The 7th Annual South East Area Art Walk takes place this Saturday and Sunday (10am to 5pm both days), March 6th and 7th.

The author of Planologie, a blog dedicated to considering the ways we live, build, move, and think, recently spent a few days in Portland, after also visiting Vancouver and Seattle.

The 2010 Portland Sunday Parkway dates have been announced.

A guest post by XUP: Cycling vs. Walking

Portland Fire Department firefighters intentionally burnt down a house today in North Portland as part of a training exercise.

The streets were eerily empty at 9:30am when Heather and I left the house. In the cool silence we rode to SE Lincoln to join the pedestrians and cyclists taking part in the final Sunday Parkway of 2009. Last year Heather and I walked the inaugural Sunday Parkway in North Portland, and it [...]

Start the weekend off right at PGE Park Friday night – the Timbers host the Minnesota Thunder at 8pm. But then, after suitable recovery time, what will you do with the rest of your weekend?
Well for one thing, you can enjoy the beer and bbq and support Habitat for Humanity at the 2009 Oregon Brews [...]

The Portland Bureau of Transportation recently commissioned Animated Traffic Law to produce the video below. (You’ll be able to catch it on the big screen this summer before Portland Park & Recreation’s Movies in the Park film showings.)

From the frequency with which I’m honked at, sworn at, or just ignored whilst attempting to cross [...]

The impressive Southern Pacific 4449, one of three vintage locomotives owned by the city of Portland, will be on display Saturday, May 9th from 10am to 3pm at Union Station in celebration of National Train Day.
The 4449 crew will be on hand to show how the locomotive works, as well as give tours on historic [...]

Like art? Walking? Southeast Portland? Then you’ll probably enjoy this weekend’s Southeast Area Artwalk.
The SE Area ARTWalk will allow you the opportunity to go on a FREE, self-guided tour by visiting the studios, home workspaces, galleries, host homes and businesses within the “walkable/bikeable/busable” boundaries of SE 9th – [...]