garden · $22.50

For children

4NovChildren10:00 AMOpeningFree Moomin Story Time for KidsThe Moomins in English and Finnish at Nordia House, alongside an exhibition about Moominvalley.Nordia House · Free4NovChildren11:30 AMOpeningForest StoriesChildren’s books about the forest read aloud, plus coloring pages, for kids together with their parents.Discovery Museum, World Forestry Center

Also running

• SpainThe Ellyn Bye Studio in The Armory · until November 8