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Sometimes a flower or a bird or an overheard snippet of conversation is enough to bring joy. Perhaps especially in a year like this one, focusing on the small things is important. That’s something poet Ross Gay spent a long time doing for his latest collection of essays, “The Book of Delights.” Gay’s definition of delight is expansive and palpable, and his essays range from the smallest of natural wonders to the largest of societal problems. This year, Multnomah County Library is encouraging everybody to read “The Book of Delights.” Ross Gay joins us to talk about his book.

Send us a textPIGSeason 14 continues serving up second helpings of movies previously covered on TGTPTU with PIG (2021). Jack's flick picked this week pulls from his, Ken's, and then recently added host Thomas's post-Eastwood season CAGE UNCAGED (S4, air date 7/23/21). As established in the original episode, the Nicolas Cage movie is set and shot in Portland, Oregon prior to it burning to the ground just shortly after shooting wrapped; while the city remains in rubble, the movie is remembered by the original hosts (Ken, Jack, Thomas) fondly as a film they returned to theaters post-C19 to watch in-person and honor the memory of the city that was, a place of underground restro markets and fight clubs. Now, nearly 3-1/2 years later, the hosts reconsider their predictions for Cage's career and their responses to the film after watching again at-home.  Enjoy Ken, doubled-up NyQuil, and his takes on the flick, including recasting as a Charles Bronson movie, and his quoting Twin Peaks Season 3 (Lynch - rest in power); listen as Jack Letterboxd-checks Ryan about where he was the Summer of 2021; hear for the first time what Portland-area transplant TGTPTU's new and increasingly provisional host Ryan thought of the quiet film; and celebrate with Thomas finding the secret snore-track on the DVD from Multnomah County Library. Bon Appétit. THEME SONG BY: WEIRD A.I.Email: thegoodthepodandtheugly@gmail.comFacebook: https://m.facebook.com/TGTPTUInstagram: https://instagram.com/thegoodthepodandtheugly?igshid=um92md09kjg0Bluesky: @goodpodugly.bsky.socialYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6mI2plrgJu-TB95bbJCW-gBuzzsprout: https://thegoodthepodandtheugly.buzzsprout.com/Letterboxd (follow us!): Podcast: goodpoduglyKen: Ken KoralRyan: Ryan Tobias

Every year, the Multnomah County Library chooses one book they hope the whole city of Portland will read. Between January and April, the Library, and their partner organizations, host events based around the themes of the book, and they distribute thousands of free copies—thanks to the Library Foundation—to readers of all ages from across the county. Here at Literary Arts, our role is to bring the author to town for a talk in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.   This year, the 2025 Everybody Reads selection is the memoir Solito by Javier Zamora. For information about how to engage with the program, visit the Multnomah County Library's web site. I am thrilled to say Javier Zamora will be in Portland on Tuesday, March 11 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall for the culminating event of the 2025 Everybody Reads Program.   For now, let's return to the 2024 Everybody Reads event, featuring Gabrielle Zevin and her novel Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.   Gabrielle Zevin has been steadily publishing fiction for almost two decades and has also written occasional criticism as well as award-winning screenplays. But it was Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow that catapulted her to the stratosphere of literary stardom. It was a #1 New York Times bestseller and spent over 50 weeks on the fiction bestseller list.    To be sure, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is about video games, and makes a convincing argument for the power and potential of narrative storytelling in video games. But really, it is about making art, and questions about originality, appropriation, and ambition that come with that pursuit. And perhaps more so, it is a love story, about friends and creative partners, and the excitement, joy, tragedy, and betrayal that come with any long relationship. It's about something, I'd wager, we've all been thinking about the past few years: connection.    Tickets for Everybody Reads 2025 with Javier Zamora are on sale now! Find your tickets here.  Gabrielle Zevin is a New York Times best-selling novelist whose books have been translated into forty languages.   Her tenth novel, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, was a New York Times Best Seller, a Sunday Times Best Seller, and a selection of the Tonight Show's Fallon Book Club. Tomorrow was Amazon.com's #1 Book of the Year, Time Magazine's #1 Book of the Year, a New York Times Notable Book, and the winner of both the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction and the Book of the Month Club's Book of the Year. Following a twenty-five-bidder auction, the feature film rights to Tomorrow were acquired by Temple Hill and Paramount Studios.  The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry also spent many months on the New York Times Best Seller List. A.J. Fikry was honored with the Southern California Independent Booksellers Award for Fiction, the Japan Booksellers' Prize, among other honors. A.J. Fikry is now a feature film with a screenplay by Zevin. She has also written children's books, including the award-winning Elsewhere.   She is the screenwriter of Conversations with Other Women (Helena Bonham Carter) for which she received an Independent Spirit Award Nomination for Best First Screenplay. She has occasionally written criticism for the New York Times Book Review and NPR's All Things Considered, and she began her writing career, at age fourteen, as a music critic for the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. Zevin is a graduate of Harvard University. She lives in Los Angeles. 

