NW Kids Magazine June 2017

L I V E • PLAY • DO

CELEBRATE FATHER’S DAY

magazine

WITH

DADIATOR GAMES

Outdoor & Music Festivals Street Fair Guide, continued What to do with all those u-pick berries + Resource Guide

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Editor’s Note School’s out! Summer is here! This is the season we’ve all been waiting for, when the city comes alive with culture, exploration and adventure.

You might be planning a sweet family vacation to escape the everyday for awhile; if you’re sticking around, there’s plenty to keep you and the exuberant kiddos engaged.

I highly encourage you to venture out to the Hawthorne neighborhood on June 17 for Seahorses’ 2nd Annual Dadiator Games, an all-out smarts and skills challenge that puts six brave dads to the ultimate test to prove their Dadiator-hood. There can only be one champion, but witnessing dudes navigating strollers through obstacle courses and dueling with sippy cups makes everyone a winner.

We also bring you the second installment of our Street Fair Guide as well as a roundup of outdoor music and family-oriented festivals to ensure that you absorb as much precious vitamin D as possible.

Or use one of those sunny days to visit one of the many abundant farms in our U-Pick Berries resource guide to pick juicy berries.

Whatever floats your boat!

Lastly, back by popular request is our Color Me Cover Contest, sponsored by Steve and Kate’s. We invite kiddos to draw a picture depicting “If Kids Ran the World” and send it to us for a very rigorous and top secret selection process that will produce the cover of our August 2017 issue! Check out nwkidsmagazine.com/colorme or facebook.com/nwkids for the fine print.

Until next month…

Karel

Cover photograph by EMILY SISK for SEAHORSES PDX Contents photograph by SERRAVISION PHOTOGRAPHY for SEAHORSES PDX

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Contents JUNE 2017

3 NW Kids Color Me Cover Contest 8 Bits & Bytes 12 Balloon, BBQ & Basking in the Sun 12 summer festivals for your whole family 18 Oregon’s Bountiful Berries U-pick berry season is here!

20 U-Pick Berries Resource Guide 22 Party on the Pavement: 2017 Street Fairs (Part 2) 25 Get Out and Play!

This month’s local adventures 28 OCT’s Young Professionals Deliver with Power and Poise 29 Dads: Our Best Dudes!

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BITS & BYTES ,

Unleash the Warriors: Dadiator Games are Coming!

You all know the guy who rocks at that dad thing. The guy who can have the stroller folded and stowed in a flash, sing the perfect song to power the sleepy train, or give magic kisses that dry up tears.

Seahorses, on SE Hawthorne, exists as an answer to the desire for places that recognize and engage dads and their role as parents. In 2016, they created an event called Dadiator Games to highlight and celebrate those great parenting skills through a fun, family-focused competition the day before Father’s Day. Dadiator contenders were kept on their toes with events like the blindfolded diaper change, because what parent hasn’t had to change a diaper through slitted eyes in the middle of the night? The team used sponsor products like Magna-Tiles in a towerbuilding event where competitors

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combined specific sizes and shapes to build a tower, then added the challenge of picking up the tower, moving it and setting it back down without collapse or breakage. The games culminated with the Thule Chariot Race, a race against the clock through an obstacle course designed to test each dad’s agility in maneuvering through kid-related tasks while getting a stroller in, out and around.

The dads who participated had a blast and they, along with folks who came to enjoy the day, took home thousands of dollars worth of prizes from generous sponsors like Thule, Diono, Leatherman and Shower’s Pass.

This year’s event is gearing up to be even bigger and better. On Saturday, June 17, join Seahorses for an all-day celebration of dads! Pregame begins at 11am with music, crafts and food, and then at 2pm, the six Dadiator Contenders will enter the arena, and one will be crowned this year’s Ultimate Dadiator. For more information on this year’s event, go to dadiatorgames.com.

