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Happy Mardi Gras everybody. Things are winding up or winding down to Fat Tuesday on March 4th 2025…Depending on how you look at it. And who better to help us find out all about the big fun here in the Big Rainy is Steve Kerin, keyboardist and co-founder of the Misty Krewe of Nimbus, our own Portland Mardi Gras Krewe, Steve Kerin. The Krewe is throwing their annual Mardi Gras Ball at the Wonder Ballroom on Saturday, March first and then on Mardi Gras day it'll be time for their big Parade. That's when the big bass drum leads the big parade Paul K Ward is producing today's episode, he's at the controls at his studioblue…one word all lower case and a big thank you to him for helping to pull the podcast out of hiatis hell while I recover. I'm at my desk in Northwest Portland, and Steve Kerin is at home in NE Portland. Steve, Hey now and Happy Mardi Gras!

The Portland School Board (PPS) wants voters to approve a construction bond measure of $1.8 billion in May. If approved, the measure would authorize the Board to impose taxes on all properties within the district to pay the principal and interest on bonds for the next 30 years. The total cost of debt service would likely be $3.5 billion or more. In any bond campaign, advocates are saying to voters, “trust us.” Should we trust the school board? No. Voters approved a $1.2 billion school bond measure in 2020, which allocated $311 million to rebuild Jefferson high school. Four years later, the budget has been increased to $491 million, but there is no school. The 2020 bond also included $60 million to create something called the Center for Black Student Excellence. None of the money has been spent, and no one at the district can even explain what the Center will be, who will operate it, or how many students it will serve. In 2022, the state legislature gave PPS $120 million to relocate Tubman middle school. The money hasn't been spent, and the district now admits there are no available sites for a new school in NE Portland. The school board needs to show that it can manage money before asking voters for more.

  Main Topic: Pricing for Author Services (starts at 16:33) PATREON: Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.  Become a patron of the arts at Patreon.com/valerieihsan for books, writing instruction, coaching, and planning. Go to Patreon.com/strangeairstories for short stories in the paranormal mystery genre.   Segment 1 (Announcements/Author Updates): EMBODY (fit and intuitive) on Patreon. (Valerie) writing new short stories from Ghost Story Weekend inspiration (Erick) (got feedback from the participants; all loved it.) tying up loose endings (finishing energy at the end of the year); clean slate for my birthday. (Erick) Jan 23rd re-thinking Patreon (Erick) What are you reading? Valerie: Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman; The Year of the Puppy (Alexandra Horowitz); A Happy Pocketful of Money (David Cameron Gikandi) The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley; Be Ready When Luck Happens Ina Garten Erick: The October Country (Ray Bradbury)(Shout out to local bookstore: Parallel Worlds; NE Portland, OR);  Flight of Icarus (Stranger Things prequel book)(Caitlin Schneiderhan) Tom Clancy: Shadow State     Segment 2 (Resources/Tips/Tidbits): Tidbit #1: Brandon McNulty YouTube channel (craft of writing and story) Tidbit #2: talking with a friend Segment 3 (Mindset-Craft-Biz Check):  Segment 4 (Main Topic):  Pricing Epiphany on pricing (E) What we charge for service. Gig pricing. Are you a fit? What's the work going to be? What charge for project? How much am I (cost) to pay for this? "What is your budget for this?" The Dance:  Components of pricing: Standard pricing: "Dynamic" pricing (sliding scale in head): Base line $1/word $7.50/pg. Standard jobs don't exist. Editorial rates linked out. Write in contact: opt-out cause, renegotiate prices. Rapport, base line (and how much flex on it), build in protection to self. AI clause in contract? The scope of work is this:..... If the scope changes during the course of project, we shall renegotiate the contract (including pricing). Learn how to talk about money and value yourself. Review each project. Ideal? What went wrong? Did more work than I got paid for? Interview client when done for testimonials (social proof is enormous).     Next episode:  Find Us:   Valerie's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/valerieihsan Erick's Linktree link: https://linktr.ee/erickmertzauthor Patreons:  https://patreon.com/valerieihsan    https://patreon.com/strangeairmysteries Tools: Passion Planner: https://passionplanner.rfrl.co/e86j8 (affiliate link) Discount Code: VALERIE184 ProWriting Aid: https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=9378 (affiliate link)

