"I'll see the Portland Fermentation Festival take over the Ecotrust Building on October 19 after a three-year pandemic hiatus; visitors will be able to make a vegetable ferment at a DIY fermentation station, attend fermentation demos, sample fermented food and drinks, and build community, and this year the festival adds a bacterial petting zoo featuring SCOBYs, cultures, and vinegar mothers, with Fermentation School co-founder and author Kirsten Shockey delivering the keynote; tickets are $15 to $30 in advance or $20 to $35 the day of." - Janey Wong