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Saturday, November 7

12 events

Heritage

Heritage4:00 PMWords at War: Ukrainian Poet Yaryna ChornohuzUkrainian poet, Marine infantry fighter and medic Yaryna Chornohuz on how ordinary life and war coexist in a single poem.WorldOregonFree

Music

7:30 PMDessa with Oregon SymphonyRap, ballads and new storytelling monologues: Dessa takes the stage with the Oregon Symphony.Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hallfrom $257:30 PMFinal performancesJimmie Herrod, Black Belt Eagle Scout and Nick Jaina with 45th Parallel String Quartet: Sight Reading — Musical DialectsBlack Belt Eagle Scout, Jimmie Herrod and Nick Jaina sing together with the 45th Parallel string quartet.First Congregational United Church of ChristQuadecaBenjamin Lasky started on YouTube and grew into a bold experimentalist: Quadeca brings the Life 1 tour to Revolution Hall.Revolution Hall8:00 PMJOSEPH: 10 Years of “I’m Alone, No You’re Not”Oregon’s Closner sisters celebrate ten years of the album whose song “White Flag” took them to television and the Billboard charts.Wonder Ballroom

Theater & dance

ESTET pick7:30 PMFinal performancesWhite Bird Presents: Hung DanceTaiwan’s Hung Dance presents Birdy, a work where contemporary dance meets elements of Peking opera and tai chi.Patricia Reser Center for the Arts7:30 PMFinal performancesNatasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812War and Peace as an electropop opera: Dave Malloy’s musical staged by Lewis & Clark at Fir Acres Theatre.Lewis & Clark — Fir Acres Theatre$107:30 PMFinal performancesSpainJen Silverman’s spy drama about 1930s filmmakers who take money from Soviet intelligence for a film about Spain.The Ellyn Bye Studio in The Armory

Festivals

10:00 AMPortland Book FestivalPortland Book Festival has grown into a week: more than a hundred authors, readings, workshops, music and exhibitions. All in English.The Old Church Concert Hall5:00 PMFinal performancesChrysanthemum ExhibitionIlluminated chrysanthemum installations by eighteen florists: an autumn tradition at Lan Su Chinese Garden.Lan Su Chinese Garden$32

Talks & lectures

9:00 AMOpeningPine Pruning DemonstrationPortland Japanese Garden specialists demonstrate niwaki: how to care for and shape pine trees.Portland Japanese Garden$150

For children

2:00 PMPrintmaking for KidsArtist Jess Graff teaches children printmaking, from monotype to repeated prints.Holgate LibraryFree