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"City of Roses" - Esperanza Spalding; refers to her childhood days spent in her hometown and the nickname of Portland, Oregon (2012) [3] [5] " Everyone Knows Everyone " - The Helio Sequence (2004) [ 6 ]
Established in 1993, [30] the annual Winter Wonderland event at the Portland International Raceway has been described as the "largest holiday light show west of the Mississippi" [31] and the largest holiday light show in the Pacific Northwest. [32] The 2024 event had 250 displays, some of which were animated. [33]
The Oregon Zoo, originally the Portland Zoo and later the Washington Park Zoo, [5] [6] is a zoo located in Washington Park, Portland, Oregon, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of downtown Portland. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest zoo west of the Mississippi River. [7] The 64-acre (26 ha) zoo is owned by the regional Metro government.
Mendelssohns (also known as MendelssohnsPDX, [1] or Mendelssohn's) is a bar in Portland, Oregon. Established in 2022, the classical music -themed business was named one of the best bars in the U.S. by Esquire in 2023.
Woody Guthrie wrote several songs about the Northwest under the commission of the Bonneville Power Administration.. The music of Oregon reflects the diverse array of styles present in the music of the United States, from Native American music to the contemporary genres of rock and roll, country, rhythm and blues, jazz, pop, electronic music, and hip hop.
The Hawthorne Theatre, formerly known as the Sunnyside Masonic Lodge, is an historic building and music venue located at the intersection of Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard and Cesar Chavez Boulevard, in Portland, Oregon's Richmond neighborhood, in the United States.
Zoo Lights at Dallas Zoo; Zoo Lights at Houston Zoo; see TXU Energy § Houston Zoo; ZooLights at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, Illinois; ZooLights at the U.S. National Zoo, Washington, D.C. ZooLights at Phoenix Zoo; Zoolights at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington; LA Zoo Lights at Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens
A mosaic by Portland architect and artist Willard Martin. It was originally installed at the former entrance to the Oregon Zoo (then known as the Portland Zoological Gardens) in 1959. It was re-installed outside of the zoo's new education center in July 2016, near the zoo's old entrance. [25] Flow: 2024 Greg A. Robinson