Artist Workshop: What I Want to Say with Chad Glazener
What I Want to Say is a hands-on workshop designed to help you reconnect with your creativity, intuition, and sense of connection. Through a blend of abstract painting techniques and guided reflection, participants will create one-of-a-kind postcards that inspire heartfelt words.
The process unfolds in three steps:
Create – Paint an abstract composition on a blank postcard through a guided series of non-judgmental steps.
Exchange – Select a postcard created by another participant.
Express – Using the artwork as inspiration, take part in a guided creative writing exercise to compose a heartfelt note to a loved one, drawing language from the emotions and imagery the abstract piece evokes.
By the end, each participant will have both created and received art infused with personal meaning. This workshop is a space for art to open us, deepen connection, and remind us of the power of showing up in the world with an open heart.
$15 - Register HERE.
Live Music: Dalton Huxley
Dalton Huxley is a local singer-songwriter with a soulful voice and entertaining personality. Whether he’s playing with the band Winchester (@winchestertheband) or playing solo, you’re sure to hear something you’ll love from his wide selection of covers ranging from The Eagles to Chris Stapleton to Harry Styles and more!
Learn more about Dalton HERE.
Find him on Instagram HERE.
All ages welcome!
Tasting: RAM Cellars
RAM Cellars produce small lots of premium, low-intervention wines in SE Portland. “It’s our honor and pleasure to share our work, our passion, and our dreams with you with every bottle.” They’re also committed to using the platform they have through the winery to give back to communities they are a part of! RAM Cellars do this through a $3 donation made from the sale of every bottle of their VIV label wines to one of their partner non-profit organizations—Portland’s Q Center, the Trans Lifeline, and the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund—as part of their commitment to supporting and uplifting other queer and transgender folks.
Find out more about RAM Cellars HERE.
Their Instagram is HERE.
Author Reading: CJ Hopkins
STRANGERS IN A STRANGE HOMELAND
On the Road in 21st Century America
CJ Hopkins is an award-winning playwright, novelist, and political satirist. His plays have been produced and toured all over the world and are published by Bloomsbury Publishing and Broadway Play Publishing. His political satire and commentary is published on Substack, and on his blog, Consent Factory, Inc., and in book form by Skyhorse Publishing and Consent Factory Publishing. His first novel, Zone 23, is published by Arcade Publishing. He has a second novel in the works.
Hopkins and photographer Hugo Fernandez are traveling throughout the USA by car, talking to people from all walks of life and of all political persuasions and taking photos of the country along the way. Their adventures on the road, the stories and perspectives of the people they meet, and Hugo’s photographs will be published as a book by Arcade Publishing in 2026.
Their goal is to paint a portrait of America, in all its complexity, at this historical (and historic) moment.
Many other authors and photographers have done such “Portrait of America” road-trip projects, Robert Frank, John Steinbeck, and James Agee and Walker Evans, to name just a few. So that’s not new. What is unique, however, is the perspective Hopkins brings to it. He’s an American, and he traveled all over the USA in his youth, but he has lived in Europe for twenty years. So, in a sense, he is coming home to a country he has never been to before. He wants to discover and explore that country as it is today, or as much of it as he can, as “a stranger in a strange homeland.”
Hugo Fernandez, a professor at LaGuardia Community College/CUNY, will also be seeing the country with somewhat estranged eyes. Having mostly worked with large-format photography for the last forty years, he’ll be returning to the handheld B&W style of his early work for this project.
And, in a broader sense, aren’t we Americans all “strangers in a strange homeland,” no matter how far back our roots in the country go, or how long we may have been away from home? Except for the Native Americans, we’re all from somewhere else.
In these times of extreme political polarization, cultural fragmentation, confusion, anger, and fear, what is it, if anything, that still unites us as Americans? How did we get here? Where are we? Where are we headed? These are some of the questions I’m hoping to explore with the people we meet along the road.
Book Club: Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit
Join the The Scout Book Club to discuss September’s selection: Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit! Bring your copy of the book and all your thoughts!
Live Music: Natalia Hougen
Natalia Hougen is a Russian singer and guitarist who shares the history and context of Russian, Ukrainian, Cossack folk, and romantic songs, while also exploring their role in Slavic tradition.
