Portland Oregon Visitors Association
Portland Travel Update | September 2005

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Fun fact
Portland is flying high with recent feature articles in Hemispheres (the United Airlines in-flight) and Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel magazines.

CMCA Portland Art MuseumCenter for Modern and Contemporary Art: Grand Opening
It's still a month away, but we're getting ready to celebrate the Oct. 2 opening of the new 28,000- square-foot Center for Modern and Contemporary Art (CMCA) at the Portland Art Museum. The excitement continues with Hesse: A Princely German Collection (opening Oct. 29.). 503.226.2811.

Thunderbirds set to thunder overhead
The 2005 Oregon International Airshow showcases the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds (Sat. & Sun.) along with myriad other performers and fun family activities. Sept. 9-11. Hillsboro, Ore. 503.629.0706.

Buddy Guy Get lost on Sauvie Island!
A local favorite with every age-group, the Corn MAiZE at The Pumpkin Patch celebrates its seventh season on Sauvie Island. This year's five-acre maze depicts Capt. William Clark of Corps of Discovery fame. Enjoy hay rides, the cow train ride, mini mazes and country store. Open Aug. 26 through Halloween. 503.621.7110.

The world on stage
Now in its third year, TBA, the Time-Based Art Festival, continues to push buttons, boundaries and limits. Join the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art as they introduce work of global consequence by contemporary artists who move us forward in the most wondrous ways. Hotel packages available.

MusicFestNWPositive feedback
Amps will be set to "10" as MusicfestNW, Portland’s smorgasbord of local and international independent music, returns Sept. 8-11. Imagine the energy of 250 bands performing at over 20 venues. Then turn up the volume. Hotel packages available.



Jupiter Hotel
Affair@ The Jupiter Hotel

An intimately scaled art fair, the Affair @ The Jupiter Hotel brings together emerging and established artists from the United States and beyond. Art will be displayed on the beds and walls, in closets and even in the bathrooms of the hipper-than-hip Jupiter Hotel.
Sept. 30-Oct. 2.


 


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Looking Ahead



Opening Oct. 1
OMSI presents "Animation"
(Featuring Cartoon Network)

Opening Oct. 29
Behind Castle Doors: Treasures from the Princes of Hesse

Nov. 1-30
Oregon Bounty

Opening Nov. 11
Lewis & Clark National Bicentennial Exhibition




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