City Cast Portland
💉 Anti-vax surge poses new risks to Oregonians
November 27, 2024 · — Rachel Monahan
Good morning, Portland! A happy early Thanksgiving to all who celebrate 🦃 Read on for some ideas of what to do during the long weekend ⬇️
What's CITY Talking About?
Avian Flu Monitoring?
There are financial safeguards for farms that report avian flu outbreaks — at least for the birds and eggs. But there’s a financial disincentive for workers and employers to find out if any humans are sick. None of the Pacific Northwest states are effectively monitoring workers — or requiring testing of humans at poultry farms that have had an outbreak. [InvestigateWest]
Growth in Anti-Vaxxers
The current whooping cough outbreak and recent measles cases highlight a growing problem — more people opting out of life-saving vaccines. Before the year 2000, just around 1% of kindergartners had an exemption from vaccines for nonmedical reasons. This year it’s 8.8%. [KGW]
Normally the Department of Labor is not a huge thing, but with the Trump administration so interested in tearing down parts of government, the Labor secretary could really come into play.
Oregon Cabinet Secretary
On the midweek roundup, President-elect Trump nominated an Oregon Republican, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, for United States secretary of Labor. What might be the repercussions for the city, state, and country? [City Cast Portland 🎧]
What To Do
Wednesday, Nov. 27
- 🔬 Pop-Up Nature: Fall Into Science! (ages 5+) | 10 a.m. - Noon | Free | Hoyt Arboretum
- 🎵 Zach Bryan | 7 p.m. | $170+ | Moda Center
- 📽️ Les Blank Celebration: ‘Burden of Dreams’ | 7 p.m. | $14 | Hollywood Theatre
Thursday, Nov. 28
- 👟 Tofurky Trot 2024 | 9 a.m. | $30 | Oaks Park
- 🦃 Portland Spirit Thanksgiving Cruises | 11:30 a.m. & 4:30 p.m. | $121.33+ | Central Eastside (boarding)
Friday, Nov. 29
- 🚂 The Holiday Express 2024 | 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. | $36.04 | Oregon Rail Heritage Center (Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood)
- 🎁 Fall Market at Abbey Road Farm | 3 - 8 p.m. (various times through Sunday) | Free admission | Carlton, Ore.
- 🍔 Last Friday Butcher’s Burger at Proletariat Butchery | 4 - 8 p.m. | Various Costs | Creston - Kenilworth neighborhood
- 🎄 Winter Wonderland (drive-thru holiday light show) | 4:30 - 11:00 p.m. (various times through Dec. 31) | $49+ (per vehicle) | Portland International Raceway (North Portland)
- 🍷 Holiday Lights Wine Walk | 5 - 8 p.m. (weekends through Dec. 22) | $5 | Carlton, Ore.
- 🧑🎄 Christmas Festival of Lights | 5 - 10 p.m. (through Dec. 30) | $16.50 | The Grotto (Madison South neighborhood)
- 🎄Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony | 5:30 p.m. | Free | Pioneer Courthouse Square
- 🎭 ’Black Nativity’ | 7:30 p.m. (various times through Dec. 15) | $48 | Downtown
Saturday, Nov. 30
- 🎁 Geek the Halls 2024 | 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (through Sunday) | Free admission | Doubletree Hotel (Lloyd District)
- 🎁 Fall Market at Abbey Road Farm | Noon - 5 p.m. | Free admission | Carlton, Ore.
- 📽️ ‘This is What Democracy Looks Like’ | 3 p.m. | $10 | Clinton Street Theater
- 📽️ ‘Gremlins’ | 4 p.m. | $5 | Tomorrow Theater
- 📽️🪡 ‘The Birthday’ (with Soothe Folk custom embroidery) | 6 p.m. (doors open, embroidery), 7 p.m. (film) | $15 | Tomorrow Theater
- 📽️ ‘The Taste of Things’ | 6 p.m. (various times through tomorrow) | $5 | 5th Avenue Cinema
- 🧑🎤 ‘The Gift of the Magi’ (opera) | 7 p.m. (through Dec. 8) | $45 | Lincoln Hall Studio Theater (Portland State University)
- 🎵🎥 Danny Elfman’s Music From the Films of Tim Burton | 7:30 p.m. | $34+ | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
- 🎵 Cyndi Lauper | 8 p.m. | $39.90+ | Moda Center
Sunday, Dec. 1
- 🖼️ Free First Sundays at the Japanese American Museum of Oregon | 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Free | Old Town
- 🎁 Fall Market at Abbey Road Farm | Noon - 5 p.m. | Free admission | Carlton, Ore.
- 🫖 Holiday Afternoon Tea | 2:30, 3:00, & 3:30 p.m. (various dates through Dec. 29) | $65 - 75 | The Victorian Belle Mansion
- 🎵🎥 Danny Elfman’s Music From the Films of Tim Burton | 2 p.m. | $34+ | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
- 📽️ ‘Home Alone’ | 4 p.m. | $5 | Tomorrow Theater
- 🎵 Mojo Holler and Renee Muzquiz| 5 p.m. | $11 | McMenamins White Eagle Saloon
🚰 If you haven’t put away your garden hose, now’s the time. It’s a month later than normal, but the first frost is expected as soon as tomorrow morning 🥶
I’ll be back with your next newsletter on Monday! See you then.
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