The Portland Festival was an absolute dream this year, bringing our neighborhood together for an incredible weekend of music, food, and community pride. To everyone who came out, danced, ate, and celebrated our amazing neighborhood—THANK YOU for making this one for the history books.
Day: July 1, 2026
Reflections of the Portland Festival
While it’s been a few weeks since the Portland Festival in early June, you can’t help but still feel the buzz of energy and excitement, the result of an amazing community coming together. And while I did make a brief appearance at the event a couple years ago, this was the first time the Portland Museum and Portland Anchor set up a booth, and it was a wild whirlwind I won’t soon forget, and can’t wait to experience again next year.
James Merrill Harris Named New Honorary Portland Mayor
Hear from former Honorary Portland Mayor Rick “Pops” Thomas on his history with the neighborhood and its annual Festival, and congratulate this year’s mayor elect James Merrill Harris!
In Plain Sight: Canaries of the American Soul
Opening July 9th at Moremen Gallery, the photographs in this exhibit trace a six-year journey that began in 2020, during the pandemic lockdown that ravaged the world as we knew it. Though many of us were at home, sheltered in place, the unhoused were still on the streets then and now.
A Brief History of Shawnee Post 193
The following is a very brief history of Shawnee Post 193; a Veteran owned business located in the Portland community.