Feed the Mass Feeds the Community
By Ellen Spitaleri Everyone is hoping for better times in 2021, but Jacobsen Valentine has specific items on his wish list for the new year. As th…
News
Code Changes Could Relieve Homeless Crisis
By Nancy Tannler Portland City Council declared a housing emergency in October of 2015, to help deal both with the city’s homeless and the affordable …
The Beginning and End of Laurelhurst Camping
By Don MacGillivray Since early spring, the Laurelhurst Park homeless camp along SE Oak St. grew until it was finally removed a week before Thanksgivi…
Charter Commission Chosen
By David Krogh Portland City Council formally appointed 20 community members to the 2021 Charter Commission on December 3. The Commission will meet th…
Electric Vehicles Become More Accessible
By Gabe Frayne It appears, finally, the electric car’s moment has arrived. At the Tesla dealership on SW Macadam it is a busy Monday morning and a sal…
Climate Change
By Don MacGillivray A man-made climate emergency threatens our city, our state and the natural world. Although Portland is playing its part to resto…
Nurses Propel Healthcare Reform
By Nancy Tannler As cases of COVID-19 continue to rise, we have all become aware of the important duty front line workers are taking on in this crisis…
Community News
Flanders Crossing Bridge Installation/Closure
Flanders Crossing, the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s (PBOT) newest pedestrian and bicycle bridge, will be installed over I-405 in January. The br…
Window Shop on SE 28th
Portland Made and Makers Union PDX have collaborated with Window Shop 2020 to host a series of pop-ups in vacant storefronts throughout Portland. The…
Rose Lane Project Open House
The Rose Lane 2020 online open house is now available through Friday, January 8 to offer visitors information about the Rose Lane vision, and to provid…
AHC Virtual Gala Seeks Volunteers
The Architectural Heritage Center’s (AHC) gala goes virtual on Thursday, February 25. It will be free and open to all. The event is their biggest of t…
New Portlanders Policy Commission Seeks Members
The New Portlanders Policy Commission (NPPC) is recruiting new members to join the 25-person commission. Formed in 2016, the NCCP works to integrate …
Take a Soundwalk Through a Park
For more than 30 years, Portland’s Third Angle Music has played outside the lines of the expected with the creation of dynamic musical performances and…
Library Resumes Hold Pickups
In mid-December, Multnomah County Library resumed hold pick-up service at all of its locations. Patrons may again place items on hold and schedule chec…
January Recycling Tips
By Bonita Davis, SE Resident and Master Recycler Recycling is a feel good activity for me associated with doing my small part to reduce waste bound fo…
Hawthorne Pave and Paint Project Update
The Hawthorne Pave and Paint Project was described in the August edition of The Southeast Examiner. Three alternatives were identified which would ul…
OHA Launches COVID-19 Dashboard
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has launched a new public dashboard showing the status of the state’s COVID-19 vaccination effort on a daily basis, b…
Features
The Groundhopper Guide to Soccer in England
By Jack Rubinger The Groundhopper Guide to Soccer in England is a 380-page travel and cultural guide to all things football in the UK, completely upda…
Birdhouse Tattoo
By Nina Silberstein Rumor has it Portland is one of America’s most “inked” cities so it’s no surprise we have an abundance of tattoo shops and talente…
Nicholas Restaurant
By Nina Silberstein If you’ve ever been to the original location of Nicholas Restaurant on SE Grand Ave., you would undoubtedly see your fellow di…
Arts & Entertainment
Fertile Ground Festival 12
For its 12th year, the Fertile Ground Festival of New Works, a program of the Portland Area Theatre Alliance (PATA), is thrilled to offer 40 projects, …
Gesture and Journey – The Delgani String Quartet
The Delgani String Quartet continues their sixth season with Gesture and Journey, a concert of extremes, livestreaming Sunday, January 24, 3 pm and Tue…
The Inked Image
Sidestreet Arts’ annual Fine-Art Print Show, The Inked Image, features work by more than 30 guest artists from across the US. All the works in the …
Steve Drizos’ Axiom
Portland musician Steve Drizos celebrates the new year by popping the cork on his first solo release, Axiom – a stalwart collection of dreamy, moving…
Kiazora
Born and raised in the PNW, Kiazora’s art explores interactions between life and death, form and the formless. Her paintings convey the interaction o…
Reformers Augment Reality
The Reformers are an experimental performing arts collective with a simple goal: to tell stories not commonly seen on local stages. Now they’re fusing …
Classical Revolution PDX
A special fundraising concert for Classical Revolution PDX livestreams from the Holocene stage, Saturday, January 16, 7:30 pm. The concert features Mi…