This place sounds like a lot of fun, and a great way to preserve an old building. Turning something into a place for contemporary art and cultural practices is a way to maintain a mix of old culture with modern culture.

As a nexus for labor and shipping in the Pacific Northwest, Portland often had the repute of a rugged, rough and tumble town, more than willing to allow the miners, loggers, and fishermen an opportunity to part with their hard earned cash in whatever debaucherous manner they chose. Historian Doug Crispin will lead a tour around that will explain all the dirty details that lay behind some of these historic places, and take you back into the history of Portland, which has always big one of the bigger port cities in the world, filled with some good little secrets.

Vancouver will be hosting a recycled arts festival from June 28-29. There will be over 120 artists with stage perfumers, jugglers, and clowns. Nothing like mixing some good music with some good art. This is promoting the practice of recycling as well which I think is really important to show to people, and how recycled works can be just as good as those who use new materials only. It would be cool to see how one's trash develops into an artists treasure.

The time has come, it will be starting June 5 and go on until June 15. There will be three separate events throughout the week, all of which will be a little different. The whole beer community in Portland will be participating, everything from bars to pizza parlors. Three bigger events within the week will be the Fruity Beer Fest, which will be June 7-9. Then there will be the Rye Beer Fest, on June 13. Finishing of with the Beer And Cheese Festival, on the 15 of June.

This is the last thursday of May art opening at the Goodfoot featuring artists such as Ali Schlicting, Christopher Kelleher, and Julie Costanzo. These artists focus a lot on abstract contemporary artworks, which are very unique and colorful. Ali states she was trying to convey a story through her artwork. Christopher was trying to capture light in different manners on figures. Julie incorporates oil paintings into her works, clearly giving a diverse range of meticulously chosen artworks for a great show.

This is the 12th annual brew fest in Sasquatch. It will be the first one in a couple years to be held outside again which is great for all the nature dwellers. It will be featuring live music good food, and other goodies.

Red Bull and Google Maps here are supporting street art around the world by allowing people to see exactly where some major pieces are in the world using google maps.

As street art is becoming more and more accepted, its becoming bigger and better. Here are some of the works and how street art is changing around us. Some of this work is absolutely incredible, and very, very large.