Mochitsuki, Portland’s 20th annual Japanese New Year celebration takes place Sunday, 31 January 2016 at Portland State University’s Smith Memorial Student Union (1825 SW Broadway).
The goal of Mochitsuki is to celebrate tradition by sharing Japanese and Japanese American culture. We welcome you to join the celebration while enjoying the great food, performers, and activities presented at Mochitsuki!
Winter beers, sour beer, and quaint holiday stuff!
Pucker Up, Buttercup! Our taps are going wild again with our friends at Crooked Stave and a bevy of the best wild ales Oregon can muster alongside!
Wild/Sour ales on tap from Crooked Stave, Breakside, Upright, Logsdon, pFriem, Block 15, Pelican, Oakshire, Ex Novo, Culmination, and more!
Tap list includes: Crooked Stave Petite Sour Pure Guava, Crooked Stave Motif (belgian strong dark/sour), Crooked Stave 8.11.2014, Block 15 Demon’s Farm 2015 (dark farmhouse ale aged in bourbon & pinot barrels with cherries & brett), Pelican Funky Spot (brett IPA), and more!
The Fifth Annual St Johns Winter Beer Fest will feature Wood Aged Beers, Ciders, and Meads. Glasses will be $10 and Tickets $1. Some beverages will be multiple tickets.
Beerlist includes: Ecliptic Brewing Frosty Leo, Nectar Creek Triple Brett Barrel Aged, Oakshire Brewing Ill Tempered Gnome, Fort George Magnanimous,Ninkasi Cranberry Sour, Veltins Pilsner, Anderson Valley Wild Turkey Stout, Boulder Shake Porter, and about 20 more!
Peacock Lane is a narrow residential street one block east of Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard (née 39th Ave) between SE Stark and Belmont. Since the 1920s the residents of this stretch of mostly Tudor-style houses have gone hog wild with the Christmas lights. The collective display has become a Portland tradition, prompting gawker pilgrimages from throughout the area (if you’ve ever hit stop-and-go traffic on SE Stark at 9 PM on a Tuesday night near the holidays, now you know why).
It wouldn’t be the holidays in Portland without a visit to the Oregon Zoo’s annual winter festival ZooLights. As you walk around the zoo, you’ll see a dazzling display of a million and half lights, and experience your zoo in a whole new light. ZooLights runs from November 27, 2015 to January 3, 2016.
Celebrate the wonders of the holiday season at The Magic of Wintertime, Pittock Mansion’s annual holiday exhibit. This year more than 80 volunteers will transform the museum into a winter wonderland with decorations inspired by skiing and sledding in new-fallen snow, curling up in front of a fireplace with hot cocoa, and celebrating the holidays with family, friends and community. Local musicians will play regularly in the mansion’s Music Room during the exhibit.
Peacock Lane officially lights up at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, 15 December 2015.
Peacock Lane is a narrow residential street one block east of Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard (née 39th Ave) between SE Stark and Belmont. Since the 1920s the residents of this stretch of mostly Tudor-style houses have gone hog wild with the Christmas lights. The collective display has become a Portland tradition, prompting gawker pilgrimages from throughout the area (if you’ve ever hit stop-and-go traffic on SE Stark at 9 PM on a Tuesday night near the holidays, now you know why).
For a glimpse at what to expect read Heather’s account of our visit a few years ago: Oooooh. Aaaaaah.
Every night from 15 December until New Years Eve the lights are on from 6pm to 11pm (and until midnight on December 24th and 31st). It’s free! And the display is best seen on foot (since the conveyor track idea was rejected). The Pedestrian Only nights this year are Friday, December 18, Saturday, December 19, and Sunday December 20.
Peacock Lane is only a few hundred yards long. Bundle up, grab a hot cocoa (last year residents offered hot drinks at a reasonable price from a small kiosk in a family’s yard ), and take a leisurely stroll. I highly recommend stopping in post-stroll at the Horse Brass Pub, just up Belmont a few blocks for a festive warming beverage in cozy environs. Another excellent option is Good Food Here foodcart pod up on 43rd and Belmont.
It’s the Holiday Bazaar time of the year.
Portland Mercado & Hispanicpros are excited to present Portland Posada, our signature holiday event to bring communities together through cultural tradition, holiday foods and economic opportunity.
This special day will also launch a pop-up gift shop “Holiday Bazar”, your reason to shop local this season. The pop-up gift store is presented by People Places Things intercultural communications organization. The Holiday Bazar will be open December 12th–20th featuring diverse local artists and handmade products.
The Sixth Annual Season’s EatingsSeason’s Eatings brings together of some of Portland’s finest food and beverage artisans to share their artisanal products with the public just in time for holiday shopping, while also helping to feed the hungry with our food + fund drive for the Oregon Food Bank. Get your holiday shopping done while sampling great food and sipping a craft cocktail in our outdoor heated cocktail lounge featuring small bites from AnniePies & craft cocktails, including hot toddies and hot cocoa.
Gifted is ADX and Portland Made’s annual holiday gift fair, featuring a vast array of local goods for you to give to someone you love. Our fifth year running, Gifted is swiftly becoming a Portland Holiday Destination, and a one stop shop for all the best local gifts!
BUY AMAZING HANDMADE GOODS from over 250 TALENTED VENDORS!
Mark your calendars because on Saturday and Sunday, December 12th + 13th Crafty Wonderland will fill a 60,000 sq. ft. hall at the Oregon Convention Center with over 250 of the best and brightest handmade vendors from the NW and beyond!
December 13th, noon – 6pm
@ The Cleaners at Ace Hotel 403 SW 10th Ave. Portland, Oregon . . .
Please join us for the seventh annual Publication Fair! Sponsored by Ace Hotel, this year’s fair will be featuring:
Ampersand Gallery & Fine Books
About a Bicycle (AAB)
Anthology Booksellers
and more . . .
So yeah, the Timbers are in the MLS Cup final on Sunday. We got that going for us. There’s also holiday ale, holiday cheer, and some other things.
The 20th Annual Holiday Ale Festival has arrived, running Dec. 2nd – Dec. 6th, 2015. Imagine 50+ big, bold craft beers at one winter event. ‘Tis the holiday season and beer lovers rejoice. We offer this humble gift… the gift of great beer… to the beer lovers of Portland and beyond. Come start your own holiday tradition.
The Portland Timbers have advanced to MLS Cup and will face the Columbus Crew at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, on Sunday for MLS Cup (1pm PT, ESPN / UniMás). Join us for a special viewing party at Crystal Ballroom in downtown Portland.
Sunday’s viewing party is FREE and open to fans of all ages. Enter to win travel for two anywhere Alaska Airlines flies. Plus, you can enter to win a variety of Timbers prizes.
48th Annual Celebration of Oregon Authors – For nearly 50 years, the Oregon Historical Society has celebrated the literary talents of Oregonians at this annual holiday book sale and signing. Meet your favorite author, and take home a personally signed book for the perfect local holiday gift.
All authors who are invited to participate have published in the current year, and many will have multiple books available for sale. Sip on hot cocoa, listen to carols, and get into the spirit of the season as we kick off the holidays at the Oregon Historical Society!