Festivals

Orchards, pumpkin patches, and corn mazes

Halloween happenings

Haunted houses

• Outside The Frame Film Festival | Tuesday, Oct. 3 | 6-7:30 p.m. | Linfield University, 900 SE Baker St., McMinnville | Free | Participants will present a spectrum of heartwarming, challenging, informative, and playful short films.
• The Zombies | Tuesday, Oct. 3 | 8 p.m. | Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., Portland | $59.50 | These Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees are back with their long-awaited new album, “Different Game.”

• Forest Park Ivy Removal | Wednesday, Oct. 4 | 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | Holman Lane Trailhead, Portland | Free | Volunteer and enjoy nature while helping keep Forest Park healthy and beautiful — dress for the weather.
• Cultural Performance: Koto Harp | Wednesday, Oct. 4 | 1:15-2:15 p.m. | Portland Japanese Garden, 611 SW Kingston Ave., Portland | $15.95-$21.95 | Hear one of Japan’s most prominent historical instruments, performed by Mitsuki Dazai.
• Special Event: Emo Philips | Wednesday, Oct. 4 | 7:30 p.m. | Helium Comedy Club, 1510 SE 9th Ave., Portland | $27 | Catch the comedian known as “the best joke writer in America.”

• Bookmark | Thursday, Oct. 5 | 5:30-8 p.m. | Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave., Portland | $500+ | Join the annual fundraising gala to celebrate the words and stories that inspire, connect, and transform communities.

• Starting next summer, Providence Park will begin hosting outdoor concerts for the first time since 2005. Tickets for the Foo Fighters’ ”Everything or Nothing At All” tour go on sale this Friday, Oct. 6, at 10 a.m. (The Oregonian/Oregon Live)

• The Super Kids Re-Sale will bring clothes, shoes, books, and toys to the old Gresham K-Mart through Sunday, Oct. 8. Parents can buy secondhand goods from over 700 consignors at a low price, or offload lightly used goods. (KOIN)

• The Northeast Portland home of Native jazz musician and composer Jim Pepper has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. It’s also the headquarters of the Jim Pepper Native Arts Council, which supports Indigenous musical education. (The Oregonian/Oregon Live)

• New research conducted at Oregon State University suggests that photo-sharing apps like Instagram aren’t driving overcrowding in state parks. The research, which combed 18 years of data across 50 parks, indicated that viral photos of less-popular parks — like Silver Falls — correlated with ~4% growth. (OPB)

• Tom McCall Bowl Beach is looking shipshape after volunteers removed riprap rock from the riverbank. Volunteers in partnership with the Human Access Project removed tons of the angular, erosion-resistant stones, improving river access and shallow water habitats. (KOIN)

• Portland ranked No. 2 on WalletHub’s list of best foodie cities in the US, second only to Orlando. Portland won out in restaurants per capita, accessibility of highly rated restaurants, and wineries per capita. (WalletHub)