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Hotel Alma The McMenamins Crystal Hotel in downtown Portland will host Pride Plaza’s grand reopening celebration Oct. 3. Pride Plaza at the McMenamins Crystal Blocks is throwing a grand reopening celebration Saturday, Oct. 3, to mark the completion of an extensive makeover with fresh paint and new construction.

McMenamins Edgefield McMenamins Edgefield has an inviting landscape including Virginia Creeper on the side of this building. McMenamins Edgefield Troughs found on McMenamins Edgefield's property were repurposed into plant beds. McMenamins Edgefield Kim Kincaid is the garden manager of McMenamins Edgefield since 1991, when this former Multnomah County Poor Farm was overgrown with weeds and brambles.

New Indigenous exhibits at the Columbia River Maritime Museum Skakwal, a 24-foot canoe, is on display in “ntsayka ilíi ukuk – This is Our Place” an exhibit at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, created in collaboration with the Chinook Indian Nation and photographer Amiran White. The lower Columbia River is home to a long and ongoing Chinookan history, shaped by thousands of years of life along the river and its surrounding lands.

Judah’s Delicatessen Judah’s Delicatessen serves a reuben and potato salad on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at Rose City Food Park in Portland. It’s been three long years since our last big guide to the Portland area’s best new food carts. Perhaps that’s why our 2026 edition is practically bursting with fantastic places to eat.

PUGapalooza Several hundred people gathered for the PUGapalooza at the Portland Saturday Market. The day consisted of a movie-themed costume contest, live music and pet portraits. Vendors donated a portion of their sales to the Pacific Pug Rescue. PUGapalooza Several hundred people gathered for the PUGapalooza at the Portland Saturday Market. The day consisted of a movie-themed costume contest, live music and pet portraits. Vendors donated a portion of their sales to the Pacific Pug Rescue.

2022 Lunar New Year at Lan Su Chinese Garden Portland Lee's Association Lion Dance Team performs at Lan Su Chinese Garden on Lunar New Year on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. Portland’s Lan Su Chinese Garden is putting cultural tradition in the spotlight the next two weekends, with celebrations centered on the lion dance and martial arts. Lan Su Chinese Garden will debut its Lion Dance & Kung Fu Weekends Aug. 28-30 and Sept.

Cottage Grove A mural in downtown Cottage Grove depicts Buster Keaton in his 1926 film “The General” which was filmed in the area. Can you believe it’s already been 100 years since Buster Keaton collapsed an Oregon train trestle and plunged a full-size steam locomotive into the Row River? This year marks the centennial celebration of Keaton’s 1926 silent film classic, “The General,” a movie that is considered dazzling or disastrous, depending on your point of view.

Mt. Hood view While Hood River isn't located on Mount Hood, the small town is a destination for skiers and hikers who head up the slopes. A new list aimed at highlighting some of the best small-town destinations in America has given a new superlative to an Oregon town that hardly needs another accolade.

Kah-Nee-Ta Reopening People take a dip at Kah-Nee-Ta Hot Springs Resort on July 18, 2024, the first day the Warm Springs resort reopened to the public after a massive renovation. Recently, you picked the best B&Bs in Oregon for our Readers Choice Awards. Now we want to tackle a very different group of places to stay: the best resorts. There’s no shortage of Oregon resorts claiming national accolades.

DWWA - Domaine Serene, Aspect, Dundee Hills 2023 A close-up of Domaine Serene's "Aspect" (Dundee Hills 2023), this year's Best-In-Show-winning wine from Oregon. Oregon brought home some hardware from the world’s largest wine competition on Wednesday. At London’s 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA), Oregon won six awards, contributing to what was described as the strongest performance ever by United States wines.