The Pittock Mansion was home to Portland pioneers Henry and Georgiana Pittock from 1914 to 1919. During the late 1800s and the early 1900s, their lives and work paralleled the growth of Portland from a small Northwest town site to a thriving city with a quarter million population. With its eclectic architectural design and richly […]
SEATTLE—Several prominent Macklemore & Ryan Lewis costumes and props are now on display at EMP Museum. Exclusive to EMP, a special section in the exhibit dedicated to the four-time Grammy-winning duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis will include the actual fur coats worn in the Thrift Shop video; The Heist flag, Macklemore’s fur jacket and wolf […]
Portland, Ore.– Stare the mighty T. rex in the eye this summer at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)—and it might just blink back. Featuring animatronic dinosaurs and complete skeletons, Dinosaurs Unearthed uses the latest in fossil evidence to take a captivating look at the dinosaurs’ fascinating—and feathered—history. Set amongst naturalistic indoor landscapes, […]
Seattle, WA and Portland, OR – The Seattle Art Museum and the Portland Art Museum recently announced a major exhibition exploring the evolution of European and American landscape painting. Seeing Nature: Landscape Masterworks from the Paul G. Allen Family Collection will feature some 40 paintings from five centuries of masterpieces drawn from the collection of […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — Art & Beer (#artandbeer) returns to the Portland Art Museum. This program, created by Portland artist Eric Steen, invites local breweries to make beer inspired by a work in the Museum’s permanent collection. On June 13, the Museum and Widmer Brothers will host an event where visitors will taste the art-inspired beer. […]
The #1 leisure activity for the baby boomer generation is travel and they spend $157 billion on trips each year. That caught the eye of Liz Dahl, a former travel agent and PR consultant who also happens to be a boomer. Noticing that most people contacting her were in her age group, she saw that advertisers […]
The personal finance social network WalletHub recently published the Best & Worst Cities to Staycation in 2014. WalletHub compared the 100 largest cities in the U.S. based on 20 key metrics – ranging from the number of public golf courses and swimming pools per capita to the cost of maid services – in order to […]
Springfield/Eugene Habitat for Humanity has been awarded two AmeriCorps member positions and is looking for motivated and qualified candidates to serve locally during the 2014-15 service year, which begins this August. AmeriCorps, often referred to as the domestic Peace Corps, is a network of National Service programs that engage more than 80,000 Americans each […]
VANCOUVER, Wash. – The Parks Foundation of Clark County is pleased to announce the expansion of its Nature Explore Club to include three new partners: Vancouver Summer Adventure, the US Forest Service, and Kiwanis Camp Wa-Ri-Ki. “This partnership will allow us to better serve the community in providing opportunities for families to get their […]
Anticipation is building among teen riders participating in this summer’s cross-country JettRide to benefit The Jett Foundation, an organization that raises funds and awareness for boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Duchenne is the #1 genetic killer of children in the world with no approved treatment. The JettRide journey begins on June 15 in Astoria, OR […]
