Black Family Storytime
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Rockwood Library, Portland hosts Black Family Storytime on Wednesday, Oct 7. Family-friendly.
Families
Family life in Portland, by age
What's on in Portland for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, kids and teens — sorted by age, dated, and pulled from the town's real event feed.
Family life in Portland, by age
Family life in Portland, sorted the way parents actually search: by how old your kid is. Portland's feed carries 746 family listings in total, 622 of them dated in the next 60 days. The busiest family venues in the feed right now are Holgate Library (71) and Midland Library (67). Pages with their own age sections: baby, toddler, preschool, kids, teens.
Start with the age pages if one fits — they're filtered hard, only real dated listings — or scan everything coming up below. If a band doesn't have a page yet, it's because the feed doesn't have enough dated listings for that age to fill one honestly, and we'd rather say that than pad it.
By age — pick your stage
Baby (0–1) — 73 dated listings in the next 60 days, including Book Babies.
Toddler (1–3) — 347 dated listings in the next 60 days, including Black Family Storytime.
Preschool (3–5) — 210 dated listings in the next 60 days, including Black Family Storytime.
Kids (5–12) — 83 dated listings in the next 60 days, including Comics & Crafts Club for grades 6-8.
Teens (13–18) — 80 dated listings in the next 60 days, including Comics & Crafts Club for grades 6-8.
Coming up for families in Portland
Every family listing in the feed with a date in the next 60 days, soonest first — all ages together.
Comics & Crafts Club for grades 6-8
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Comics & Crafts Club for grades 6-8 is on Wednesday, Oct 7 at East County Library, Portland. Good one for the kids.
Family Storytime
Photo: Ted Timmons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Family Storytime is on Wednesday, Oct 7 at Rockwood Library, Portland. Good one for the kids.
Lego Club
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Wednesday, Oct 7: Lego Club at North Portland Library. Good one for the kids.
Preschool Sensory Storytime Online
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Wednesday, Oct 7: Preschool Sensory Storytime Online at Portland. Bring the kids along.
Teen Gaming Club
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Teen Gaming Club at Northwest Library, Portland on Wednesday, Oct 7. Worth bringing the whole family.
Teen drop-in: Get creative at the makerspace!
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Wednesday, Oct 7: Teen drop-in: Get creative at the makerspace! at Rockwood Library, Portland. Bring the kids along.
The Milk Carton Kids w/ Paper Wings
Wednesday, Oct 7, Revolution Hall - Portland hosts The Milk Carton Kids w/ Paper Wings. Expect a proper live set. Good one for the kids.
Tween Council
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Tween Council is on Wednesday, Oct 7 at Kenton Library, Portland.
Book Babies
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On the calendar for Thursday, Oct 8: Book Babies at Woodstock Library, Portland. Family-friendly.
The regular rhythm
The standing weekly fixtures behind the dated list — the rhythm family life in Portland actually runs on.
Mondays — Book Babies at Belmont Library · 8 sessions in the feed, next Oct 26, then Oct 27.
Wednesdays — Teen drop-in: Get creative at the makerspace! at Rockwood Library · 17 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 9.
Thursdays — Book Babies at Capitol Hill Library · 7 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 15.
Thursdays — Book Babies at Gregory Heights Library · 7 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 15.
Thursdays — Family Storytime at Central Library · 7 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 15.
Saturdays — Tiny Tots at Holgate Library · 12 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 10.
Saturdays — Black Family Storytime at Albina Library · 7 sessions in the feed, next Oct 10, then Oct 17.
Sundays — Black Family Storytime at St. Johns Library · 7 sessions in the feed, next Oct 11, then Oct 18.
Good to know
On cost: none of these listings carries a free tag in Portland's feed, so treat prices as check-the-listing — libraries and rec centres often run these at no cost, but the feed doesn't say so and we won't guess.
Drop-in or sign up? The listings that call themselves drop-in: Teen drop-in: Get creative at the makerspace!, Teen Maker Drop-in.
Keep exploring
Never miss a registration in Portland
Never miss a registration in Portland — swim lessons, minor hockey, camp sign-ups: the dates land in your inbox before the rush, not after.
One short email when a registration window for this town is coming up, plus the Friday roundup of what's on for families. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Ages in your house (tap the ones that fit):
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Common questions
What's on for families in Portland?
The feed lists 622 dated family listings in the next 60 days across all ages — the Coming up section shows the soonest, and the age pages filter them down.
Why doesn't Portland have a page for my child's age?
An age page only ships when the feed has at least 5 dated listings (or 3 regular programs) for that age in the next 60 days. Below that we'd be padding — so the band rides on this hub, with its real count shown, until the listings catch up.
How do I hear about registration dates in Portland?
The signup above: tell us the ages in your house and the programs you care about, and we flag registration windows for this town before they open — swim lessons and camp sign-ups especially.