Portland in the News: Top Chef Comes to Oregon; Toy Story Sneakers; Arts & Culture Get Relief Grant & More! | October 1, 2020

Other states are looking to Oregon’s model for their vote-by-mail strategy.

Top Chef is filming season 18 in Portland.

And Blazers MVP Damian Lillard has released special Toy Story sneakers.

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

• Vox: Oregon already votes by mail. Here’s what it can teach us in 2020.

• Rip City Project: Portland Trail Blazers: Allen Iverson dishes ultimate compliment to Damian Lillard in all-time ranking discussion

• Oregonian: Strippers, vigilantes run amok in the Anarchist Jurisdiction: 1970s B-movie posters are remade to capture Portland today

• Willamette Week: U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer’s Federal Relief Bill for Independent Restaurants Inches Closer to a Vote

• Oregonian: Oregon Coronavirus Relief Fund awards $25.7 million in grants to help arts and culture groups survive the pandemic

• Hollywood Reporter: ‘Top Chef’ Season 18 to Film in Portland With COVID-19 Precautions

• Portland Mercury: Cannabis Guide 2020: Cannabis in the Time of COVID

• ESPN: Damian Lillard debuts ‘Toy Story’ Buzz Lightyear sneakers

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