Resources: Leisure Entertainment

  • Multnomah County Central Library
    801 SW 10th Ave.
    Portland
    OR
    97205-2520
    503-988-5123

    hours:10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Monday, Thursday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday; noon-5 p.m., Sunday.
    Most metro area libraries have "cultural passes" you can check out for free with your library card. Multnomah County's Cultural Pass is good at the Portland Children's Museum.

  • Oregon Zoo
    4001 SW Canyon Road
    Portland
    OR
    97221-2705
    503-226-1561
    http://www.oregonzoo.org

    hours:9 a.m.-4 p.m. daily.
    On the Second Tuesday of each month admission to the zoo is only two dollars.

  • Write Around Portland
    917 SW Oak St.
    #406
    Portland
    OR
    97205-2838
    503 796 9224
    http://www.writearound.org

    hours:9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday.
    Nonprofit organization for writers. Provides facilitated workshops in safe, accessible and respectful environments for people to write and share. Holds community readings to promote the exchange of stories. Publishes anthologies to connect writers and readers.