“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.”
Tag: West End
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.
Ode to a Cherry Tree: Some Thoughts on Affection
The flowers and trees can be replanted, and l hope to. What’s more important are the fundamental questions it stirs up for me: “What kind of a neighborhood do we want to live in?”, “What is our relationship with nature and, dare I say, beauty?”, and “What does it mean, at this late hour, to live at harmony with one another and the planet?”
After Years Searching Portland, Sugar To Open In Old Schweitzer Pharmacy Building
After several plans, several years, and a whole lot of patience, Sugar is nearly ready. We’ll start with affordable coffee, cookies, a few sandwiches, and other nice surprises. I hope you’ll stop in, sit for a minute, and have something sweet.
Art Sanctuary Looks to Contribute to Portland ‘Arts District’
For 22 years Art Sanctuary has entertained crowds with a well-curated mix of national and local live music, as well as its popular Va Va Vixens burlesque shows, and now it will be doing so here in Portland!
Canopy Promotes Business Beyond Profit
Canopy Education Director Adam Watson hosted a coffee chat networking event at their Portland headquarters at 1500 Lytle Street in late June. Canopy offers visibility into an inclusive network of companies and organizations, as well as practical professional development sessions
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!