The Freakybuttrue Peculiarium and Museum, 2234 NW Thurman St.

Foot Traffic Sellwood, 1260 SE Lambert St., Ste. 101

Washougal Waterfront Park, 56 S. First St., Washougal, WA

North American Bigfoot Center, 31297 SE, US-26, Boring

Bonneville Fish Hatchery, 70543 NE Herman Lp., Cascade Locks

• Shemanski Park Farmers Market | Wednesday, June 28 | 10 a.m.-2 p.m. | Southwest Park Avenue + Southwest Main Street, Portland | Free | Shop for farm-fresh and locally made food under a lush canopy of trees in the heart of downtown Portland.

• “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” | Thursday, June 29-Sunday, July 2 | 7:30 p.m. | Portland Center Stage, 128 NW 11th Ave., Portland | $25-$93 | Embark on a beguiling odyssey full of mistaken identities, misguided passions, love potions, and magical spells.

• Track Night 2023 | Friday, June 30 | 2-9 p.m. | Portland International Raceway, 1940 N. Victory Blvd., Portland | $170-$190 | Fasten your seat belt and take your own vehicle for a speedy spin on a real racecourse.

• Nickelback: Get Rollin’ Tour | Saturday, July 1 | 6:30 p.m. | RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater, 17200 NE Delfel Rd., Ridgefield | $45-$151 | We have just one question: What Are You Waiting For?

• Tanabata, The Star Festival | Sunday, July 2 | 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. | Portland Japanese Garden, 611 SW Kingston Ave., Portland | $15.95-$21.95 | Learn the story behind this festival commemorating the one day each year when two stars — said to be lovers in ancient Chinese folklore — meet in the sky.

• Zadie Smith: critically acclaimed fiction writer, essayist, and playwright
• Mary Beard: a classicist and the author of many books on the ancient world
• David Grann: a bestselling nonfiction author and New Yorker staff writer
• Charles Yu: National Book Award winner
• Aimee Nezhukumatathil: an award-winning poet and author of the bestselling “World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments”

• The country’s oldest active tofu shop will open a second production facility by the end of the year. Ota Tofu opened in 1911 in Northwest Portland, moving seven decades later to its present-day location in the Buckman neighborhood. The expansion to North Portland will include retail space and customer seating. (The Oregonian/Oregon Live)

• McMenamin’s Zeus Café is now Hal’s Café. The downtown Portland restaurant wedged between West Burnside and Southwest Harvey Milk streets was renamed to honor longtime employee Hal Finkelstein who died in 2022. The menu is also sporting new additions, like Hal’s favorite smoked steelhead Benedict. (Willamette Week)

• A costume from the Oscar-winning film “Everything Everywhere All at Once” will go on display Friday, June 30, at Movie Madness Video. The business in the Sunnyside neighborhood placed the winning bid on the outfit worn by actor Michelle Yeoh during a benefit auction for the Transgender Law Center. (KOIN)

• A Beaverton baker is competing in Season 2 of “Is It Cake?” Watch Liz Marek, a self-described “born and raised Oregonian,” create confectionary replicas of ordinary, non-cake items — like piles of t-shirts, shoes, and crustaceans — starting Friday, June 30, on Netflix. You can also attend her online cake-decorating school. (The Oregonian/Oregon Live)

• Dreaming of a trip abroad this summer? Babbel offers lesson plans for 14 different languages spoken throughout the world. Prep for the trip of your dreams with bite-sized, 10-minute lessons that will help you start speaking a new language in just three weeks.*