INCLUDES VIDEO With no outdoor concerts scheduled for outer East Portland, see where you can go for a pleasant evening of free, live music this summer …

Here’s what was behind the unprecedented heat wave that made neighbors from Argay Terrace, to Hazelwood, to Powellhurst-Gilbert swelter for three record-breaking days. And, see our list of places to splash, and stay cool …

INCLUDES VIDEO Fortunately, many willing hands made quick work, on this Saturday morning – replanting the now iconic Parkrose ‘traffic triangle island’, home of the Portland Immigrant Statue …

See why Leroy Barber – also known as Black Santa – hosted this outer East Portland gathering near the foot of Powell Butte, on June 19 …

INCLUDES VIDEO See students, many of whom live in outer East Portland, perform in this unique setting …

INCLUDES VIDEO Members of the Portland Pickles, their related teams, and baseball fans, all cheer as baseball returns to outer East Portland at Lents Park …

INCLUDES VIDEO Here’s another reason lots of outer East Portland folks headed to Oaks Amusement Park on that holiday weekend …

Outer East Portland patrons are delighted that the Midland Regional Library, in the Mill Park neighborhood, is also for browsing and computing, along with the Holgate Branch Library …

INCLUDES VIDEO Find out where players – some of them coming in from outer East Portland – are heading to play Pickleball; a fast-growing sport for all ages and abilities …

INCLUDES VIDEO If you missed their grand opening in May, check out this lively outer East Portland outdoor marketplace in Parkrose when it next appears on June 26 and 27 …

Find out what it’s been like, for the stars of this long-running family magic-and-comedy show, to again be entertaining families in their theater at Mall 205 …

INCLUDES VIDEO Take a look, and you’ll see that this small-but-mighty outer East Portland farmers market is again “the fresh place to shop” …