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The Portland Greek Festival brings over 15,000 guests together to celebrate Greek culture, food, traditions, music, and dance. Hosted by the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church on 32nd and NE Glisan St, 2011 marks the 60th year of festivities. Greek Festival Dates: Friday, September 30- Sunday, October 2, 2011 Time: 10am to 10pm on Friday [...]

Original article can be found here: Portland Greek Festival

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Every September, Portland’s only Polish church puts on a polka and pirogi-filled fest. The festival kicks off in North Portland, between the two historic buildings of the Polish Library (built in 1911) and St. Stanislaus Church (built in 1907) on Failing St. The festival include cultural music, dancing, polka contest, and, of course, Polish food [...]

Original article can be found here: Portland Polish Festival

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As you’ll see in the slideshow below, there is a cool art show coming up. Acadia Bistro Sunday, March 16 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. 1303 NE Fremont Street, Portland, OR

Original article can be found here: Spring Art Show at Acadia Bistro

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Portland may not have as large a homeless population as some other cities, but there is most certainly a homeless community in Portland. In a somewhat controversial move in late 2000, a small group of homeless people and activists claimed some unused land in downtown Portland as their own. They renamed it Dignity Village, and [...]

Original article can be found here: Portland’s Dignity Village

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Travel + Leisure magazine has recently named Portland “American Eden,” and the article is worth reading. A few choice quotes: Rich or poor, they all come to Portland for the quality of life. In the past few years, Portland has become a metaphor for enlightened humanism and progressive government, a little pocket of Sweden in [...]

Original article can be found here: Portland: American Eden?

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Portland International Airport said on March 5 it expected to have served its 300 millionth passenger since beginning operations 66 years ago. PDX also apparently set an all-time record of more than 14 million passengers served in 2006. The Portland Saturday Market, now in its 33rd year, is once again open for business. A new [...]

Original article can be found here: Portland Notes: Mar. 9, 2007

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Name: Cinco de Mayo Festival Date: Thursday, May 4-Sunday May 7 Location: Waterfront Park Contact information: www.cincodemayo.org Cost: $6 Adults, $5 Seniors (62+), $5 Kids 11-18 yrs, Children 10 and under free FREE Admission before 2 p.m. on Thursday & Friday. What is it: “Portland’s Largest Cultural Festival” Info: Portland’s Cinco de Mayo Fiesta brings [...]

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I like reading travel info about whatever city I’m living in. I can usually discover new places, or at least laugh at how ‘off’ a writer can be. The New York Times gave Portland its time in the…errr, clouds….recently: At first glance, late fall does not recommend Portland. The sky turns the color of old [...]

Original article can be found here: Going To: Portland, Ore.

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G’day! You’ve reached a section of Portland Blog that is, sadly, empty. In time, however, it will be filled with all sorts of fantastic information, so if this particular subject is your bag, bookmark it and come back later. Meanwhile, why not encourage us to get off the couch and write about what interests you! [...]

Original article can be found here: Help Wanted