City Cast Portland
No naked bike ride!
June 14, 2024 · — Rachel Monahan
Good morning, Portland! The City Cast Portland podcast team will be hanging out at Northeast Cully Sunday Parkways this Sunday at Fernhill Park. 🛴 Ride over and say hello! 🚲 Bonus, you’ll have the chance to take part in future podcast episodes — and get a City Cast Portland sticker!
What's CITY Talking About?
No Naked Bike Ride for This Year
For the first time in two decades, there will be no official Portland World Naked Bike Ride. The signature Portland-weird event has taken place every year since 2004, originally as a protest of Big Oil. At its peak, 10,000 naked riders took part. It sounds like organizers hope to bring it back next year, but they needed a year off to get better organization and leadership in place, given its popularity. [BikePortland]
- Related: If naked cycling is your thing, BikePortland advises checking out the official Bike Summer Pedalpalooza calendar for alternative naked rides.
Cougar Closes Angel’s Rest Trail
The U.S. Forest Service temporarily closed Angel’s Rest and surrounding trails after a cougar stalked a runner on Tuesday. To protect against cougars, hike in a group and carry bear spray or an air horn, which may be particularly advisable on these trails once they reopen. [KGW]
The French Sports Bra
The Sports Bra, which is the first U.S. bar to show only women’s sporting events, will be popping up at a festival in Cannes, France, next week. They’ll serve drinks poolside at a local French villa and (naturally) be showing women’s sports on the screens. [Oregonian]
Neil Goldschmidt Is Dead
On the Friday news roundup, Neil Goldschmidt — former Oregon governor, Portland mayor, and rapist — died of heart failure at the age of 83. [City Cast Portland 🎧]
What To Do
Friday, June 14
- 🧁 Bu-Tai-Tian Dessert Nights | 7 - 9 p.m. | $27 | Lan Su Chinese Garden
- 🇰🇷 KPop Night | 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. | $12.51+ | Elevate Nightclub (Old Town neighborhood)
- 🍺 Fruit Beer Fest | Various Times (through June 17) | $28.52 | Pine Street Taproom (Old Town)
- 🤣 Tits Up Comedy | 5 - 7 p.m. | Suggested Donation | Alberta Street Pub
- 🪗 Intocable in Concert | 8 p.m. | $154.80+ | Roseland Theater
Saturday, June 15
- 📽️ 'Harry Smith: Portland’s Prodigal Son' (short films and live music) | 7:30 p.m. | $15+ | Hollywood Theatre
- 🧝 Oregon Renaissance Faire (Raiders of the Realm weekend) | Various Times (through June 16) | $32.44 | Canby
- 👖 Denim & Diamonds Soiree (Black Rodeo pre-party) | 8 p.m. | $55.20+ | Downtown
- 🏍️ Cars & Coffee: Motorcycle Day | 8 - 11 a.m. | Free | Sherwood
- 🏳️🌈 Portland Pride Run | 9 a.m. | $45 to register | Eastbank Esplanade
- 🏮 Water Lantern Festival | 6 - 10 p.m. | $34.30 | Laurelhurst Park
- 🏳️🌈 Bigfoot Poetry Festival Open Mics: Queer Poets | 2:30 - 4 p.m. | Free | Central Library
Sunday, June 16
- 📚 Portland Book Week: Bood Swap | Noon - 1 p.m. | Free | Honeyed Words (Kerns neighborhood)
- 🧔♂️ LumberTEA: Daddy's Day! (Dance Social) | 3 - 9 p.m. | $13.65+ | Buckman neighborhood
- ☕ Cup and Mug Making Workshop | 1 - 3:30 p.m. | $60.54 | Woodstock neighborhood
- 🎬 ‘Before Sunrise’ | 2 p.m. | $12 | Hollywood Theatre
- 🥞 Father’s Day Drag Brunch | 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. | $23.18 | Central Eastside
Monday, June 17
- 🕺 The Banana Patch Variety Show | 7 - 9 p.m. | Free | Alberta Arts District
- 🎫 Of Montreal in Concert | 8 p.m. | $31.67 | Wonder Ballroom (Eliot neighborhood)
Today on City Cast
I'd never heard of this dude until he died. And then quickly wished I hadn't.
Former Portland Mayor and Sexual Abuser Dies, Curbside Battery Recycling, and Traffic Camera Shooting
On the Friday news roundup, an Oregon governor and Portland mayor died long after revelations that he repeatedly raped a teenager. Portland police arrested a man alleged to have shot out traffic enforcement cameras. And battery recycling has come to Portland curbsides.
A correction before I go: A typo in yesterday’s newsletter had the end of the Civil War taking place during President Ronald Reagan’s tenure in office. No, that Republican did not end slavery. The correct date is 1865! Our apologies.
I’ll see you next week!
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