It’s been three months since the main branch of the Multnomah County Library reopened after being closed for nearly a year for renovations. The improvements include new and updated meeting rooms, a new designated teen space, new gender-inclusive and family restrooms, charging and internet improvements and a variety of safety changes, like lowered shelves, new fire alarms and air quality monitoring equipment.  Shelly Jarman, the regional manager of the Central branch, says library staffers are well equipped to help all the community members who come into the library, from unhoused Portlanders who need social services to school kids researching papers and others looking for specific books or periodicals. For many of the people who work in the building, the purpose of the library is to help people, which varies from person to person and day to day. Jarman and library PIO Shawn Cunningham  join us to tell us more about how the last few months have gone and what they’re hearing from patrons.

The Multnomah County Library is one of the busiest library systems in the country based on circulation. With a $387 million dollar construction boom underway, as well as ongoing concerns about safety, there's a lot more going on than just quiet reading these days. Today on City Cast Portland, executive producer John Notarianni talks with the library's director Vailey Oehlke about the massive changes coming to libraries across the region. Become a member of City Cast Portland today! Get all the details and sign up here.  Who would you like to hear on City Cast Portland? Shoot us an email at portland@citycast.fm, or leave us a voicemail at 503-208-5448. Want more Portland news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter, Hey Portland, and be sure to follow us on Instagram.  Looking to advertise on City Cast Portland? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise. Learn more about the sponsors of this episode: Science Week From the Association of Science Communicators through April 12 ‘Fat Ham' at Seattle Rep through through May 12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A recent Santa Clara University graduate heading to work for SpaceX just got kicked off LinkedIn for one reason - he's 14. A patron in Oregon recently returned an overdue book 65 years after its check-out date. The Multnomah County Library said that someone recently returned a first-edition copy of "1984" by George Orwell. Universal, Sony and Warner — joined by a host of other publishers, on Wednesday sued Twitter for at least $250 million over the alleged mass copyright infringement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A recent Santa Clara University graduate heading to work for SpaceX just got kicked off LinkedIn for one reason - he's 14. A patron in Oregon recently returned an overdue book 65 years after its check-out date. The Multnomah County Library said that someone recently returned a first-edition copy of "1984" by George Orwell. Universal, Sony and Warner — joined by a host of other publishers, on Wednesday sued Twitter for at least $250 million over the alleged mass copyright infringement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Noteworthy host Lynnsay Maynard speaks with American-Canadian author, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest Ruth Ozeki. Ozeki's novel 'A Tale for the Time Being' is the 2023 Everybody Reads pick by Multnomah County Library and The Library Foundation, presented in partnership with Literary Arts. Ruth Ozeki's award-winning novel A Tale for the Time Being tells the story of two strangers whose lives become connected across time and an ocean. Hear new episodes of Noteworthy Sundays at 1:00 PM PT at 89.9 FM in Portland, OR or worldwide at allclassical.org. Learn more about Noteworthy and host Lynnsay Maynard: https://www.allclassical.org/programs/noteworthy/

Portland's Central library in the heart of the city's downtown is by far its biggest branch. It also provides internet and other services to those who may be experiencing homelessness or just want to duck in to get out of the elements. Some bond funded renovations started last year, but now the building will close while various updates get completed. The Albina branch will be closing temporarily for construction later this week, followed by the North Portland branch in early April. The Holgate and Midland branches are currently closed for renovations. Taxpayer backed bonds are also funding a huge brand new library in Gresham. Katie O'Dell has worked at the Multnomah County Library for much of her career and she's currently the capital bond deputy director there. She joins us to tell us about what's happening system-wide and the plans the library has made to backfill services while some of these critical facilities are getting remade.

