We are incredibly thankful to all of the volunteers who came out before the event and helped us clean the place up: Goodwill Kentucky’s Another Way Program, UofL’s SOUL Day of Service, and members of our Board of Directors!
Author: William Smith
william.smith@portlandky.org
Portland Museum Welcomes Internationally Exhibited Artist Clive Moloney
Moloney has lived in the United States for the past 15 years but was born in Tipperary, Ireland and has exhibited his work in Taiwan, New Orleans, Boston, and beyond. His art practice is rooted in a deep relationship with the woodland surrounding his current home in Cincinnati and aims to inspire a sense of awe and responsibility for the beauty and complexity of the world around us.
Happy 80th Birthday Charlie Frick, The Portland Anchorman!
Charlie Frick joined the Portland Anchor in the early 1970s while working for Senior House West where “a typical day found him doing the ‘Hokey Pokey’ with the senior group or telling one of his famous ‘great’ jokes.”
Squallis Puppeteers Conclude “Yellow Carpet Series” Performances
Throughout July Squallis Puppeteers took the stage at Portland Museum’s Lighthouse Education Center and performed three amazing shows for children in our neighborhood: Brain Party, Tricky Fox, and Mouse Tales.
Construction Begins On Portland Museum’s AHOY Children’s Museum
Get an update on Portland Museum’s long anticipated AHOY Children’s Museum!
Get Ready to CeLOUbrate Print: Free Woodblock Carving Workshops Return!
See the full slate of upcoming dates for our FREE woodblock carving workshops! Materials and instruction provided for all experience levels!
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.