A Portland artist has created a line of prayer candles dedicated to Portland punk legends like Toody Cole, John ‘Elvis’ Schroder and Portlandia’s Jedediah Aaker.
Millions of birds are currently migrating across the Northwest. Do them a solid by turning off your outdoor lights after 11PM.
And Food Waste Prevention Week begins September 28, asking you to consider composting your vegetables, donating excess food and more to keep food out of landfills.
Here’s a roundup of the goings-on in Portland this week:
- Travel Oregon: Cheese lovers guide to Oregon
- Beervana: A drinkers guide to finding fresh hop beer
- KGW: Oregon Zoo unveils new pavilion
- KPTV: Rare Blue Rock Thrush spotted in Portland
- OPB: Style is storytelling at Pendleton Round-Up
- Bridgetown Bites: 2026 Food Waste Prevention Week
- OPB: Northwest rail fans eager for Amtrak Airo fleet debut
- OPB: Fall bird migrations mean lights off
- PDX Monthly: How the Portland Fire made me a sports fan
- WWeek: Portland’s best old flames
- OregonLive: PDX nominated in multiple categories for best airport
- Mercury: How a chicken beauty contest ended up meaning something
- KGW: Portland foot traffic hits 5 year high
- WWeek: Documentary on psychedelics shows real deal trips