It’s September in Portland and everywhere! Are you clutching your Tevas for dear life or knitting yourself a sweater and swan-diving into fall? Either way, there are some great things happening this month both online and in-person to make the seasonal transition nice and easy during an otherwise all-around fraught time in the world. We’ve rounded up the biggest happenings below, from Art in the Pearl to the Portland Latin American Film Festival to a virtual talk with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead. Want even more options? Check out our complete streaming, in-person, and protests & resistance calendars.
SEPTEMBER 2-12
FILM
Venice VR Expanded 2020
The Venice International Film Festival’s official creative virtual reality competition is offering its programming online and in select venues around the world, and the Portland Art Museum just so happens to be one of the satellite locations partnering with the Venice Biennale! That means that you, a P-Town dweller, will be one of the first to see projects from well-known and independent artists from 24 countries. You’ll purchase tickets in one-hour increments and select from 39 different virtual-reality experiences, and then you’ll select a headset. From there, you’ll have 50 minutes to watch projects and participate in them.
Portland Art Museum (Downtown)