Hello Writers and Crafters! I'm Valerie Ihsan, And I'm Erick Mertz, and this is Episode 171 of the podcast and it's November 20, 2024 as we record this.  Main Topic:  PATREON: Thank you to new patron Elizabeth Amber from Anchorage, Alaska. THANKS! I appreciate you. Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.  Become a patron of the arts at Patreon.com/valerieihsan for books, writing instruction, coaching, and planning. Go to Patreon.com/strangeairstories for short stories in the paranormal mystery genre.   Segment 1 (Announcements/Author Updates): (Accidental Stranger Book 2 out) Print out NOW! On Amazon.  https://wordcrafters.org/unlock-the-heart-of-your-memoir/  (Valerie's teaching a class in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday, December 7, 2024; 10am-5pm.) EMBODY (fit and intuitive) on Patreon. (Valerie) writing new short stories from Ghost Story Weekend inspiration (Erick) (got feedback from the participants; all loved it.) tying up loose endings (finishing energy at the end of the year); clean slate for my birthday. (Erick) re-thinking Patreon (Erick) What are you reading? Valerie: Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman; The Year of the Puppy (Alexandra Horowitz); A Happy Pocketful of Money (David Cameron Gikandi) Erick: The October Country (Ray Bradbury)(Shout out to local bookstore: Parallel Worlds; NE Portland, OR);  Flight of Icarus (Stranger Things prequel book)(Caitlin Schneiderhan)     Segment 2 (Resources/Tips/Tidbits): Tidbit #1: Jane Friedman's newsletter The Hot Sheet, amazing information (fundamental) Tidbit #2:  Segment 3 (Mindset-Craft-Biz Check):  Segment 4 (Main Topic):   Start with a character, What's your story? (Valerie) archetypes intrigue/attrack me and do something different than before. (Erick)  theme early on (V);  why this character, why now (E); element of surprise makes it interesting (E); be open to surprise; fully plot out after the brainstorming. Create a structure and continue to pants through it. Invent a thing on the way to something else. Plotting isn't boring. Defy the plot points. If char reacts to a stale moments, it's because you are stale and bored. When stuck (process changes), a day-to-day thing: toss it out if you are rewriting it too much. What are the necessary elements? Straight-forward way. "The scene actually begins here." If it's content and not story, it has to go. Keep changing the container as you right. Know the beats before you sit down. (Erick)   Next episode:  Find Us:   Valerie's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/valerieihsan Erick's Linktree link: https://linktr.ee/erickmertzauthor Patreons:  https://patreon.com/valerieihsan    https://patreon.com/strangeairmysteries Tools: Passion Planner: https://passionplanner.rfrl.co/e86j8 (affiliate link) Discount Code: VALERIE184 ProWriting Aid: https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=9378 (affiliate link)

Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.  Become a patron of the arts at Patreon.com/valerieihsan for books, writing instruction, coaching, and planning. Go to Patreon.com/strangeairstories for short stories in the paranormal mystery genre.   Segment 1 (Announcements/Author Updates): (Accidental Stranger Book 2 out) Print out NOW! On Amazon.  Write in the Harbor (Erick teaching.) (Valerie will be at  Write in the Harbor in Gig Harbor, WA this year, too!  back from Ghost Story Weekend in Rainbow, OR. (Erick) https://wordcrafters.org/unlock-the-heart-of-your-memoir/  (Valerie's teaching a class in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday, December 7, 2024; 10am-5pm.) EMBODY (fit and intuitive) on Patreon. writing new short stories from Ghost Story Weekend inspiration (Erick) re-thinking Patreon (Erick) (Anne) first book published in April (She Writes Press); next book on September 2025; writing third book; social media IG went viral just from showing off apartment. Tip: do videos/reels.   What are you reading? Valerie: Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman; The Year of the Puppy (Alexandra Horowitz) Roland Rogers isn't Dead Yet (Samantha Allen); A Happy Pocketful of Money (David Cameron Gikandi) Erick: The October Country (Ray Bradbury) The Great When (Alan Moore) (Shout out to local bookstore: Parallel Worlds; NE Portland, OR); Safe Enough (Lee Child) Anne: The Wedding People (Alison Espach); I Hope This Finds You Well (Natalie Sue)   Segment 2 (Resources/Tips/Tidbits): Tidbit #1:  Tidbit #2:  Segment 3 (Mindset-Craft-Biz Check):  Segment 4 (Main Topic):   Anne Abel Anne Abel's story about unwittingly rescuing an aggressive dog, Milo, won a Moth StorySLAM in New York City. She has won two additional Moth StorySLAMs in Chicago. Her credentials include an MFA from The New School for Social Research, an MBA from the University of Chicago, and a BS in chemical engineering from Tufts University. She has freelanced for Lilith; Philadelphia Daily News; The Jewish Exponent; Philadelphia Weekly, Main Line Life and Main Line Today, and formerly wrote a weekly column, “The Homefront,” for Main Line Welcomat. She also taught English and creative writing at the Community College of Philadelphia. Anne lives in New York City with her husband, Andy, and their three rescue dogs, Ryan, Megan, and Chase. She grew up outside Boston, MA. Suffered from depression and writers block, and start telling stories is what saved her. Following Bruce Springsteen's tour for the structure. Started writing stories through emails for hours a day. Storytelling open mic. Worked on seven minute story. 7 minute story framework. MOTH is 5 minutes. Don't question what comes out. Positive immediate feedback. Use story beats. Outline. Tell myself the story over and over. (Absolute key points.) (Tell them what they don't expect.) Everyone sees art in a different way. If Bruce Springsteen was saying, "How do we get through the day?" maybe I can do this. Australia changed the trajectory of my life. Blinded by the Light. (Movie about a British-Pakastani teen who discovers Bruce Springsteen's music.) A lot of courage and connection. The courage led to the connectivity. "I live outside my comfort zone." She tried and she tried and she tried. (For my tombstone.) "I don't let fear stop me."  "What's the worst? Just do it." anneabelauthor.com (Listen to a couple of Anne's stories from the MOTHSlam.)   Next episode:  Find Us:   Valerie's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/valerieihsan Erick's Linktree link: https://linktr.ee/erickmertzauthor Patreons:  https://patreon.com/valerieihsan    https://patreon.com/strangeairmysteries Tools: Passion Planner: https://passionplanner.rfrl.co/e86j8 (affiliate link) Discount Code: VALERIE184 ProWriting Aid: https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=9378 (affiliate link)

