20 years ago Jimi Biron, McMenamins’ Music Director, and Mark Hamilton of 94/7fm, conspired to create “December to Remember,” Portland’s take on “jingle balls” around the country.
Behold The Tower. This amazing conglomeration of McMenamins’ historic buildings, all built into one fantastical structure, is the brainchild of artist Lyle Hehn, created in 2000.
In this episode of The Red Shed Tapes, we’re going to look back at how – and why – the Brewpub Law passed. We’ll explore how a handful of microbrewing pioneers experimented, innovated and altered the cultural landscape of an entire state. And we’ll reflect on what the last four decades of brewing means for us today.
Things Doing and Stuff by Cathy Fields sets the scene at the Turkey Trot dance, an annual event held by the Elks every November and December from the time the Lodge opened in 1916 and continuing through the 1950s in what’s now the Spanish Ballroom.
Isaka Shamsud-Din was an artist, activist, and educator known for his rich murals, paintings, and community projects in Portland. Much of his work celebrates the cultures of African Americans and people of the African Diaspora.
Join us in celebrating our 42nd anniversary and Barley Mill’s birthday on June 14, 2025, with live music, cupcakes, a Discovery Hunt and, of course, Bickershaw Pacific NW Pils on tap!
This episode is a Red Shed Tapes, B-side, where we press “play” on stories and conversations from McMenamins’ vault of recordings and interviews from the last 40-plus years.
This episode is a Red Shed Tapes: B-side, where we press “play” on stories and conversations from McMenamins’ vault of recordings and interviews from the last 40-plus years.
This episode is a Red Shed Tapes, B-side, where we press “PLAY” on stories and conversations from McMenamins’ vault of recordings and interviews from the last 40-plus years.
In 2023, native Portlander Lucille Pierce, born in 1921, found a slice of local history among her family keepsakes and kindly shared the artifact with McMenamins. While going through her late mother’s belongings, Lucille discovered a punch card for dance lessons at Ringler’s Dancing Academy at the Cotillion Hall, signed by Montrose Ringler, himself! Lucille…