All ages welcome.
Live Music: Cynthia Rae & Bobby Keys
Cynthia Rae is a band leader and vocalist who loves to connect with audiences through music. Her love of jazz is evident in her treatment of famous standards in a small group or a big band setting, and she brings a joyful rhythmic vibe to the music with her flute solos and auxiliary percussion.
Bob Jacobs has been playing keyboards practically his entire life. He studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, and has performed with a variety of musicians in the U.S. and Costa Rica, playing styles including blues, rock, salsa, cumbia, and primarily jazz. He also produced and recorded two albums as primary composer of the jazz fusion band “Better Than Street Racket.” He’s excited to be performing with Cynthia in the classic jazz vocal/piano genre.
All ages welcome.
Live Music: edad del pavo
edad del pavo is an acoustic instrumental project blending the intricate sounds of Spanish guitar with the rhythmic energy of Latin American percussion, all filtered through the introspective lens of Pacific Northwest indie rock and folk. Founded in Barcelona in 2016, the project has since moved to Gresham, Ore., where it continues to craft dynamic, atmospheric compositions that transport listeners across borders and genres.
Learn more about edad del pavo HERE.
Find it on Instagram HERE.
All ages welcome!
Live Music: Robert Meade
Robert Meade is a past performer of the Sundance Film Festival and a singer/songwriter, solo acoustic musician who has been entertaining Northwest audiences for almost two decades. His brand of upbeat Americana, Rhythm 'n' Blues originals & classics of the 60s to 90s are bound to lift the spirit! With influences by Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Neil Young, and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, you'll be transported back—or be introduced—to some of the greatest singer/songwriters of all time.
Find Robert on Instagram HERE.
All ages welcome.
Live Music: Jason Meeks
Jason Meeks is a Pacific Northwest transplant who plays everything from Dave Matthews to Johnny Cash. He specializes in acoustic covers of one-hit wonders from the 90s.
Find him on Instagram HERE.
All ages are welcome.
Live Music: Spiced Rye
Larry and Re Hart created Spiced Rye in 2018, after relocating to the Pacific NW, from the Central Coast of California, where they were founding members of the band “3 for the Road.” Leaving a bandmate behind, Larry and Re found themselves needing to reinvent their sound, as a duo. Re’s unique vocals have been described, by many, as having a tone that reminds people of Stevie Nicks, Tracy Chapman, Joni Mitchell, and Margo Timmins, as well as many others. Along with lead vocals, Re plays rhythm guitar, while Larry plays rhythm and lead.
Learn more about Spiced Rye HERE.
All ages welcome.
Live Music: Jason Meeks
Jason Meeks is a Pacific Northwest transplant who plays everything from Dave Matthews to Johnny Cash. He specializes in acoustic covers of one-hit wonders from the 90s.
Find him on Instagram HERE.
All ages are welcome.
Tasting: GC Wines
The winemaking style at GC Wines is characterized by a true reverence for the process. The approach is proactive, responding to the fruit as it comes and gently stewarding the wines through fermentation.
With decades of winemaking wisdom to draw from, and a solid braintrust of collaborators creating each wine, GC is constantly exploring new methods, including new vessels for fermentation and aging to create new expressions of Willamette Valley varietals.
GC is explorative and ever-evolving, continually introducing new varieties and expanded studies while honoring all contributors, both people and places.
Learn more about GC Wines HERE.
Find them on Instagram HERE.
Live Music: edad del pavo
edad del pavo is an acoustic instrumental project blending the intricate sounds of Spanish guitar with the rhythmic energy of Latin American percussion, all filtered through the introspective lens of Pacific Northwest indie rock and folk. Founded in Barcelona in 2016, the project has since moved to Gresham, Ore., where it continues to craft dynamic, atmospheric compositions that transport listeners across borders and genres.
Learn more about edad del pavo HERE.
Find it on Instagram HERE.
All ages welcome!
Live Music: Spiced Rye
Larry and Re Hart created Spiced Rye in 2018, after relocating to the Pacific NW, from the Central Coast of California, where they were founding members of the band “3 for the Road.” Leaving a bandmate behind, Larry and Re found themselves needing to reinvent their sound, as a duo. Re’s unique vocals have been described, by many, as having a tone that reminds people of Stevie Nicks, Tracy Chapman, Joni Mitchell, and Margo Timmins, as well as many others. Along with lead vocals, Re plays rhythm guitar, while Larry plays rhythm and lead.
