The Days are getting shorter and the infamous Oregon winter looms large just over the horizon. So while there is still time let’s get together and celebrate another summer’s worth of projects done by getting together and eating ourselves silly! Show off your culinary prowess and bring your favorite dish for every one [...]

This Saturday at the World Trade Center in downtown Portland the Micro-Enterprise Inventor’s Program of Oregon will be holding an Inventor’s Showcase with the title  “Innovation Begins at Home”. Stop down and check it out!

This weekend starts the 102nd Rose Festival and with it an all new Artisans Pavilion with 40+ local vendors. Stop by and check it out.
Thanks go to Handmade NW and DIYAlert for the tip!

This Saturday TechShop is officially opening it’s doors!
Starting at 3pm, be there for demonstrations of the furnaces, Laser Cutter, and other fun stuff!
Also, they’re still looking for helpers in various areas.
from portlandtechshop.com:

We are still looking for helpers. We have another position open now as well. We are looking for people to help staff the front [...]

From KTAU.com

PORTLAND, Ore. – Nissan is bringing their electric car prototype to Oregon, and it’s letting the governor and the CEO of PGE be some of the first to drive it.
The test vehicles, which have large letters “EV” for Electric Vehicle on the sides, are based on the Nissan Cube series of cars, which Nissan [...]

Not the Grand Opening quite yet, but the doors are open and the tools are running!
From the TechShop website: http://www.portlandtechshop.com/

Portland TechShop is open as of Feb 21st, 2009!
Come on down and take a look at what we have. The open hours are still being worked on so give us a call before you head down [...]