- Lynse Walls, Seahorses

Dadiator Games 2017 Saturday, June 17, 2017 Seahorses PDX, 4029 SE Hawthorne 2-5pm, pregame 11am dadiatorgames.com

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Festival season has arrived! It’s officially time to put your whole family in matching cutoff denim shorts, slather their sun-starved skin in sunblock, and venture into the out-of-doors to be entertained on a vast lawn somewhere in the vicinity of Portland. Pro tip: Families in head-to-toe body glitter are absolutely appropriate, if not encouraged.

Featured:

Berries, Brews, and BBQs Jun 3-18 (weekends) French Prairie Gardens, St. Paul While your kids smoosh strawberries all over themselves on a tractor wagon or pig barrel train ride (wholesome activity alert!) you sip adult beverages and coo at farm animals. Tube slides, tire piles, duck races, live music and open bit BBQ round out the family farm fest experience – even your pup is welcome to join the fun! Maximum summer vibes achieved. Farm fun wristbands $5 each, $10 per U-pick strawberry bucket, $8 beer tasting mug with 5 tasting tickets. fpgardens.com

Three Days Of Aloha Jul 27-29 Esther Short Park, Vancouver (with events in Portland) Three Days Of Aloha is a significant cultural event (read; big ol’ party!) designed to bring the warmth, community and effortless beauty of Hawaiian and Polynesian ethnology to our lives. With events ranging from cultural workshops (why yes, I would love to learn how make a fresh flower lei/ paddle a canoe/hula a riveting story) to a Hapa Haole Hula Competition and even a 5k run, this is a perfect event to introduce your kids to the wonder, folkways and history of Hawaii while reminding them that for all our perceived differences, we have a remarkable amount in common. Free (workshops admission fees vary). hawaiianfestivalpnw.com continued on p. 15 12 | NW Kids Magazine

Balloons, BBQ & Basking in the Sun 12 summer festivals for your whole family by BRIANNA WHEELER

Photograph courtesy of TAIS MULISH for FAMILY FOREST FEST

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Photograph courtesy of THREE DAYS OF ALOHA

Featured (cont.):

Family Forest Fest Aug 18-20 Leaping Lamb Farm, Alsea Are you missing the music festivals of your youth? Do you ever wish there was at least one summer music festival that actually catered (not pandered) to your children? Well, here’s a Yahtzee - Family Forest Fest features workshops, activities and performances that all center not just around the engagement of children but also the bonding of families. Bonus: drop in childcare for the weekend and bands that get the whole family dancing. Adults $125, 7-17 year olds $10, 6 and under free. familyforestfest.com

Faire In The Grove Jun 3-4 Forest Grove Treat your kids to some top shelf time traveling at this requisite summer renaissance faire. Remind them that jousting is not a thing to try at home, but medieval bookbinding definitely is. Free. faireinthegrove.com

Green Neighborhoods Festival Jun 24 Khunamokwst Park, NE Portland Portland’s eco-warrior/revolutionary-peacenik reputation came from somewhere, you know.

Where better to indoctrinate the new generation than a fun-filled, conservationist-minded summer fest? Free. greenneighborhoodsfestival.org

Good In The Hood Festival Jun 23-25 Lillis Albina Park, N Portland As a longtime resident of NE Portland, I can testify to the cultural value and unrelenting fun of Good In The Hood. From the parade that kicks off the weekend’s festivities to Sunday evening’s last ear of BBQ corn, this is one of Portland’s absolute best neighborhood summer festivals. Free. goodnthehood.org

Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts June 23-25 George Rogers Park, Lake Oswego With indoor and outdoor events, over 100 booths and live music all weekend, Lake O’s Art Fest is the perfect way to spend a day with your blossoming creatives.

