1) Prepare for an emergency with NET (Monday, Aug. 10)
2) Organic Brewers Festival returns to Overlook (Aug. 13-16)
3) Help Portland write its marijuana rules (Thursday, Aug. 27)
4) Broadway Bridge closing to motor vehicles (Aug. 10-16)
5) Mark Shabbat in Overlook Park (Friday, Aug. 21)
6) Bridge Pedal closings (Sunday, Aug. 9)
7) Fun had by all at the neighborhood ice cream social
1) Prepare for an emergency with NET (Monday, Aug. 10)
The local Overlook Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) wants to meet you! Join the folks who are getting read for the big one at Lucky Lab (1700 N Killingsworth St) on Monday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. All are welcome!
NET also will hold a Skills ’n drills meeting on Sept. 13 at Beach School, 3-4 p.m. Send questions to overlookprepares@gmail.com.
Overlook Neighborhood NET
Monday, Aug. 10, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Lucky Lab (1700 N Killingsworth St.)
2) Organic Brewers Festival returns to Overlook (Aug. 13-16)
The North American Organic Brewers Festival – the world’s only organic brewers festival – will celebrate its 11th year this August 13 -16 at Overlook Park. Event hours are noon to 9 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Designed to raise awareness about organic beer and sustainable living, the festival will serve 63 organic beers, ciders, meads and braggots from three-dozen breweries located in the United States, Canada, Germany and England. Styles run the gamut from Ambers to Belgians to Wild Ales, with a bit of everything in-between. (A complete list of participating breweries is available at www.naobf.org.) The event also offers live local music, organic food, sustainability-oriented vendors and non-profits and a kid’s area in a beautiful park setting.
This year’s event will feature an exceedingly rare opportunity to sample draft beer from Pinkus Müller, the world’s first certified organic brewery, located in Münster, Germany. Pinkus Ur-Pils and Pinkus Münster Alt kegs will be tapped on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of the festival at 4pm daily. Because of its limited supply, only tasters will be available, and it will cost two tokens for a taste.
The festival is pleased to introduce the Merchant du Vin Organic Bottle Garden, which will feature 11 bottled beers and cider from Pinkus and Samuel Smith’s of Yorkshire, England. The bottled products will be available all days of the festival in both taster and full cup options. These products will cost either double or triple tokens (triple for fruit beers).
Admission into the NAOBF is free. The purchase of a $7 reusable, compostable cornstarch cup is required for tasting beer, as are tokens, which sell for $1 apiece. A full cup of beer costs four tokens and a taste costs one token; select beers, ciders and meads cost double tokens. Patrons receive an extra token with a validated Tri-Met ticket, a ticket from the Hopworks Bike Corral, or a valid ID with an Overlook neighborhood zip code (one extra token per person allowed).
The NAOBF is a family friendly event, and minors are welcome with parents. A kid’s area offers art activities, face painting and a root beer garden with complimentary Crater Lake Root Beer and Orange Cream Soda for minors (and designated drivers).
The NAOBF encourages responsible drinking and urges patrons to take advantage of the MAX Light Rail; the Yellow Line Overlook Park Station is adjacent to the festival. For more information about the NAOBF, visit naobf.org.
North American Organic Brewers Festival
Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 13-16, noon to 9 p.m. (5 p.m. Sunday)
Overlook Park
3) Help Portland write its marijuana rules (Thursday, Aug. 27)
Portland’s Office of Neighborhood Involvement is holding a number of town halls about developing a regulatory framework for the marijuana industry in Portland. Share your thoughts in North Portland at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center on Aug. 27.
Marijuana Policy Town Hall
Thursday, Aug. 27, 6 to 8 p.m.
Legacy Emanuel Medical Center (501 N Graham Street)
4) Broadway Bridge closing to motor vehicles (Aug. 10-16)
The Broadway Bridge will be closed to motor vehicles from 7 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 10 to no later than 5 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 16 for repairs. Bridge sidewalks will remain open.
The bridge closure is needed for deck repairs to be completed along the Portland Streetcar tracks on the bridge lift span. A streetcar contractor will complete the repairs.
During the closure, a contractor working for Multnomah County will complete installation of scaffolding and containment for painting the westernmost bridge span this month.
Currently, the bridge is down to two traffic lanes due to the painting project. The streetcar repairs will require closing the two lanes that have been open this summer.
During the closure, the NW Lovejoy ramp at the west end of the bridge will remain open for traffic to access the NW Broadway ramp to Old Town and downtown. TriMet’s 17-Holgate/Broadway bus route will detour to the Steel Bridge during the closure. Central Loop (CL) Streetcar service will remain closed during this work. CL service will resume on both sides of the river on Monday, Aug. 17.