Behind the scenes conversation and featured author highlights to celebrate 20 years of Multnomah County Library's Everybody Reads program.

Are you looking for the perfect book to dive into this summer? Pacific Northwest authors have a lot to offer. Whether you're an adult or a kid, looking for something serious or fun, there are lots of options. We hear recommendations from Isy Ibibo, the Black cultural competency teen librarian at the North Portland Library and Alison Kastner, reader services librarian for Multnomah County Library. We'll also hear some suggestions from listeners.

Hi there, Today I am so excited to be arts calling Andrea Deeken! About Andrea: Andrea Deeken was born in rural Missouri. Her writing has appeared in Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Beyond Queer Words, The Blue Mountain Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, Valley Voices, and elsewhere. Her awards include an Honorable Mention in the 2019 Spoon River Poetry Review Editors' Prize Contest and second place in the 2020 Blue Mountain Review LGBTQ Chapbook Contest, among others. Her debut chapbook, Mother Kingdom, won the 2021 Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Competition and was a finalist in the Poetry: Chapbook Category of the 2022 International Book Awards. A former book editor, she has worked for the Multnomah County Library for fifteen years. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her wife and daughter. You can order a copy of Mother Kingdom through the Slapering Hol Press online bookstore. Use the code FREESHIP for free US shipping! Visit Andrea's website: andreadeeken.com. Twitter @drelo and Instagram @andrea.deeken.  Thanks for this inspiring conversation, Andrea! -- Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro at cruzfolio.com. If you like the show: consider reviewing the podcast and sharing it with those who love the arts, your support truly makes a difference! Check out cruzfolio.com for more podcasts about the arts and original content! Make art. Much love, j

Behind the scenes conversation and featured author highlights to celebrate 20 years of Multnomah County Library's Everybody Reads program.

The central branch of the Multnomah County Library is the largest library in the largest city in Oregon. In a normal year, more than 800,000 people walked through its doors. In 2017 we spend the day at wandering through the building talking to employees and patrons alike. We listen back to that episode today.

Sometimes a flower or a bird or an overheard snippet of conversation is enough to bring joy. Perhaps especially in a year like this one, focusing on the small things is important. That's something poet Ross Gay spent a long time doing for his latest collection of essays, “The Book of Delights.” Gay's definition of delight is expansive and palpable, and his essays range from the smallest of natural wonders to the largest of societal problems. This year, Multnomah County Library is encouraging everybody to read “The Book of Delights.” Ross Gay joins us to talk about his book.

This Week:  Your Fun Volunteer Program As our 21NTC coverage continues, Liza Dyer and Corina Sadler share their stories of transforming volunteering from in-person to off-site. Then they share their lessons. Liza is at Multnomah County Library and Corina is … Continue reading →

Multnomah County Library buildings will begin reopening in June after being closed for well over a year. Director Vailey Oehlke joins us to talk about how libraries are thinking differently about how best to fulfill their mission, serve diverse communities and offer services to people in multiple languages.

The Multnomah County Library sponsored this event, hosted by Enrique Rivera , with the IDHH podcast producers Celina Flores, Mic Crenshaw and Erin Yanke.They play clips of the podcast, talk about their favorite moments in the process of making the podcast, storytelling, book recommendations, and much more. 

Enrique Rivera of the Multnomah County Library, hosted this event with the IDHH podcast producers on March 11, 2021. They play clips of the podcast, talk about making the podcast, storytelling, their favorite moments, book recommendations, and much more. Thanks to Lyndsey Runyan and Enrique Rivera of the Multnomah County Library. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/idhh/support

Scot Nakagawa and Eric Ward talk together at " It Did Happen Here: Nothing is Final", recorded March 4, 2021 at an event sponsored by the Multnomah County Library. Scot was the founding staff person of the Coalition for Human Dignity, and is co-founder and Senior Partner of ChangeLab, a national racial equity think/act lab promoting innovation in racial equity advocacy. Eric Ward founded and directed a community project to expose and counter hate groups and respond to bigoted violence with the Community Alliance of Lane County (1990–1994).He is currently the Executive Director of the Western States Center. Thanks to Enrique and Lindsey from the Multnomah County Library --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/idhh/support

Scot Nakagawa and Eric Ward talk together at "It Did Happen Here: Nothing is Final", recorded March 4, 2021 at an event sponsored by the Multnomah County Library. 

