Check Out These Photos of the Winter Light Festival

The new event makes good use of the long, dark winter nights our latitude ensures.

Portland Winter Light Festival (Connor Flynn)
By Martin Cizmar

Last weekend, Portland hosted the Winter Light Festival, a massive art installation which took over the grounds of OMSI for four days. The second-year event was free, and featured works by light artist Mark LaPierre, rides on the Portland Spirit and Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler, and performances by Portland Opera, juggling troupes and stilt walkers.

This new event makes good use of the new Tilikum Crossing Bridge, not to mention the long, dark winter nights our latitude ensures.

(Connor Flynn)a
(Connor Flynn)
(Photos by Connor Flynn)
(Elaine Hidalgo)

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