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Foot Traffic
A running store with four locations in Portland that hosts free group runs every night of the week and organizes two half marathons annually.
Oregon Road Runners Club
The second oldest running club in Oregon, formed in 1970, with over 1000 members and recognized as the largest running club in the west.
Portland Running Company
A running store in downtown Portland that organizes group runs of various distances and types on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
Red Lizard Running Club
A running club formed in 1992 that hosts free group runs every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday evenings, welcoming all non-members.
A Notion, A Scream
A Portland activist choir founded in 2024 that performs music by living composers and songs with social justice messages to support local causes.
Low Bar Chorale
A drop-in rock choir in Portland that does not rehearse or hold auditions, designed for people who think or have been told they can't sing.
Portland Gay Men's Chorus
One of the oldest gay men's choruses in the country, founded in 1980 during the Gay Liberation Movement, with over 200 active members.
Voices Rock Portland Metro Area
A community choir offering two separate rehearsal groups in Portland and Beaverton that combine for a shared performance, focusing on pop and rock music in a supportive, social environment.
Wild Rose Resistance Choir
A street choir in Portland formerly known as Ceasefire Chorus, singing at marches, farmers markets, and community events since December 2023.
Yelling Choir
An avant-garde performance choir in Portland composed of femme, women, and nonbinary artists that prizes emotional expression over following notes on a staff.
Portland Bicycling Club
Portland's premiere bicycle club that promotes cycling in youth and the community through donations and time contributions to local non-profits.
The Portland Yoga Project
Yoga and movement studio in Portland, Maine offering classes and community events.
Portland Photographic Society
A co-ed camera club in Portland, Oregon, founded in 1940 to provide photographers of all levels with opportunities to improve skills, share knowledge, and participate in field trips and educational programs.
Bag&Baggage
A theater company based in Hillsboro, adjacent to Portland, bringing new twists to classic plays.
Chapel Theater
A theater company located in Milwaukie, near Portland, offering new interpretations of classic plays.
CoHo Productions
A Portland theater company producing works ranging from Dickensian classics to Beckett-esque absurdity at CoHo Theatre.
Curious Comedy Theater
A Portland theater company specializing in standup, improv, and plays with minimal staging, spoof, and solo work.
Lakewood Theater
A veteran theater company in Lake Oswego, near Portland, bringing new twists to classic plays.
Milagro Theatre
A bilingual theater company in Portland's Central Eastside dedicated to Latiné-American arts and culture for over 30 years.
Original Practice Shakespeare
A Portland-based Shakespeare company offering free, open-air performances to the community.
Portland Center Stage
Portland's largest theater company producing full-scale musicals and avant-garde plays at The Armory and Ellyn Bye Studio.
Portland Shakespeare Project
A local Shakespeare company performing at Artists Repertory Theatre, primarily during the summer season.
Theatre Vertigo
A longstanding small Portland theater company tackling everything from Dickensian classics to Beckett-esque absurdity.
Willamette Shakespeare
A community theater group offering free, open-air Shakespeare performances in Portland.
Working Theater Collective
A newer Portland theater company bringing polish to postmodern and absurd works while workshoping new scripts.
Bird Alliance of Oregon
An organization that hosts the Christmas Bird Count and conducts year-round greenspace surveys to monitor bird populations for urban conservation efforts.
Cascade Aids Project
The oldest and largest community-based provider of HIV services in Oregon and Southwest Washington, offering housing, education, and advocacy through volunteer support.
Friends of South Park Blocks
A community group dedicated to keeping South Park Blocks a thriving community space, organizing volunteer activities in the park.
Friends of Trees
An organization that has played a major role in keeping neighborhoods, parks, and natural areas healthy by supplying them with saplings for planting.
Friends of Tryon Creek
A nonprofit dedicated to preserving the 660 acres of Tryon Creek, an urban second-growth forest just outside Portland, through volunteer stewardship.
Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette
A health center organization providing sexual and reproductive health care services, with volunteers assisting with drop-in events, patient escorting, and administrative tasks.
Portland Parks & Recreation
The City of Portland's Parks & Recreation department that welcomes volunteers to work alongside their teams on various projects including trail maintenance and garden care.
Portland Street Medicine
A volunteer clinical team that brings care directly to Portland's unhoused community members, providing first aid, wound care, and connections to specialty care.
