You can join OPB and KMHD jazz radio at a variety of community events and engagements this year. From screenings to panels and audience Q&A’s, learn more about our events below and check back for event updates.

Explore KMHD’s full community events calendar here.

OPB documentary showcase at Portland Panorama Film Festival

Join us for a special showcase of “Oregon Art Beat” and “Oregon Experience” segments, never before seen on the big screen! Some of our most powerful storytelling comes through visually rich, rigorously researched documentary films.

We’re thrilled to share these stories with you and Portland Panorama to deepen the well of beauty and knowledge about the people and the communities that make up our region.

EVENT DETAILS:

Sunday, April 19 | Program at 12 p.m.

Hollywood Theatre

4122 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland

Tickets available now at opb.org/panorama.

Film Screening: ‘Guardian of the Land’ at Open Signal Microcinema

See Bigfoot through the eyes of Indigenous peoples of the Nch’i-Wána, or Columbia River. This film from OPB’s “Oregon Experience” and LaRonn Katchia (Warm Springs/Wasco/Paiute) looks beyond mainstream portrayals of Bigfoot to explore an Indigenous perspective on the world’s most famous cryptid.

EVENT DETAILS:

Monday, April 27 | 6 p.m.

Open Signal

2766 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Portland

Tickets are free but required. Register and learn more here.

Coffee Date with OPB and Portland Coffee Roasters

Learn about Northwest coffee culture and get an exclusive first taste of OPBEANS, a new coffee collaboration between OPB and Portland Coffee Roasters.

Enjoy live DJ sets from KMHD as you sip coffee. Then dig into the history and impact of coffee roasting in the Northwest with a short film from OPB’s “Superabundant” followed by a panel conversation with OPB’s Crystal Ligori and Heather Arndt Anderson, and special guests Robin Harris (Portland Coffee Roasters) and Morgan Eckroth (@morgandrinkscoffee).

OPBEANS is a 100% women-produced coffee from Honduras available for purchase in June. A $1 donation for every coffee bag sold will go to support OPB.

EVENT DETAILS:

Sunday, May 3

Doors at 1:30 p.m. | Program at 2 p.m.

Holocene

1001 SE Morrison St., Portland

Tickets are free but required. Register now at opb.org/coffeedate.

In conversation with OPB: International Women’s Sports Film Festival

‘Unmatched’ with OPB reporter Kyra Buckley

Join OPB’s Kyra Buckley at the inaugural International Women’s Sports Film Festival for an inside look at the upcoming documentary “Unmatched: The Team That Changed the Beautiful Game, The Untold Story of the 2005 Portland Pilots.”

The film highlights the University of Portland team’s historic, undefeated national championship season, including the players and their lasting impact on soccer.

Get a special sneak peak as we screen a clip from “Unmatched,” followed by a panel conversation with Kyra, the director and featured voices from the film.

EVENT DETAILS:

Saturday, May 2 | 12 p.m.

The Judy

1000 SW Broadway, Portland

Find tickets and learn more at opb.org/unmatched.

Film Tour: ‘First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath’

Watch the film | Meet the people | Connect with history in person

Join us with OPB producer Jessie Sears (Karuk) as we kick off our film tour for “First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath.”

In 2025, 28 Indigenous youth completed a 300-mile, 30-day river expedition, becoming the first to paddle the entire Klamath River from source to sea since four major dams were removed. An “Oregon Field Guide” special, “First Descent” brings you an inside look at this emotional, historic and triumphant journey.

This event is part of a series of community screening events happening across Oregon in 2026. Check back for information about future event dates and locations.

Event details are subject to change. Check back for updates.