Portland Street Response Launches
By Nancy Tannler The Portland Street Response (PSR) program launched their first four-person team on February 16 in the Lents neighborhood. PSR is…
News
Multnomah County Justice System
By Don MacGillivray Over the summer, Portland’s impassioned demonstrations and accompanying riots have received national attention. Law enforcement in…
Webinars Focus on Racial and Housing Equity
By David Krogh Ever since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last May, there has been an increase in awareness of the Black Lives Matter movemen…
Laurelwood Park Construction Underway
By Ellen Spitaleri It has been a long time coming, but construction has finally begun on improvements to Laurelwood Park, a third-of-an-acre green spa…
S2HC Offers Remedies for the Houseless
By Nancy Tannler The Shelter to Housing Continuum (S2HC) will file an ordinance to adopt the new codes for City Council’s approval this month. This jo…
Community News
Soil Ecology Workshop
Explore the fascinating and important world of soil biology and farm practices that can nurture it with guest educator Jen Aron of Blue Raven Farm duri…
Central Eastside Cleanup
Join SOLVE, the Central Eastside Industrial Council and community members for litter cleanup in the Central Eastside Industrial District Wednesday, Mar…
Grow Your Own Produce
Wednesday, March 3 and Thursday, March 11 Permaculture Rising offers an online class Indoor Seedstarting, Early Season Plantings & Perennial Veggie…
BEEvent Pollinator Conference
The 7th Annual BEEvent Pollinator Conference takes place online Saturday, March 6, 9 am-4 pm. Topics presented include creating a bee haven, a look at …
Friends of Mt. Tabor Annual Meeting
Join the Friends of Mt. Tabor at their annual meeting Monday, March 8, 6:30 pm on Zoom. The meeting will include a presentation by Geoffrey Donovan on …
Plastic Film Recycling Webinar
The Association of Oregon Recyclers will present a panel conversation about residential plastic film recycling and the status of film end-markets Tuesd…
Climate Change Panel Discussion
Portland League of Women Voters will record an online panel discussion with local and state experts including Tim Miller, Director for Oregon Business …
NAMI Multnomah
Join the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Multnomah for an overview of their programs, classes and events. They promote improved access to se…
Re-inventing Portland
On Thursday, March 17, 5 pm Portland Parks Foundation presents their next Green Dreams talk entitled Re-inventing Portland: Parks, Public Space, Memory…
Skate Pop-Up at Lloyd Center
Rose City Roller’s popular “winter break” outdoor skating days have been extended through the end of March. Held in the open-air, covered parking garag…
Features
To See or Not To See
By Nancy Tannler Observing the night sky without the background illumination of city lights is a profound experience. Almost everyone has a fleeting m…
Fermenter
By Jack Rubinger Business is good at Fermenter, which specializes in cultured and fermented foods for home and to go with items like ready to eat …
Montavilla Farmers Market
By Jack Rubinger Down-jacket wearing Portlanders will appreciate the fact that Montavilla Farmers Market will be open in February, March and April thi…
Arts & Entertainment
A Single Pink Cloud
Performance Works NorthWest presents Linda Austin and Allie Hankins in an offering phonetically expressed as /ə ˈsɪŋgəl pɪŋk klɑʊd/. It streams online …
Silver Linings & Blessings in Disguise
Spoken word meets the written word in Silver Linings and Blessings in Disguise, Portland Storytellers Guild’s monthly Saturday evening event streamed o…
Metropolitan Youth Symphony Spring Concert
The Metropolitan Youth Symphony’s (MYS) Spring Concert features premiere pieces by the Youth Orchestra Commissioning Initiative (YOCI). The project, i…
Pushdot Gallery Employee Show
Pushdot Gallery, 2505 SE 11th Ave., Suite 104 in the Ford Building, presents their Employee Group Show through March 26. Julio Cantu, Drew Cornwall an…
Dawn Panttaja, Gia Whitlock & the Boing of Spring
When Portland turns the corner from Winter, floral pinks and bright cheerful blossoms burst out around the town. Sidestreet Arts is in full-bloom too f…
March Livestreams at Artichoke
Artichoke Music, 2007 SE Powell Blvd., hosts two livestream events this month. See artichokemusic.org. Wednesday March 3, 7 pm: Karen Lovely and Ben …
New Theoretical Planets Album
PJCE Records has released George Colligan’s new album, Long Term Goals, his second as drummer-leader of the group, Theoretical Planets. Known as an a…