Main Topic: Writing as a Black Woman in the Speculative Fiction World (Main Topic starts at 28:00.) PATREON: Thank you to our existing patrons for believing in our work offline and here in the podcast.  Become a patron of the arts at Patreon.com/valerieihsan for books, writing instruction, coaching, and planning. Go to Patreon.com/strangeairstories for short stories in the paranormal mystery genre.   Segment 1 (Announcements/Author Updates): (Accidental Stranger Book 2 out) Print out NOW! On Amazon.  Write in the Harbor (Erick teaching.) (Valerie will be at  Write in the Harbor in Gig Harbor, WA this year, too!  back from Ghost Story Weekend in Rainbow, OR. (Erick) https://wordcrafters.org/unlock-the-heart-of-your-memoir/  (Valerie's teaching a class in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday, December 7, 2024; 10am-5pm.) EMBODY (fit and intuitive) on Patreon. Michele: teaching at NC Writers Network Conference "Bending Reality" (Keynotes: art and creativity unifies and grounds us; What is your Zone of Genius? Create a keynote talk from there.) Book rec: The Big Leap (Hendricks);  teaching "Afro-Futurism and the Black Imaginary" class     What are you reading? Valerie: Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman; The Year of the Puppy (Alexandra Horowitz) Roland Rogers isn't Dead Yet (Samantha Allen); A Happy Pocketful of Money (David Cameron Gikandi) Erick: The October Country (Ray Bradbury) The Great When (Alan Moore) (Shout out to local bookstore: Parallel Worlds; NE Portland, OR) Michele: Nalo Hopkinson (Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions); How to Be Old (Lyn Slater)  Segment 2 (Resources/Tips/Tidbits): Tidbit #1: Invite the Random into your Storytelling. (Roll the dice.) Tidbit #2: Eat fries before dinner. Segment 3 (Mindset-Craft-Biz Check):  Segment 4 (Main Topic):   Dr. Michele Tracy Berger is a professor, an award-winning writer, a creativity coach and a pug-lover. Her main love is writing speculative fiction, though she also is known to write poetry and creative nonfiction, too. 1. Spec fiction definition: ideas that are outside the regular laws of the universe; Margaret Atwood (feminist author used ); sci fi, fantasy, paranormal, horror. Toni Morrison's Beloved is a ghost story (literary). Horror is a feeling (also a genre) (elevated horror, social horror). In social horror, Creatives of Color now write systems of power as the monster in the basement.  2. What challenges do you face? Meet reader's expectations; gatekeepers have changed; a decade of rejections for Doll Seed story; understanding African American literary history (more space now, public ready now for more interesting characters); black women were absent or monstrous in horror media from the 70s and 80s, now there's interest in a rebalance, and an appetite for complex characters, indie pubbing lead the way for this. Trad pub catching up. "This May Hurt a Bit" (horror podcast) 3. Marketing through this lens: finding a press that resonates with you, being authentic and consistent, IG Live, learning as you go, embrace the work of marketer, watch documentary of Jackie Collins (Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story) and Harlan Ellison (Dreams with Sharp Teeth: A Film About a GrandMaster), writers have always had to think about how people find them.  Aunt Lute Press: mood board with intersection of empowered female characters, black readers of spec fiction, how to think about ideal reader ("If you like Octavia Butler, Kelly Link, AND Dean Koontz, you'll love Michele Tracy Berger").  Start with a character, then construct the story and follow the character through. Think about audience in the submission process.  4. Author services: Write affirmations. Neutral to positive self-talk for writers as a pattern interruptor. Coaching creatives for 15 years. The Creative Tickle. "Tickle your genius awake." Specialize in writers interested in mindset work. Online classes. Group coaching. "More Joy on the Path." "See the joy in the process."       Next episode:  Find Us:   Valerie's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/valerieihsan Erick's Linktree link: https://linktr.ee/erickmertzauthor Patreons:  https://patreon.com/valerieihsan    https://patreon.com/strangeairmysteries Tools: Passion Planner: https://passionplanner.rfrl.co/e86j8 (affiliate link) Discount Code: VALERIE184 ProWriting Aid: https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=9378 (affiliate link) Resources:  "How to write an eavesdropping scene" on Erick's blog Reading Critique Group for Writers FB Group (Jennie Komp's group) 3 Bird View FB page (Jennie Komp's business page) Author XP (marketing for authors) (bi-monthly promotions) Raven Publicity (publicity for authors) The Shades of Orange (Rachel, Book Blogger on YouTube) for book recommendations SF/Fantasy/Horror Contact Erick for business-starting advice or building a website. Contact Valerie for author coaching. Thomas Umstattd Jr, at Novel Marketing Podcast. Ep255: How to Create an Email Onboarding Drip Campaign Russell P. Nohelty and Monica Leonelle's book, Get Your Book Selling on Kickstarter. Balance meditation app. Story Rubric version 1.1 and podcast episode. Three Story Method worksheet   Book Recs for writing/creativity/business: Thinking in Pictures by John Sayles Take Off Your Pants: Outline Your Books for Faster, Better Writing by Libbie Hawker Story Hypothesis: A Writer's Guide to Crafting Resonating Stories by JP Rindfleisch IX Fast-Draft Your Memoir: Write Your Life Story in 45 Hours by Rachael Herron Three Story Method: Foundations in Fiction by J.Thorn and Zach Bohannon The Anatomy of a Best Seller by Sacha Black Slow Productivity by Cal Newport     