Learn more about Spiced Rye HERE.
All ages welcome.
Live Music: Dalton Huxley
Dalton Huxley is a local singer-songwriter with a soulful voice and entertaining personality. Whether he’s playing with the band Winchester (@winchestertheband) or playing solo, you’re sure to hear something you’ll love from his wide selection of covers ranging from The Eagles to Chris Stapleton to Harry Styles and more!
Learn more about Dalton HERE.
Find him on Instagram HERE.
All ages welcome!
Book Club: The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck
Join the The Scout Book Club to discuss August’s selection: The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck! Bring your copy of the book and all your thoughts!
Live Music: juracán
Pierre Carbuccia Abbott is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and producer from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Since 2015, Pierre has created a sonic world under juracán. The full-lengths ‘Niño’ (2018) and ‘Jarineo’ (2020) are guitar-driven stories full of dreamy ambiance.
His six single releases from 2023 merge alt. R&B, latin pop, downtempo, rock, and merengue.
Learn more about juracán HERE.
Find him on Instagram HERE.
All ages welcome.
Tasting: Cardwell Hill Cellars
Nestled in the foothills of Oregon’s Coast Range, near the base of its highest mountain, Marys Peak, Cardwell Hill Cellars has been farming and making world-class, award-winning Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Pinot Gris for twenty-five years. As an estate winery, they grow all of their own fruit, ferment, age, and bottle the wines all on their family-owned and -operated farm.
Learn more about Cardwell Hill Cellars HERE.
Tasting: Gonzales Wine Company
While backpacking in Argentina, Cristina Gonzales stopped in Mendoza for dinner. The grilled steak was delicious, but it was the glass of Malbec that grabbed her attention.
That glass of Malbec stayed with Cristina, even after she returned home. Soon it called her away to work harvests around the globe, from Australia to California. She worked at the side of winemakers creating all manner of styles of wines, but she also bonded with the vineyard stewards who were raising and processing the grapes. Their expertise inspired her, and the shared language bonded them.
In 2010, almost ten years after that first fateful glass of Malbec, Gonzales Wine Company was born. Cristina began making wines that she herself loves to drink—aromatic whites, like Riesling and Gewürtztraminer, and bold reds, like Syrah and Petit Verdot. Her signature wine, made vintage after vintage, is of course Malbec.
Learn more about Gonzales Wine Company HERE.
Find them on Instagram HERE.
Live Music: edad del pavo
edad del pavo is an acoustic instrumental project blending the intricate sounds of Spanish guitar with the rhythmic energy of Latin American percussion, all filtered through the introspective lens of Pacific Northwest indie rock and folk. Founded in Barcelona in 2016, the project has since moved to Gresham, Ore., where it continues to craft dynamic, atmospheric compositions that transport listeners across borders and genres.
Learn more about edad del pavo HERE.
Find it on Instagram HERE.
All ages welcome!
Tasting: Broken Trust Cellars
Great wines come not only from great vineyards and winemaking, but also from great stories. And the story of Broken Trust Cellars is about two people who found each other.
Founders Beth and Chris, friends since high school, had both been through life’s ups and downs with relationships, love, and loss. Upon reconnecting decades after first meeting, a conversation about wine, love, and loss turned into Chris thinking up some funny wine names to cheer Beth up. Not in their wildest dreams did they ever think a funny conversation with laughter and some tears would turn into the beautiful bottle of wine you get to experience today.
Join us as we taste BTC’s Shitbag Chardonnay!
Learn more about Broken Trust Cellars HERE.
Find them on Instagram HERE.
Live Music: Cynthia Rae & Bobby Keys
Join Cynthia Rae and Bobby Keys for in-shop jazz!
All ages welcome.
Live Music: Gabriel John
Gabriel John is a country singer/songwriter currently based out of Portland, Ore. For the past five years he has toured all over the Pacific Northwest, bringing his unique blend of country and blues to stages all across the country—performing both his original songs and timeless classics.
