Portland’s current slogan is “The City That Works.” When it was adopted in 1995, then-Mayor Vera Katz explained that the new slogan “lets the citizens know that the city cares…
Architectural Heritage Center offers walking tours
As each of us moves throughout our daily lives, our eyes constantly encounter spaces, places and things that scream for our attention, from our phones beeping and buzzing to the…
A shot in the dark
Mayor Ted Wheeler recently voiced his support in moving forward with a pilot program to implement a gunshot-detection technology called ShotSpotter with the intent to reduce gun violence in Portland….
Events Calendar October 10/12-10/18
Art Music Film/Theater Community Wed, Oct. 12 Embracing Connections Place, 735 NW 18th Ave 5 p.m. Free Visitors will find themselves beneath an imagined landscape of the mind Ringo…
Crime crunch
The past few years have seen a precipitous rise in crime across Portland. The Portland Police Bureau’s online reporting shows a rise in reported criminal activity from July 2021 to…
Cars or people?
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…
Portland Dance Film Festival returns to PDX
Film and dance come together in a symbiotic relationship in the upcoming sixth annual Portland Dance Film Festival, which will be held at the Portland Art Museum from Oct. 7–9….
The Vaux’s Swift
https://youtu.be/fK2OJL2lR68
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…