Segment 1 (Announcements/Author Updates): (Accidental Stranger Book 2 out) Print out NOW! On Amazon.  Write in the Harbor (Erick teaching.) (Valerie will be at  Write in the Harbor in Gig Harbor, WA this year, too!  Host of Ghost Story Weekend for Wordcrafters. (Erick) print books going forward. wrapping up writing projects, PB out on the 15th of Accidental Stranger (plus prequel), finishing another book in Melville series "Signal Shadow" (Erick) https://wordcrafters.org/unlock-the-heart-of-your-memoir/  (Valerie's teaching a class in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday, December 7, 2024; 10am-5pm.)   What are you reading? Valerie: Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman; The Year of the Puppy (Alexandra Horowitz) Erick: The October Country (Ray Bradbury) The Great When (Alan Moore) (Shout out to local bookstore: Parallel Worlds; NE Portland, OR)   Segment 2 (Resources/Tips/Tidbits): Tidbit #1: Knowing Your Boundaries in Your Work (Erick( Tidbit #2: Exercise Gives You Energy (Valerie) Segment 3 (Mindset-Craft-Biz Check):  Segment 4 (Main Topic):  Foster Curiosity: *moment of inspiration comes what do you do when you get the idea? don't memorialize the idea too fast (set in stone), instead, live with it. See how long I can tease it out. Practice keeping the idea flowing. Live in the possible for as long as I can. Gather the what ifs.  Then download the ideas. Lose some of the ideas, but learned to trust the leaves that fall off. Learn by playing. See yourself in the story and feel bigger. Usually happens when not at home.     Next episode: Guest Michelle Berger Tracy on Being a Black Woman in the Speculative Fiction Find Us:   Valerie's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/valerieihsan Erick's Linktree link: https://linktr.ee/erickmertzauthor Patreons:  https://patreon.com/valerieihsan    https://patreon.com/strangeairmysteries Tools: Passion Planner: https://passionplanner.rfrl.co/e86j8 (affiliate link) Discount Code: VALERIE184 ProWriting Aid: https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=9378 (affiliate link)

