City Cast Portland
Why these Portlanders wanna yell
November 13, 2024 · — Rachel Monahan
Good morning! Portland has a Yelling Choir that trains its dozen members on projecting their voices without damaging vocal chords. It’s a little like a cappella heavy metal.
The performers say it’s an outlet to express outrage over everything from family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border to a publisher's failure to deliver quality copies of a newly published book. (Check out the relevant book of poetry by local writer Diana Oropeza.)
What's CITY Talking About?
New Quick Towing
As of yesterday, Portland will automatically tow any vehicle not displaying a license plate and VIN number. The change in city code is aimed at clearing city streets of unregistered vehicles. That may include rundown RVs that people experiencing homelessness have used for shelter along city streets. [KGW]
Remote Work To End at PacificCorp
PacifiCorp, whose offices are in the Lloyd District, is calling all workers back to the office full-time in January. The power company is the latest large company to end hybrid work. [Oregonian]
I think Portland is finally ready for no drama. We're just like, dude, just get it done.
A Change Election That Rejected Law-Enforcement Moderates
On the midweek news roundup, Multnomah County voters rejected law-enforcement-backed moderates who ran for county commission — in favor of the progressive allies of Chair Jessica Vega Pederson. At the same time, the new commissioners campaigned on a change in direction. [City Cast Portland 🎧]
What To Do
Wednesday, Nov. 13
- 🎄Holiday Tree Arrival | 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Free | Pioneer Courthouse Square
- 📽️ ‘Good Savage (Buen Salvaje)’ (Portland Latin American Film Festival) | 7 p.m. | $14 | Hollywood Theatre
- 🎵 The Wldlfe | 8 p.m. | $31.67 | Wonder Ballroom (Eliot neighborhood)
Thursday, Nov. 14
- 🎵 Sonic Visuals: Mnemonic Pulse & Reliqs | 7 p.m. | $15 | Tomorrow Theater
- 🎭 The Future Ten Minute Play Fest | 7 p.m. | $10 | Clinton Street Theater
- 🎻📽️ ‘Koyaanisqatsi’: Live with the Philip Glass Ensemble | 7:30 p.m. | $48+ | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
- 🩰 ’The Hip Hop Nutcracker’ | 7:30 p.m. | $52.25+ | Keller Auditorium
This week, Portland animal lovers put a couple of literal fat cats in the headlines: the Oregon Humane Society helped the two 9-year-old felines, weighing a collective 45 lbs., find a new loving home together.
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