Portland
Blog: This Week in Portland September 22,
2012
Hello, Portlanders and welcome to the first fall weekend of 2012.
I know! Summer is over ALREADY? Well
technically yes. But the weather will remain nice for several
more weeks, so if you didn't pack in enough outdoor fun, it isn't too
late to get outside.
The
Polish Festival is an event for families and singles, adults and
children, for food connoisseurs, music lovers, concert goers, dance
enthusiasts...It is for everyone!
During the festival we
provide
non-stop stage performances, Polka Contest, a street dance with
Chervona Band, delicious authentic Polish food and imported Polish beer.
The festival includes
Children's Village, which offers games, art projects, face painting,
bounce houses and sweets and is operated by Polish School.
Children can learn to
dance the
Polka and then compete to see if you have the skill to be this year's
Polka Champions.
Over 10,000 people are
expected
to attend the festival which is prepared and run by over 300 volunteers
by the Polish Community.
The festival runs
Saturday,
September 22, 11am-10pm
Sunday, September 22nd,
noon-6pm.
The
event is held on 3900 N Failing Street between the two historic
buildings of the Polish
Library incorporated in 1911 and
St. Stanislaus Church built in 1907, both located on N. Interstate
Avenue in Portland Oregon.
Bon Appétit
presents Feast Portland: A Celebration of Oregon Bounty
From FEASTPortland.com
Oregon's
soil produces amazing fruits and vegetables. Our vineyards grow grapes
that make award-winning wines. Our hops are the reason Portland has
more breweries than any other city in the world. Our ocean provides
sustainably caught salmon, Dungeness crab and tuna. And our beef, pork
and chicken are organic and raised to the highest standards. We grow
much of the country's hazelnuts, marionberries and green beans. And our
forests are home to so many exotic mushrooms the Japanese have us on
speed dial. Best of all, we have marvelous chefs who know what to do
with all this abundance. So we decided it's high time we had our own
world-class celebration of food, drink and everything else that makes
Portland awesome. We're calling it Feast Portland.
At the heart of the
festival is
a mission to end childhood hunger in Oregon and in our country. A state
where food is so plentiful should not also rank as one of the hungriest
in the nation. This is part of the four-day dynamic exchange of ideas,
inspiration and dialogue that Feast Portland will create with food
enthusiasts from Oregon, across the U.S. and around the globe.
Portland Eastside
Streetcar Grand Opening September 22, 2012
I am pretty excited about
this news because I live in East Portland merely a couple of blocks
from the newest streetcar line, so I now have even more easy commute
options.
The Portland Streetcar
isexcited to open its newest line, the Central Loop, on September 22,
2012. The celebrations will start at 10:00AM with a Press Event and
speeches at the OMSI Plaza in SE Portland. Service will begin by
11:00AM following the press event and the departure of the first,
ceremonial train. The Central Loop will connect with the existing
streetcar on 10th & 11th in Downtown Portland. From there it
will cross the Broadway Bridge traveling along Broadway, Weidler, 7th,
MLK and Grand connecting to the Rose Quarter, Lloyd District, Oregon
Convention Center, the Central Eastside Industrial District and OMSI.
This is the first streetcar project in the country to be funded with a
Federal Grant and includes new vehicles made by United Streetcar
located in Clackamas, Oregon.
Schedule
of Opening Events
Saturday,
September 22,
2012
10:00AM
Press
event and speeches on the plaza in front of OMSI in SE Portland
9:00AM
–
12:00PM
SOLVE
Beach and Riverside Cleanup at South Waterfront. Sign up at their website.
10:00AM
–
3:00PM
Entertainment and
vendor booths on the OMSI Plaza
10:00AM
–
4:30PM
"Streetcars Build
a
City" Exhibit at the Architectural Heritage Center on SE Grand at Alder
10:00AM
–
5:00PM
Oregon Rail
Heritage
Center Grand Opening, 2250 SE Water Ave
11:00AM
–
5:00PM
Community
Showcase
featuring local businesses and entertainment at the Oregon Convention
Center Plaza on NE Oregon between Grand and MLK
11:00AM
PSU Viking Spirit
Ride
from OMSI on the PSU Sponsored Streetcar
11:00AM
–
5:00PM
Urban Art
Network's Art
Fair at NW 11th & Northrup
Streetcar will
be
free to all passengers September 22 – 23, 2012 as part of the
celebration.
Catch
a ride to OMSI September 22, 2012 7:30am–9:30am for the
Grand Opening Celebration
The Eastside
Streetcar will be free for its
inauguration on Saturday and Sunday. For additional information go
to Portland Streetcar.
A
small
parking lot is under the new 99E viaduct at SE Caruthers
St. and SE Grand Ave. On-street parking is
available on SE 6th Ave. or
SE Division Pl.
This
area is in a construction
zone. Be aware of uneven surfaces.
See
the
three steam locomotives in their new home!
South
Waterfront Heated
Storage offers a State of the Art Self-Storage facility located in
Portland, Oregon. This modern day Self-Storage Facility offers
extravagant features including: A digital camera surveillance system,
personalized customer access codes and individually alarmed unit doors.
Also find multiple covered/heated loading areas, freight elevators and
a large quantity of flatbed carts; making your moving experience a
breeze!
Just minutes from John’s Landing, Sellwood and Lake Oswego;
South Waterfront Heated Storage offers you a convenient location while
providing great customer service. Also find moving and packing supplies
– Your one stop shopping center!
Open 7 days a week!
Stop
in for a cup of coffee and a tour of this
cutting edge facility – Great Move-in Specials Available!
Learn
how you can receive up to 50% off your 1st 2 Months Rent!
The
Portland Photo of the Week
The
Portland Photo of the
Week is by Earl
R. Thomas.
Earl shared a lovely series of photos taken at Laurelhurst Park,
one of Portland's greatest Portland parks.
Our
Portland
Photo of the Week winner gets a
$20 gift certificate to a local Portland business of our choosing. This
week our winner is treated to
Powells Books, the largest indie
bookstore in the world!
Laurelhurst
Park Photo by Earl R.
Thomas on PortlandNeighborhood.com
