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Saturday Market
Celebrates 40 Years
Portland Saturday Market, the nation’s largest arts
and crafts market in continuous operation, celebrates its
40th anniversary Saturday and Sunday, July 20 and 21.
The two day celebration will include numerous activi­
ties, daily give-a-ways, artist demonstrations, as well as
all the M arket’s talented artisans selling their original
handcrafted wares, an international food court and a
main stage featuring local Pacific Northwest favorites.
Portland Saturday Market has helped form and sus­
tain the region’s artist community for decades by pro­
viding an exciting marketplace for small businesses.
Portland Saturday Market is held every Saturday and
Sunday from March through Christmas Eve at South­
west Naito Parkway, downtown.
Portland Saturday Market's
covered area at Tom McCall
Waterfront Park, south o f the
Burnside Bridge.
photo by
S teve M organ
On Saturday, July 2 0 Portland will try to set a world record for the
m ost tree hugs in one location.
Tree Hug at Hoyt Arboretum
Portland broke one Guinness
World Record earlier this summer
with over600 people floating on the
Willamette River in a human chain.
It was a great way to celebrate the
cleaner Willamette River.
N ow H o y t A rb o re tu m and
Treecology need your help to break
the Guinness world record for tree
hugging.
On Saturday, July 20, Treecology
and Hoyt Arboretum are organizing
an attempt to break the world record
for the most people simultaneously
hugging trees in one place at one
time. The current record is935 people
in Minnesota.
Participants will gather in the
Arboretum near the intersection of
Kingston and Knights boulevards,
uphill from the V ietnam War Memo­
rial. Check-in begins at 2 p.m., and
the hug will take place around 3 p.m.
Additional fun activities include
tree-related information booths, a
climbing wall, Timber Joey, Garry
Oak and more.
Due to strict rules from the
Guiness Book of World Records,
registration is required so the count
is accurate. Pre-registration is highly
recommended. You can register
through a link on the w ebsite
hoytarboretum.org.