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<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=3932</link>
<description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;District is a restaurant and lounge located in the Portlands Pearl
District. With a unique style not typical of Portland, district is a
must see. It tends well to th</description>
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<title>Investing in Micro-Finance - TiE Oregon</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=3910</link>
<description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;As part of our on-going series of Serving the 6 Billion, Chris
Brookfield, Investment Director at UNITUS Equity Fund, a leading
investor in Microfinance banks in Lat</description>
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<title>Investing in Micro-Finance - TiE Oregon</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=3860</link>
<description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;As part of our on-going series of Serving the 6 Billion, Chris
Brookfield, Investment Director at UNITUS Equity Fund, a leading
investor in Microfinance banks in Lat</description>
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<title>Markets for Renewable Energy - TiE Oregon</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=3717</link>
<description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Terry Hudgens is the president and CEO of PPM Energy, an industry
pioneer in the construction of effective markets for green energy,
particularly wind. Environmental</description>
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<title>Support Women Owned Businesses TODAY - get your X-mas shopping done early !!!!</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=3088</link>
<description>&lt;P&gt;I hope you will come out and support ME AND MY MOM,&lt;BR&gt;and 54 other local Women in Business TODAY, November&lt;BR&gt;26th.&amp;nbsp; The first 200 guests receive awesome Goody Bags&lt;BR&gt;with great coupons, gif</description>
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<title>Zoolights Festival</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=2666</link>
<description>The zoo comes alive as you walk through this winter wonderland of more than a half-million lights. This winter festival includes our lighted zoo train, choral and ensemble music, model railroad displa</description>
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<title>HOWLOWEEN AT THE ZOO </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=2665</link>
<description>&lt;STRONG&gt;Most kids love trick-or-treating&lt;/STRONG&gt;, and &lt;STRONG&gt;Oregon Zoo&lt;/STRONG&gt; provides a fun and safe setting for this traditional Halloween activity. Trick-or-treaters will complete an intriguin</description>
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<title>Cheetah Conservation Fund Presentation</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=2664</link>
<description>Meet world-renowned cheetah expert Dr. Laurie Marker and two education cheetahs for Leopards, Etc. at the REI Pearl District store, 1405 NW Johnson St., Portland. Tickets on sale exclusively at Portla</description>
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<title>WORLD ANIMAL FESTIVAL</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=2662</link>
<description>&quot;This celebration is an exciting showcase of how various cultures around the world revere and celebrate animals. Local cultural groups will present animal folklore to zoo guests in a variety of ways, </description>
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<title>WORLD ANIMAL FESTIVAL</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=2663</link>
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<title>Summer on Stage 2006</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=2333</link>
<description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Presented by: Actors Conservatory http://actorsconservatory.com&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Each session strives to create a supportive environment that will allow for fun, learning, and the experience </description>
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<title>Snow Patrol with The Duke Spirit, Augustana</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=1635</link>
<description>Promising triple bill matches a pair of UK acts with a domestic product. 

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<title>Brian Regan</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=1634</link>
<description>Performing Arts Event/Stand-up &amp; Comedy Open Mic



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<title>Rose Festival - Fireworks Spectacular  </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=1633</link>
<description>Portland's waterfront illuminates durig this spectacular showing of Fireworks Spectacular, the Rose Festival's kick-off event billed as one of Oregon's largest fireworks displays. 



Time: 9:45 p</description>
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<title>Job Fair</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=1207</link>
<description>Come and See What We&#8217;re All About! The City of Portland invites you to join us at our Job Fair.
 
* Bureau Representation
* Career Opportunities 
* Workshops
 
Mark Your Calendars &amp; Tell Your Fr</description>
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<title>Water Bureau Offers Class on Bull Run Salmon Restoration Program</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=1206</link>
<description>On May 6th, 2006 the Portland Water Bureau is offering a FREE class about Portland&#8217;s drinking water system, the effects of the system on native salmon, and the current work to protect and restore wild</description>
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<title>Buckman Art Show &amp; Sell (April 21-22)</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=1220</link>
<description>Friday, April 21, 2006...........................
Show Hours: 5 to 9 p.m.

* Artwork by more than 100 innovative, talented artists and designers 
* Silent auction of artwork created and donated by</description>
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<title>Willamette Industrial URA Implementation Strategy </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=1215</link>
<description>Willamette Industrial URA Implementation Strategy Task Force.
First meeting of advisory committee to discuss funding and program priorities for the Willamette Industrial URA. 

Time : 7:30 AM - 9:3</description>
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<title>Gentrification: A Restorative Listening Circle</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=1216</link>
<description>This event is the first of three spring 2006 on building diverse neighborhoods, leadership and organizations.   These events will address gentrification in Portland neighborhoods, tools for Neighborho</description>
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<title>FPDR Vocational Rehabilitation Meeting</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=1212</link>
<description>Community Event.

Time : 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Duration : 1 Hours

Contact Person :  Kathy Kakesako

Phone Number:  503-823-5495
 
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<title>Interstate Corridor URAC Meeting</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=1213</link>
<description>Interstate Corridor Urban Renewal Advisory Committee Meeting.

