27 Friday Sep 2013
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First Friday is always a great time. Ignore the rain (it will undoubtedly be a balmy clear night, now that I’ve said that) and come on out for great art, food, coffee, and a refreshing adult beverage!
Remember to pick up your Passport at Columbia River Gallery or Marco Polo Designs for a good shot at a ridiculously good basket of goodies. : )
02 Friday Aug 2013
There’s a whole lot to do in Troutdale tonight, so block out a couple hours and join us for dinner and music and art between 5:00 and 9:00… and have a delightful evening!
Image detail of Environ 29, Loree Harrell 2013
03 Friday May 2013
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art, Caswell Gallery, First Friday, Troutdale, walk, what to do
I was just in town and it is hummin’! Get on out and enjoy the art and the food and the utterly magnificent evening : )
This month’s basket is worth over 900.00! – so pick up your Passport and have fun tonight.
03 Wednesday Apr 2013
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art, Caswell Gallery, Columbia River Gallery, First Friday, Infusion Gallery, Marco Polo Designs, music, The Mirror Project, Troutdale, what to do
TROUTDALE PASSPORTS!
Pick up your Troutdale Passport at participating businesses. Then, visit ALL the artist venues, get your card validated, and drop it off at Marco Polo Designs or Columbia River Gallery for a chance to WIN a FREE Gift Basket filled with lots of goodies from participating Merchants and Artists!
113 W. Sage Salon
FREE Nail gift to the first 30 with Troutdale Passports!
20% off Salon Products tonight!
107 E West Columbia Gorge Chamber
Loree Harrell – “The Mirror Project” Photography and Jewelry
Drawing for AP 2/2 of Mirror 583; Crown Point from Women’s Forum
202 W. Ye Olde Pub
Open to Minors until 10pm
Full Lunch & Dinner Menu for Friends & Family
Happy Hour 3pm – 6pm & 10pm to close
108 E. Brass Rail Tavern
Food & Beer Garden
LIVE ROCK-N-ROLL by Eric Savage-Johnson
8pm – 12am
135 E. Troutdale Tattoo
Reynolds High School Metals Dept. – Metal Art
149 E. Marco Polo Designs
20% off Special Tonight!
Plus…FREE Italian Prosecco and Hors d’oeuvres!
Deposit your completed TROUTDALE PASSPORT HERE for a chance to WIN the Gift Basket!
165 E. Siam Sushi Restaurant
Thai & Japanese
Parris Foley – Glass Mosaics
This photo of Siam Sushi Restaurant is courtesy of TripAdvisor
Mayor Square
OPEN AIR MARKET – Creative Arts & Crafts!
Native American Jewelry, Metal Art, TieDye Clothes Handmade Soap, Antiques & Collectibles
Pastries & Sweets, Smoked Fish & More!
Annette Jackson – Art and Cards
3pm – 8:30pm
177 E. Ristorante Di Pompello
LIVE ACCORDION by Michael Maffei
205 E.Columbia Gorge Salon & Spa
First Friday Special: 20% off ALL Salon Products!
233 E. Troutdale Massage
(Columbia Gorge Chiropractic)
5 Minute Mini-Massages by Elizabeth 5:30pm to 9pm
Tammy Kromm – Oil Paintings
253 E. Caswell Gallery
Mike Rangner – Oregon Landscapes
Cynthia Feustel – Figures & Still Life
Phil Smith – Photorealistic Landscapes
Sculpture 101 – Student Works on Display!
LIVE VOCALS & GUITAR by Jairus Minsky
FREE WINE TASTING with Phelps Creek Winery
MHCC Foundation Car Raffle!
Buy your ticket to win!
Rip Caswell_Nimitz Sculpture
253 E. Ali Peret Designs
Stop by and see what Ali Peret is up to!
266 E. Troutdale Vision Clinic
Barbara Brosh – Hand Crafted Metal Jewelry
Maria Brezovay – Knitting & Embroidery
SPANISH GUITAR by Gyorgy Brezovay
275 E. Brewligans Bottle Shop
Brew Tasting 8pm – 10pm
302 E. Taste Of Village
Cantonese & Mandarin Cuisine
303 E. Columbia River Gallery
(Come Downstairs or Thru Infusion Gallery)
Marguerite Perry – Columbia Basin Jewelry
CUPCAKE TASTING
with Jackie Barron of “Simply Cupcakes by M.E.”
Deposit your completed TROUTDALE PASSPORT HERE for a chance to WIN the Gift Basket!