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Photograph courtesy of DEANNA CURRY for FAMILY FOREST FEST

Festival Of Balloons Jun 23-25

PDX Pop Now! Jul 21-23

Cook Park, Tigard

SE Portland

If you’ve never looked into your child’s face as they witnessed the launch of a hot air balloon, have I got a mandatory festival experience for you. This summer fest is equal parts carnival, craft show and watching the Wizard head off to Oz. 3-day pass $7, kids 6 and under free. tigardballoon.org

Parental units in the under 35 set: this festival is a bit more youth oriented. It has the relaxed vibes of a street party and features punk, garage, rock and alternative bands from around the country. Free. pdxpopnow.com

Waterfront Blues Festival Jun 30 – Jul 4

Willamette Country Music Festival Aug 17-20

Tom McCall Waterfront Park, SW Portland Kids and toddlers only know about three dance moves, but luckily all three sync up pretty well with adult contemporary, R&B and blues, which is what the Waterfront fest is all about. Let the baby dance battles begin! Passes start at ~$10. waterfrontbluesfest.com

Cathedral Park Jazz Festival Jul 14-16 Cathedral Park, N Portland Beneath the great verdant spires of the St. Johns Bridge, as big brass horns ring out in all directions, you can catch many a Portlander doing their own swing dance interpretations to some of the best jazz artists in the city. Spoiler: the kids typically have the best moves. Free. jazzoregon.com/cpjazz 16 | NW Kids Magazine

Brownsville Four days of country music, with over thirty artists! Consider getting the fam matching ten-gallon hats to go with those denim cutoffs and red, white, and blue body glitter.

GA tickets $155, children 6 and under free. willamettecountrymusicfestival.com

Brianna Wheeler’s work has been featured in The Portland Mercury, The OC Weekly and various Northwest news outlets. She’s an avid chef, illustrator, disco dancer and puppy cuddler living in Northeast Portland with her adult husband and toddler son. You can read more of her work by visiting briannawheeler.com.

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by APRIL CHRISTENSON

U-pick berry season is here!

It’s summer in Oregon and you know what that means – berry season is here!

Many varieties of berries are bountiful in Oregon, including blueberries, blackberries, boysenberries, raspberries and, of course, marionberries.

Visiting one of the many nearby u-pick farms is a great family friendly activity on a warm summer day. Here’s everything you need to know to get started.

Planning Your Trip

Storage

Before you head to the farm, make sure you’re ready! It’s best to call ahead and make sure the farm you are visiting is open and the berries you want are ripe, as not all types ripen at the same time.

This year, berry season will begin around mid-June. The beginning of July is a great time to visit.

Berries are perishable and should be refrigerated. When you get them home, put them in a shallow container lined with a paper towel.

Cover loosely and refrigerate, and don’t wash your berries until you are ready to use them.

Avoid the hottest part of the day and plan your trip for the morning or late afternoon/evening. Put hats, sunscreen and real shoes (no flip flops!) on your little ones. Make sure everyone stays hydrated and pack snacks or even a picnic lunch to enjoy while you’re at the farm. And don’t forget containers for your berries!

Berry picking can be fun for kids of all ages, but it can be tiring so play by the kids’ rules. Don’t push them too hard and if they get tired, call it a day.

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To freeze berries, you can pre-measure them for the recipes you are likely to use, or individually quick-freeze: spread them in a single layer on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper and lay the pan in the freezer. These can be taken out just a few at a time for breakfast cereal, smoothies, or baking.

There are so many ways to enjoy fresh berries – pies, crisps, jams, smoothies and of course, enjoyed as is!

Need some inspiration? Here’s a recipe from Cheryl Boden, owner of West Union Gardens in Hillsboro.

A gooseberry pie is a labor of love. First you pick the berries from the thorny bushes, then you prep the berries by removing the stems and blossom remnants from each. With this recipe you will pre-cook some of the berries so that they will thicken the rest of the filling as the pie bakes.

The result is a pie like no other!

Ingredients: Pastry for 9” double-crust pie 3 cups gooseberries, stems and blossoms removed 1 ½ cups sugar (can reduce slightly if using the sweeter pink gooseberries) 3 tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca ¼ teaspoon salt Butter

Instructions: Prepare pie pastry, line pan with bottom crust. Crush ½ cup of the gooseberries and combine in a medium saucepan with the sugar, tapioca and salt. Cook the mixture, stirring constantly, until thickened and boiling hard. Then add 2 ½ cups whole berries. Pour this mixture into the pie crust, dot with butter, top with the remaining pastry, and make slits for steam.

