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Portland Oregon Visitors Association (POVA)

Portland Census 2000

Portland Stories: Write, Read and Share!

Data for Local Communities ~ Orbis Cascade Alliance

ALPHABETICALLY

Umbrella Organizations / Alliances

Portland Business Alliance

Areas

Metro (Regional)

Congress for the New Urbanism

FESTIVALS

2 weeks - in December

Festival Latino - September

Fiesta Cinco De Mayo - May

Gentlemens Ball Tel: 503-306-2960 - December

HOMOWO - African Arts & Cultures -- July

Irish Festival (Kell's)

Juneteenth - June 19th or Saturday closest

Kwanzaa, the African harvest festival held December 26 - January 1

Martin Luther King Jr. Day  Six hour celebration held at Jefferson High School. Musicians, dancers, gospel choirs, actors, & speakers join voices in joyous confirmation of Dr. Kings dream. - 3rd Monday of January

Mt. Hood Jazz Festival - August

Oregon Brewers Festival - July

Portland Rose Festival - June

"Walk for the Gold" & "The Bite, A Taste of Portland" - August / September

Waterfront Blues Festival -July

FREE / ON GOING EVENTS

First Thursdays: Portland Gallery Exihibitions - Every month

Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center

Multnomah County Events and Classes

Multnomah County Library - "Día de los Niños y Día de los Libros" = A Celebration of Childhood and Bilingual Literacy

North West Film Center

Watch rehearsals daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. - last 2 weeks of August & Labor Day Weekend

Oregon Convention Center

Oregon Historical Society

Oregon Museum of Science and Industry

Oregon Symphony - (James DePreist Tribute Season - {he's retiring})

Portland Advertizing Museum

Portland Art Museum

Portland Center for the Performing Arts

Portland Farmer Markets May - November (various locations)

Portland Area Farmers Markets (More locations!)

Portland Institute for Contemporary Art

Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center

Portland General Electric (PGE) Park

Portland Walking Tours

Rose Quarter

World Forestry Center

At Colleges:

Lewis & Clark College

Oregon College of Art and Craft

Portland State University

Reed College

Look Out For:

Ticket Central: One-Stop & Day-of-show half-price tickets

Matsuri (=festival)  Issei, first-generation Japanese immigrants, brought their traditions to Portland.  Celebrate O-shogatsu (New Years), Hinamatsuri (Girls Day), Tango No Sekku (Boys Day), Tanabata (Weavers or Star Festival), & Buddhist Obon (Honoring the Ancestors). Check area Japanese-American churches & temples for events.

Paganfaire (Spring Equinox)

Alameda&Arbor Lodge& Ardenwald/Johnson Creek&Argay&Arlington Heights&Arnold Creek& Ashcreek&Beaumont-Wilshire&Boise&Brentwood/Darlington&Bridgeton&Bridlemile&Brooklyn&Buckman&Centennial&Center&CollinsView&Portsmouth&Concordia&Corbett/Terwilliger/Lair Hill&Creston-Kenilworth&Crestwood&Cully&Downtown&East Columbia&Eastmoreland&Eliot&Far Southwest&Forest Park& Glenfair&Goose Hollow& Grant Park&Hayden Island&Hayhurst&Hazelwood&Healy Heights&

Hillsdale Neighborhood Association

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