Police Oversight Measure on Ballot
By Don MacGillivray A plea for police accountability has been the root cause of the nightly unrest in the streets of Portland. Demonstrators want poli…
News
Equalizing the Future: Measure 26-214
By Nancy Tannler Voters in Multnomah County will decide on Preschool for All, Ballot Measure 26-214 in November. Multnomah County Commissioner Jessica…
Mayoral, City Commissioner Races
By Midge Pierce The November ballot will include two City Council positions with run-offs against Portland’s Mayor Wheeler and Commissioner Eudaly. A…
Legalizing Psilocybin
By Jack Rubinger Oregonians will vote on whether to legalize psilocybin in November. Psilocybin is a naturally occurring psychedelic compound produced…
Library Seeks Levy for New Building and Expansions
By Midge Pierce Multnomah County Library officials are forging ahead with a measure on the November ballot during a time when household finances have …
Community News
Claim Your IRS Stimulus Check
By Kris McDowell The IRS is urging the nearly nine million people in the US (131,647 in Oregon) who have not yet received their $1,200 stimulus check …
Portland Printer Receives Arts Award
By Midge Pierce “Serendipity!” That’s how SE artist, entrepreneur and community volunteer John Laursen, a winner of this year’s Governor’s Arts Awar…
Kitchen Share Reopens
Kitchen Share, a network of kitchen tool libraries dedicated to promoting sustainability, equity and self-sufficiency for residents of Portland, reopen…
PBOT Seeks Public Input on E-Scooters
In September the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) released recommendations for a permanent electric scooter (e-scooter) system once the current…
October Recycling Tips
By Bonita Davis, SE Resident and Master Recycler Spotting my laptop open on the dining room table, my friend Shelley shared that she had four laptops …
Features
Seniors Create Art During Quarantine
By Kris McDowell Like many residential care facilities in Portland and across the US, the residents at Whitewood Gardens have been quarantined in …
Travel the Globe with The Chicken Soup Manifesto
By Kris McDowell Portland’s Jenn Louis released her third cookbook in September, The Chicken Soup Manifesto: Recipes From Around the World. The 240-pa…
Longtime SE Residents Lose Home in Echo Mountain Fire
By Megan McMorris It’s a scene out of a nightmare: waking up in the middle of the night to discover a fire coming toward you. A neighbor pounding on t…
CDC Issues Halloween Guidelines
By Kris McDowell Halloween is typically a time of parties and getting together with friends for spooky fun. Like many things over the past six months,…
Oblique Coffee Roasters
By Nina Silberstein Ever since he attended college at the University of Oregon, John M. Chandler was attracted to living upstairs in a “neat old place…
Arts & Entertainment
Spicer’s Sketchy October
Sidestreet Arts, 140 SE 28th Ave., presents a different sort of harvest show for October – A Sketchbook(ed) Life: by Bridgett Spicer as her sketchbooks…
Virtual Saturday Song Circle
Portland Folksong Society still holds their Saturday Evening Song Circles. They are via Zoom and virtual like so many things these days. Typically 40-5…
GuignolFest Benefits Clinton Theater
GuignolFest presents the results of its 72-hour Horror Movie Contest, Sunday, October 25 online. The virtual screenfest is a benefit for the cash-strap…
Stranger & Str@ng3r
With the Clinton Street Theater still dark, Portland Storytellers Guild takes an answered prayer, a shape shifter seeking justice and two boys wanderin…
Portland Black Music Expo
The Portland Black Music Expo, a multi-day entertainment experience and cultural conversation which unifies and reflects the richness of Black peopl…