Mark Leavy put together this
adhoc list of things to do in Portland, Oregon. I love it.
where to go for the opera/symphony/David Sedaris/Stephen
Hawking/
http://www.pcpa.com/events/asch.php
Music/plays/
http://www.pcpa.com/events/keller.php
The
art museum
http://www.pcpa.com/events/keller.php
The huge art college in the center of the Pearl.
http://www.pnca.edu/
hip, alternative
community
http://www.wweek.com/
The "square" in
the center of town. Frequent free lunchtime performances, etc...
http://www.parks.ci.portland.or.us/Parks/PioneerCourthouseSq.htm
Great
larger plays
http://www.pcpa.com/
Great small venue
plays (Great job on "night of the iguana") (
http://www.artistsrep.org/
Largest/Best
bookstore (in the world?) Regular readings, performances, etc.
http://www.powells.com/
Get the scoop
on *any* piece of property in portland
http://www.portlandmaps.com
Short of
San Francisco/New York, some of the best restaurants I've ever been to
http://portland.citysearch.com/
Saturday
night blues and beer by people who are barely off the street.
Amazing.
http://www.cascadeblues.org/
Waterfront
park is just a short walk from my house - where there are summer festivals and
music going nearly every weekend
http://www.parks.ci.portland.or.us/Parks/TomMcCallWaterfront.htm
All
of the art galleries in the Pearl district are free on the first Thursday of the
month. The neighborhood becomes pedestrian and infested with beautiful
people wearing black and sipping wine.
http://www.shopthepearl.com/
The
Classical Chinese gardens are always hosting some performance or another.
http://www.portlandchinesegarden.org/home
Well,
what would Portland be with PICA and the (in)famous Dada Ball?
http://www.pica.org/index_fl.html
Craig's
list for Oregon. Yea, well it *is* craig's list
http://portland.craigslist.org/
Not
exactly Portland, but a *very* popular and highly regarded Shakespearean
festival.
http://www.osfashland.org/home.asp
Naked
hippies in the summertime
http://www.oregoncountryfair.org/
The
annual jazz festival
http://www.mthoodjazz.com/
The
annual blues festival
http://users.owt.com/rpeto/randy/gigs_g/portland/trob/festival/
The
annual battle of the bands, where one fee will get you into virtually every
night club in Portland for a week to see hundreds of bands.
http://battle.ernieball.com/bb7/index.php
The
annual international film festival (A week of over 100 independent international
films shown around town)
http://www.nwfilm.org/
One of the many
independent film houses: (many also serve beer and wine with the
movie)
http://www.cinema21.com/
The trendy
new independent newspaper
http://www.portlandtribune.com/
The
greatest video store on earth:
http://www.digitalcity.com/portland/entertainment/venue.adp?sbid=115012270
And
that's just a start!!!!
To keep you going, here are a *bunch* of links to the
various art venues (sorted by neighborhood)
http://www.travelportland.com/arts_culture/arts_culture.html