Provincial Wines is here tonight from 5 to 7 pm! Come taste some great wine!
Pyramid Breweries!
First of all we want to thank everyone who made it out to our 1st anniversary party! It was a blast and the support that we have is incredible. Thanks for making it a wonderful night.
But more about what this post is to be about, Carrie, who missed our big shin dig is coming in just before the Christmas Holiday! This Thursday from 5 to 7 pm, come in and taste some great Pyramid and MacTarnahan Brews! She has assured me there will be prizes for her absence in an effort to make up. So come enjoy the start to your Holiday with us and Pyramid.
1st Year Anniversary Party
Hard to believe, but this Saturday is our 1st Year Anniversary Party. We are throwing this party with the help of several breweries that have brought us some great beer all along the way! We want to thank each and every one of you for your support this last year and we look forward to many more! Merry Christmas and hope to see you Saturday for the Party!
3:00 PM Start
We will have Live Music from Jeff and Guy, and food from our great friends at Bang Bang's BBQ, located in our parking lot!
Breweries that will be at the party include:
Uptown Market Collaboration Beer: we have a special release keg that is a collaboration with Two Kilts, UPKilt.
Many thanks to all the support our customers have given to us over the past year. Come celebrate with us this Saturday at 3:00 PM.
Uptown Market,
6620 SW Scholls Ferry Rd.
Portland, OR 97223
First Thursday Art Show!!!
First Thursday Art Show featuring our own Erin Butler!!!
We will be pouring beer & wine tastings, and you can always grab dinner at Bang Bang's BBQ parked in our lot. Cheers!
10 Barrel Brewing Thursday 11/29!
Oh Word? Free Tasting?!
Come try some of our favorite beers from 10 Barrel Brewing!
Widmer Tasting Thursday!
Its getting cold outside, come warm up with Brrr
Free Beer Tasting with Widmer Brothers Brewing!
Thursday 11/15 from 5-7pm
Batch 19 Tasting Saturday!
Batch 19 Tasting from 3-6pm
First Thursday! WOW NOT ONE TO MISS
WOW, I'm impressed with what Herb has done for this First Thursday! It is going to be one of epic proportions. Herb Apon, the artist of the mural above that sits in our shop, is our featured artist this month!
We have so much going on in the shop for this First Thursday, I don't know if I have enough space to properly give everyone credit.
DFV Wines - Will be pouring some amazing wines for your tasting pleasure!
Good Life Brewing will be in pouring samples of their beers
Boulevard Brewing will be here all the way from Missouri tasting on some incredible saisons and farmhouse style ales!
Shane will be here on his Accoustic guitar. Shane is the lead singer from Miss Massive Snowflake. Recently finished a tour throughout Europe and has local shows all over the city. We welcome and thank him for some great live music during our Art Show!
For those of you who don't know, Herb Apon, renowned comic style artist in the Portland Area has been creating art for the last 20 years. He has been featured in DC, Darkhorse and Dynamite books. He has had articles written on his featured art in the Willamette Weekly and Mercury papers on numerous occasions. He has been involved with very successful freelance art throughout his career, which includes the Mural hanging at our store and the featured marketing art for the beer collaboration between Uptown Market and Two Kilts!
SOB - Southern Oregon Brewing
Southern Oregon Brewing is in this Friday from 5 - 7 pm. Great time to pick up some beer for those post Halloween parties that you are headed to! We are excited to have them to Uptown Market, come in and say hello to this great brewery!
The Commons Brewery
Come in to Uptown Market and meet one of the brewers for the Commons Brewery! This Thursday from 5 to 7 pm. If you haven't had a chance to try their Belgian Style ales and Farmhouse Saizon this is a great opportunity. If you are not familiar with these styles come in and let them tell you all about this style of beer!
Sasquatch Brewery
That's right, come meet the brewer at Uptown Market this Friday for Sasquatch Brewery! They are a great new local favorite with their brew pub on Capitol Highway. If you haven't had a chance to try their food their pub has some great stuff. If you haven't had a chance to try their beer, come to Uptown Market this Friday from 5-7 and get some great local beer!
Mendocino Brewing
Mendocino Brewing Company is at Uptown Market this Saturday from 3 to 6 pm! Come in and check out some great beers from this Californian brewery.
Wine Tasting - Drink Think
Drink Think is in Thursday for a Wine Tasting! The Rain is here and it's time to sit next to a fire and drink some deep red wines. We have a great line up for you to taste this thursday so come in and check out some amazing wines for the upcoming season.
