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Author: William Smith
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Portland Museum Showcases Neighborhood Artist Dean Thomas with Exhibition
“When someone built this stuff, they built it with the intention of providing a service that would somehow help humans,” said Portland artist Dean Thomas in an interview with Portland Museum, “they sort of created a spirit in that machinery, and now it’s sitting there going ‘are you ever going to use me again?’ It still has value.”
The Portland Art and Heritage Fair Returns For Another Year of Neighborhood Love!
Read a full recap of Portland Museum’s 12th annual Portland Art and Heritage Fair including the Portland Almost 5K, Portland favorite vendors, film screenings, and more!
The Portland Anchors Take The Field!
They say what is old is bound to become new again, and we’re lucky in our 50th year to find some new life thanks to the young people of the Portland Youth League 8U who this season will compete under the name “The Portland Anchors.”
So, What Was the Junk War Anyway? Following Up on The Portland Anchor’s First Stories.
Learn the story behind the Portland Anchor’s very first stories and see how one little newspaper fought for change in its neighborhood still visible 50 years later.
The Portland Anchor’s Founding: Missions and Miracles
“Somehow, the dreams of many individuals and groups meshed with old fashioned determination and hard work and the infant newspaper was cranked out on a rickety, old printing press in the basement of the Salvation Army Boys’ Club.”
City and Neighborhood Leaders Congratulate Portland Anchor on 50 Years!
Louisville’s oldest neighborhood newspaper the Portland Anchor celebrated its 50th anniversary in July 2025 with a special 40-page issue filled to the brim with original reporting and community submissions, including a fair share of congratulations from community leaders and figures from the Anchor’s past and present including Mayor Greenberg, Gordon Brown, and more!
New and Upcoming Portland Nonprofit Events
Learn about the upcoming CeLOUbrate Print at Portland Museum and Louisville Grows’ Annual Seeds & Starts Sale, plus get an update on LVA’s SPARK Sculpture!
PlayPort Opens at Waterfront Park, Bringing New Connections to Portland
Waterfront Park will expand into the Portland neighborhood on March 26th with the opening of the first part of the phase IV expansion, PlayPort. The project, years in the making, is about more than just adding new park space—it’s about connecting neighborhoods and people in new and meaningful ways.
I REMEMBER: KentuckyShow! (October, 1984)
Forty years ago in October 1984 the Portland Anchor was much like it is today, with announcements of Halloween activities and even excitement around a new arts attraction: KentuckyShow! This month’s article from yesteryear announces the multimedia show’s opening festivities at and around the Kentucky Theater, a cinema set at that time to permanently house the project.