Blog posts in Places
Live music venues - Part 2
By: Jolsynn Sloan-Stalheim
The Aladdin
3017 SE Milwaukie Ave
Portland OR 97202
(503)234-9694
This venue boasts not only a vast popularity in Portland but a rich and colorful past. Located on SE Milwaukie The Aladdin was originally built in the late 1920's as Geller's Vaudeville House. The building we…
Live music venues - Part 1
By: Jolsynn Sloan-Stalheim
Music in Portland is found everywhere, it's nearly impossible to find a street in the town that isn't in someway playing host to song. Maybe a drummer on the corner, a familiar tune hopping out the open door of a coffee shop, or the gentle hum of shopping music from busy s…
Top five independent theaters
So many theaters, and most serve beer!
By Richard D. Oxley
Living Room Theaters
Portland is known for quite a few unique attributes, such as our beer or avid use of mass transit. But we also have a keen affection for cinema. Any day of the week, Portlanders have their choice of big-screen attractio…
New predators exhibit at the Oregon Zoo
The male Lion "Zawadi Mungu"
After 10 years, lions have returned to the Oregon Zoo as part of the new "Predators of the Serengeti" exhibit which opened Sept 12, 2009. The new exhibit features 3 young African lions: 2 females and 1 male, who were born at various zoos across the US. The Oregon Zoo is…