Migration Brewing and Pumpkin Carving!
Migration Brewing is in this Friday from 5 pm to 7 pm. They are going to have their dry hopped pale on tap so come and get some of this popular local beer. I did hear they are bringing in some of their fresh hop beer for us to try so definitely stop by while there here for a taste.
We are going to have a pumpkin party following the tasting. That's right, bring your pumpkin in, carve it up, have some beer and we'll see whose is the best. We might even decide to have a contest for the best carved pumpkin! Either way, should be a fun night at Uptown Market so come in and join in on the fun!
Vertigo Tasting
Vertigo Brewing from Hillsboro is at Uptown Market this Saturday from 3 pm to 6 pm. We are going to have some of their great beer here to taste and also going to have something on tap for have while you enjoy the weekend. Grab some great beer at Uptown Market, where you can drink while you shop!
Newcastle!
Paul from Newcastle is going to be in the house this thursday from 5 to 7 pm. Come in and join us for some great prizes and some great fun. I heard there is a new release coming out so be sure to come check it out! Did I hear someone howl for this one?
Georgetown Brewing
The long awaited Georgetown Brewing is finally here in Portland. Come in and let's make sure we make them stay! We are excited to have them into our shop and as you have probably seen already gone through a couple of their kegs! We know that they are going to have some stuff to give away so come join us for some great beer and great fun with a staple of Seattle!
Constellation Wines
Constellation Wines is going to be in to taste you on some of their terrific tasting wines. Come in and try one or all of them. Case discounts on this special day so come in and stock your cellars for the coming holidays!
First Thursday EVENT! Cole Rogers, Casa Bruno Wine, 2 towns Cider and Lemma Wine
Cole Rogers will be in this thursday to present his art! Come in for a great show, great art and of course great wine and beer! Show a big welcome for this talented artist! We will have Casa Bruno Wine Company, Lemma Wine Company and 2 Towns Cider! EXCITING!
A little bit about Cole:
I am a 26 year old conceptual artist from Newberg OR. I was born in San Diego CA and moved to Newberg at the age of 5, with my parents and 4 siblings. I have 3 sisters and a brother, I am child number 3. My two older sisters live around here in the Portland area, and my younger sister lives in Portland as well. My little brother lives with my folks in Newberg, goes to PCC, and works for my family's coffee shop and bookstore. I am a graduate of Linfield College in McMinnville OR. I played College Football for the Linfield Wildcats for 4 years at Running Back, and helped take our team the Semi Finals of the National Championship my senior season. More importantly I focused on Business in College, and ended up with a Bachelors in Business Administration. Along the way I got enrolled in a class called History of Visual Culture, where I learned the cultural impact Art made on society all over the world. Taking this class got me addicted to learning about Art, and visual culture in general.
I have worked for my parents at the cofffee shop throughout College and High School, and recently started working as a recruiter for a College in Kansas that has an online program I represent in the Portland Area. I am in a contract that will expire in winter, and I will decide whether to continue or move on to a new avenue. I practice Brazilian Jiu Jitsu on a daily basis as a way to improve myself physically and spiritually, and compete for the Impact Jiu Jitsu team regularly at tournaments. I am an extremely competitive person, who enjoys challenging myself in a variety of ways.
Since taking that class I took a variety of other conceptual classes, but only had a couple of studio classes by the time I graduated. After college I still had the drive to learn about how imagery affects us as humans, so I started to conceptualize a lot of pieces myself. Most of my stuff is very abstract and starts with a blank mind where I can let my hand decide what happens. I just start doodling and after a few hours I decide when I'm done. I often like to work in pen and ink so I have to correct my mistakes by creating more rather than erasing. I also use pencil for some of the more detail pieces I have worked on. Some of my favorites are pen and ink drawings that have been scanned into digital form, and filled in with color on Photoshop.
I am obsessed with the concept of balance, and it reflects in my pieces often. I also am very spiritual in my approach to my art, I do not create unless I really feel like I have something inside of me I want to express. I believe art should be an honest expression of self that comes from within. True creation is from the brain, and the ability to accurately take whats in the brain to the image is what I am interested in. I would rather see a poor drawing that expresses creativity, than photo-realist piece that was copied from still life. My favorite artist of all time is Salvador Dali. He was an artist who created from his true sub conscious, and had the artistic talent to amaze with his images.
Heater Allen
Heater Allen is at Uptown Market this Friday from 5 - 7. Enjoy their wonderful beers as you start your weekend off. We are excited to have them back to taste with us, come in and show your support for the small local guys!
