The Short List: Family Events October 18-20
Weekend weather calls for rain, but don’t let that keep you at home! Check out these family fun events. For more, go to our online calendar. Get out & have fun!
Friday, October 18 – Sunday, October 20 Daily Times Vary
Retro Gaming Expo @ Oregon Convention Center
2019 will mark the 14th annual Portland Retro Gaming Expo to be held at the Oregon Convention Center on October 18-20, 2019. PRGE is a locally-produced event celebrating the colorful history of console, computer and arcade gaming. Their arcade is massive and all of the coin-operated games are set to freeplay for the weekend. Check out this fun, educational and family-friendly event! Ticket prices are $12-$45 depending on package, presale,etc. Kids 2 and under are free.
Saturday, October 19 from 12-4pm
World of Speed’s Spooktacular @ World of Speed Motorsports Museum
Dress in costume and join World of Speed for an afternoon of Halloween fun! Take part in our costume parade, explore the haunted auto shop, race pumpkins in the Great Pumpkin Race, and make your own “Trunk-or-Treat” bags for gathering treats and prizes throughout the galleries. All activities are included in admission, which is free for World of Speed members or up to $10 for non-members.
Saturday, October 19 – Sunday October 20th Times Vary
Me…Jane: The Dreams & Adventures of Young Jane Goodall @ Newmark Theatre
10-year-old Jane Goodall and her sidekick Jubilee (a stuffed monkey doll) journey no further than their quaint, English backyard. In Jane’s daydreams, however, they eat breakfast on the Sahara, feel the ground shake during the Great Migration on the Serengeti, and smell the air on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Commissioned by the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, childhood imagination leads the way in this musical portrayal of Jane’s lifelong love of animals, starting with backyard chickens, hungry squirrels, and neighborhood dogs. Defying expectations of what girls “should” do, Jane’s natural curiosity leads her (and Jubilee) all the way to the land of her dreams: living amongst the chimpanzees in the jungles of Africa.
Tickets are $15-$34
