June 6
The highlight of the Rose Festival is the not-to-be-missed Grand Floral Parade. The parade will feature 19 marching bands, including the world’s largest permanent marching band (One More Time Around Again Marching Band); 15 beautifully-decorated floats; and more than 100 horses. The parade begins at 10 a.m. at the Memorial Coliseum, crosses the Burnside Bridge, weaves through Downtown, and disbands at Lincoln High School.
June 6-September 13
Portland Art Museum presents M.C. Escher and Paradox. This exhibition traces the development of the artist’s work from his early stylized depictions of landscape and architecture to his later use of repeated geometric patterns, stimulated by his visit in 1936 to the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. There he discovered Moorish decorative tiles with their purely abstract designs. By adding the suggestion of human or animal forms to such logical patterns, Escher began creating imaginary images in which one form morphs into another.
June 13
Cirque Du Cycling is a day filled with bike watching (an art bike parade, a street race and a three-mile family ride), beer garden and exhibitors all in Portland’s Mississippi neighborhood.
Through June 14
 Lakewood Theatre Company presents Into the Woods. Once upon a time, a baker and his wife journey into the woods on a quest to lift a witch’s curse. On the way they cross paths with Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Cinderella and a menagerie of other fairy tale characters to reveal what happens after “happily ever after.” Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning score weaves a magical spell with such bewitching gems as “Children Will Listen,” “Giants In The Sky” and “No One Is Alone.”
June 17, 19 & 24
View the animal exhibits, enjoy food & drink and listen to live music at the Oregon Zoo Summer Concerts series. The June line-up features Femi Kuti and The Positive Force on June 17, The B-52s on June 19, and Sly & Robbie and the Taxi Gang on June 24.
June 18-October 31
The Museum of Contemporary Craft presents Call + Response. Drawing on the musical concept of “call and response,” this exhibition provides a rare platform for artists and art historians to engage with each other in diverse works through multimedia content, contextual writing, the presentation of studio works and public programs.
June 27
Join the World Forestry Center Discovery Museum and Harambee Centre as they celebrate Day of the African Child. The World Forestry Center's Central Plaza will be transformed into a colorful African Market where visitors can shop for one-of-a kind trinkets and African dress, listen to traditional music, and taste exotic flavors from African food vendors. The Discovery Museum will feature an African Village, crafts, face and henna painting, and demonstrations including head wrapping and more.
Through September 13
OMSI invites visitors to play the roles of forensic scientists in its new exhibit, CSI: The Experience. Created in collaboration with the hit CBS television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: The Experience highlights the process of scientific inquiry and real investigation techniques used to solve crimes. From DNA and firearms analysis to forensic anthropology and toxicology—sciences vital to unraveling the mysteries of crime scene investigation—visitors will be immersed in hands-on science in an exciting multi-media environment.
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