Sometimes a flower or a bird or an overheard snippet of conversation is enough to bring joy. Perhaps especially in a year like this one, focusing on the small things is important. That's something poet Ross Gay spent a long time doing for his latest collection of essays, “The Book of Delights.” Gay's definition of delight is expansive and palpable, and his essays range from the smallest of natural wonders to the largest of societal problems. This year, Multnomah County Library is encouraging everybody to read “The Book of Delights.” Ross Gay joins us to talk about his book.

ATELIER SPECIAL: LET US PRAISE THE PUBLIC LIBRARY -- Atelier Specials feature original creative content including essays, fiction, and excerpts. Today: an essay by M. Allen Cunningham, slightly abridged. "Let Us Praise the Public Library" was originally published as a special 3-part series in The Oregonian. You can read the complete essay at medium.com/@M_A_Cunningham. Mentioned in this episode: Portland, Oregon; Multnomah County Library; Victor Hugo; Charles Dickens; Mark Twain; Herodotus; J.M. Whistler; Charles Kingsley; Jorge Luis Borges; Toni Morrison; John Steinbeck; the Library of Alexandria; Der Spiegel; Virginia Quarterly Review; Hypnerotomachia Poliphili; Aldus Manutius; American civic life; democratic institutions; The Oregonian. Music: "Mythological" by Ofrin; "Do Your Thing" by Guesthouse; "Thoughts" by ANBR; "Settle Down" by Giants and Pilgrims; "Shallow Water" by Sivan Talmor; "Betula Lenta" by Shahar Haziza (All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist.) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/in-the-atelier/support

One of the many ballot measures headed to voters is the Library Bond, which would raise $387 million for Multnomah County libraries. Here to discuss that bond is Shawn Cunningham and Rachael Bowen. Shawn is the Director of Communications and Strategic Initiatives for Multnomah County Library, and Rachael Bown is the campaign coordinator for the Yes for Our Libraries Campaign. For more information: https://yesforourlibraries.org/ and https://multcolib.org/about/library-space-planning. (Recorded on 10/8/20)

Two members of Portland police accountability board resign in protest. Four Portland venues sue insurer over coronavirus closure losses. Multnomah County Library averts most layoffs after outcry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Oregon college students want hybrid online and in-person instruction; Multnomah County Library begins announcing layoffs; Oregon surpasses 20,000 known coronavirus cases. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Multnomah County Library announced Wednesday that it will no longer charge late fees on library materials. Effective immediately, it will also clear all existing fines and restore access to accounts that have been blocked because of late fees.

If you’ve moved to a new city, you might expect it to take a while to find a job that you love. But on this bonus episode of Find Your Dream Job, Jackie Starr (http://linkedin.com/in/jackiestarr) shares how she found her dream job in a new city in just two months. Jackie was looking for work in the nonprofit field, and she wanted a position that had a positive impact on her community. Working with a career coach helped Jackie to narrow down her options, and telling others she was job hunting directly led her to the position she has today as the executive director at the Friends of the Multnomah County Library. Learn more about Jackie’s career history below in this installment of our Success Stories (https://www.macslist.org/articles/success-stories) series.  

ESOL News Oregon, by Timothy Krause Text of article:JANUARY 26, 2020) Residents of Portland use the Multnomah County Library a lot. Books are popular, but so are digital materials such as e-books. According to the Willamette Week newspaper, Portland residents checked out about 3 million audio books and e-books from Multnomah County Library in 2019. The library uses an app called Libby. According to the makers of the app, Portland's public library has the sixth largest digital circulation in the country. And it has the seventh largest digital circulation in the world. What was the most popular e-book of 2019? It was Michelle Obama's book titled Becoming. According to the library's website, the Multnomah County Library is the oldest public library west of the Mississippi River. It started in 1864. Today, it has a Central Library in downtown Portland and 18 other neighborhood libraries. It offers more than 2 million books and other library materials. It is Oregon's largest public library. In 2018-2019, Multnomah County Library patrons checked out or renewed 18.3 million items. That's an average of 22.6 items per person. Checkouts of books, e-books, media and other library materials have increased 5% over the past 10 years. The library was visited online and in person 7.3 million times — that's more than 21,000 visits each day. Volunteers donated 67,000 hours of their time to the library, the equivalent of more than 8,400 eight-hour days. Read by Davida Jordan. CC BY-NC-SA. From ESOL News Oregon by Timothy Krause. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. https://sites.google.com/pcc.edu/esolnewsoregon Music by Chris Zabriskie - Cylinder Six - http://www.chriszabriskie.com - Creative Commons BY License

