Six Fun Things to Do This Weekend: Oct. 10-12

Friday, October 10, 2014

Byron Beck, GoLocalPDX Features Editor

OBT Dancers

A fall weekend can mean many things to many people. Or it can mean just sitting in front of the television and watching too much football.

Here are a few events to get you off your butt this weekend. You can thank us later.

Diavolo

White Bird launches its 17th season of contemporary dance from around the world with Diavolo, based in Los Angeles and founded by Jacques Heim. Dubbed “Architecture in Motion,” Diavolo is performing a two-part program: Heim’s classic “Trajectoire,” called “organized peril,” and its most recent, critically praised work "Fluid Infinities," set to Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 3 and featuring an abstract dome structure sitting on a reflecting mirror.
Newmark Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, 7:30 p.m., Friday.-Saturday. Oct. 10-11. $26 and up, available at whitebird.org.

OBT 25

Portland's own Pink Martini collaborates with international ballet artist Nicolo Fonte as part of Oregon Ballet Theatre's 25th anniversary. Central to the celebration are the three choreographers who most shaped OBT over its first 25 years: James Canfield, Christopher Stowell and Trey McIntyre, whose duets are featured in the show and who will all be in attendance opening night.

Keller Auditorium, 222 SW Clay St., 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 11. The show continues through Oct. 18. Visit www.obt.org for more details.

Cider Fest

Ciderfest

It’s time to hit the hard and not-so-hard stuff. The North West Ciderfest features cider tasting for adults (that would be the hard stuff), crafts and games for kids, food carts, a pie-eating contest, and loads of live music.

Pioneer Courthouse Square, 701 SW 6th Ave.,10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11. Visit nwciderfest.org for more details.

Reel Music Fest

Reel Music gets real with its opening-night documentary about singer/songwriter/Portland music legend Elliott Smith, “Heaven Adores You.” Local filmmaker Beth Harrington’s film “The Winding Stream” will be showcased on Saturday night. And one to be on the watch for: “20,000 Days On Earth” fuses drama and reality by weaving the journey of a fictional day in Nick Cave’s life.
Reel Music Fest at Northwest Film Center, Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 SW Park Ave., Oct. 10-22. $9.

Apple Tasting

Snow White never had it so good. All sorts of apples, apple-related drinks (think cider, baby!) and a few pears make their annual appearance at Portland Nursery’s always-packed weekends of fruity fun. Taste and buy 60 kinds of apples and pears, visit a kids’ tent, see cider making, and hear live music at Portland's premiere Apple Tasting Festival. All entrants get a free five-pound bag of apples. How ‘bout them apples?
Portland Nursery, 5050 Southeast Stark St., 10 a.m.- 5p.m., Friday-Sunday, Oct. 10-12, and 17-19. Free.

Haunted Corn MAiZE

The Haunted Corn MAiZE is more than a 4-acre trail through a cornfield. It’s a cornfield of ghostly terrors. The haunted maze is for families and people of all ages who like Halloween and like to be a little scared. The maze goes on regardless of the weather and The MAiZE staff asks that guests to NOT bring flashlights. Spooky!
The Pumpkin Patch, 16511 North West Gillihan Rd., Sauvie Island. 7-10 p.m., Oct. 10- Nov. 1 $12.

Banner Photo (cropped): Oregon Ballet Theatre dancer Martina Chavez. Photo by Joni Kabana.