Ready to make your home stand out during buying season? These DIY gifts and personal touches will help your home make a lasting impression.
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Spring Is Here! Inspiring Ways to Bring the Outdoors In
Can’t get enough of spring’s outdoor charm? Bring the season’s leafy greens and flora inside with these quick and affordable home decor ideas.
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Tired of flowers and candy? This year, try surprising the special women in your life with one of these creative Mother’s Day festivities.
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MID CENTURY MODERN TOUR
May 12th, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Various Locations
Restore Oregon’s 2018 Mid-Century Modern Tour features five Portland-area residential designs by John Stores. Participants will discover unique interiors, explore imaginatively designed outdoor living areas, and have a rare chance to gain an intimate view of Mid-Century Modern living as envisioned by a master.
restoreoregon.org
MARYS & MIMOSAS
May 18th, 7:00 PM | OMSI
Enjoy bloody Marys, mimosas, and brunch bites while exploring everything OMSI has to offer with no kids around. This OMSI After Dark event will feature food and libations from Portland’s favorite distillers and brunch spots including Fried Egg I’m In Love, New Deal Distillery, and Bad Habit Room.
omsi.edu
PORTLAND TRAIN DAY
May 19th, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM | Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation
Each year Train Day events across the country commemorate the completion of the first transcontinental railroad with the pounding of the Golden Spike at Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869. This year the Portland event will also highlight the 80th birthday of our own SP&S 700 engine! Celebrate with games, live music, train rides, and steam engines on display. orhf.org
DEPRESSED CAKE SHOP
May 20th, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Opal 28
The Depressed Cake Shop is a one-day pop-up bakery to raise awareness of mental illness through the sale of special cakes, cupcakes, and other treats donated by local bakers. The baked goods are gray on the outside and sometimes colored on the inside to symbolize hope and to encourage conversation about mental health issues. Sales support Baby Blues Connection.
babybluesconnection.org
FIRE ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION
May 25th, 9:00 PM - 12:00 AM | Dante's
Watch ten contestants perform incredible acts of fire manipulation as they vie for the titular award at the finest celebration and competition of fire entertainment the West Coast has to offer.
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Getting Around the Woodstock Neighborhood in SE Portland
Residential, charming, and authentic, Woodstock is a SE Portland gem. Haven’t spent much time there? You’re about to be convinced otherwise.
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