The Brown Bag Lunch and Learn series is co-sponsored by Portland Community College and Multnomah County Library to develop and increase your professional skills. Learn how to turn your skills and interests into a meaningful and rewarding career. Recorded live at Central Library: February 6, 2020

Parents angered by “Drag Queen Story Hour” are even more outraged as photos from an event that took place last October at Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon have emerged revealing young children lying on top of the adult male drag queen. Read the article here!

Ever wanted to know: what in the world is “public history?” Well, this week we spoke with Professor Patricia Schechter about just what it means to be a public historian, the nitty gritty details of the important work involved, and specifically, a public installation she coordinated at the Multnomah County Library celebrating the newspaper “Street Roots.”

Speaker: Judith Sugg This is the second session in a four-week series co-sponsored by Portland Community College and Multnomah County Library to develop and increase your professional skills. This program offers experiences of mindfulness and an explanation of why it can truly shift our life and work. It is a key ingredient in managing stress and conflict both in our personal lives and professional settings. Recorded live at Central Library: January 24, 2019.

Rev. Kris Voss-Rothmeier is a Presbyterian minister and middle school teacher in Portland, Oregon. Right after college, Kris worked and lived in a homeless shelter through a volunteer organization in an inner-city neighborhood in Washington, DC. He also worked as a full-time volunteer with Habitat for Humanity in San Antonio, TX and Baltimore, MD before living at Holden Village as the fire chief from 1990 to 1992. He and his wife, Susan, met at Holden in 1991. He began seminary at San Francisco Theological Seminary in 1992 and spent his internship year in the Philippines in 1994. Upon graduation, he pastored two multi-racial churches in St. Louis, Missouri in the late 1990s. In 1997, Kris was trained as an anti-racism workshop leader in St. Louis through the National Conference for Community and Justice and has preached and led workshops on anti-racism themes since then. In 2000, he and Susan moved to Portland where he served as Associate Pastor for youth and Christian Education at Milwaukie Presbyterian Church for five years. In 2006, he earned his M.Ed from Portland State University and he currently teaches Social Studies at Clear Creek Middle School in Gresham, Oregon. Clear Creek has a very diverse student population where white students are the minority. In June 2017, he completed a year-long course of study at the University of Portland which focused on equity training for educators. His wife works in the Multnomah County Library as a social worker. Their two children, Henry and Ellie, are both adopted from the Philippines and attend schools in Portland. To learn more about Holden Village, visit: www.holdenvillage.org or to listen to more audio recordings visit: http://audio.holdenvillage.org

Speaker: Jennifer Anderson This is the first session in a four-week series co-sponsored by Portland Community College and Multnomah County Library to develop and increase your professional skills. Learn how to turn your skills and interests into a meaningful and rewarding career. Recorded live at Central Library: January 17, 2019.

Speaker: Philip Mandel This is the fourth session in a four-week series co-sponsored by Portland Community College and Multnomah County Library to develop and increase your professional skills. Learn skills that will help you sail through the holidays almost stress-free. Philip Mandel has taught several stress-management workshops for PCC over the past several years. He notes that the holidays provide a great time to get together with family and friends, but they can also be stressful. Recorded Live at Central Library: October 25, 2018

Speaker: Brenda Buratti This is the third session in a four-week series co-sponsored by Portland Community College and Multnomah County Library to develop and increase your professional skills. Brenda Buratti helps you identify your priorities as well as time-wasters, and gives you strategies to make the most of your valuable time. Recorded live at Central Library: October 18, 2018.  

Speaker: Tsipora Dimant This is the second session in a four-week series co-sponsored by Portland Community College and Multnomah County Library to develop and increase your professional skills. Discover the roots of conflict and the mediation skills needed to find effective solutions. Learn how to have discussions that are balanced, direct, and fair. Ms. Dimant authors a monthly column for the Oregonian newspaper on Mediation and Conflict Resolution. She is in the process of writing a chapter on Mediation for the Oregon Bar Association. Recorded Live at Central Library: October 11, 2018

Speaker: Tasha Harmon This is the first session in a four-week series co-sponsored by Portland Community College and Multnomah County Library to develop and increase your professional skills. Discover tools for getting out of stuck spots, making decisions you’ll feel good about and creating the forward motion you need to make changes happen. These techniques are applicable on a personal level and in organizations. Recorded live at Central Library: October 04, 2018,

International best-selling author Mohsin Hamid speaks about his novel Exit West as a part of Multnomah County Library's 2018 Everybody Reads program.

