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A rising political star will help us look toward the new year.

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A bittersweet announcement came earlier this week: After being a mainstay of Portland nightlife for the last 11 years, dance club/burger bar Dig A Pony will close its doors this June. The bright side of this development is that Dig A Pony's co-owners, Aaron Hall and Nicholas Musso, are passing the torch to their good friends and known figures in the city: Elizabeth Elder and Bryan Wollen, the force behind Lose Yr Mind Fest, and...

Full-time ‘Head Gardener’ joins Crystal Springs Rhody Garden, Local pt, Oregon local pt, Breaking pt alerts for Oregon city.

A bittersweet announcement came earlier this week: After being a mainstay of Portland nightlife for the last 11 years, dance club/burger bar Dig A Pony will close its doors this June. The bright side of this development is that Dig A Pony's co-owners, Aaron Hall and Nicholas Musso, are passing the torch to their good friends and known figures in the city: Elizabeth Elder and Bryan Wollen, the force behind Lose Yr Mind Fest, and...

The Southeast Portland company returns with a devised play that's funny, fierce, and alive.

June 05 2021 A century and a quarter in Sellwood and Westmoreland can be traced by following one family Westmoreland in the 1950s and 1960s found young people spending their Saturday afternoons at the Moreland Theater, while mom and dad played cards with their next-door neighbors, and when teenagers went dancing in sock hops at the local high school. And everyone went to church on Sunday. For a ten-year-old girl like Marcia Singer, that was a time to appreciate the burst of colorful flower...

An outdoor concert, a traveling grief altar, a historical walking tour, and more

WNA provides forum for argument against natural gas May 01 2021 For some activists in Inner Southeast, natural gas is just methane, and a greenhouse gas to be avoided An agenda item entitled "Bringing Climate Change Home" first led to a discussion opposing use of natural gas for home heating and cooking at a recent virtual Board Meeting of the Woodstock Neighborhood Association (WNA). Woodstock resident and WNA Board Member Pete Jacobsen had suggested the topic; Jacobsen had been kn...