The Best Cheap And Free Deals In Town This Week

[April 15th, 2009]

SIT CHEAP: Portland Center Stage is selling tickets for the rest of its season for $25 each from midnight to 11 pm Wednesday, April 15. 445-3700 or pcs.org using the code “DEAL.”

HIKE: The Mount St. Helens Institute kicks off a 14-week series of free guided Sunday hikes with the 7-mile Hamilton Mountain Loop. Gifford Pinchot National Forest, 10600 NE 51st Circle, Vancouver. 9 am Sundays, April 19-Oct. 25. Register online at mshinstitute.org/Sunday Hikes. All ages.

LISTEN: Weinland builds misty folk out of organ and twang. The band’s McMenamins tour is about as Oregon as it gets. Kennedy School, 5736 NE 33rd Ave., mcmenamins.com. 7 pm Thursday, April 16. Free. All ages.

HUNT: Over 250 sellers gather in one big-ass garage sale to benefit Portland Rescue Mission. Portland Expo Center, 2060 N Marine Drive, portlandgsale.com. 8 am-4 pm Saturday, April 18. $3, kids free.