Main Street First Friday is Celebrating Summer this month as we kick off the hot weather season with Dads, Grads and all things summer. Join us downtown starting Friday evening for late openings at your favorite shops as well as hot eats and cool treats. The fun starts at 5 pm with a variety of music, specials, promotions and activities.

Get ready to celebrate summer in Parkdale with a family-friendly community gathering. Enjoy music with your neighbors in the shade of the cherry trees. All are welcome! Show off your dance moves at the dance contest or your vocal skills at karaoke. Join a pie-eating contest with famous Parkdale Grange pies.

What’s up The Dalles now has two formats to use - the traditional podcast found on your favorite platforms and this new written recap for a quick read: Learn all about the changing face of downtown The Dalles—celebrating economic developments, previewing First Friday events, and addressing challenges in the retail supply chain.

Join The Dalles Main Street's Cynthia Kortge and Creative Entrepreneur Luise Langheinrich of Lines of Designs in this month's podcast on everything Downtown The Dalles. Langheinrich dishes on her move to open a fabric shop as Kortge spills the details on Tomorrow's First Friday events.  We also squeeze the grapes on the latest moves by local wineries.

Council pushes ahead airport development with legal agreements, gives The Dalles Area Chamber a contract nod after a competitive process, and supports major library improvement.

Sorosis Park was buzzing with activity this morning as a diverse group of volunteers gathered for a weed pulling event organized by Google and North Wasco County Parks and Recreation District.

Serious Theater is presenting New York opera singer Anna Viemeister and baritone Jeremy Griffin in a special concert on Sunday, June 5th at 3:00 P.M. at the Zion Lutheran Church in The Dalles (10th and Union streets). The program features Songs of Travel by Ralph V. Williams, Hermit Songs by Samuel Barber and arias from Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi.

The Dalles High School Graduation is set to begin at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 5 at Sorosis Park. Immense Imagery will live stream the event. Check here for the link. And Congratulations to the Class of 2021.