Portland in the News: Saddle Mountain Reopens; Oregon Eclipse; Green Comet & More! | September 13, 2023

A ring of fire eclipse is coming to Oregon in October.

Speaking of the skies, a newly-discovered green comment is zipping by Earth this week.

And Saddle Mountain’s Hiking Trail has reopened after closing in 2021.

Here’s a roundup of the goings-on in Portland this week:

• Portland Mercury: Birth of a Comedy Corridor

• Here is Oregon: Mural featuring Nikki Brown Clown unveiled in NE Portland

• OPB: How to see a newly-discovered green comet this week, before it vanishes for 400 years

• Here is Oregon: ‘Una librería para todos’ — Portland gets its first bilingual children’s bookstore

• Willamette Week: In Southern Oregon, a Slasher Film Stranger Than Fiction

• Portland Living on the Cheap: Your Guide to Oregon’s Annular Solar Eclipse on October 14

• A-Z Animals: The Tallest Structure in Oregon Is Basically a Ladder to the Clouds

• OPB: Oregon’s Saddle Mountain hiking trail reopens after yearslong closure

• KOIN: Lloyd Center’s top floor transforms to Mike Bennett’s Painted Pines in early 2024

• Oregonian: The Portland Japanese Garden is one of the top 4 nature experiences in the West

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