Time : 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Duration : 2 Hours


 
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<title>South Waterfront UDDU Project Advisory Group</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=1214</link>
<description>Project Advisory Group (PAG) will meet to hear staff proposals for final urban design and development framework plan and recommended next steps to implement plan. A follow-up PAG meeting will be condu</description>
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<title>24th Annual Historic Irvington Home Tour (April 15 - May 21) </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=1217</link>
<description>The oldest and largest home tour in Portland, drawing on the most extensive and varied assembly of historic homes in the city. This event includes a tour of seven historic homes, a lecture presented b</description>
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<title>52nd Annual Hood River Valley Blossom Festival  (April 15-16) </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=1218</link>
<description>Celebrate the arrival of Spring in the Hood River Valley! Coming April 15-16, 2006. View and download the Event Guide here.

This year's Blossom Festival Event Guide is now available for viewing and</description>
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<title>Animation (Featuring Cartoon Network) (April 15 - April 30) </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=1219</link>
<description>Explore how art, math, science, and technology come together in the exciting world of animation. Experiment with storyboarding, character design, movement, timing, filming, sound, editing and more as </description>
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<title>Natural Area Work Day </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=1210</link>
<description>Help with invasive plant removal, native planting, restoration or trail maintenance, depending on the site. All work days take place on Saturday, 9:00am-noon. Please bring water and gloves - we will p</description>
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<title>Seed and Plant Exchange and compost class </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=1211</link>
<description>Bring vegetable and flower seeds or plants, and exchange them for those that other people bring. There will also be a composting class at the Fulton Demostration Compost demo garden at SW 3rd and Barb</description>
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<title>FPDR Expediting Committee</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=1208</link>
<description>Community Event.

Time : 8:30 AM

Duration : 2 Hours

Contact Person : Kathy Kakesako</description>
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<title>Basic Accessibility for Building Alterations (Seminar/Workshop/Class)</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=1209</link>
<description>This public education, discussion, and feedback session will explore:
* What is Accessible Design?
* What is the relationship between the Oregon Building Code and the American Disabilities Act?
* H</description>
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<title>2006 Chinese New Year </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=625</link>
<description>The Portland Classical Chinese Garden is pleased to invite the entire community to join with us in the celebration of the 2006 Chinese Yew Year. This exuberant festival is accompanied by a variety of </description>
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<title>2006 Chinese New Year </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=624</link>
<description>The Portland Classical Chinese Garden is pleased to invite the entire community to join with us in the celebration of the 2006 Chinese Yew Year. This exuberant festival is accompanied by a variety of </description>
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<title>2006 Chinese New Year </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=623</link>
<description>The Portland Classical Chinese Garden is pleased to invite the entire community to join with us in the celebration of the 2006 Chinese Yew Year. This exuberant festival is accompanied by a variety of </description>
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<title>2006 Chinese New Year </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=622</link>
<description>The Portland Classical Chinese Garden is pleased to invite the entire community to join with us in the celebration of the 2006 Chinese Yew Year. This exuberant festival is accompanied by a variety of </description>
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<title>2006 Chinese New Year </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=621</link>
<description>The Portland Classical Chinese Garden is pleased to invite the entire community to join with us in the celebration of the 2006 Chinese Yew Year. This exuberant festival is accompanied by a variety of </description>
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<title>2006 Chinese New Year </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=620</link>
<description>The Portland Classical Chinese Garden is pleased to invite the entire community to join with us in the celebration of the 2006 Chinese Yew Year. This exuberant festival is accompanied by a variety of </description>
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<title>2006 Chinese New Year </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=619</link>
<description>The Portland Classical Chinese Garden is pleased to invite the entire community to join with us in the celebration of the 2006 Chinese Yew Year. This exuberant festival is accompanied by a variety of </description>
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<title>2006 Chinese New Year </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=618</link>
<description>The Portland Classical Chinese Garden is pleased to invite the entire community to join with us in the celebration of the 2006 Chinese Yew Year. This exuberant festival is accompanied by a variety of </description>
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<title>2006 Chinese New Year </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=617</link>
<description>The Portland Classical Chinese Garden is pleased to invite the entire community to join with us in the celebration of the 2006 Chinese Yew Year. This exuberant festival is accompanied by a variety of </description>
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<title>2006 Chinese New Year </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=616</link>
<description>The Portland Classical Chinese Garden is pleased to invite the entire community to join with us in the celebration of the 2006 Chinese Yew Year. This exuberant festival is accompanied by a variety of </description>
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<title>2006 Chinese New Year </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=615</link>
<description>The Portland Classical Chinese Garden is pleased to invite the entire community to join with us in the celebration of the 2006 Chinese Yew Year. This exuberant festival is accompanied by a variety of </description>
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<title>Happy Hedgehog Day</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=487</link>
<description>Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil and Canada's Wiarton Willie may be more well known, but at the Oregon Zoo, it's the hedgehog that predicts a prolonged winter or an early spring. 

