This week, the Oregonian wrote about the City’s plan to, as the story says, gut the powers of the neighborhood associations

So what actual changes are coming? Details aren’t clear, but you can follow the project’s process here

FRIDAY, JULY 5TH

Friday night, two Saturday, one on Sunday— there are Portland Pickles games all weekend! The schedule is here.

Walker Stadium, 4727 SE 92nd Ave * $5 – $13

SATURDAY, JULY 6TH

Movies in the park (event):

“Smurfs: The Lost Village” (2017) PG, in Arabic with English subtitles. With pre-movie entertainment by Georgina Band (classic Iraqi rhythmic music).

Floyd Light Park, SE 111th Ave & Holgate Blvd * 6:30 pm music, movie at dusk * free

SUNDAY, JULY 7TH

Farmers market:

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“Portland’s only internationally focused market, LIFM provides fresh, affordable, and culturally unique produce to the diverse Lents community and offers farm-direct sales opportunities for immigrant, emerging farmers, and new business owners. In addition to standard market produce, the market features a variety of unique fresh produce from Hmong, Latino, & Russian farmers.”

SE 92nd and Reedway between Foster and Harold * 9 am – 2 pm 

APANO panel discussion (event): 

“‘Pending Approval: Now and Tomorrow for Korean Adoptees’ Focusing on Korean adoption through a historical lens, this pair of events support this year’s AMP theme: “Passages.” This second event, “Now and Tomorrow for Korean Adoptees,” will focus on the adult adoptee experience and cover themes such as identity, returning to Korea, birth searches, and parenting.”

Orchards of 82nd, 8118 SE Division St * 3 pm – 5 pm

This event is part of APANO’s Art + Media Project Summer Series. The flyer for all the events is below.