Friends of Congress Square Park
The premier urban park in the heart of Portland’s vibrant Arts District. The park features local art installations, community events, free wifi and more!
***This event has been rescheduled for July 10 due to rain forecasts.*** What matters to our community right now? Are we engaged in decision making processes the impact us? Are our needs and hopes being met? Do we know our neighbors? What does it mean to participate in civic life? Open City nights in Congress Square …
Chase the Chill: Knitting in Public is a casual hand-crafts group that meets weekly in the Square. If you’re a knitter or crocheter, gather with others to create craft and community each week! *This event is weather-permitting. Should rain or inclement weather occur, the group will likely meet in the Reiche School Community Room.* …
On June 7 from 6-8pm, Sea Level & The Memorial Skylight will present a full park sound installation - a living moving three dimensional soundscape. As visitors navigate Congress Square Park, they'll experience in-the-moment individualized and collective musical compositions that are responsive to natural parameters like sunset, humidity, and the activity of people, animals, and …
Try your hand at bunraku puppetry in a free playshop with Figures of Speech Theatre! Participants will work in groups of 2-3 puppeteers to animate a single puppet and create short, non-verbal performances, which we’ll share with each other. Along with noh and kabuki, bunraku is one of the “high forms” of theater in Japan. …
Drop by Congress Square Park for the Fork Food Lab Market Pop Up! Shop snacks and goodies from various members at Fork Food Lab. There will be a variety of goods from vegan deserts to fresh salsa. Stay tuned for detailed information on daily offerings. Saturday Snack Shop is a series. Drop by every …
A smattering of of 2Sheets Theater Company's favorite stories so far. Skunks making love on the hood of a car, bugs looking for honey, Eastern European servants, time traveling accountants. Short and wise tales of hysterical existentialism, warring ideals, and playful philosophy. 2Sheets Theater has been described by the Portland Phoenix thusly: "You never know …
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark (James Dean) is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato (Sal Mineo), and falls for local girl Judy (Natalie Wood). However, …
Join us for casual Monday evenings in Congress Square Park with local singers and songwriters. Relax and listen to your talented neighbors, or bring your instrument and perform for the crowd! Artists of all ages and backgrounds are invited to perform. Interested in sharing a song? We’ll book talent in advance, so get in touch …
***This class has been cancelled due to rain. Catch it next week - same time, same place!*** Come break a sweat in Congress Square Park with a Zumba class taught by Kristin Sutton of Avant Dance Studio. Donations are encouraged - pay what you can! Suggested donation of $5-10. Expect to dance for 45 …
What matters to our community right now? Are we engaged in decision making processes the impact us? Are our needs and hopes being met? Do we know our neighbors? What does it mean to participate in civic life? Open City nights in Congress Square Park are opportunities for neighbors to gather to ask questions and share information …
