The Mercury's Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for October 6-12

"Sure, a certain someone claims you live in a war-torn hellscape pockmarked by domestic terrorists, fire, and whatever brimstone is. But it's a gorgeous day, right?! You've got many reasons to wear your little fall outfit this week, as the leaves gently turn and the National Guard is less gently told they can't come to brunch. Events-wise, we've got the Portland Fermentation Festival (which promises a Bacterial Petting Zoo), and sci-fi bookshop Parallel Worlds reopening in an expanded space."

"Roux Highlighting women in food, Roux's week-long citywide itinerary includes culinary trivia hosted by Untapped Trivia, a dessert and cocktail pop-up, a live podcast taping of Loading Dock Talks with chef Preeti Mistry, a chef competition, and much more. Bite into delicious chef collabs, hear from local women business owners, and get a food flash tattoo ; the world is your oyster at this flavorful festival."

"Curated in conjunction with North Pole Studio, an arts organization and gallery supporting artists with autism and intellectual and developmental disabilities, Dan Tran's Calendars devises a whole new way to express the passage of time. Each day, the artist "draws a single symbol in one compartment of a self-made grid on sheets of standard copy paper," until the sheets are filled with fields of bright color and invented imagery."

Pleasant fall weather coincides with a lively week of Portland events and reopenings. Roux is a week-long citywide food festival highlighting women in food with culinary trivia, dessert and cocktail pop-ups, a Loading Dock Talks podcast taping with chef Preeti Mistry, chef competitions, collaborations, talks by local women business owners, and food flash tattoos. The Portland Fermentation Festival offers interactive elements such as a Bacterial Petting Zoo. Sci-fi bookshop Parallel Worlds reopens in an expanded space. Dan Tran's Calendars, created with North Pole Studio, presents over 1,000 hand-drawn calendar sheets arranged chronologically that produce vivid fields of invented imagery.

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