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The Portland Bureau of Transportation wants to raise event-day street parking from $5.40 to $8 per hour in the Eliot neighborhood's Zone V permit area near Moda Center, where occupancy hits 96% during major events. The proposal, referred to the full City Council on Tuesday, Oct. 13, would not affect residents with Zone V permits.
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View MorePortland's giant crow sculptures guide visitors across 30 landmarks
Thirty hand-painted crow sculptures stand nearly six feet tall at landmarks across Portland through Oct. 30 as part of "Wildwood: Follow the Crows," a free public art trail tied to LAIKA's upcoming film and a November auction benefiting OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital.
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View MorePortland's $5 arts ticket program splits from RACC, goes independent
Portland's Arts for All $5 ticket program for SNAP/EBT cardholders officially transitioned from RACC to the independent Arts for All PDX on Aug. 19, returning the 15-year-old equity initiative to community-led stewardship under co-leaders Pat Zagelow and Michelle David.
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View MorePortland's I-5 southbound lanes close Sept. 11 for 5 weeks
All southbound I-5 lanes through Portland's Rose Quarter close at 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, for up to five weeks; ODOT warns of two-to-three-times-longer travel times while the city offers transit and e-bike alternatives.
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View More6 Portland arts projects split $546,000 in statewide grants
Six Portland-area artists and organizations will share $546,000 from the Oregon Community Foundation's 2026 Creative Heights grants, funding projects from an Afro-Fantasy animated film to a disability-pride rock musical.
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View MoreItalian Festival returns with grape stomping
The Italian Festival of Portland returns to St. Philip Neri Catholic Church in SE Portland on Aug. 22-23 with grape stomping, bocce, homemade Italian food and headliner Biagio, while the historic parish also advances plans for 50 units of affordable housing on its grounds.
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View MorePSU art museum reopens with free Anish Kapoor exhibition
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State University reopens Friday, Aug. 28, with "Anish Kapoor: Dissolving Margins," a free exhibition of more than 150 prints and a mirror sculpture, plus a Family Day on Aug. 29 with crafts and storytime for kids.
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View MoreClinton Street Theater hosts back-to-back film festivals this month
Portland's Clinton Street Theater hosts Queer Screams (Aug. 14–16) and Hanabi Film Festival (Aug. 17–29) back-to-back, while new films from Jane Schoenbrun and Kiyoshi Kurosawa open at Hollywood Theatre, Cinema 21 and other neighborhood screens.
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View More2 pygmy goats hop aboard TriMet bus in outer Southeast Portland
Two pygmy goats boarded a TriMet FX2-Division bus near SE 162nd and Division on Aug. 12, were shooed off by the operator and riders, then vanished near a shopping center despite a police search.
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View MoreOne-night multicultural street magic show at Kenton mansion
Portland magic historian Danny Schreiber and Fulbright scholar Shreeyash Palshikar perform a one-night show at Kenton's Victorian Belle Mansion on Aug. 13, blending Western conjuring history with Indian street-magic traditions.
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View MorePortland Art Museum names 1st new director in nearly 20 years
Michael Anderson, a Yale-trained art and film scholar who led the Oklahoma City Museum of Art for over a decade, will become the Portland Art Museum's first permanent director in nearly 20 years when he starts Oct. 12, inheriting a museum fresh off a $116 million expansion that has driven a 35% attendance surge.
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View MoreVanport Jazz canceled, but Portland's August music scene rolls on
Portland's Vanport Jazz Festival canceled its 2026 edition after ticket sales dropped 60%, but the rest of August offers a packed live music calendar across the city's neighborhoods, from Creative Music Guild experimental nights to a Bach cello recital and Orquestra Pacifico Tropical's album release.
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View MorePortland farmers markets double SNAP benefits up to $40 through December
Portland's Double Up Food Bucks program matches up to $20 in SNAP benefits with tokens for fresh produce at local farmers markets through December, offering relief as federal policy changes squeeze tens of thousands of Oregonians off food assistance.
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