#sounds-like-portland

#sounds-like-portland

Orange Goose Coffee, a Hawaiian and Korean-inspired cafe, started as a pop-up in April 2024 and evolved into a permanent operation by March 2026.

Join Bus Stop Saloon on Union Street for a free, all-ages celebration with live music, great food, drinks, and good vibes all afternoon long.

"For LGBTQ+ and women in particular, I think we were kind of never given an opportunity to have a safe space to come to, or know of a safe space where they could say, 'You know what? I'm not feeling safe today. Paddy's is up the street.'"

Tom Prochaska distinguished himself in many mediums: He was a masterful printmaker, an intuitive painter, a builder of papier-mâché figures, a creator of fused glass panels, and graphite-on-paper drawings.

Erik rides more than you. He has been pedaling the country and living off of his bike for the last three years, learning to take life as it comes.

Duboce ParkJam is a free event sponsored by Friends of Duboce Park, encouraging attendees to bring blankets, chairs, and picnics for an enjoyable afternoon of music.

A band called Ad Nauseam is dead set on keeping grunge alive in Portland, but no local venue will return their calls to play a show. Like the most iconic grunge acts, Ad Nauseam has deep PNW roots. They deliver sludgy, whining guitar licks and haunting, sandpapery vocals. They've even got an angsty tune called "Scab Pimple" for goodness sake. So why can't they land a gig? Well, it might be because all four band members are between the ages of 10 and 16.