Portland Walking Tours was recently featured on MERGE!, a TV magazine-format show hosted by the irrepressible Kelsey Beer (perfect name for someone doing features on Portland, isn’t it?) airing on KPDX-TV. In case you missed it, here’s the link. Enjoy!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Today is the first day of the Saturday Farmers Market. Come down to the South Park Blocks to do your St. Patty’s Day shopping… we’re not sure how much corned beef they will have on hand… but we guarantee they’ll have all the potatoes and cabbage you’ll need to celebrate in [...]
“Wicked,” the musical by Steven Schwartz based on the Gregory Maguire novel of the same name, has obtained significant publicity for its upcoming blast through Portland next month. And it’s a great show, definitely worth seeing. It’s strong evidence that Portland is on the map theater-wise and on the radar for national companies seeking enthusiastic [...]
Portland’s history is just as rich and diverse, if not moreso, as its current population (although perhaps not quite as “diverse” as portrayed on the hit IFC series, “Portlandia”). Because we are such a forward-thinking city, however, many people remain unaware of the contributions of our African-American historic figures. This Black History Month, why not [...]
It’s the year of the dragon according to the traditional Chinese calendar. In celebration the Lan Su Garden is hosting a variety of special activities and demonstrations all weekend. You can find a full schedule of events on their website. There will even be Lion Dances on both Saturday (1/28) and Sunday (1/29) at noon. [...]
OK… the TNT show Leverage is now entering its 5th season. Since season 2 the series has been filmed in Portland, but the show’s setting has been Boston. Imagine lots of Portland locations interspersed with stock footage of the Boston skyline. While that has made for great audience participation games of who-can-guest-the-on-screen-location-first… we are all [...]
Tonight is start of the 57th annual Christmas Ship Parade. A flotilla of colorful light-festooned ships will begin its holiday parade season on the Willamette. Tonight’s parade will have the fleet sailing from OMSI to the Fremont Bridge and back. The parade should last about 2 hours and should offer plenty of opportunities for some [...]
The 16th Annual Holiday Ale Fest returns this Wednesday (11/30) and runs through Sunday (12/4) to Pioneer Courthouse Square. This year will feature some of the best special holiday ales from 40 different local and regional craft brewers. Long gone are the days of the burly men in wool sipping their homebrew around a fire [...]
We wish everyone a safe and happy Halloween! Don’t forget to stop by the store on your way home to grab some treats for the kiddies… (Heck… you might as well grab some treats for yourself too while you’re at it… you deserve it). If you don’t get your fill of ghosts and goblins on [...]
The new NBC show Grimm debuts this Friday. It’s a crime drama with a twist… the story lines are all inspired by Grimm Brothers fairy tales. The best part about it… is that the show will actually be set in Portland and feature Portland locations in the stories. Given that the co-creator of the show [...]