International best-selling author Mohsin Hamid speaks about his novel Exit West as a part of Multnomah County Library's 2018 Everybody Reads program.

A native of Portland, Oregon, Mitchell Jackson is the author of The Residue Years, a novel set in inner northeast Portland neighborhoods in the 1990s. Based on Jackson's own life, the novel tells the story of Grace, a mother battling crack addiction, and Champ, her son, who sells the drug that has ravaged his family and his neighborhood. The Residue Years, which was Multnomah County Library's Everybody Reads selection for 2015, just won the prestigious Whiting Award, with a prize of $50,000. Jackson teaches at NYU and Columbia and is also the author of Oversoul, a collection of stories and essays. Mitchell now lives in Brooklyn, New York. He received an M.A. in writing from Portland State University and an M.F.A in Creative Writing from New York University. He has been the recipient of fellowships from TED, the Lannan Foundation, The Center For Fiction, and The Bread Loaf Writer's Conference. His novel also won The Ernest Gaines Award for Literary Excellence and was a finalist for the Center For Fiction's Flaherty-Dunnan First novel prize, the PEN/ Hemingway award for first fiction, The Hurston / Wright Legacy Award for best fiction by a writer of African descent; it was long-listed for the William Saroyan International Prize for writing and the Chautauqua Prize, and named an “Honor Book” by the BCALA. Jackson has become a well-regarded speaker who was read and/or and lectured at institutions including Brown University, Columbia University, Yale University, Middlebury College, and UMASS; at events including The Brooklyn Book Festival, The Miami Book Festival, and the Sydney Writers' Festival; at various adult prisons and youth facilities; and for organizations including The Pathfinders of Oregon, The PEN / Faulkner Foundation, and The Volunteers of America. He serves on the faculty of New York University and Columbia University. In this conversation, a part of the MHCC Mouths of Others literary speaker series, Mitchell discusses his life growing up in "The Whitest City in America," the surprising links between the social constructs of "whiteness" and "blackness," the need to be visible when the culture wants to blank you, and how his story of transformation is one in which he is both a casualty and a survivor.

We have binders full of stuff for you today. As it turns out, many are full of women.Qcut And The Quest For Jeans That Fit -A new Oregon start-up is hoping to provide relief from long, torturous hours of finding jeans that fit. Owner Crystal Beasley, a former Mozilla software developer, has developed an algorithm that pairs users with the right blue jeans out of a selection of some 300 different fits. We learn about some of the potential behind the new technology.PDX Women In Tech -A recent report from SmartAsset.com lists the top towns for women in tech. Of 58 American cities, Portland placed dead last. Megan Bigelow of Jama Software, Kaset Tonsfeldt of Young Lions Collective, Amanda Brooks of 24 Seven Inc. help us imagine what a truthful tech job posting would sound like. Hint: it's not pretty (despite it paying to be pretty).The Environmental Photojournalism Of Gary Braasch -Environmentalist Gary Braasch died this week while documenting coral bleaching on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. OPB News' Kate Davidson spoke with Allison Jones, a senior fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers who says Braasch has been a huge influence on her work, about Braasch's life and legacy.What Are You Looking At: Stupid F**king Bird -Portland theaters have staged a number of Eugene-born playwright Aaron Posner's more traditional adaptations. Now Portland Center Stage is producing the first of what he calls his irreverent adaptations: "Stupid F**king Bird." A play on Chekhov’s "The Seagull," it was developed at Washington, DC’s Woolly Mammoth Theatre to great acclaim and featured a number of PCS regulars, who reprise their roles here. Producer Aaron Scott invited "Portland Monthly" arts editor Fiona McCann to a showing as part of our "What Are You Looking At?" series.The Soul-Hop of Dirty Revival -Dirty Revival brought their seven piece down to the OPB studios to play some funky, energetic tracks off their 2015 self-titled album. The group sat down with host April Baer to talk touring, song reworks, and the social consciousness that permeates their music. You can watch videos of their performance here.Portland Candidates: Bim Ditson & Jim Lee -We continue our coverage of Portland candidates and the arts with two unique perspectives. Mayoral candidate Bim Ditson, a local music promoter and drummer for indie rock band And And And, talks with us about how to make a living with art. Our other guest is Jim Lee, who is running for city council Position 4, a seat currently held by Steve Novick. Lee prioritizes revitalizing Portland's venues and speaks with us about why he feels it's such an important move.Wendy Red Star -Portland artist Wendy Red Star is blowing up. In the last 18 months, she has had her work featured across the country, including at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, and at the Portland Art Museum twice. Oregon Art Beat's Katrina Sarson followed Red Star over that time and gives us the download on what makes the multidisciplinary artist so unique. Watch the Oregon Art Beat piece on Red Star here.Cristina Henriquez And "The Book of Unknown Americans" -Each year the Multnomah County Library chooses one novel to feature as part of their Everybody Reads series with the idea that the books might spur conversation throughout the community. This year's pick is The Book of Unknown Americans by author Cristina Henriquez. We share an excerpt of Think Our Loud's Dave Miller speaking with Henriquez in front of an audience at Literary Arts last week. You can hear the full interview here.