Alternate river crossings open to motor vehicles include the Burnside, Fremont and Steel bridges. The traveling public is advised to expect delays while repairs are being made. We ask the public to travel cautiously, observe all lane closures and directions by reader boards and flaggers, and use alternate routes if possible.
5) Mark Shabbat in Overlook Park (Friday, Aug. 21)
Join Congregation Shir Tikvah for Shabbat in Overlook Park on Friday, Aug. 21 at 6 p.m. Bring a blanket or chairs and pack a picnic dinner to enjoy with while the band plays! Stumbleweed, our perennial favorite bluegrass band, will start our evening off with a selection of toe-tapping tunes.
Rabbi Ariel Stone and J.D. Kleinke will lead Shabbat prayers and songs starting around 6:45, and we’re bringing enough challah for everyone to have some. We’ll close out the night with more music from Stumbleweed.
Service animals welcome, but please leave other pets at home.
Parking will be available in the Kaiser WIN lots off of N Fremont Avenue. We’ll have someone there to point you in the right direction.
For more information, contact Shir Tikvah at office@shirtikvahpdx.org or call 503-473-8227
Shabbat
Friday, Aug. 21, 6 p.m.
Overlook Park
6) Bridge Pedal closings (Sunday, Aug. 9)
About 18,000 cyclists will take to the Portland’s streets on Sunday for the Providence Bridge Pedal. The event will close or limit traffic on 11 of the city’s bridges starting at 4 a.m. and ending about 12:30 p.m.
If you aren’t doing the ride, your best bet is to stay home Sunday morning to avoid headaches. Better yet, it’s not too late to volunteer at the Overlook Neighborhood Association booth. E-mail Board Member Alan Crana at ascran3@hotmail.com. if you’re free to help out and raise a few dollars for OKNA in the process.
If you must travel on Sunday, keep these tips in mind:
- Sellwood Bridge: Closed to westbound traffic from 5:30 to 9 a.m.
- Ross Island Bridge: Closed to westbound traffic from 5 to 11 a.m.
- Morrison Bridge: Open in both directions. Two eastbound lanes and the eastbound ramp to Southeast Water Avenue will be closed from 6 to 8:30 a.m.
- Burnside Bridge: Closed to westbound traffic from 6 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
- Fremont Bridge (Interstate 405): Closed to southbound traffic from 4 a.m. to noon, with access by bicyclists ending at 11:30 a.m.
- St. Johns Bridge: Open in both directions during the day but closed from Saturday night at 9 p.m. until 4 a.m. on Sunday for maintenance.
- Marquam Bridge (Interstate 5): Closed to northbound traffic from 4 to 11 a.m.
- Hawthorne Bridge: Closed to eastbound traffic from 6 to 11 a.m.
- Morrison Bridge: Open in both directions. Two eastbound lanes and the eastbound ramp to Southeast Water Avenue will be closed from 6 to 8:30 a.m.
Steel Bridge: Closed to eastbound traffic from 6:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - Broadway Bridge: Closed to eastbound traffic from 4 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- St. Johns Bridge: Open in both directions during the day but closed from Saturday night at 9 p.m. until 4 a.m. on Sunday for maintenance.
- Interstates:
- The Interstate 5 and Interstate 405 loop will essentially be open for traffic in a clockwise pattern.
- Motorists traveling north on I-5 into Portland will be detoured to I-405, where they’ll cross the Fremont Bridge and rejoin I-5.
- Motorists traveling south on I-5 will travel through the city as usual.
- Interstate 84 will be accessible from I-5 southbound and the Morrison Bridge.
- Transit:
- MAX trains will continue to cross the Steel Bridge, but might be delayed in downtown Portland. The Portland Streetcar’s eastside Central Loop remains closed due to painting on the Broadway Bridge.
- Bus line detours will start at 5 a.m., and TriMet will mark stops with directions to temporary stops nearby. Affected bus lines include: 4-Division/Fessenden, 6-Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, 8-Jackson Park/NE 15th, 9-Powell Blvd, 12-Barbur/Sandy Blvd., 14-Hawthorne, 15-Belmont/NW 23rd, 17-Holgate/Broadway, 19-Woodstock/Glisan, 20-Burnside/Stark, 33-McLoughlin, 35-Macadam/Greeley, 44-Capitol Hwy/Mocks Crest, 54-Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy, 56-Scholls Ferry Rd, 70-12th /NE 33rd Ave, 72-Killingsworth/82nd and 77-Broadway/Halsey.
7) Fun had by all at the neighborhood ice cream social
The annual ice cream social at historic Overlook House was fun for all ages again this year. Special thanks to Lovely’s Fifty-Fifty for providing the ice cream. And congratulations to the door prize winners Donna Larsen ($50 gift certificate to Lovely’s Fifty-Fifty) and Del Hungerford (gift basket).
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