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🚲 And now Portland has 2 naked bike rides?
January 24, 2025 · — Rachel Monahan
Good morning, Portland! Two people faced arrest this week for breaking into buildings on the eastside to stay warm. Multnomah County didn’t open its cold weather shelters. When it’s dry, the shelters only open when it goes below 26 degrees 🥶
The cold, dry weather is expected to continue for nearly a week.
What's CITY Talking About?
How To Avoid Norovirus
With virus season underway, one Portland writer has had norovirus an unfortunate 13 times in her life (so far) — and lived to tell. She offers advice for how to avoid the illness. [Portland Monthly]
2 World Naked Bike Rides for Summer
Organizers of the World Naked Bike Ride canceled last summer’s annual ride, and are working to reinstate the event this summer. But in the meantime, a spinoff group has planned their own World Naked Bike Ride for Aug. 9. [Oregonian 🔒]
Everybody's starting to kick the tires to figure out if this plan is viable, and also how they're gonna fund it.
Plan To End Homelessness on City Streets
On the Friday roundup, Mayor Keith Wilson lays out his $28 million plan to shelter everyone on city streets. His plan calls for funding 1,500 additional beds in shelters open only at night and adding four shelters that are open during the day. [City Cast Portland 🎧]
Where Is It?
In 2013, artists The Lost Cause and Jon Stommel were looking for a place to paint a mural. Music Millennium owner Terry Currier was happy to have them. (As a bonus for the owner, crowdsourcing covered most of the costs.)
This mural has a notable place in the history of the nonprofit behind a lot of Portland’s colorful artwork. This was Portland Street Art Alliance’s first mural project, which the group describes as “a colorful Beatles-inspired array of happy characters and swirling patterns.”
Check out this video of the artists at work and their impressions of their endeavor.
“We just want to make people smile and laugh,” The Lost Cause said of the project.
A shoutout to the first 10 readers to respond correctly: Steve Mellmer, Scott, Wendy, Annie T, Danielle Fanelli, Amanda Young, Morgan Macwhorter, Francisco, KW, and Linda Christian.
This week’s scavenger hunt comes from reader Mary Paganelli:
In this case, I’ve blocked an identifying detail in the photo to increase your challenge. That’s also a hint. Please email me the location — and, if you want, anything you know about it.
📸 Want to submit a photo? Send me a snapshot of somewhere in the Portland metro area, and we’ll consider it for an upcoming Where Is It? segment!
What To Do
Friday, Jan. 24
- 🐍 Lunar New Year Afternoon Tea (Doja Tea Lounge pop-up) | 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. (various times through Feb. 23) | $45 | Opal 28 (Kerns neighborhood)
- 🎥 ‘Porco Rosso’ (Studio Ghibli Film Festival) | 6:30 p.m. | $9 | OMSI
- 🎭 ‘Mrs. Harrison’ | 7:30 p.m. (various times through Feb. 16) | $25 | Portland Center State (Pearl District)
- 🎤 Super Diamond (Neil Diamond tribute) | 8 p.m. | $39.41 | Crystal Ballroom
- 🎵 Tim Heidecker | 8 p.m. | $48.37+ | Revolution Hall
Saturday, Jan. 25
- 🚲🧹 I-205 Multi Use Path / Woodstock Neighborhood Cleanup (ages 21+) | 10 a.m. | Free | Flipside Bar and Carts parking lot (Lents neighborhood)
- 🏡 ‘Preserving Portland Through Local Action: Historic Preservation in the Rose City’ (exhibit) | 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Thursdays - Sundays) | $8 | Architectural Heritage Center (Buckman neighborhood)
- 🎨 ‘Witches of the West’ | 1 - 6 p.m. (through Feb. 22) | Free | Chefas Projects (Central Eastside)
- 🎥 'The Secret World of Arrietty' (Studio Ghibli Film Festival) | $9 | 2 p.m. | OMSI
- 🕯️ Havdallah Cafe Klez Edition | 6 p.m. | Free | Eastside Jewish Commons (Kerns neighborhood)
- 🎥 ‘Sorry to Bother You’ (Art + Labor Series) | 7 p.m. | $15 | PAM CUT’s Tomorrow Theater
Sunday, Jan. 26
- 🎨 Miller Family Free Day at Portland Art Museum | 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. | Free Admission | Portland Art Museum
- ✂️ Forest Crafts with RAD Creative (ages 2+) | 1 - 3 p.m. | Free | World Forestry Center Discovery
- 🎵 Railroad Earth | 8 p.m. | $40.68 | Revolution Hall
Monday, Jan. 27
- 🏀 Rip City Remix vs Austin Spurs | 6:30 p.m. | $10+ | Chiles Center (University of Portland)
- 🤓 ‘50 People, Places, and Things That Transformed Portland Since 1974’ (history pub) | 7 p.m. | $5 | Kennedy School
- 💃 Square Dancing at the Showdown | 7 p.m. | $15.92 | The Showdown (Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood)
- 🎸 ECD Slow Jam (tunes from the Barnes Collection) | 7 p.m. | Kennedy School
💢🎸 The grudge match between Portland’s The Dandy Warhols and their rival band The Brian Jonestown Massacre was the subject of an acclaimed 2004 documentary.
📽️ A newly updated version of the film, “Dig! XX,” will be shown at the Hollywood Theatre on Feb. 3, with members of The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre on hand for a discussion.
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