Actors from The Milagro Theatre read from Cristina Henriquez's The Book of Unknown Americans, Multnomah County Library's 2016 Everybody Reads selection.

Curious about starting your own business? Learn more about what to consider before taking the leap, as well as some tips for getting started writing your business plan.  Presented in partnership by SCORE, Portland Community College's Small Business Development Center and Multnomah County Library. Recorded Live at Central Library: September 23, 2014

Mitchell S. Jackson's novel, "The Residue Years," will be Multnomah County Library's 2015 Everybody Reads book. We revist a couple of past conversations with him. Plus, Springfield's getting a Simpsons mural. It's going to be perfectly cromulent. We'll hear from the man in charge.Photo courtesy of Bloomsbury Publishing

Join Wordstock and the Multnomah County Library for a festival “sneak-peek” event at the Central Library.  Portland-based festival authors will read climactic scenes from their newest books; featuring Evan P. Schneider, Jerry McGill and Alexis Smith. Dear Marcus: A Letter to the Man Who Shot Me by Jerry McGill A Simple Machine, Like the Lever: A Novel by Evan P. Schneider Glaciers: A Novel by Alexis Smith Recorded live at Central Library: October 10, 2012

Director of Libraries Vailey Oehlke was recently profiled on Exceptional Women NW, a program that explores the achievement of local women leaders. Learn more about Vailey, the challenges facing public libraries, her takes on lifelong learning, the evolution of technology and libraries, the importance of reading for children and her vision for Multnomah County Library.

  Communities around the world gather on the same day to listen and share stories in Tellabration. This podcast of Multnomah County Library’s 10th Tapestry of Tales Festival Tellebration and Finale celebrates a world of stories with Antonio Sacre, Eth-No-Tec, and Donald Davis. Storytellers introduced by Oregon storyteller Will Hornyak.   Recorded November 21, 2009  

Jim Wygant planned ahead to be useful in retirement. So, five years before retiring, he started volunteering for the Title Wave Used Bookstore. Thirteen years later and now retired, he thinks that volunteering at Title Wave is “close enough” to his dream of owning a bookstore. His passion for books, reading and libraries dates back to his grade school days when he volunteered at his school library. With over 3,000 hours given to Multnomah County Library, Jim’s service includes seven years teaching basic computer skills to older adults in the Cyber Seniors program. Cyber Seniors suits him well because it combines his love for teaching and his knack for reducing complex concepts to fundamentals. Asked what he gets from volunteering, Jim mentioned self-discovery and the opportunity to present himself in a fresh role, different from the familiar one that he played in his paid work career.   Gift People is a program of  recorded conversations with civically engaged older adults, sponsored by Library Outreach Services, Life by Design NW and the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by Oregon State Library.