Bake at 375 degrees for 40 to 50 minutes.

Photographs courtesy of WEST UNION GARDENS

April Christenson is a freelance writer who works full-time in nonprofit communications and fundraising. A native Midwesterner, she enjoys spending her free time exploring all that her new home in Portland has to offer. On the weekend you’re most likely to find her running in Forest Park, making a quick getaway to the coast or checking out a new spot in Portland.

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U-Pick Berries Resource Guide

Keep in mind: due to the long winter (remember that?), berry season is starting a little later than usual this year – likely mid-June. Call ahead before trekking out to the farm to make sure they have the berries you want!

Bella Organic

Sauvie Island Farms

Strawberries, cherries, raspberries, marionberries, blackberries, blueberries 16205 NW Gillihan Road 503-621-9545 bellaorganic.com

Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, marionberries, blackberries, cherries 19818 NW Sauvie Island Road 503-621-3988 sauvieislandfarms.com

Blue Bee Farms

Raspberries, gooseberries, blackberries, blueberries 7775 NW Cornelius Pass Road, Hillsboro 503-645-1592 westuniongardens.com

Blueberries 20541 NW Sauvie Island Road 503-459-7367 bluebeefarm.net

French Prairie Gardens Strawberries 17673 French Prairie Road, St. Paul 503-633-8445 fpgardens.com

Kruger’s Farm Strawberries, raspberries, marionberries, boysenberries, blackberries, blueberries 17100 NW Sauvie Island Road 503-621-3489 krugersfarm.com

Lee Farms Strawberries 21975 SW 65th Avenue, Tualatin 503-638-1869 leefarmsoregon.com

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West Union Gardens

Editor’s Pick Koch Family Farm A lovely 120-acre farm in St. Paul, less than an hour’s drive from Portland, Koch Family Farm offers a delightful selection of u-pick berries, including strawberries, red and yellow raspberries, marionberries and boysenberries.

Homemade jam and honey is also available for purchase, as well as farm fresh eggs!

9am-6pm daily when open – call before heading out to check availability.

4745 Raybell Road NE, St. Paul 503-538-6834 facebook.com/KochFamilyFarms

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Jul 7-9 McMinnville Turkey-Rama

Jul 8 Mississippi Street Fair

This is the 57th annual community celebration of all things turkey in McMinnville. The festival has grown over the years and now includes a carnival, beer garden and a watermelon seed spitting contest!

Free, mcminnville.org

This very family-friendly event includes a Kidzone with a wide array of activities and a special Kids Stage at Mississippi Pizza for musical acts. Each year the fair benefits a local nonprofit; this year proceeds will go to Boise Business Youth Unity Project, which helps local teens gain job skills at neighborhood businesses. Free, mississippiave.com/streetfair

Party on the Pavement: 2017 Street Fairs (Part 2) by

GESSE STARK-SMITH

Street fair and festival season is in full swing!

Here’s another round of ‘em to keep the momentum going throughout the peak of summer. Remember to stay hydrated and slather on the sunscreen, because the gorgeous Portland summer is officially here.

Make sure to pick up the July issue for the final installment that’ll take us clear into fall.

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Jul 14-15 Gresham Arts Festival This interactive event features a special Kids Village with activities offered all day on Saturday the 15th. You’ll also have the opportunity to participate in the largest display of chalk on pavement in the world! Gresham is trying to take the Guinness World Record back from Canada this year and they’ll need your help. Free, greshamoregon.gov/ Gresham-Arts-Festival

Jul 22 Oregon City First City Celebration In addition to live music and kids’ crafts activities, adults may also enjoy the wine vendors. This is only the festival’s 8th year, but it already feels like a community institution! Free, downtownoregoncity.org/firstcity

Jul 29 Party in the Park Beaverton’s Howard M. Terpenning Recreation Complex comes alive with family activities all day long. You can participate in a family triathlon, scale a climbing wall, go for a swim and so much more! Free, thprd.org/events/ party-in-the-park

Photographs courtesy of KATIE MEYER

Jul 22 Division/Clinton Street Fair In addition to the fair clustered around 26th Street, there are also events at businesses on Division all the way from 11th to 50th. Oh, and there’s a parade starting at 10:45am. What more could you want? Free, divisionclinton.com

Jul 27-30 Washington County Fair Want to up your fair game a bit?

