Community Events Portland, Oregon

All are welcome to join us for a rollicking good time with the Trackers Community. Bring your favorite local or wild foods (label ingredients please). Many nights have a theme, from post civilization fashion to an all hallows eve hoedown, we rock out living with land every time.

• Bring a local or wild foods dish Either one is great. Remember to only cook and serve foods you know 100% and if you don't know wild foods, buy, harvest and bring local
• Come ready to dance Even if you think you're to cool for it, which none of are

Required Read our Boundaries and Needs (below) to see if this event is a good fit for you.

Upcoming Events

The Wild Folk Fashion Show February 26, 2010 7pm-11pm Join us for a fashion showing of wearable folk craft and art. FTop this off with a wild runway showing the fashion designs of other local artists and craftspeople. This evening also features a live performance from internationally renowned Tuvan throat singer Soriah.

Boundaries and Needs

Trackers requires an environment that keeps the community and every individual safe. If you can agree to and follow the terms below, then please come. If you cannot go elsewhere.

• Absolutely NO DRUGS allowed No compromises. Not on your person, in your pack, your car or anywhere. Not abiding this will get you banned from every Trackers location for life.
• Respect beginning and ending times We have volunteers overseeing most events so we need to value their time.
• We do not accept dangerous activities, incurring emotional distress beyond the scope of our volunteers and staff, racist, sexist and otherwise bigoted behavior, accusatory and aggressive unsolicited advise, expectations that participants or staff conform to another person's aggressively specific moral values and overwhelming, unspoken or indirect verbal, written or physically aggressive behavior.
• We don't throw wild parties This means respecting that we live in a neighborhood. We will shut the party down or ask specific instigators to leave at the first sign of things growing beyond the original scope.
• Don't congregate outside ESPECIALLY with alcohol The latter practice is illegal and we will ask you to leave the premises immediately. The former practice is out of respect to the families that live around us.
• Know what you bring to potlucks Never risk people's safety with improperly prepared or poorly identified food. A couple of banned food items...
  • Wild carrots are NOT allowed (misidentified to easily)
  • Wild mushrooms that are NOT clearly and easily identified are NOT allowed
  • Any plant, animal or mushroom with a clear poisonous look alike are NOT allowed
• We get to ask anyone to leave if they are mean to us or anyone else Nuff' said