SOLVE
A nonprofit organization dedicated to keeping Portland's outdoor spaces and waterways free of litter and waste through cleanup and restoration projects.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness Multnomah
A grassroots mental health organization that serves the community through mental health support groups, peer-led educational events, and classes.
Urban Gleaners
A nonprofit that reduces food waste by redistributing unused, fresh, and nutritious food from local businesses and farms to community members in need.
The Language Exchange
Founded in 1992, this community of open-minded people in Portland, Maine, focuses on language learning, cultural understanding, and building lifelong relationships with speakers of other languages.
Portland Art Guild
A supportive, inclusive nonprofit group of art enthusiasts in Portland, OR, offering low-cost art classes, exhibition opportunities, and volunteer roles for members of all skill levels.
Decompress and Connect
A meditation, mindfulness, and social group in Portland that fosters connection, sharing, and practice among people of all traditions through regular activities and social events.
Gathered Heart Buddhist Meditation Community
A Theravāda Buddhist community held in a private home in Oregon City, emphasizing grounding in the suttas and building an intimate sense of sangha.
Inner Peace Meditation Class
A meditation group offering both online and onsite classes at the Oregon Meditation Center in Portland, OR, led by experienced instructors to help participants manage stress and find inner peace.
Open Door Meditation Community
Open Door Meditation Community is a group based in southern Maine that meets virtually over Zoom every Tuesday and in person in Portland on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Sundays. All practice levels are welcome.
Pacific Northwest Meditation Community
A diverse Buddhist community emphasizing social justice and universal truths, with sessions in SE Portland and virtual meetings, plus Zoom-based affinity groups for neurodiverse individuals.
Portland Community of Mindful Living
A peer-led Buddhist community following Thich Nhat Hanh's eclectic style, offering beginner-friendly sessions in SE Portland and virtual meetings.
Portland Friends of the Dhamma
A Buddhist community following the Thai Forest tradition of Ajahn Chah, offering morning and evening sessions in SE Portland, weekend retreats, and a children's program.
Portland Insight Meditation Community
A Theravāda Buddhist group led by Ruth Denison, offering morning and evening sessions in SE Portland, retreats, courses, and specialized groups for women and elders.
Portland Zen Center
A Soto Zen community following Maezumi Roshi and Shodo Harada Roshi, offering morning and evening sessions in NE Portland and hosting affinity groups for LGBTQIA+ and engaged Buddhism.
Shasta Zen Center
An urban monastery connected with Shasta Abbey, offering residential training programs, regular courses, workshops, and a children's program in NE Portland.
Wise Spirit Buddhist Community
A Theravāda Buddhist community following Ruth Dennison's lineage, offering evening sessions in SE Portland and hosting courses, sutta study classes, and retreats.
Friends of Portland Community Gardens
Advocacy resource for the Portland gardening community providing communal supplies like compost and tools to gardeners.
Grow Portland
Connects gardeners of all abilities with learning opportunities to grow their own food.
Growing Gardens
Provides garden installation, seeds, compost, tools, educational workshops for families, and runs school gardens and correctional institute programs.
Multnomah County Master Gardeners
Provides educational resources including garden classes, plant pest and disease diagnosis for the community.
The Portland Garden Club
A member organization dedicated to stimulating knowledge and love of gardening, protecting native trees, plants, and birds, and improving civic beauty through conservation and education programs.
Portland Film
We're the original and largest film club in Oregon. Setup like a book club, we select one movie and meet to watch and then discuss the film. We prefer a variety of new and old films; which means we will meet at movie theaters, private homes and special locations for screenings.
Portland Movie Club
A film discussion group for movie enthusiasts in Portland and Beaverton that meets regularly to watch and discuss movies, recommend films, and socialize over drinks.
Bridgetown Trivia
A multivenue trivia company operating in Portland with regular nights at various locations including The Oaks Pub and Ringlers.
Dave's Trivia
Hosted at Occidental Brewing by bartender Dave, who writes and asks questions focusing on geography and the Cold War with a challenging difficulty level.
Geeks Who Drink
A national trivia company with a strong presence in Portland, hosting over 700 weekly trivia nights with high production values and local hosts.
King Trivia
A national trivia company with a Portland presence, hosting regular trivia nights at locations like Paul's Elbow Room.
Know Shit Trivia
Formerly known as the Bar Exam, this Portland trivia night features current events and this-week-in-history rounds with a strong host personality.
Last Call Trivia
A national trivia company operating in Portland with local hosts providing personality to generic trivia nights, featuring online answer submission.
