City Cast Portland
🗳️ What actually happened with ranked-choice voting
November 20, 2024 · — Rachel Monahan
Good morning, Portland! If you’re driving to your Thanksgiving destination, you may want to avoid leaving town on Tuesday afternoon 🚗 That’s when the traffic jam is expected to be the worst in the Portland area 🍗
What's CITY Talking About?
A Pacific Northwest Housing Strategy
Leaders from Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia are meeting in Portland to see if they can pursue a shared strategy to increase homebuilding in the Pacific Northwest. Among the strategies they’re pursuing are cutting red tape for building permits — by consolidating permitting offices (as Portland has recently done) — and zoning for housing development along commercial streets. [Oregonian]
Abortion Drugs Stockpiled Through 2028
Since Trump’s election, Gov. Tina Kotek has kept a lower profile than some Democratic governors. But the state has stockpiled enough of the abortion drug mifepristone to last through 2028, she announced. Kotek's also working with the Biden administration to make sure that Oregon receives all the transportation funding that the feds have already promised before the inauguration. [Oregon Capitol Chronicle]
Parents were also part of the problem. Parents were texting their kids like, ‘Hey, did you switch the laundry over to the dryer?’ or ’Do you need anything from Trader Joe’s?’
Inside Portland Schools’ Cellphone Ban
In an interview, Willamette Week arts and culture reporter Rachel Saslow offers an inside look at a high school with an active phone ban. How is everyone adjusting to their new reality? [City Cast Portland 🎧]
What To Do
Wednesday, Nov. 20
- 🎉 Chrysanthemum Festival | Various times (through Nov. 27) | $28 | Lan Su Chinese Garden (Old Town-Chinatown)
- 🎵 Seasons: Featuring Jazz Voice Soloists | 7 p.m. | $5 - 20 (sliding scale) | Lincoln Recital Hall
- 🎭 PSU Theater Arts: ‘Y/OURS: Tending Gratitude and Other Acts of (Radical) Subversion’ | 7:30 p.m. (various times through Saturday) | $6 - 15 (pay what you can sliding scale) | Lincoln Hall Boiler Room Studio
Thursday, Nov. 21
- 🧑🎨 A Walk in Winter Wonderland! (art experience from 40 local artists) | Free (but reserve in advance) | 5 - 7 p.m. (various times through Dec. 21) | Lloyd Center mall
- 📽️ ‘Inward’ with Michi Meko & Chad Brown | 7 p.m. | $15 | Tomorrow Theater
- 📚 Rob Sheffield: ‘Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music’ | 7 p.m. | Free | Powell’s City of Books
- 😆 In Conversation with Larry David | 7:30 p.m. | $83.95+ | Moda Center
- 🩰 White Bird: Alonzo King LINES Ballet | 7:30 p.m. | $64+ | Newmark Theatre
🌚 Have you ever heard of a black moon? It’s a parallel to the concept of a blue moon. This month, Oregon will experience two new moons — the second on Nov. 30. That’s the black moon. It’s a good day for stargazing (at least in the parts of the state with clear skies).
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