At 62, Bill Brandt-Gasuen has a rich history of volunteering in Portland including 16 years with Multnomah County Library, 15 with Friends of Seasonal and Service Workers and 10 with Race for the Cure. When he retired in 2002, the issues that concern him deeply—literacy, homelessness and poverty—motivated him to pursue a second career as a full-time volunteer for these organizations. Having recently reached 14,000 hours of service to the  library, Bill credits his civic engagement to his upbringing, an innate desire to serve and, in the words of President Obama,”... a mandate to assist others”.   Gift People are recorded conversations with civically engaged older adults, sponsored by Library Outreach Services, Life by Design NW and the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by Oregon State Library

Calling All Babymouse Fans! Do you love Babymouse as much as I do? Then listen to this interview with Matt Holm, who, with his sister Jenni, creates the Babymouse graphic novels! Learn all about how Matt became an artist, and how you can become an artist too. Tune in to find out: Does Matt like pink? What's his favorite animal? And what's the next adventure for Babymouse? Then, head on over to the Multnomah County Library and check out the latest Babymouse graphic novel, Babymouse Burns Rubber.

Dr. Martin Luther King had the dream of creating beloved community, one that is grounded in love and that encourages people to care for one another. Explore in this session how we can create beloved community in our personal lives and in our community.   Roslyn Farrington currently serves as faculty member in Portland State University’s Women’s Studies Department. She holds a Master’s Degree in Education and served as the Executive Director of the Oregon Commission for Women from 2000-2005.      Recommended reading: Search for the Beloved Community: The Thinking of Martin Luther King Jr. by Kenneth L. Smith   This program was part of a series entitled, Creating Connection and Community, that was sponsored by Multnomah County Library, partners with Life by Design NW, and offered in May 2009.

Aging is an opportunity to reclaim our own unique and eccentric qualities.  Hear Guadalupe Guajardo discuss how aging frees us to move out of our socialized consciousness and conditioning, so that we can reclaim our authentic selves. Recommended reading: From Age-Ing to Sage-Ing: A Profound New Vision of Growing Older by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. Guadalupe Guajardo is a senior associate with TACS, an organization that serves and supports nonprofit organizations. She is also a co-founder of Tools for Diversity, a multi-cultural team that addresses problems caused by discrimination and prejudice and helps build culturally competent organizations. She is bilingual and bicultural, has advanced degrees in theology and organizational development and is a member of the Sisters of the Holy Names.   Perspectives on Positive Aging is a monthly series sponsored by Multnomah County Library, partners with Life by Design NW www.lifebydesignnw.org. This program is made possible, in part, by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by Oregon State Library.

Enjoy some highlights from Woodstock Library's October 6th celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Listen to clips of beautiful Chinese music performed by the Orchids and Bamboo Ensemble as well as lively bilingual songs sung by children who participated in the bilingual sing a long. Learn more about some of the special programs Multnomah County Library offers via interviews of library staff and the special guests invited to participate in the festivities.

Director candidates:  Christian KruseListen to a presentation by Christian Kruse, a candidate for the position of Director of Libraries for Multnomah County.    Recorded on April 14, 2009 and moderated by Jana McClellan on behalf of Multnomah County Chair Ted Wheeler, the session includes a short presentation as well as a question and answer session with the audience.

Director candidates:  Holly CarrollListen to a presentation by Holly Carroll, a candidate for the position of Director of Libraries for Multnomah County.    Recorded on April 14, 2009 and moderated by Jana McClellan on behalf of Multnomah County Chair Ted Wheeler, the session includes a short presentation as well as a question and answer session with the audience.

Director candidates:  Vailey OehlkeListen to a presentation by Vailey Oehlke, a candidate for the position of Director of Libraries for Multnomah County.    Recorded on April 14, 2009 and moderated by Jana McClellan on behalf of Multnomah County Chair Ted Wheeler, the session includes a short presentation as well as a question and answer session with the audience.

Most traditional library services were designed when information was relatively scarce and library users had to adapt to the ways of the library if they wanted to get their hands on these resources. Now that information is everywhere, libraries need to "futureproof" themselves by updating their services to match changing community expectations. This lively and interactive session focuses on the real world trends that are shaping the future of public libraries. Access to this podcast is provided by the presenters and by Multnomah County Library as a public service, and its use is limited to noncommercial purposes.

Most traditional library services were designed when information was relatively scarce and library users had to adapt to the ways of the library if they wanted to get their hands on these resources. Now that information is everywhere, libraries need to "futureproof" themselves by updating their services to match changing community expectations. This lively and interactive session focuses on the real world trends that are shaping the future of public libraries. Access to this podcast is provided by the presenters and by Multnomah County Library as a public service, and its use is limited to noncommercial purposes.