Head to Hillsboro for the Washington County Fair, which is sure to deliver well-known musical acts, a fully stocked carnival and many fried delicacies! Free, bigfairfun.com

Jul 30 Montavilla Street Fair With a full lineup of musical performances and activities, the Montavilla Street Fair is a community festival you won’t want to miss, complete with local craft products and plenty of tasty treats. Free, metba.org Gesse Stark-Smith is librarian and freelance writer. A native Seattleite she enjoys exploring the Portland area, baking and reading cozy murder mysteries.

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PDX KIDS BUILD

Get Out and Play!

This month’s local adventures

Sats in Jun Pearson Air Field Open Saturdays

Visit Fort Vancouver National Trust’s Pearson Field Education Center’s Flight Simulator Lab, vertical wind tunnel and glider-building station. See historic airplanes on-site and collections on display and take part in various ongoing educational programs. Free, fortvan. org/pfec-opensaturdays.html

Jun 3

Archeology Roadshow A celebration of archaeology and history, including hands-on activities for kids and a chance to meet real archaeologists.

Don’t forget to bring your own finds; experts on site can identify artifacts brought from home. Free, facebook. com/archaeologyroadshowpdx

and team roping… or they’re welcome to spectate! Free, stpaulrodeo.com/ events/2017/youth-rodeo

Jun 10

Fur Trappers Camp Living History Day Take a walk through history at an authentic fur trappers’ encampment in the early 1800’s. See costumed reenactors portray the lifestyle, work and customs of the fur trade as they return from a winter of trapping and prepare and pack their hides into fur bundles, ready to trade with the Hudson Bay Company downriver at Ft. Vancouver. Free with $5 parking pass, oregonstateparks.org

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Youth Rodeo Cowboys and cowgirls as young as two or three years old can test their skills with others at the same age level in barrel racing, goat tying, pole bending, break away roping, bareback and saddle bronc riding, bull riding, tie-down roping

YOUTH RODEO

Please confirm calendar events and performances as scheduling changes may occur.

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Jun 8-12 Fleet Week

Tour ships from the US Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and US Coast Guard at the Waterfront Park seawall. See inside the military ships and celebrate and thank the active and reserve military personnel and veterans.

Free, rosefestival.org/event/fleet-week

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Gathering at Greenway Dirt Lab

FUR TRAPPERS CAMP

Jun 10

PDX Kids Build A workshop for children ages 5-12 gives kids the opportunity to make wood projects as they develop their skills and confidence. Council staff and members help children with projects, including keepsake boxes, small benches, bookends, planters and birdhouses.

Children will be able to take their projects home to enjoy, along with a certificate of project completion. Free, facebook.com/NWKidsBuild

Be the first to try out the new bike trails at Gateway Green! In addition to the children’s free play area and obstacle course, give slacklining a try. There will also be clowns, a children’s puppet show, a folk band and drum circle, scavenger hunt, bike demonstrations, delicious food, a class on making baskets from English ivy vines and a tree walk. Free, facebook.com/FriendsofGatewayGreen

Jun 24

Rewild Free Skills Series: Sandal-Making Connect with humanity’s ancestral past and a more local and sustainable future by learning historical skills.

In this class, learn to make an “iron age” type shoe out of leather. Free (donation encouraged), facebook.com/rewildportland

Looking for more? Check out our online calendar: nwkidsmagazine.com/events

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OCT’s Young Professionals

Deliver with Power and Poise by KAREL CHAN

Portland is known as a city rich with creativity, performance and collaborative theatrical spirit. Thriving in the midst of this richness are teens who have dedicated their considerable talents, time and energy to honing their craft. Oregon Children’s Theatre’s Young Professionals (YP) Company provides incredible opportunities to theater students ages 14 and up and presents impressive productions that showcase their range and hard work.

