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Bundle up and come out and see art on display in the Central Eastside!
Note: Electric Blocks (SE 2nd & Clay) active 6 – 10pm,  February 4 - 5, 11 - 12.
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Electric Blocks

6pm - 10pm,  February 4 - 5, 11 - 12
Disco Ball

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Wabi Sabi

Mark Johns

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Electric Blocks

SE 2nd Ave & SE Clay St, Portland, OR 97214

Projection

Projected art that explores how we experience the world and how we can find solitude by observing the beauty of imperfection.

6pm - 10pm, February 4 - 5, 11 - 12

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Colored Light Photo Booth

Nicole Porter & Henry Porter

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Electric Blocks

SE 2nd Ave & SE Clay St, Portland, OR 97214

Interactive

Classic photo booth fun with a creative colored light twist! The complimentary photos will be available to download instantly to brighten your night.

6pm - 10pm, February 11

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Samba Explosion!

Bloco Alegria

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Electric Blocks

SE 2nd Ave & SE Clay St, Portland, OR 97214

Performance

Complex rhythms and breaks to make you shake your booty! 15-20 percussionists play Brazilian rhythms for the sound reactive light sculptures.

8pm February 12

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Immersive Painting: Here and Now

Kendall Cottrell

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Electric Blocks

SE 2nd Ave & SE Clay St, Portland, OR 97214

Performance

The artist will be live each night translating interactive images onto a giant canvas with an extra illuminated twist on traditional art.

6pm - 9pm, February 4 - 5, 11 - 12

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Silent Disco

FUN LUVN

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Electric Blocks

SE 2nd Ave & SE Clay St, Portland, OR 97214

Silent Disco Dance Party

Community centered silent disco dance party. 3 Channels of live DJ Music at the Portland Winter Light Festival.

6pm - 10pm, February 4 - 5, 11 - 12

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The Litness Test

Circus Luminescence. Eli March, Scramble James, Allie T.

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Electric Blocks

SE 2nd Ave & SE Clay St, Portland, OR 97214

Performance

An LED powered vaudeville variety extravaganza with award winning juggling, hooping, comedy and more!

7:30pm & 8:30pm February 11

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Kaleidoscope 4ever

AJ Langley and Audrey Rycewicz

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Electric Blocks

SE 2nd Ave & SE Clay St, Portland, OR 97214

Art installation

An interactive sound installation that uses voices in a space as a way to manipulate the colors, patterns, and sounds in a large kaleidoscope.

6pm - 10pm, February 4 - 5, 11 - 12

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LED Hoop Circus

Hoop with Kendall

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Electric Blocks

SE 2nd Ave & SE Clay St, Portland, OR 97214

Performance

Let the LED Hoop Circus illuminate your night with a 20 Minute Show. Come one, come all!

9pm February 11

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Central Eastside Portland

Hours vary
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Below the Ocean, Above the Sky

Noah Alexander Isaac Stein - East Creative Collective

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East Creative Collective

211 SE Madison St., Portland, OR 97214

Art installation

A window into the deep: sea creatures made of salvaged plastic waste hang in darkness, pulse with internal illumination, and bathe viewers in light.

6pm - 10pm, February 4 - 5, 11 - 12

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Re-Lit

Val Ballestrem

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Architectural Heritage Center

701 SE Grand Ave, Portland, OR 97214

Architectural lighting

A window display of creatively re-lit historic light fixtures and light shades.

All night long, February 4- 12

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Concentricity

Austin

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Rainbow City

21 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97214

Art installation

Lights spin quickly around a motorized shaft. The blur tricks the brain into thinking it sees a static image, allowing for a truly dazzling display.

6pm - 10pm, February 4 - 12

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Mineral Future Tree

John Carter, Christopher Condrat, Tami Clark, Anika Hall, Cody Inda

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Lolo Pass

1616 E Burnside St, Portland, OR 97214

Art installation

A tree transported from the future into Portland to light up the night!

6pm - 10pm, February 4 - 12

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The Evolution of Bread

BRAINFOOD VISUALS and HASMOOD

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Sign Wizards

1111 SE Grand Ave, Portland, OR 97214

Art installation

“The Evolution of Bread” is a psychedelic animated visual piece on the beginning and end process of bread

6pm - 12am, February 4 - 12

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A Festival of Poetry, Dance & Music

Milagro & Various

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Milagro

425 SE 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97214

Performance

The first two weekends, on Fri. & Sat. will feature various music and dance groups at Milagro.

7pm - 9pm, February 4 - 5, 11 - 12

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Rainbow Connection

Rainbow City Artists

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Rainbow City

21 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97214

Neon

Rainbow Connection: a glowing & immersive environment that brings together creators from all walks of life under one roof.

6pm - 10pm, February 4 - 12

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Oregon Convention Center Spires and Crescent Lighting

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Oregon Convention Center

777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97232

Architectural lighting

Oregon Convention Center

6pm - 10pm, February 4 - 12

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Secret Roller Disco

Secret Roller Disco

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Tree Farm

SE 3rd Ave & SE Morrison St, Portland, OR 97214

Activity

Public roller skating party with light displays and a live DJ. Free. All-ages. Onsite $10 skate rentals by Rose City Rollers Skatemobile.

6pm - 10pm, February 5

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Chrysalis

mPrism aka Bryan Absher

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Jupiter NEXT

900 E Burnside St, Portland, OR 97214

Art installation

A set of panels showing the metamorphosis of a butterfly.

6pm - 10pm, February 4 - 12

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A Lamp to Read Seuss By

Richard Miner, Tom Barnes, Denni Kjos

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Lolo Pass

1616 E Burnside St, Portland, OR 97214

Sculpture

A rotating, dome-shaped crown, letting out brilliant lights; casting pictures on nearby walls; atop a curved base, reminiscent of Dr. Seuss's trees.

6pm - 10pm, February 4 - 12

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Tilikum Light: An Illuminating Conversation between a River and a Bridge

Anna Valentina Murch and Doug Hollis

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Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People

Tilikum Crossing, Portland, OR 97201

Permanent Art installation

"Tilikum Light" is an environmental artwork lighting the Tilikum Crossing with a poetic interpretation of factual data from the Willamette River.

All night long, February 4- 12

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