All ages welcome.
Live Music: Dalton Huxley
Dalton Huxley is a local singer-songwriter with a soulful voice and entertaining personality. Whether he’s playing with the band Winchester (@winchestertheband) or playing solo, you’re sure to hear something you’ll love from his wide selection of covers ranging from The Eagles to Chris Stapleton to Harry Styles and more!
Learn more about Dalton HERE.
Find him on Instagram HERE.
All ages welcome!
Tasting: White Wines of Slovenia
Domaine Marjan Simčič is THE benchmark producer in Slovenia representing this unique terroir with elegance and expressiveness and a style that is unparalleled. The Brda wine region, affectionately termed the "Tuscany of Slovenia", is rich in winemaking history. While Marjan Simčič's family has been crafting wines here for five generations, it is Marjan's visionary approach that has elevated the estate to international recognition. In a land that can sometimes be overshadowed by its Italian neighbors, Marjan is deeply passionate about showcasing this unique Slovenian terroir.
When Marjan stepped into the vineyards in 1988 alongside his grandfather and father, he wasn't just inheriting a family vocation; he was embracing a legacy. Building on familial wisdom, Marjan embarked on a meticulous study, resulting in a micro-zonation map that intricately wove each wine with its terroir. It's a harmonious blend of ancestral traditions and modern experimental forays.
Marjan's knowledge about where each grape variety thrives best is no stroke of luck but a testament to his scientific precision and this extends to his winemaking style. Whether it's choosing fermentation vessels—concrete, oak, or steel—or deciding the length of maceration or the aging period, ranging from 16 to 54 months, every decision is informed, intentional, and inspired.
Marjan's classic wines beautifully represent the essence of the Brda region. Each variety showcases the unique characteristics that define this exceptional wine-growing area. These wines truly embody the grape variety and its expression within Brda. The organically-grown grapes are sourced from younger plots and lower locations, situated about 150 meters in altitude, across the 24-hectare estate spanning Slovenia and Italy.
Live Music: folkefire
Mike Phillips moved to Oregon in 2005 to explore its music scene and follow in the footsteps of his favorite artist at the time, Elliott Smith. Between 2006 and 2007 he joined a band with a popular run that included winning a Battle of the Bands at the Crystal Ballroom; releasing a single via Starbucks’ Hear Music record label; opening for acclaimed artists including Everclear and Seven Mary Three; touring 36 states —and immediately breaking up upon their return. Hailing back to a 90s-era PNW-style singer-songwriter tradition, he’s since turned his musical interests to pseudo-folk originals with an international flavor, storytelling, and Irish folk music specifically. In 2024 he moved to Gresham; folkefire is the latest incantation of his musical and personal interests.
Learn more about folkefire HERE.
All ages are welcome.
Live Music: edad del pavo
edad del pavo is an acoustic instrumental project blending the intricate sounds of Spanish guitar with the rhythmic energy of Latin American percussion, all filtered through the introspective lens of Pacific Northwest indie rock and folk. Founded in Barcelona in 2016, the project has since moved to Gresham, Ore., where it continues to craft dynamic, atmospheric compositions that transport listeners across borders and genres.
Learn more about edad del pavo HERE.
Find it on Instagram HERE.
All ages welcome!
Book Club: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Join the The Scout Book Club to discuss June’s selection: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows! Bring your copy of the book and all your thoughts!
Live Music: Gabriel John
Gabriel John is a country singer/songwriter currently based out of Portland, Ore. For the past five years he has toured all over the Pacific Northwest, bringing his unique blend of country and blues to stages all across the country—performing both his original songs and timeless classics.
All ages welcome.
Tasting: TT's Blends
Take a break from the Gresham Farmers Market to try delicious cold-pressed juices by TT’s Blends!
TT’s Blends was born from its founder’s personal journey of healing through cold-pressed green juice. What started as a daily ritual quickly became a passion, one that transformed her health and sparked a deeper love for natural, nourishing ingredients. She launched TT’s Blends to share that love with others and help people feel their best from the inside out. Every bottle is crafted with fresh, organic produce and zero shortcuts, because she believes nature knows best. The goal of TT’s Blends is simple: to spread wellness, one delicious, nutrient-packed juice at a time.
