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Get your art on, people, it’s (nearly) fall in Portland—and that means even more art. All flavors of music. Visual art. Performance. Dance. Storytelling. Festivals, shows, and on-going series that will surely amuse, entertain and inspire. All coming at you in rapid succession. Here's a snapshot of the wide-ranging must-see events of the upcoming fall arts season. Enjoy! Sack Lunch Concerts at the Old Church more...
Green Tour de Force: 9th Annual Build It Green! Home Tour on September 25 Tickets are on sale for the 9th annual Build It Green! Home Tour on Saturday, September 25. Included in the 21-home tour is a straw bale house—the first to be permitted in Portland—and a Victorian home that received energy-saving upgrades from the Clean Energy Works program. There will be contractors and homeowners at each site to share their more...
While most environmental advocates are fighting to keep our skies blue, our water clear, and our outdoor air clean, the Josiah Hill III Clinic wants to make our indoor environment a healthy place to live. Not many people realize that our indoor air is generally 5-20 times more polluted than the air we’re breathing in the great outdoors, and we spend up to 90% of our time inside, blissfully unaware of the increased risks. There more...
Bald eagles come to visit their friends at the Oregon Zoo. People spot them in the trees outside the cage and ask the zoo to check if some of their animals escaped. Maybe you've seen a bald eagle: they're prevalent in and around Portland. Along the zoo's Cascade Canyon Trail, I walk with Amy Cutting, assistant curator of the Great Northwest exhibit. She tells me the first time a bull elk showed up on the other side of the more...
Six Great Things to Do This Weekend... Do it yourself, do it with friends, but do it soon. Summer's making its curtain call, but there's still plenty to do while it lasts. Scavenge the city for a hidden treasure, dance with giant puppets or drink the Oregon moonshine (i.e. small-batch microbrews). LEARN Wild Foods in Wilderness Survival Where: 4125 N Colonial Avenue When: Sunday, August 29, 1 p.m.-4 more...
Wrecking Ball Might Soon Come for the Dirty Duck in Old Town-Chinatown The Bureau of Development Services (BDS) is requesting responses for the demolition of the historic brick Kiernan Building, built in 1916 at the corner of Northwest 3rd and Glisan which, until recently, was the home of Gail's Dirty Duck Tavern. The applicant, the neighboring Blanchet House, seeks to demo the one-story building in order to construct a more...
Laurelhurst Pond and Thomas Cully Park to Share Sludge Restoration of Laurelhurst Pond is underway. The first step in the process is to reduce the amount of sediment, comprised of sand and organic material, which will increase the depth of the water. Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) will install several features to improve circulation and prevent the sludge from collecting at the bottom. This will help to keep the more...
Farm, left to right: Justin Heilenbach (owner), Matt Schoch, Tim Pote and Beth Peisner. Photo: Heather Zinger. Portland Farmers Market at PSU is known well beyond our fair city for its lovely location along the downtown Park Blocks and its huge range of purveyors selling everything from beautiful produce to work-of-art pastries, artisan breads and local brews. Less well-known are the close to 20 smaller farmers markets more...
Proposed Ecological Learning Plaza at PSU PSU Proposes Ecological Learning Plaza Downtown Portland State University and the State of Oregon's Board of Higher Education are seeking approval to create an "Ecological Learning Plaza" on the block of downtown land intersected by Park, Jackson, Broadway and Hall. Having already demolished the one-story modular building east of Shattuck Hall, the applicants are more...
Six Great Things to Do This Weekend... LEARN Obonfest 2010 Where: The Oregon Buddhist Temple, 3720 SE 34th Avenue, near Powell When: Saturday, August 7, 3 p.m.-9 p.m. Cost: FREE Tip: Come hungry! This year's Obonfest features food items: yakisoba, yakiniku, yakitori, shave ice, manju, chirashi sushi, beer garden, soft drinks and Spam musubi. This ancient Buddhist ceremony originated in Japan as a way to more...