Category: Performances

If you’re looking for some great children’s music to share with your family and friends, we’ve gone through and picked out the best.

NW Kids

Does your family have traditions for the weekend after Thanksgiving? My family’s unofficial weekend plans generally are centered around eating leftover sandwiches, napping and… well, eating more leftover sandwiches! If you’re looking to get out and about, here are our weekend picks! Fri Craft Friday @ CRAFT PDX Buy nothing, make everything at Craft Friday with SCRAP PDX! Avoid the cold overnight lines and insane stampedes on Black Friday.

Mary Brady

Another gorgeous Portland weekend in November? We’ll take it! Here are our picks for how to get out and about this weekend! Fri-Sun Annie at Imago Theater Don’t miss the final weekend of Journey Theater’s production of Annie! Based on the popular comic strip by Harold Gray, Annie has become a worldwide phenomenon and was the winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

Mary Brady

Putting together a plan for the ultimate Halloween is easy in Portland; Halloween is arguably our favorite holiday.

Brianna Wheeler

Since the release of their album Why Why Why? this summer, Ants Ants Ants have been busy performing and making more videos and writing new songs.

Beth Blenz-Clucas

We can’t wait to see you all at the NW Kids & TriMet Guide to Portland Expo, THIS Saturday at OMSI (10am-5pm)! We have so much to show you and just wanted to give you a little taste of some of the giveaways you could win! We also will have Barley of the Hillsboro Hops on site from 11-1 and free dairy free Little Bean ice cream samples from 2-5pm, as well as Dragon Puppet entertaining the kiddos at this FREE event! ANDEO: $250 off of overseas travel College Nannies: 10 free hours of babysitting DolFun: $100 of free swim lessons Givesie: free bodysuit i9 Sports: free season registration Kumon Math & Reading Center of Aloha: $50 Amazon gift card Lice Knowing You: a variety of lice products Living Room Realty – Jasmine Deatherage: free consultation for buying or selling your home Luna Wellness: free massage Math Gamers: t-shirts Mittleman Jewish Community Center: 1 free month at MJCC Northwest Mother’s Milk Bank: “Best for Baby” giveaway: gift cards and fun baby swag Oregon Children’s Theatre: 4 tickets to any show Remote.

Mary Brady

Photo Credit: Blake Wales If one thing has been made loud and clear lately, it’s that teens are a serious force to be reckoned with – whether it’s on the national stage with country-wide political organization and advocacy, or locally with last month’s Verselandia! at the Schnitz, where top high school poets slammed it out with powerful spoken word performances.

NW Kids

Made in Portland; Red Yarn and Ants Ants Ants Join the hootenanny at ‘Red Yarn’s Old Barn’ April 28 Portland’s verdant musical landscape sprouts a wealth of family music.

Beth Blenz-Clucas

Oregon Children’s Theatre‘s The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show, running through May 20th at Winningstad Theatre, is an absolute delight.

Mary Brady

Photo credit: Matt Beard / Costumes: Marie-Chantale Vaillancourt / 2017 Cirque du Soleil Cirque du Soleil: Crystal is unlike any other Cirque show you have seen.

Mary Brady

Category: Performances

Family Music Roundup: The Best of 2018

The Short List: Nov 23-25

The Short List: Nov 16-18

2018 Trick or Treat Roundup!

A “Helicopter Leaves” video premiere and more cool children’s music news for Northwest Kids

NW Kids & TriMet Guide to Portland Expo – GIVEAWAYS!

REVIEW: Impulse

New Music for NW Kids (and their grownups)!

Review: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show

Cirque du Soleil: Crystal