Join 300,000 other people at Waterfront Park this weekend to celebrate the Mexican army’s 1862 defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla.
The Cinco de Mayo festival, held at Waterfront Park between the Hawthorne and Morrison bridges, is sponsored by the non-profit Portland Guadalajara Sister City Association. Enjoy the rides, music and [...]

Hall of Records is a Portland record store, coffeehouse, and bar with a fantastic vinyl collection, a great business plan, and energetic owners. Sounds like a great place to down a pint while perusing the vinyl, eh?
Alas, the one thing Hall of Records does not have yet is a location.
But this Thursday, February 26, [...]

After Flugtag head to SE Portland to honor your ancestors; Oregon Buddhist Temple (3720 SE 34) is hosting Obonfest 2008 this Saturday, August 2nd from 4pm-9pm.
A smörgåsbord of food options await you, including, yakisoba, yakiniku/yakitori/Korean short ribs, chirashi sushi, spam musubi, corn on the cob, manju, shave ice, and berry dessert.
Enjoy your beer in the [...]

My brother Steve grew up and spent most of his life in Portland before moving to Elko, Nevada a few years ago. He and his family are enjoying their new home town, and Steve is blogging about it on one of my subdomains:
Elko.DaveKnows.org
Recently he and the family took in the 45th annual National Basque [...]

The overgrown lot Twilight Theatre in the Garden behind Moxie RX is hosting a series of events this summer, including music, dance, films and Puppetstock, a summertime puppet theatre extravaganza!
The current schedule:
Friday June 27, 10 am:
Mudeye Puppet Company
Penny’s Puppet Productions
Thursday July 3, 8 pm:
The Dim Sum Puppet Opera Company
Thursday, July 10, 7 pm:
The Joe Cocker [...]