The third Deschutes River Recording—a series of videos from Portland musicians shot around the Deschutes River area to raise awareness (and mad dolla bills) for the Deschutes River Conservancy—may be the most striking yet. Laura Gibson and a small crew traveled to Smith Rock State Park back in August to shoot this video for “Down […]
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Learning Things for Free: The Curiosity Club’s Upcoming Curriculum
Hand-Eye Supply has been hosting free lectures and demonstrations on Tuesday nights for several years now, in a series called the Curiosity Club, a fortnightly event whose mission statement is: “Ex Curiositas, Scientia. We pledge to learn with out prejudice in pursuit of our mutual goal; perpetual noviceship. We admit that it is impossible to […]
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Should Portland’s Bag Ban Include a Charge for Paper? Leonard, Saltzman Skeptical
Nearly a year after Portland joined a growing list of cities with full or partial bans on reusable plastic bags, Mayor Sam Adams and the city’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability are plotting some so-called “next steps” for the not-so-controversial program that might, actually, be fairly contentious. Firm resistance to one of those ideas—charging shoppers […]
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The Sustainability Center is Dead.
The “living building” is dead. RIP, $64.6 million “living building” in the center of Portland. The tumultuous life of the Oregon Sustainability Center seems to have come to a conclusion today with a press release Mayor Sam Adams’ office sent out this afternoon: “The proposed Oregon Sustainability Center was set to be a laboratory for […]
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Deschutes River Recordings: Eric Earley – “Up on Cripple Creek”
Here’s the second video in the Deschutes River Recordings series, following their first entry with Fruit Bats’ Eric D. Johnson. This one features Blitzen Trapper’s Eric Earley covering the Band’s “Up on Cripple Creek” in the inspiring natural surroundings of the Deschutes River in Bend. This video series captures Oregon musicians covering songs about rivers […]
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Tonight at Disjecta: GLEAN
There are so many cultural experiences to be had this weekend, it’s downright overwhelming to choose, but Disjecta‘s opening reception for GLEAN tonight from 6-9 pm is making my cut. A collaboration between Cracked Pots, Recology, and Metro, they tapped five artists (Andrew Auble, Chandra Glaeseman, Greg Hanson, Jennifer LaMastra, and Sarah Wolf Newlands) to […]
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Eric D. Johnson Makes a Deschutes River Recording
Here’s the first video for Deschutes River Recordings, a series of local musicians performing songs about rivers while actually on the river. It’s put together by Deschutes Brewery to benefit the Deschutes River Conservancy, and the recording is available on Bandcamp for download on a name-your-price basis. This first Deschutes River Recording comes from Fruit […]
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Finally, a Health Study on Coal Dust: Multnomah County Steps Up
Word came from Multnomah County Chairman Jeff Cogen this morning that the county health department will do what no other agency has yet agreed to do: Study the potential environmental effects of what could be a dramatic increase in the number of dust-spewing coal export trains slicing through North Portland. The study was formally announced […]
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Mayor Pitches Plan to Give West Hayden Island to the Port
ANNA SHELTON If everything lines up as expected, the fate of West Hayden Island—800 acres of mostly untouched wilderness that’s been coveted for years by the Port of Portland—could be decided before the end of this year. After months and months of high-level discussions among insiders and wonks, a parade of public votes and hearings […]
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Oregon Anti-Coal Train Contingent Rolls Ahead
Ambre Energy, one of the two coal export companies vying for a home on the Columbia River, faces an unusual lawsuit. In the midst of anti-coal protests led by environmentalists, it’s another coal industry heavyweight that’s launched a lawsuit against the coal exporter. The issue? Ambre allegedly didn’t get the okay from Montana coal miners […]
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Wristband from the Future
Last night, hundreds of people packed the parking lot of the Ecotrust building to catch Typhoon and Au’s free summer Sundown series show. If you wanted to drink a beer or sangria in the crowd, workers checked your ID and then slapped your wrist with one of these: Mark Boling It’s a biodegradable wristband embedded […]
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Environmentalists and Neighbors File Federal Lawsuit Against CRC
An alliance of environmental groups and Portland’s NE Coalition of Neighborhoods officially filed a long-expected federal lawsuit today to try to halt the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) I-5 expansion and bridge project. The lawsuit (pdf) essentially demands that the federal transportation agencies that signed off on the CRC plans renege on their approval and force […]