🐔 An iconic Portland protester with an economics degree

The Iconic Chicken Protester

The protesters at the ICE building have dressed up as animals to keep it lighthearted — and mock the President’s wild exaggerations about war-torn Portland. One man has made headlines while dressed as a chicken with a cape has a degree in economics. “They’re not getting the footage they’re looking for. They look ridiculous,” he said [Willamette Week]

• Related: Portlanders flooded Jimmy Kimmel for his #ShowMeYourHellhole callout. [Instagram]

Trail Blazers Sale Could Move Forward

Tom Dundon, who is leading the group buying the Portland Trail Blazers, says the group can afford to move forward even if a lawsuit successfully challenges one of their investors: the founders of Panda Express. They've been accused of violating a confidentiality agreement with a rival bidder for the team. [OPB]

Midyear Job Cuts at Reynolds School District

Reynolds School District cut 117 jobs last spring, and has now notified 62 workers that their jobs could be gone or changed by the end of the month. That’s if the district doesn’t find an alternative solution to its $5.5 million budget shortfall. [Oregonian]

Newsletter readers and podcast listeners had a bunch of suggestions to add to our October guide.

We offered some soup recommendations — and asked for your favorites:

• Onion soup at Papa Haydn and hot & sour soup at Duck House (add wontons) — MLO
• Black bean and onion as well as tomato bisque from the McMenamins St. Johns Theater & Pub — Penny Mclain

Senior producer Giulia Fiaoni asked for recommendations on where to take a class on changing the oil in her car. You answered the callout:

• “I love taking classes with MakeWith — really welcoming classes on all kinds of topics and focused teaching on women/queer folx/BIPOC. I've always felt really comfortable in their classes and they get great experts to teach them! I think the most recent run of the car classes has already passed, but I would guess the fall/winter schedule is coming soon.” — Holly

The guide also included a bunch of horror movies showing at independent theaters. And a reader added to the list:

• “I didn’t hear any mention of CineMagic on Hawthorne, by Ladd's Addition. [Their films this month] include ‘Hocus Pocus,’ ‘American Werewolf in London,’ ‘Nightmare on Elm Street,’ ‘Killer Klowns from Outerspace,’ and so much more.” — David

📲 Your suggestions and feedback are welcome on this subject and others. Please email me. (You can also always hit reply to the newsletter.)

This Is the Time of Year When Portland Gets Weird About Mushrooms

Mushroom foraging isn’t just about tromping through the woods and getting lucky; there’s a whole culture, etiquette, and even a kind of intuition behind it. Norther Emily, founder of Wild Solitude Guiding and a seasoned mushroom forager, gets into the art of mushroom hunting, a few that you can easily identify, and which ones you should absolutely not mess with.