City Cast Portland
🎥 What Hollywood wants from Portland
March 17, 2025 · — Rachel Monahan
Good morning! Portland is about to get its first fenced-in park 🌳 Final plans for downtown’s Darcelle XV Plaza, released last week, include a way for the park to be fully closed at night.
Named to honor the city’s most famous drag queen, who died in 2023, the plaza will include a stage for shows 👠 There’ll also be a dog run with historic 1800s-era fire hydrants for the pooches to enjoy — in their fashion 🐕🦺 It should open by end of the year.
What's CITY Talking About?
What Hollywood Wants From Portland
Portland and Oregon are surprisingly popular locations for filming. "Grimm" and the upcoming Amazon Prime series "Criminal" are among the more than 500 TV shows and movies that have showcased the city and region. But why is Oregon the preferred setting for darker-themed films and TV shows? [City Cast Portland 🎧]
City Council Scrutinizing Biofuels
Portland’s climate plan relies in part on biofuels created from things like soybeans, garbage, and vegetable oils, as well as human and animal waste. But that may change. The new City Council is listening to experts who argue renewable fuels could do more harm than good. [Portland Mercury]
I’m tired of hearing that Lake Oswego isn’t an inclusive society. Stop that rhetoric. We’re good people.
Appealing Lake Oswego Case
The 13-year fight over whether Oswego Lake will be open to the public continues to drag on. The Lake Oswego homeowners association will appeal a judge’s ruling from earlier this month that requires the city to allow the public to visit. [Willamette Week]
What To Do
Monday, March 17
- 🍀 Irish Festival 2025 | 11 a.m. - Midnight | $22.68 | Tom McCall Waterfront Park
- 🍀 St. Patrick’s Day Celebratopm | 6 - 8 p.m. | Free admission | Willsonville Old Church
- 🎵 Bishop Briggs | 8 p.m. | $46.61 | Wonder Ballroom
Tuesday, March 18
- 🎸 In Concert on Downtown’s Transit Mall: Sasa Fox | Noon | Free | US Bancorp Tower Plaza
- ♟️ Secret Chess Club | 5 - 9 p.m. | Free | Living Haus Beer Co.
- 📚 Reading Club | 6:30 p.m. | $23.18 | Living Room Wines
- 📽️ Underground Women in 16mm | 7 p.m. | $10 | Clinton Street Theater
✂️ Budget cuts: Parents are up-in-arms about proposed closures of the St. Johns, Montavilla, and Peninsula Park community centers. The city is facing a budget shortfall.
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