Every year, the City of Roses throws itself a big party, and this year the Portland Rose Festival (May 24 – June 9) has adopted ”Portland’s Party” as its theme, promising more fun and festivity than ever. Best of all, you’re invited! The fest kicks off with a spectacular fireworks show on Friday, May 24. For a [...]
This year’s annual pride celebration, Pride Northwest (June 15-16), is getting an extra injection of fun, courtesy of local event organizer Samuel Thomas. The founder of the Portland Queer Music Festival, who’s in the process of creating a new LGBTQ club and music venue in downtown Portland, took time to plan a Big Gay Dance Party [...]
Photo by Kara Howland, via Flickr It’s an annual tradition: When the (Gregorian) calendar turns to a new year, Portland’s Lan Su Chinese Garden celebrates with Great Eight Free Days (Jan. 5-12, 2013). From 10 a.m.-5 p.m. each of these eight days, you can visit the lovely urban oasis at no cost (general admission is [...]
Update: As of Jan. 5, there are no longer restricted viewing hours for Lily — she’s integrated with the herd and can be seen during general zoo hours. Portland got an early holiday gift this year with the Nov. 30 birth of a baby elephant at the Oregon Zoo. Dubbed Lily by popular vote, she was [...]
For the fourth holiday season in a row, Downtown Portland is home to a select handful of pop-up shops. The boutiques all debut today (Nov. 8 ) and will remain open for your gift-giving needs through Dec. 31. Emit (535 S.W. Sixth Ave.) blends performance fabrics and modern silhouettes to create bold, distinctive women’s apparel [...]
Portland loves food. And even in this perpetually dining-obsessed city, this month is something special. The countdown is on to Portland’s first international food festival, Feast Portland, Sept. 20-23. The fest is made up of many different events (tastings, dinners, lectures, classes) — several of which are already sold out. But, whether you’re feeling peckish [...]
In Portland, it’s an annual tradition to complain about how late summer is. What can I say? It takes a lot of clouds to make the rain that keeps our trees green and our flowers abloom, so by July, we’re all more than ready for a long string of warm, sunny days. Luckily, summer always [...]
Every summer, Portland’s neighborhoods — from east to west, north to south — put on their own hyper-local parties. You could spend nearly every weekend exploring these retail districts while enjoying live music, food and local color. Mississippi Street Fair – July 14 Featuring live music on five stages, this is one of the city’s [...]
Last Saturday, I — along with 3,000 other folks — indulged in the annual Portland food cart festival known as Eat Mobile. Three thousand people + 52 carts = lots of lines. But each wait was rewarded with a delicious sample. I focused on trying out new-to-me carts and came away with several favorites: Fuego [...]
A roundup of my favorite Portland-related things from the past few days. In delicious culinary news: Waffle Window to open second location in Northeast Portland First Look Inside Salt & Straw NW, Opening Friday West Coast’s first paleo food cart coming to N.E. Alberta Street Weird stuff: Retirement plans for Portland’s urban chickens in the [...]
