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September 13, 2023
Hello. I can hardly believe how fast we are hurtling through September. If there’s one taste I associate most with fall, it’s Concord grapes. I need to get myself to the farmers market. How about you? What do you most associate with Portland in September?
What's CITY Talking About?
New Home for Jantzen Beach Carousel
The Jantzen Beach carousel will stay in Oregon but move out to The Dalles. The carousel has been in storage since the Jantzen Beach mall closed in 2012. The National Neon Sign Museum in The Dalles will work on restoring the carousel and need a couple years to build a pavilion before the public can visit for a ride. [OPB]
COVID-19 Boosters Available Next Week
Updated COVID vaccines will be available starting next week at pharmacies and doctors’ offices. This version of the vaccine focuses on the XBB.1.5 subvariant that is no longer dominant, but drugmakers say it’s effective against the current strains. The FDA approved the updated vaccine on Monday. [Oregonian]
No Cost for Breast Cancer Screenings
A new law will require that Oregon health insurance companies cover the full costs related to screening for breast cancers, starting next year. Oregon will join 19 other states in adopting an approach that outlaws out-of-pocket expenses — not just for a yearly mammogram but also for follow-up testing, including if an abnormality is found. [KATU]
Oregon’s Housing Problem
Why is it so difficult to fix housing in Oregon? OPB news editor April Ehrlich explains what can be done (and how we got here). [City Cast Portland 🎧]
What To Do
📚 Linda Letro | Wednesday - Saturday | 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Visit Portland’s first bilingual and Spanish-language bookstore. It’s for the kids in your life. [Free, Montavilla ]
🔥 Reel Science: ‘Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire’ | Wednesday | 6:30 p.m.
Watch the documentary and join a fire expert and the film’s producer and editor for a Q&A. [$8, Central Eastside]
🎞️ ‘Rapsodica Satanica’ and ‘The Faun’ | Wednesday | 7 p.m.
This installment of The Church of Film series features a pair of Italian movies from 1917, focused on occult femininity. [$8, Southeast Clinton Street]
Today on City Cast
Car-Free Trips Outside of Portland
We’ve had a lot of conversations on the show involving hikes and out-of-town trips in the past. But pretty much all of them have depended on a car for transportation. Today Norther Emily, the founder of Wild Solitude Guiding, and the City Cast Podcast team focus on using car-free modes of transportation for some outdoor adventures outside of the city.
According to the cougar, you smell terrible and you don’t make a good meal. They don’t really want to fight you.
“I used to be cool,” read my favorite Portland bumper sticker of the week on the back of a Toyota Sienna minivan. Alas, I didn’t get a chance to get a photo.
I’ll see you tomorrow!
— Rachel Monahan
Edited by John Notarianni
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