This Weekend: MilePost 5 Grand Opening | Art, Music, Food, Beer, Bollywood/Bhangra dance party
April 5, 2011 — PDXPIPELINECreative live/work community MilePost 5 celebrates the completion of its affordable Studios building with a grand opening party this weekend. Art, music, food, film screenings and a visit from Portland Mayor Sam Adams are all on the agenda.
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From MilePost 5′s website:
MilePost 5 Grand Opening Celebration
Friday, April 8, 7-10 p.m.
Saturday, April 9, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday, April 10, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
FREE | All Ages
MilePost 5
850 and 900 NE 81st Avenue
milepost5.net
Milepost 5, a community for creatives and artists, located in Portland's Montavilla neighborhood, will host a weekend-long Grand Opening Festival, April 8 to 10, 2011 to celebrate the final completion of its long-awaited phase 2, The Studios building. The end to major construction marks the official opening of the largest live/work community for artists and creatives in the Northwest.
The festival begins Friday, April 8, at 7 p.m. with a traditional Feng Shui Red Rice Blessing Ceremony, followed by a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 8 p.m. with Portland Mayor Sam Adams and principal developer Brad Malsin of Beam Development. The weekend-long festival includes art exhibits in The Lofts lobby gallery and in The Studios building's two new art galleries. Artwork by the new residents of Milepost 5 will also be on display throughout the second and third floor hallways of The Studios building.
The festival continues throughout the three days with music, food and a beer garden in the restaurant and performance space E.A.T., new businesses in the retail wing opening, demonstrations and presentations by Milepost 5 residents, guided tours of the property including on-going tours of the Lofts building by Realty Trust Group, literary readings, a city-sponsored panel discussion, film screenings, and a Bollywood/Bhangra dance party.
For a full schedule of events, visit milepost5.net.
