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Twitterpated Over Stephanie Stricklen

Social media has come a long way in the last couple of years. Remember when it was socially incorrect to handle invitations, break-ups etc… by e-mail, and we were supposed to send a letter or, heaven forbid, pick up a phone and actually call someone? I hear the phrase “I hate talking on the phone” [...]

Hey, Portland? Let’s talk over lunch…

by Radio Gretchen

Hmm… maybe I should have a catchy title for my Rediscovering Portland series, but I haven’t come up with anything yet. I like the comment from my last post that suggests a sort of couples counseling. Based on the feedback so far, Portland could use some couples counseling with more than a few [...]

04.10.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

Live [insert something here] at The Square

by Dieselboi

KGW is debuting its Studio on the Square this week with celebrations on Friday and an open house on Saturday. The Studio on the Square is KGW’s new HD studio in the former Powell’s Travel bookstore space in Pioneer Courthouse Square. The studio has been built with the reporters sitting with windows at [...]

03.04.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

A Blue Square for Obama

by djtv

(Update: Welcome DJtv to the ranks of new OurPDX authors! I’m happy to credit her for writing this post; you may already know her as @DJtv on Twitter…)
It all started with the drums.
I’ve always been a sucker for drums, since I was a child twirling baton in the seventies, following the drum major’s [...]

11.06.2008 See the rest → 4 comments

“Rip her to shreds!”

by Cosmic Charlie

It’s time for a little housekeeping. Having known a few people who have been plagued by identity theft, (including a brief personal scare) I am a bit paranoid about leaving my ’sensitive documents’ just anywhere. I had a box near the corner of my desk that I’ve been tossing old bank statements, medical bills etc… [...]

10.15.2008 See the rest →

17th Annual Festa Italiana

by PAgent

At this very moment, Pioneer Courthouse Square is being transformed into Piazza Italia for this year’s Festa Italiana, which runs from August 21st to 24th. The festival will include (of course) Italian food so you can look forward to pizza and pasta, at least, as well as wine and beer in the garden area.
Lamborghini [...]

08.21.2008 See the rest →

Silly Cinema!

by Cosmic Charlie

Flicks on the Bricks starts again tonight. For the uninitiated, Pioneer Square will host an outdoor movie the next few Fridays. Tonight’s feature? The Goonies! Filmed in Astoria & thereabouts, a film for the young and young at heart.
Bring low-back chairs or beanbags; seating is first come, first serve. The show starts after nightfall. No [...]

07.25.2008 See the rest →

Sand in the City

by PAgent

Music is booming across Pioneer Courthouse Square, and teams in brightly colored T-shirts are scooping, brushing, carving, and otherwise shaping more than 450 tons of beach sand into fantastic shapes. It can only be Yoshida’s Sand in the City, one of the nation’s premier sand sculpting events.
Every July for more than 12 years, Sand [...]

07.18.2008 See the rest →

Pioneer Courthouse Square – For Sale – June 19

by Dieselboi

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The annual Rose Festival celebration comes to sort of a close tomorrow when they sell off the wonderful plants that have been on display in Pioneer Courthouse Square for the past couple of weeks. This year’s display has been pretty low key. Nothing flashy. I have been enjoying it [...]

06.18.2008 See the rest → 2 comments