Portland celebrates its welcoming nature with ‘The Walk’ for refugee children The art-and-culture festival begins with a free concert at 6 p.m. Wednesday on the Eastern Prom. Share Little Amal, a puppet representing all refugee children, will appear in Portland by remote link on Thursday afternoon. Photo by Handspring Puppet Company. Portland will celebrate its refugee communities and its reputation as a welcoming city with A Message From Far Away, an art-and-culture festival that begins with a free concert at 6 p.m. Wednesday evening on the Eastern Prom and continues at 12:30 p.m. Thur...