Although the weather may look a bit gloomy this weekend, there’s much to look forward to without breaking your personal budget. The stylings of soul musicians Sarah Clarke and Machado Mijiga Past Event Like List are coming to Mississippi Studios, Multnomah Days Past Event Like List takes over the streets of Multnomah Village, and you’ll have the opportunity to see just how many burgers you can stuff into your face before Portland Burger Week Past Event Like List comes to a close.
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FRIDAY
MUSIC
Sarah Clarke and Machado Mijiga Present: Future Soul
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Portland natives Sarah Clarke and Machado Mijiga will take the stage for a night of music at Mississippi Studios. Don’t miss this night of good vibes and good music from two multi-talented artists.
Mississippi Studios, North Portland ($10)
SATURDAY
VISUAL ART
Pop-Luck: a Community Art + Food Event at the Open Signal Free Fridge
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Help artist Sabrina Spurlock paint a mural on Open Signal's free fridge while enjoying free popsicles and snacks.
Open Signal, Eliot (free)
FESTIVALS
Multnomah Days
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The charming neighborhood of Multnomah Village presents their annual open-air, family-friendly street festival with musical acts, street entertainers, art and vendor booths, outdoor street dining and food carts.
Multnomah Village (free)
Portland Indigenous Marketplace
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Support Indigenous makers at this culturally respectful event where you'll find woven jewelry using ancestral techniques, herbal remedies and botanicals, traditional art, and more.
432 NE 74th Ave, Montavilla (free)
VISUAL ART
Aki Onda: A Letter From Souls of the Dead
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"I'm fascinated by the idea of communicating with the spirits of the dead, the relationship of matter and spirit, and a form of séance to demonstrate the mediumship," writes artist Aki Onda on her first major U.S. solo exhibition, A Letter From Souls of the Dead. Centering collections of found objects such as bells, surplus electronics, photographs, and vintage slide projections, the show is set to a soundtrack curated by the artist alongside New Yorked-based vocalist Charmaine Lee and New Haven-based musician Zach Rowden.
PICA, Eliot (free)
SUNDAY
Festa Italiana Portland
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Feast on Italian food, wine, and beer al fresco while being serenaded by the likes of PSU Opera, and old-world Italian folk band Mbrascatu. Once you're in fine spirits, try your luck at the auction and raffle, or admire the featured Wall of Wine.
Paesano's Cedarville Park, North Gresham ($5)
MULTI-DAY
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Montavilla Jazz Festival '21
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Accomplished jazz trumpeter Farnell Newton will headline the 8th Annual Montavilla Jazz Festival, which will be live-streamed from Portland Metro Arts. This year’s festival is also being done in conjunction with the world-premiere and additional screenings of a new music-meets-film project, Call + Response, presented in collaboration with Portland Art Museum, Open Signal, and Mobile Projection Unit.
Online (free)
VISUAL ART
Walking
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Artists pay homage to walking—something many of us got very familiar with in quarantine—as both a physical act and a spiritual practice.
PDX Contemporary Art, Pearl District (free)
Dinh Q. Lê - Monuments and Memorials
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Monuments and Memorials is a fascinating series of large-scale photo weavings by Dinh Q. Lê. Meant to reflect "on collective memory and architectural commemoration" the photographic artworks grapple with the past as well as our present.
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Pearl District (free)
COMMUNITY
Parkrose Marketplace
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A new outdoor market in the Parkrose neighborhood, Parkrose Marketplace features local, Indigenous, and global arts & crafts, live music, a family-friendly beverage garden by Catman Cellars Winery and Level Beer, and plenty of vendors to peruse. The market has also partnered with OHSU to create a walk-in clinic for COVID vaccines.
10750 NE Sandy Blvd, Parkrose (free)
FOOD & DRINK
Portland Mercury’s Burger Week
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Don your finest stretchy pants and get ready for the meat sweats because the Portland Mercury’s Burger Week is back! However, you only have a few more days to enjoy it! Brought to you by The Merc and New Seasons Market, you’ll find one-of-a-kind burgers at 38 of Portland’s finest establishments for a mere $6 each.
Various locations ($6)
