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Portland City Hall Renovations

Portland City Council has settled on a plan to prepare for the new form of government: Renovations will begin in February to help make way for a larger City Council in 2025. City Council had previously objected but will move out of their offices in July to make construction possible. At the same time, city commissioners will remain in charge of bureaus until the end of their term — over objections from the mayor. [Oregonian 🔒]

First All-Electric Truck

Portland’s first all-electric garbage truck will soon be picking up trash in East Portland neighborhoods. The truck cost $675,000, compared with $350,000 for the diesel truck that’s standard right now. It will hold two days’ worth of charge. [OPB]

Police Allegedly Ram Car in Case of Mistaken Identity

Portland police rammed the back of a silver Ford Fusion that had been driving the speed limit, according to a legal notice filed with the city. There was apparently a case of mistaken identity, the notice says. The two women in the car had been on a day trip to the Columbia Gorge and now intend to sue the city over the incident. Police were looking for a man, not a woman, who was evading police at high speeds. [Willamette Week]

Portland Teachers Continue Their Strike

Catch up on the news of the week, including what’s at stake in the first-ever strike by Portland Public Schools’ teachers. [City Cast Portland 🎧]

🍜 Legendary Makers Market: An Asian American Night Market | Friday - Saturday | 4 - 11 p.m.

Organizers expect this to be the largest Asian American event ever held in Portland, with up to 10,000 attendees and more than 125 Asian American and Pacific Islander vendors. [Free, Buckman]

🌃 Nights of the Golden Flower | Friday - Sunday | 5 - 7 p.m.

It’s time for the fall Chrysanthemum Festival, with the evening event that includes floral designs for what’s known in Chinese culture as the golden flower. [$25, Old Town]

🎥 Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival: 'Transition' | Friday | 6:45 p.m.

The QDoc festival starts with a film profiling Jordan Bryon, a trans filmmaker who has had extraordinary access to the Taliban in his documentary work in Afghanistan. [$12.51+, Hollywood]

🎭 ‘Bee زنبور’ | Ongoing | Various

Based on the life of the director’s grandmother, the play follows an Iranian woman who secures a nearly unprecedented divorce to escape an abusive marriage. [$26.62+, Piedmont]

🕷️ ‘Staying Alive: Defenses of the Animal Kingdom’ | Ongoing | Various

At this OMSI exhibit, you get to learn about animal self-defense from 16 live species, some of which you even get to touch. It’s free with admission to the museum. [$19, Central Eastside]

🖼️ Oregon Contemporary’s First Saturday | Saturday | Noon - 8 p.m.

Peruse the galleries and the performance spaces. Check out a quadraphonic performance by local musician Marcus Fischer at 6.  [Free, Kenton]

🎨 Art Battle Portland | Saturday | 7:30 - 11:30 p.m.

Watch competitive speed painting live; the audience votes for winners. [$17.86+, Central Eastside]

🎻 Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique | Saturday - Monday | Various

The Oregon Symphony plays the composer’s final symphony and a few other classics.  [$34+, Downtown]

⏰ Change Your Clocks | Sunday | 2 a.m.

Yep, it’s still happening. We switch from Daylight Saving Time to Standard Time. [Free]

• Related: The Oregon Legislature agreed to end DST, but it’s still happening. Why!? [City Cast Portland 🎧]

Childcare During the Strike | Ongoing | Various

To add to the list of camps for the teachers strike, there’s NW Dance Project (for ages 6 - 8) and Portland Outdoor Explorers (for grades K - 5). For more listings, check out the newsletter segment from earlier this week. The Oregonian is also running a list of options. [Various]

Teachers Are Striking, Camping Ban Gains Teeth, and No Liquor at Grocery Stores

It’s the weekly round-up of the region’s news: why Portland Public Schools teachers are now on strike for the first time ever, how the city will start enforcing the camping ban, and why you won’t be buying liquor at the grocery store anytime soon. Willamette Week’s "Dive" podcast host and "Potlander" column writer Brianna Wheeler joins City Cast Portland podcast’s lead producer, John Notarianni, and audio producer, Giulia Fiaoni.