City Cast Portland
🔥 Record heat wave coming this way
September 4, 2024 · — Rachel Monahan
Good morning, Portland! 🏳️🌈 Our city is home to a lot of lesbian couples. That’s not a surprise maybe, but now there’s an official stat to prove it. Multnomah County has the highest rate of lesbian couples of any large or medium-size county in the U.S.
That may be because of LGBTQ+-friendly policies over many years, though gay male couples tend to head to San Francisco, D.C., and New York.
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A WNBA Team for Real This Time?
Maybe Portland will get a WNBA team, after all. There are a couple of reports that the new Thorns owner has landed a professional women’s basketball team for 2026. Raj Bhathal, who is also the principal co-owner of the Sacramento Kings, does already have an existing relationship with the NBA. [KOIN]
Strike at Fred Meyer Over Without a Deal
Fred Meyer workers completed a six-day strike and went back to work yesterday, as planned. The strike has not yet resulted in a deal for a new contract. [Oregonian 🔒]
Heat Wave in September
Portland may hit 100 degrees tomorrow. There are only two September days on record here when it's been that hot. [KOIN]
- Related: It really is still summer. [Hey Portland]
How Legal Psilocybin Treatment Works
Oregon became the first state to make therapeutic psilocybin legal in 2020. But what does treatment look like? And is it really worth it? Courtney Campbell, a founder of Chariot, a Portland-based psilocybin treatment center, gives us a step-by-step guide. [City Cast Portland 🎧]
What To Do
Wednesday, Sep. 4
- 🍁 ’Painting with Thread: The Art and Culture of Fukusa’ | Various Times (through Sept. 18) | $18.95 (included with admission) | Portland Japanese Garden
- 📽️ ‘August in Water’ (Church of Film series) | 7 p.m. | $10 | Clinton Street Theater
- ⚽ Club America Femenil at Portland Thorns | 7 p.m. | $22.65+ | Providence Park
- 📚 Scott Nadelson: ‘Trust Me’ (reading) | 7 p.m. | Free | Powell’s City of Books (Pearl District)
Thursday, Sep. 5
- 🖼️ Free First Thursdays | 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. | Free | Portland Art Museum
- ⏳ Time-Based Art Festival (experimental art) | Various Times (through Sept. 22) | $100+ | PICA (Eliot neighborhood)
- ✋ The Standard’s Volunteer Expo | 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. | Free | Pioneer Courthouse Square
- 👻 Hawthorne Ghost Tour | 7 - 9 p.m. | $30+ | Southeast Hawthorne Blvd and 37th
- 🐦 Swift Watch | Sunset (all month or until the migration is over) | Free | Chapman Elementary School
🌯 A reminder: A devastating fire shut down the Portland Mercado in January. Food carts are back in business. But the main building, including the beloved bar located inside, remains closed.
There is a GoFundMe for Barrio owner Chris Shimamoto. And Hacienda Community Development Corporation is looking at rebuilding, though the future is still uncertain.
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