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City Cast Portland captures the one-of-a-kind creative spirit of this place and tackles who we are and where we’re going — from big deals, like equity and livability, to tiny delights, like the city's most wonderful doughnut. Our home is teeming with creativity and controversy, natural beauty and impossibly good food and drink.
Host Claudia Meza is so over the notion that ‘Portland is over.’ On the show, she’ll revive your civic pride and stir you to help create local change — through conversations with neighbors, newsmakers, artists and entrepreneurs about our ever-changing city.
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Your Guide to May in Portland
If you're new here, welcome! We’ve put together a starter pack for you, with episodes and articles to welcome you to the City Cast Portland community.
From checking out a mausoleum tour to getting outdoors with a NW forest pass, there’s no shortage of things to do this month in Portland. So the City Cast Portland team is here to narrow down your May bucket list to the must-dos, like this seasonal food guide.
One bonus suggestion from our episode archive: “Why Spring Is the Perfect Time To Visit Oregon’s High Desert”
For even more tips on how to make the most of May in Portland, check out Hey Portland’s take on what to do this month.
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What Portland Gets Wrong About Old Town
Today, we’re starting something new: neighborhood guides where we talk with notable Portlanders about the good, the bad, and the ugly of where they live.
First up: potentially our most controversial neighborhood, Old Town Chinatown. Suzette Smith, from the Portland Mercury, has lived there for nearly a decade and has plenty of reasons why we have Old Town pegged all wrong.
And a note to our ride-or-dies: our midweek roundup will be back next week.
Places mentioned in this episode:
Karaoke From Hell at Dante’s
Sushi Ichiban
Darcelle XV Showplace
Kingsland Kitchen
Little Peacock
Hallway PDX
Deadstock Coffee
Cafe United
Stumptown
Kells Irish Pub
Buranko Cafe
The Society Hotel
The Hoxton
Lan Su Chinese Garden
Sizzle Pie
Voodoo Doughnut
Pine Street Market
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Why Spring Is the Perfect Time To Visit Oregon’s High Desert
Despite our iconic forests, mountains, and waterfalls, some Oregonians say the real adventure awaits us in the high desert, east of the Cascades. Out there, you’ll see landscapes unlike anywhere else in the Northwest, remnants of volcanic activity, aromatic brush and desert wildflowers, black-tailed jackrabbits, and a big ole crack in the ground. Today on City Cast Portland, Norther Emily of Wild Solitude Guiding fills us in on why spring is the perfect time to visit the high desert.
Discussed in today’s episode:
Maupin
Lower Deschutes River
Criterion Tract
Smith Rock
Gray Butte
Painted Hills Natural Beef
Christmas Valley
Fort Rock
Crack in the Ground
The Lost Forest and Shifting Sand Dunes
Summer Lake Hot Springs
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Homeless Shelters That Work, Cheap-Ass Apartment Buildings, and Empty Senior Housing
Today we’re talking about why a North Portland affordable housing development for seniors is sitting empty, which type of homeless shelters are most successful in moving people into permanent housing, and whether Metro should be diverting supportive housing services dollars to buy existing cheap residential properties. Joining host Claudia Meza on this week’s Friday news roundup are KOIN 6 investigative reporter Elise Haas, and our very own executive producer, John Notarianni.
Stories discussed in today’s episode:
Rosemont Court Residents Wonder, ‘What Is Our Fate?’ [KOIN]
Study Finds Motels and Village Shelters Provide Best Outcome for Those Experiencing Homelessness [KGW]
Portland Apartment Buildings Are Selling Cheap. Is That an Opportunity for Local Governments? [Willamette Week]
Inside a Portland Micro-Village [City Cast Portland 🎧]
What’s Working (and Not) in Portland’s Shelter Programs [City Cast Portland 🎧]
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Can DA Challenger Nathan Vasquez Fix Crime in Portland?
On May 21, a primary election is likely to decide whether Mike Schmidt remains Multnomah County’s District Attorney or if instead the job will be passed on to Nathan Vasquez, a prosecutor working in the DA's office. Schmidt has appeared on the show a couple of times, so today we’re talking with Vasquez about why he thinks our city would be safer with him in office.
Events mentioned in today’s episode:
The Portland Night Market
‘Return of the Living Dead 3’ at the Clinton Street Theater
’Avatar: The Last Airbender’ in Concert at the Keller Auditorium
Register to vote in the May primary election
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Is This Portland Bar the Global Home of Women’s Sports?
Jenny Nguyen is the owner of Portland’s Sports Bra — the first bar in America dedicated to playing only women’s sports. Following this week’s news that The Sports Bra plans to begin opening franchises nationwide, we’re revisiting a conversation host Claudia Meza had with Nguyen about her role in raising the profile of college and professional women’s basketball, in our city and across the country.
This conversation originally aired on May 25, 2023
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