COLUMBIA RIVER GALLERY
305 E. Infusion Gallery
Anton Jarmer – Original Drawings & Paintings
Heather Greene (Soderberg) – Sculpture
LIVE LAZY ACOUSTIC SWING by “Swingali”
INFUSION GALLERY
319 E. Celebrate Me Home
329 E. Rustic With a Twist
333 E. Art, Ink, Letters
FIESTA FRIDAY! Chicken Quesadillas & Taco Salads
FREE WINE TASTING – Selections by
Lumos Winery, Airfield Estates and Patit Creek
ACOUSTIC BAND – “Rusty Road”
Featuring John (Deere) Sandgren, Doc Jim (James), Michael Roi and Sharon Anne
Karen Rhein – Jewelry
CELEBRATE ME HOME
345 E Paws for a Cause
Rebecca Leonard – Dried Flower Wreaths/Wall Hangings
345 E Alix’s Attic
Lu Feazel-Hurt – Watercolor Cards & Plaques
359 E Troutdale Antique Mall
Jane Miller – Girlfriend Bags
SEE YOU FRIDAY AND…
NEXT TIME on May 3rd, 2013!
14 Thursday Mar 2013
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art, Caswell Gallery, event, Painted Violins, Portland Youth Philharmonic, Troutdale, what to do
My calendar for tomorrow evening just changed… I ADORE Painted Unexpected Things!
Caswell Gallery is hosting a reception for the Portland Youth Philharmonic Painted Violins Project 2013 at the Gallery tomorrow night, March 15 from 5-9PM. See violins that have been painted by a variety of western area artists and musicians and are available for purchase to support PYP. The Gallery will be serving hors d’oeuvres, wine from Phelps Creek and have entertainment by members of the Portland Youth Philharmonic. Call the Gallery for more information at 503-492-2473. The event is free and does not require reservations. Hope to see you then!
About the Painted Violins Project
16 Wednesday Jan 2013
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art, Caswell Gallery, Columbia River, Infusion Gallery, Sandy River, Troutdale, West Columbia Gorge Chamber, Ye Olde Pub
The past week I’ve had several occasions to be in town and am reminded how much I love this place. All of it – the sweet little town, the wilder places just outside of town, and my beautiful river. You can have the Columbia – I’ll come look at it, walk by it once in awhile, delight in that magnificent approach to PDX over the mountain, but the Sandy River has my heart. I lived on it for four years, drive by it every day, walk to it 300+ days a year. Love my river.
Anyway, Troutdale this past week.
The West Columbia Gorge Chamber Of Commerce is moving from the house by the arch just across and down the street to 107 on the historic highway. I went in to see Marcia last Wednesday, and she was her usual gracious self, with only a slight underlay of Frantic (moving will do that to you). I was able to get in a couple hours helping her haul stuff Thursday and Friday, and am seriously in love with the house as studio / gallery space. If I win the lottery tonight, it’s all mine.
Photo Rip Caswell
Stopped by the Caswell Gallery to take a look at Rip’s Nimitz sculpture on Wednesday. His son was working on the shoes, which are incredibly more detailed than in this earlier pic. It’s an impressive piece, and worth the stop to watch work in progress. Article on the Pearl Harbor installation is here.
Gulled, my cohort from the hotel across the highway, met me for lunch yesterday at Ye Olde Pub. We talk about having lunch once a month, and it works out to about three times a year. Philly sandwich, fish and (onion-rings-substituted-for-) chips and good conversation. Some of it about work.
Parris sold four more pairs of the Mirror Project earrings (yay!) at Infusion Gallery on Friday, so Gulled and I dropped in, since he hadn’t seen the gallery yet, and I needed to talk to her about more inventory. It is looking SO great. The (big!) workshop for Adult Learning Systems is ready to go, kitchen and art supplies and all, the ALS art is hung (you have to go in to see the new collage work – I’ll get the artist’s name, my brain is its usual sieve). Grand Opening is February 7th, but don’t let that stop you from stopping by prior.
SOLD! : )
Bunches more, but I have to go pick up the pups from their night in the woods, so will post the rest shortly.
Rock your day!
Loree
6:45a P.S. Pups are home and fed and passed out… whooboyhowdy is it foggy up there today – hate it when it’s so dense the highbeams just kick back glare, but gotta use them or you can’t see the inevitable deer in time. (They are beautiful but stupid and slightly suicidal – had to brake hard for only two this morning. Look both ways before you cross the road, dear does!).
Terri Clark image taken (I’m guessing), sometime in the summer and when the sun was up.
The only good thing about getting up early to drive in the 5 a.m. dark to pick up dogs, is that shining light in the black as you come into Springdale. Next drive up that way, make sure you stop at Liz’s Coffee Cabin. I’ve been driving eight miles out of my way to work to get the Big Train Chai latte. 3.50 for the huge one and so so good. Cool thing, too – the punch card isn’t for free coffee. When it’s full, she donates 4.00 to the Corbett Cardinals to support the kids. How hard does that rock?
Columbia Gorge Gateway 