With the installation of the Blumenauer Bicycle Bridge, I have to ask if perhaps some of Portland’s more pressing issues could have been addressed with the tax money spent on…
Events Calendar October 5–11
Art Music Film/Theater Community Wed, Oct. 5 Kitchen Essentials Cookshop, 2627 SE Clinton St 9 a.m.–12 p.m. $400 Learn important skills and techniques to become an efficient, knowledgeable and…
The Vaux’s Swift
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Portland’s downtown struggles to bring back visitors
A study of 62 cities conducted by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley has found that Portland is one of the slowest cities to recover its original pre-pandemic foot…
Events Calendar 9/28–10/5
Art Music Film/Theater Community Wed, Sept. 28 Waterfalls of the Columbia River Gorge Bottle & Bottega 6–8:30 p.m. $40 Learn from an artist how to paint local waterfalls Bomba…
Events Calendar 8/31–9/6
Art Music Film/Theater Community Wed, Aug. 31 Forces of Nature Portland Art Museum All day $22+ Ecology in Japanese prints Alice in Chains with Breaking Benjamin Hayden Homes…
Portland Center Stage presents tick, tick … BOOM!
In the 1970s and ‘80s the AIDS pandemic rocked the LGBTQ+ community, disproportionately affecting gay men. In addition, misinformation and stigma during this time caused increased homophobic discrimination and prevented…
Portland enacts homelessness ban near schools
Most major cities in the United States struggle with providing affordable housing, and Portland is no exception. Given factors such as the relatively high cost of living in cities like…
Burnin’ down the house
2020 was an eventful year, with the new COVID-19 pandemic and the nationwide uprising for Black lives and police abolition after the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. In…
City of Portland approves new bike ramp
In an effort to meet eco-friendly targets and increase accessibility, the Portland City Council voted in July of 2022 to support a ramp to the river and create more space…
Events Calendar 8/17–8/23
Art Music Film/Theater Community Wed, Aug. 17 Ecology in Japanese Prints Portland Art Museum All day $22+ Artistic responses to environmental forces DJ Jupiter Williams Pioneer Courthouse Square 12–1…