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May 10 2021 Homemade Astronauts A Portland man, Cameron Smith, is part of the new Discovery+ series Homemade Astronauts, which is available to stream Thursday, May 13. On the show, regular people attempt to blast themselves into outer space, a news release says. Smith, a Portland State University anthropology professor, has created a spacesuit that can withstand all the elements of space travel with the ultimate goal of taking himself to the Armstrong line, 60,000 feet above ground. He ll use a hot-air ballon to float himself to the highest height. Three self-financed teams are part of the program, and there ll be four episodes. Daredevil Mike Mad Mike Hughes and partner Waldo Stakes have built a Rockoon part rocket, part balloon to take them to the Karman line, 62 miles above Earth. And, Ky Michaelson, the first civilian to build and launch an unmanned rocket into space, has been working with his son, Buddy, and entrepreneur Kurt Anderson to bu ....
Updated May 10 After a year of virtual shows, Chamber Music Northwest’s Summer Festival is returning this year with some in-person concerts. The weekslong festival is the chamber music organization’s biggest event, featuring both regional and international musicians. Last year, the pandemic hit only a few months before the event was scheduled to take place. Chamber Music Northwest managed to quickly transition to a digital format, one of the first local festivals to do so. This year will be partly digital, but will also include more than a dozen in-person concerts. As usual, there’ll be a mix of classic and new commissioned works, including one in honor of artistic director emeritus David Shiffrin, who retired last year. All live shows will take place at Reed College’s Kaul Auditorium, except for two free performances by pianist Matan Porat, who’ll improvise a live score to a series of Buster Keaton movies at the University of Portland and Gresham A ....