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!
Category: Local Events
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.
“If it’s not fun, I’m not going to do it.” Portland Museum Welcomes Artist-In-Residence for Art and Heritage Fair
“The thing I’m looking forward to the most during my late-September residency at Portland Museum is creating with anybody who walks in the door. I invite you to create with me.”
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.”
A New Era of Baseball Is Coming to Lannan Park
Portland Youth Baseball is preparing for an exciting new chapter with a simple goal: bring baseball at Lannan Park back to its glory days. And thanks to the generosity of several community partners, that vision is quickly becoming a reality.
Portland Residents Address Vacant & Abandoned Properties
Nearly every block in Portland has a vacant lot or abandoned house. Neighbors are left to decide how to deal with it. Call the owners if you can find them? Call the City? Cut the grass? For answers, Portland residents are meeting with Tia Bowman of the Louisville Metro Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD). Ms. Bowman’s presentations are designed to equip residents with information and establish priorities to address the issue.
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.
Portland Now Celebration of Community Cookout & School Supply Drive
Please join PNI for a celebration of community cookout on Tuesday, August 4th at 6:30pm at the Louisville Grows Healthy House campus located at 1641 Portland Avenue. Bring new school supplies to Donate to J. B. Atkinson Elementary!
Own Your Very Own Festival
There was evidence everywhere. Signs above Interstate 64. Picnic tables and street barriers stacked next to the Festival building on Northwestern. Yard signs on front lawns. Warnings about street closures nailed to telephone poles. A 2-day affair. The 52nd Portland Community Festival! And, by golly, we pulled it off!
A Historic Turnout for the Portland Festival: Thank You, Portland!
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.