Not Rocket Science Trivia
A national trivia company with a Portland presence, offering easier trivia suitable for multigenerational teams at family-friendly venues like Level 2.
PDX Trivia
A Portland-based trivia company offering regular trivia nights with screen-projected questions and a final general-knowledge round worth double points.
Rain Brain Trivia
A multivenue trivia company operating in Portland with regular nights at locations like Little Beast Brewing.
Rip City Trivia
A multivenue trivia company operating in Portland with regular nights at locations like Coasters Brew Pub.
ShanRock's Triviology
A long-running Portland bar trivia night started in 2005 by Shannon Donaldson, featuring a mix of pop culture and book learning questions.
Trivia with Sam
A Portland trivia night featuring screen-projected questions and a final Jeopardy-style gamble, hosted at Up North Surf Club.
Trust Your Gut Trivia
A Portland-based trivia night hosted at Thirsty Sasquatch in Vancouver, offering regular trivia sessions.
Untapped Trivia
Originally started at the Untapped growler fill house in 2016, this trivia group now hosts events at over a dozen spots around Portland with varied topics and difficulty levels.
Barre 3
Portland's homegrown boutique fitness chain offering classes that mix ballet, pilates, and yoga with cardio and strength training.
Barry's
A boutique gym chain offering high-intensity interval training classes with a focus on speed and strength.
Ecdysiast
A size- and gender-inclusive pole dancing studio in downtown Portland offering taster and beginner classes for newbies and seasoned dancers.
Firelight Yoga
A North Portland yoga studio offering hot, warm, and unheated yoga classes including restorative, vinyasa, and HIIT.
Knot Springs
A gym and spa in Portland offering group studio and fitness classes including strength conditioning, aerial yoga, and sound baths.
Lone Fir Fitness
Lone Fir Fitness is a Portland-based gym offering personal training, strength and conditioning classes, pilates, yoga, massage, and nutrition services. It fosters a friendly community through regular classes, social events like Friendsgiving, Beer Keg strongman events, and an annual camping trip. Open to all ages and fitness levels, it emphasizes a supportive, member-driven environment.
MegaBurn Fitness
A high-intensity workout blending strength training and balance on a modified reformer, offered in Southeast Portland and Hillsboro.
Prism Moves
A nonprofit gym in Boise offering inclusive fitness classes with a focus on accessibility and community for beginners.
Hike It Baby
A parenting group connecting parents and young children with outdoor activities to foster a love of nature and regular exercise.
PANW's Baby Hour Parent Group
Weekly drop-in gatherings for new parents (moms and dads) to share experiences in a supportive environment, facilitated by certified lactation consultants.
Portland Area Working Moms
A private Facebook group for working parents of infants and toddlers to support each other through the unique challenges of balancing work and parenting.
Portland MOPS
A nationally recognized organization dedicated to mothers with babies and children of all ages, fostering community through shared parenting experiences.
The Portland Mom Collective
A community meeting both online and offline to support parents from early infancy through late teens, offering resources and forums for connection.
Code & Coffee - Beaverton
An inclusive, informal co‑working session where participants bring a laptop, sip a beverage of choice, and work or chat together. It meets weekly at Fly Chai in Beaverton (Portland metro area) and welcomes drop‑ins at any time. The low‑pressure, small‑crowd format encourages networking and collaboration among tech enthusiasts.
Papers We Love PDX
A community group for developers and tech enthusiasts in Portland who share and discuss interesting papers and technical content.
Portland Tech Community
A volunteer-powered meetup group that brings together the Portland tech community to explore tech concepts and uplift each other.
Center 55+
A senior center and transportation program in Portland offering educational, recreational, and social activities for older adults to promote active and healthy lifestyles.
Senior Drop-in Center
Senior Drop-in Center at South Portland Community Center offers free daily activities.
The Community for Positive Aging
The Community for Positive Aging supports Portlanders 55+ with services, advocacy, and community.
EO Portland
EO Portland is a non-profit network of like-minded entrepreneurs in Portland focused on business growth, personal development, and community engagement through experience-based activities.
PDX Midtown Strikes Back
A weekly ritual for Portland entrepreneurs, freelancers, and builders to connect authentically, share wins, and seek real-time help without forced small talk or traditional networking.
Portland Women's Social Circle
A monthly social group for women in Portland, Maine, divided into two age-based groups (20s-40s and 50+) to foster friendship and connection through regular in-person events.
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