May 2025 Events

5/14/2025 BNA "Happy Hour"
Wednesday, May 14th, 2025 at 4:00 to 6:00 PM
Steeplejack Pizza and Beer at 4439 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway

Learn about the Bridlemile Neighborhood Association  
If the weather is nice, we will be outside on their porch, otherwise inside.

Bridlemile Elementary Garden Clean Up
Saturday, May 31, 2025 from 9 AM to 1 PM.

Join neighbors and families for a community garden clean up and planting party at the Bridlemile Elementary Garden (4300 SW 47th Drive, Portland, Oregon 97221).

This will be a community gathering with food and drinks to share, garden activities for everyone, and information sharing from the Bridlemile Emergency Team (NET).

The Bridlemile NET will be passing out Poo & Pee buckets for your emergency preparedness supply kit.

Funding for the event is provided by the Bridlemile Parent-Teacher Association with the support of the City of Portland District Four Coalition's Community Small Grants program.

SW Asian & North African Ceramics for Adults, Hillsdale library, Sunday, May 11 and 25th from 3:30 to 5 PM

https://multcolib.org/events-classes/south-west-asian-and-north-african-ceramics-adults

Using basic, beginner-friendly techniques, create unique small projects in clay. In honor of Arab-American Heritage Month, artist Jess Graff will provide images and context of South West Asian and North African Ceramics that have inspired them as a Lebanese-American artist.

This is a two-part class with a two-week gap, on May 11 & May 25. Between classes, student creations will be fired in a kiln. Participants must attend both sessions. This class is for adults and older teens.

Registration opened April 27.

May is Bike Month

Hillsdale Library basic bike maintenance workshop, 5/31/2025, 1 to 3 PM

National Bike Month in May is promoted by the League of American Bicyclists and celebrated in communities from coast to coast. Established in 1956, National Bike Month is a chance to showcase the many benefits of bicycling — and encourage more folks to giving biking a try.

Bike Month Challenge

Join the Portland Metro Region Bike Month Challenge in May! The challenge is open to anyone living or working in the Metro region. Whether you’re commuting by bike or just getting around - log any bike trip (manual or e-bike) on the Get There Oregon website for a chance to win prizes.

Bike Maintenance Workshops

PBOT, with support from the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF), is hosting a series of Basic Bike Maintenance workshops at Multnomah County Library locations throughout the month of May. Ride over to your local library branch to tune up your bike for springtime riding.

• Sunday, May 4, 2 – 4 p.m.: Basic Bike Maintenance Workshop at Sellwood Library

• Friday, May 16, 3 – 5 p.m.: Basic Bike Maintenance Workshop at North Portland Library

• Saturday, May 31, 1 – 3 p.m.: Basic Bike Maintenance Workshop at Hillsdale Library

Other rides and events:

• Friday, May 2, 3 – 5:30 p.m.: Southwest Bike Fair

• Sunday, May 18, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Southwest Sunday Parkways

• Wednesday, May 21, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.: New to Portland Ride: Brentwood-Darlington