I caught up with Nate Gardner and Maya Caulfield after a performance of the emotionally impactful Orphans to close their 2016-2017 season. Both have been involved in OCT from a young age and find the mentorship from staff and friendships with other young actors to be enriching, irreplaceable aspects of YP.

“My fellow YPs are honestly my best friends,” says Maya. “No matter where life takes me, I can always come back to OCT.” She’s off to Stanford University this fall and plans to pursue a career in theater and entertainment, and says that OCT has “prepared me better than anything else. I feel

“Do something that scares you every day.”

- Maya Caulfield, 4th year YP, senior at Oregon Episcopal School

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Photograph by BLAKE WALES

YP production of columbinus

Photograph by PAT MORAN

excited, ready and equipped.” The confidence that Maya describes is readily apparent both onstage and off; it’s easy to forget that you’re watching and talking to a teenager.

Her advice for other kids who are interested in YP? “Do it! Take that risk,” she encourages emphatically.

“Do something that scares you every day. [I’ve learned that] I can trust myself and the people around me.”

Nate is undecided about whether he’ll go into theater professionally, but unequivocally states that acting will always be a part of his life because of his positive experience in YP. “I’ve learned a lot in school, but I’ve learned so much more here,” he says earnestly, “[like] life lessons and advice from people you aspire to be like and who inspire you.”

I’ve just watched Nate’s heartfelt performance in Orphans as Phillip, a naïve man who has lived a highly sheltered life under the fierce protection of his volatile older brother.

Now, in the role of himself, he exhibits equal parts poise beyond what one would expect from a high school junior as well as an exuberance and energy characteristic of youth.

“Every time I walk into OCT,” he says with an ear-to-ear grin, “I feel happy.”

“Every time I walk into OCT, I feel happy.”

- Nate Gardner, 3rd year YP, junior at Franklin High School

To learn more about OCT’s Young Professionals Company, visit octc.org/yp-company.

Auditions for the 2017-2018 season are open now through July 21, 2017!

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Father’s Day is June 18th and we found some special events to honor the guy who totally rocks your socks, whether he’s bio-dad, stepdad, honorary dad, or person who fills those shoes however you please!

Dads: Our Best Dudes!

Celebrate Fathers at the Portland Tram

Father’s Day at The Craft Factory

Jun 10, 11am-3pm

Jun 17, 9am-1pm

Make a craft to take home (and hide away for a week until actual Father’s Day), take a family photo at the Tram photo booth, cover oneself in temporary tattoos! All in a day’s fun. Free.

3303 SW Bond Ave gobytram.com

Use the abundance of craft supplies available to decorate a picture frame, tie or mustache or make a card, while partaking in some tasty yums. $10, 7832 SW Capitol Hwy, Ste B craftfactorypdx.com

2017 Portland Undy Run Jun 17, Race starts at 8am Is Dad the kinda guy who likes running around in his underwear?

Race to benefit colon cancer research with 5K competitive runs or a 1-mile fun run. Rumor has it there will be a giant inflatable colon… $30-40, kids 5 and under free.

Old Spaghetti Factory 715 SW Bancroft St ccalliance.org

Red Yarn Concert Jun 17, 10-10:45am Speaking of fathers, Portland favorite Red Yarn is one cool dad who makes sweet, catchy folk-rock music about childhood and families, for children and families! $5 suggested donation.

Union Chapel 886 Main St, Vancouver redyarnproductions.com

Beards & Braids Jun 17-18, 4-5pm Sit Still Salon’s annual father and daughter event is back, where dads learn fancy ways to style and braid girls’ hair and everyone has a giggly good time. $20 for two people.

Sit Still Salon 5656 Hood St, Ste 105, West Linn sitstillkids.com

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