All ages welcome!
Live Music: Jason Meeks
Jason Meeks is a Pacific Northwest transplant who plays everything from Dave Matthews to Johnny Cash. He specializes in acoustic covers of one-hit wonders from the 90s.
Find him on Instagram HERE.
All ages are welcome!
Tasting: Kristof Farms
A cider and wine tasting with Kristof Farms!
Nestled in the rolling hills of Yamhill, Oregon, Kristof Farms is a family-owned vineyard and orchard producing Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Rosé, and handcrafted cider. Originally a pie cherry orchard dating back to 1971, the farm transitioned in 2018 to focus on estate-grown cider apples and Pinot Noir grapes. Owned and managed by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and farmer Nicholas Kristof and his wife Sheryl WuDunn, Kristof Farms blends a deep respect for the land with a passion for storytelling and community.
Learn more about them HERE.
Find them on Instagram HERE.
Live Music: edad del pavo
edad del pavo is an acoustic instrumental project blending the intricate sounds of Spanish guitar with the rhythmic energy of Latin American percussion, all filtered through the introspective lens of Pacific Northwest indie rock and folk. Founded in Barcelona in 2016, the project has since moved to Gresham, Ore., where it continues to craft dynamic, atmospheric compositions that transport listeners across borders and genres.
Learn more about edad del pavo HERE.
Find it on Instagram HERE.
All ages welcome!
Live Music: Dalton Huxley
Dalton Huxley is a local singer-songwriter with a soulful voice and entertaining personality. Whether he’s playing with the band Winchester (@winchestertheband) or playing solo, you’re sure to hear something you’ll love from his wide selection of covers ranging from The Eagles to Chris Stapleton to Harry Styles and more!
Learn more about Dalton HERE.
Find him on Instagram HERE.
All ages welcome!
Tasting: Cardwell Hill Cellars
Nestled in the foothills of Oregon’s Coast Range, near the base of its highest mountain, Marys Peak, Cardwell Hill Cellars has been farming and making world-class, award-winning Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Pinot Gris for twenty-five years. As an estate winery, they grow all of their own fruit, ferment, age, and bottle the wines all on their family-owned and -operated farm.
Learn more about Cardwell Hill Cellars HERE.
Tasting: Redolent Wine Company
Redolent Wine is collaboration between Jon Larson and Boyd Pearson. Jon Larson takes the lead on the winemaking at Redolent, as he has been a fermenter for decades of everything from grapes and grains to cheese and bread to kimchi and kombucha, never stopping his quest for knowledge about the mystical process of fermentation. Boyd Pearson takes the lead on sales, as he is a veteran salesman in the wine industry and a lifelong student of wine and the business of wine, always seeking to learn and taste more. As much as he loves discovering a new wine, Boyd loves introducing others to memorable wines. Both are equally involved in the tasting and blending for the final wines. And in reality, with every responsibility falling at the feet of the two of them, their exact roles are hard to fully define. There’s so much overlap. They both do a little bit of everything. So, they came up with the titles of Jon Larson as the "Overseer of Ferments" and Boyd Pearson as the "Cupbearer."
They relish the journey wine offers and bring all of their experiences to the table to collaborate on every wine they make. They continue to push each other through experimentation to try and produce both wines redolent of place and wines redolent of pleasure.
They continue to produce wine at the GC Wines facility in Amity, Ore., and when it comes to winemaking for Redolent Wine, they strive to simply be stewards of the metamorphosis from grapes into wine. They aim to abstain from intervening in this process both in the fermentation and aging of the wines. They seek to capture the true nature of the grapes, the place, and the vintage.
Learn more about Redolent Wine Company HERE.
Find them on Instagram HERE.
Live Music: edad del pavo
edad del pavo is an acoustic instrumental project blending the intricate sounds of Spanish guitar with the rhythmic energy of Latin American percussion, all filtered through the introspective lens of Pacific Northwest indie rock and folk. Founded in Barcelona in 2016, the project has since moved to Gresham, Ore., where it continues to craft dynamic, atmospheric compositions that transport listeners across borders and genres.
Learn more about edad del pavo HERE.
Find it on Instagram HERE.
All ages welcome!