See the glee on the faces of families who came by to celebrate the holidays with Portland’s Black Santa on this particular evening ...

INCLUDES FUN VIDEO | Check out their new exhibit – as well as the special family shows that run all through the Christmas Season and into the New Year …

INCLUDES FESTIVE VIDEO | Here’s how the Leach Botanical Garden Winterfest went, this year, in outer East Portland …

Week #183 Shooting Report | UPDATED | Here’s the latest death by gunfire, once again in our Centennial neighborhood …

Here’s a look at these dancers, many of them from outer East Portland, as they prepare for their upcoming performances of the Nutcracker, and other concerts coming up on December 14-17 …

INCLUDES STEAM LOCOMOTIVE VIDEO | UPDATED! Schedule extended through December 30! | Act now, and you might still be able to get tickets for this unique East Portland experience for your family …

Week #182 Shooting Report | UPDATED + Shooting Suspect Arrested | One week, and five more dead in shooting incidents …

INCLUDES VIDEO | If you missed their first concert of the season, you can both learn about this great musical organization and listen to it here …

See why folks with the Johnson Creek Watershed Council, including volunteers from outer East Portland, came together for this party …

INCLUDES LIVELY VIDEO | No stuffed animals here – see why outer East Portland families are taking in this unique exhibit, now, during the Holidays, at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry …

See the look of TriMet’s newest MAX Light Rail trains, coming soon to an outer East Portland station near you …

Week #181 Shooting Report | Death didn’t take a holiday; over Thanksgiving a shooting claims yet another outer East Portland life …