The hedgehog was </description>
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<title>2006 Chinese New Year </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=614</link>
<description>The Portland Classical Chinese Garden is pleased to invite the entire community to join with us in the celebration of the 2006 Chinese Yew Year. This exuberant festival is accompanied by a variety of </description>
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<title>Animals A to Z - Rowdy Primates - Oregon Zoo</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=610</link>
<description>Monkeys go zooming around in the trees; some are smaller than your hand and others are as tall as your mom. Find out how these busy creatures are like you and not like you while Instructor Jennifer Lo</description>
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<title>2006 Chinese New Year </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=613</link>
<description>The Portland Classical Chinese Garden is pleased to invite the entire community to join with us in the celebration of the 2006 Chinese Yew Year. This exuberant festival is accompanied by a variety of </description>
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<title>2006 Chinese New Year </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=612</link>
<description>The Portland Classical Chinese Garden is pleased to invite the entire community to join with us in the celebration of the 2006 Chinese Yew Year. This exuberant festival is accompanied by a variety of </description>
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<title>2006 Chinese New Year</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=611</link>
<description>The Portland Classical Chinese Garden is pleased to invite the entire community to join with us in the celebration of the 2006 Chinese Yew Year. This exuberant festival is accompanied by a variety of </description>
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<title>Mochitsuki 2006 - Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=609</link>
<description>In Portland, the Mochitsuki celebration is in its tenth year and draws over 1,000 people to a lively family event that offers the chance to pound mochi (sticky rice)into soft, chewy cakes. You can als</description>
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<title>Zoolights Festival</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=484</link>
<description>The zoo comes alive as you walk through this winter wonderland of more than a half-million lights. This winter festival includes our lighted zoo train, choral and ensemble music, model railroad displa</description>
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<title>Zoolights Festival</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=483</link>
<description>The zoo comes alive as you walk through this winter wonderland of more than a half-million lights. This winter festival includes our lighted zoo train, choral and ensemble music, model railroad displa</description>
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<title>Zoolights Festival</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=482</link>
<description>The zoo comes alive as you walk through this winter wonderland of more than a half-million lights. This winter festival includes our lighted zoo train, choral and ensemble music, model railroad displa</description>
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<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=481</link>
<description>The zoo comes alive as you walk through this winter wonderland of more than a half-million lights. This winter festival includes our lighted zoo train, choral and ensemble music, model railroad displa</description>
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<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=480</link>
<description>The zoo comes alive as you walk through this winter wonderland of more than a half-million lights. This winter festival includes our lighted zoo train, choral and ensemble music, model railroad displa</description>
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<title>Flying Reindeer Book Signing</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=485</link>
<description>Flying reindeer expert and Oregon Zoo director Tony Vecchio will discuss his reindeer theories while signing the book &quot;Flight of the Reindeer&quot; at Oregon Zoo. He is also asking children around the worl</description>
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<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=479</link>
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<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=478</link>
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<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=477</link>
<description>The zoo comes alive as you walk through this winter wonderland of more than a half-million lights. This winter festival includes our lighted zoo train, choral and ensemble music, model railroad displa</description>
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<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=476</link>
<description>The zoo comes alive as you walk through this winter wonderland of more than a half-million lights. This winter festival includes our lighted zoo train, choral and ensemble music, model railroad displa</description>
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<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=472</link>
<description>The zoo comes alive as you walk through this winter wonderland of more than a half-million lights. This winter festival includes our lighted zoo train, choral and ensemble music, model railroad displa</description>
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<title>Festival of Lights at the Grotto</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=309</link>
<description>Some 500,000 lights illuminate the grounds of the Grotto in Portland during the annual Festival of Lights, which is also the largest choral festival in the Pacific Northwest. The event also features a</description>
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<title>Northwest Film and Video Festival </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=277</link>
<description>Description:
 A juried survey of new moving image arts by independent Northwest film and video makers, the Festival draws over 300 entries in all genres each year and is judged by a prominent filmmak</description>
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<title>Orchid Show and Sale - Oregon Orchid Society</title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=233</link>
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View thousands of beautiful and unusual orchids at the Fall 2005 &quot;Palette of Orchids&quot; Show and Sale. You can buy orchid plants, books, and growing supplies. A Vireya Tropical Rhododendron Show and S</description>
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<title>Howloween at the Oregon Zoo </title>
<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=231</link>
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Let Oregon Zoo provide a fun and safe setting for this traditional Halloween activity. Trick-or-treaters will complete an intriguing scavenger hunt leading them to activity stations around the zoo. </description>
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<title>Orchid Show and Sale - Oregon Orchid Society</title>
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View thousands of beautiful and unusual orchids at the Fall 2005 &quot;Palette of Orchids&quot; Show and Sale. You can buy orchid plants, books, and growing supplies. A Vireya Tropical Rhododendron Show and S</description>
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<link>http://www.desidirectory.com/Usr_Event_Details.asp?region=Portland&amp;EventID=230</link>
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Let Oregon Zoo provide a fun and safe setting for this traditional Halloween activity. Trick-or-treaters will complete an intriguing scavenger hunt leading them to activity stations around the zoo. </description>
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