This weekend, you can walk with the dinosaurs at the Rose Garden, hike with the birds at Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge or Smith & Bybee Wetlands, or rock out with The Builders and The Butchers at a family-friendly You Who concert. It’s your last chance to welcome the Year of the Tiger at the Chinese Garden, too. As always, you’ll find a full listing of daily events on our online calendar.
Here’s a round-up of our picks for this weekend:
ALL WEEKEND
Walking with Dinosaurs. Life-sized dinos roar and roam the arena. More…
Category: WOW! (What's On this Weekend) // Posted on February 26, 2010 // 2 Comments
Can’t find the time to get a mammogram? The Vancouver Clinic Breast Care Center at 700 NE 87th Avenue in Vancouver hears you, and they’ve scheduled Mamms ‘Til Midnight to help. The clinic will be open until midnight on Wednesday, March 10, to encourage busy women to finally schedule their recommended mammograms.
Need more incentive? They’ll be offering mini-massages, refreshments and a free entry in a raffle, too.
To schedule a mammogram at the clinic during Mamms ‘Til Midnight – or anytime – call 360-882-2778.
Category: Health and Wellness // Posted on February 24, 2010 // Leave a Comment
On February 16, the Oregon Senate rejected a bill intended to protect our children from exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) by banning the manufacturing, distributing or selling of reusable food and drink containers made with BPA if the containers were intended for use primarily by children less than 3 years old. That would have included baby bottles and sippy cups. The vote was 15 to 15.
“Despite warnings from leading medical organizations, NIH, and FDA regarding the detrimental health impacts of BPA, industry pressure has triumphed over protecting the health of Oregon’s children,” says Renee Hackenmiller-Paradis, More…
Category: Health and Wellness // Posted on February 22, 2010 // 1 Comment
It’s another fun-filled weekend for families! Why not start with a family-friendly movie on Friday night and cap it off with Comedy Sportz4Kidz on Sunday?
Check our online calendar for complete listings each day. Here are our picks for this week:
ALL WEEKEND
Chinese New Year. Lan Su Chinese Garden rings in the new year More…
Category: WOW! (What's On this Weekend) // Posted on February 19, 2010 // Leave a Comment
This weekend we took our inspiration from the spotty patches of sunshine to break free of our winter routine (reading, baking, jigsaw puzzles, afternoon movies and such) and reacquaint ourselves with the great outdoors.
On Sunday we visited the Audubon Society for their Wildlife Care Center’s Open House. The event was so popular there was a two-hour wait to take a tour, but we met some of the amazing birds (owls, a turkey vulture and some kestrels) outside the center with their caretakers and took an easy, muddy hike around the nearby trails. My son was in heaven, More…
Category: Health and Wellness, Nature // Posted on February 16, 2010 // Leave a Comment
The Year of the Tiger, Oregon’s Birthday, Valentine’s Day … there are plenty of reasons to celebrate this weekend! You’ll find complete listings for each day on our online calendar.
Here are some of our picks for family-friendly fun:
ALL WEEKEND
OMSI Agate and Mineral Show. (Fri thru Sun) All ages. 9:30 am to 5:30 pm. Free with admission of $11 adults, $9 ages 3 to 13. Parking $2. 1945 SE Water Ave. 503-797-4000. www.omsi.edu.
Great Backyard Bird Count. (Fri thru Sun) Join this nationwide bird counting event! More…
Category: WOW! (What's On this Weekend) // Posted on February 12, 2010 // Leave a Comment
You hear it all the time: Roast one chicken, have dinner for a week. A few weeks ago, I did just that.
I roasted a 6-pound chicken using the best and easiest recipe ever: “Chicken with Two Lemons” from Marcella Hazan’s Classic Italian Cooking. Basically, you rub the chicken with salt and pepper, place two small lemons (pierced liberally with a toothpick) inside, close it up with toothpicks and pop it in the oven. For a 6-pounder, I roast it at 350 degrees, breast side down, for about an hour; turn it breast side up (this is the hardest part but still not difficult) and continue roasting for another hour; then More…
Category: Cooking, Recipes // Posted on February 11, 2010 // Leave a Comment
Birthday parties are supposed to be fun, but planning your kids’ parties can be stressful. We’re here to help! In our February issue (online and on the stands), you’ll find a wealth of resources for planning parties at home and away, from simple to extravagant. And if that’s not enough to ease your mind, we’re giving away complete birthday parties to 11 lucky readers!
You can enter online through the end of February, or send your name, address, phone number and email address to Metro Parent, PO Box 13660, Portland, Oregon, 97213. We’ll do our best to match party packages with the ages and interests of the winners’ children.
Here’s a run-down on the parties you can win:
Portland Parks & Recreation’s East Portland Community Center has donated a Pool Party More…
Category: Contests // Posted on February 8, 2010 // 2 Comments
Lots of theater happening this weekend, plus some cool nature events including Metro’s annual Raptor Road Trip. Oh yeah, and the Super Bowl. Visit the zoo on Friday to find out who’s going to win.
As always, be sure to check our online calendar for a full list of each day’s events. In the meantime, here are our picks for the weekend ahead:
ALL WEEKEND
Pinocchio. The Northwest Children’s Theater musical continues More…
Category: WOW! (What's On this Weekend) // Posted on February 5, 2010 // Leave a Comment
While researching childhood obesity for a story in Metro Parent’s March 2010 issue, a wise local pediatrician suggested a small and simple change that could make a big difference for the health of kids in school. Have recess first and eat lunch after, flipping the way most local schools schedule these important activities.
“Kids dump barely eaten lunches in a race to get out to recess,” says Dr. Martine Richardson Sacks, a developmental pediatrician at Providence Neurodevelopmental Center for Children.
What a logical suggestion. And lo and behold, before my story was even edited, More…
Category: Health and Wellness // Posted on February 3, 2010 // Leave a Comment
According to Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds, a report released on January 20, 2010, by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 8- to 18-year-olds in the United States currently spend an average of 7 hours, 38 minutes using entertainment media each day. That’s over 53 hours per week — more than a full-time job! And because kids today are so adept at “media multitasking” (using more than one type of media at a time), they actually pack the equivalent of 10 hours, 45 minutes each day using into those 7.5 hours, the report notes.
Where do parents fit into these media-use equations? According to the report, “Only about three in ten young people say More…
Category: Health and Wellness // Posted on February 1, 2010 // 1 Comment
