Roux 2026 Highlights Women, Returns This Weekend To Portland

A panel discussion from a past Roux.
Speakers at a past Roux in Portland, Oregon. Photo credit: Roux.

This weekend is Roux 2026, a (mostly) annual multi-day event that focuses on women in food. It is a “series of dinners, brunches, parties, panels and food-centric experiences.” This year it takes place from Friday, October 9 to Sunday, October 11 at locations in Northwest and Northeast Portland.

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Win Big: Shop Small This Holiday Season in Portland

Win Big when you shop small.

You may have heard of Small Business Saturday, which is one of the three big shopping days of the early holiday season (the others being Black Friday and Cyber Monday). But here in Portland, there’s a local effort to encourage shopping at small businesses in Portland for a month, from November 14 to December 15! And that would be the Win Big campaign from Small Shops Big Hearts, part of Bricks Need Mortar, which supports Oregon’s independent retailers.

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