Today on City Cast Portland, we're continuing our neighborhood guide series where we talk with Portlanders about where they live. This time we're talking about NE Portland's complex and historic Eliot neighborhood with Portland Monthly editor-in-chief Brooke Jackson-Glidden. She's going to tell us why the Eliot neighborhood is the perfect microcosm of all of Portland. Mentions in this episode: Billy Rays Dive Ox Open Signal Matt Dishman Community Center Dawson Park Bernstein's Bagels Kalesa Coffee Hide & Seek Gallery Musique Plastique Portland Cà Phê The Waypost Queen of Sheba Wonder Ballroom TwentySix Cafe The Pocket Pub 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 sponsor of this August 8th episode: PaintCare D'Amore Law Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Headlines, why is Trump in the Bronx? Harvard students, faculty walk out of commencement; Oregon's primary; 35K lost power in NE Portland, beaver drops tree on transmission line; why Portlanders are moving to Clark County; Portland Rose Festival returns to waterfront.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leslie Goodlow joined Portland Housing Bureau in the City of Portland as the Equity and Business Operations Manager in September of 2012. She manages Compliance, Human Resources, Finance & Accounting, Administration and Contracts. The housing bureau currently has a budget of over $300 million with 81 FTE. She is the Bureau lead on equity goals related to recruitment, hiring, training and contracts. Leslie is also the co-sponsor of the N/NE Neighborhood Housing Strategy, an effort by the city of Portland to provide opportunities for displaced residents to move back into NE Portland. Tune in to this episode of Black Beat Podcast with John Washington and Fawn Aberson who speak with Leslie Goodlow and Divisha Gordon about: Ongoing challenges in the housing market The history of displacement in Black neighborhoods How the Preference Policy will affect Black Families in Portland Thank you for being a part of our show where we take pride in improving people's perceptions of capability, significance and influence in their lives and in their communities. We want to hear from you. For more unapologetically Black stories and inspirational media coverage of capable, significant and influential motivators in our community, follow us on social media and send us your thoughts: Phone: (503)-841-5032 Email: info@flossinmedia.com Website: https://www.flossinmedia.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/flossinmedia/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flossinmedia/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/flossinmedia YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/flossinmediatv LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/flossin-media/ This video is produced by Flossin Media For more about us, visit our website www.flossinmedia.com Follow us on social media @flossin media for updates of our events, publications, podcast episodes, and more!

In this episode, Eleni has a fascinating discussion with Erwina Barney, chef and founder of Fork and Spoon Food House and Chik and Chuck Coffee in the Historic Parkrose business district in NE Portland. Her inspiring story of bringing Filipino food and culture to PDX, started off with a food truck and has expanded to so much more!

Fall is officially upon us. Which, for the HBTG boys, means sports, sports, SPORTS! Once upon a time, the venerable Claudia's on SE Hawthorne would've been atop the list of beloved old local places to grab a cold one and watch the game, but with its October closure after 75 years of service, it was time to evaluate one of its worthy successors. This is how we found ourselves parachuting into NE Portland‘s North Tabor neighborhood on a Monday Night Football night to experience the underrated and historic A & L Sports Pub — the latest of a series of watering holes in this century old building going back to 1945. The epitome of a local sports bar with nightly regulars, knowledgeable and affable staff, and enough space to fit the entire 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers team, the A & L has been bringing folks together to slosh pitchers of beer, catcall opposing fans, and do all that good communal sports bar stuff we know and love so well since the dawn of the ‘90s. Buckle up your chinstrap and get in the game! Bar visit and recording: Monday, Oct. 2, 2023 HBTG theme song: “Frozen Egg” by Lame Drivers Interlude music: “Right Track” by Lame Drivers --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historybytheglass/message

Earlier this month, Nike told the Soul District Business Association that the company would be closing its store in Northeast Portland permanently. Ron Herndon was one of the people who brought that store to NE Portland in the 1980s. As a leader in the community organization Black United Front, Herndon helped convince Nike to support and invest in the Black community. We talk to Herndon about the legacy of that store, and what the closure means for the neighborhood.

Pickleball is America's fastest-growing sport, with a passionate fanbase and new facilities welcoming the game's next generation. The People's Courts just opened last month in NE Portland with 14 pickle courts, bocce ball, ping pong, corn hole, and more in the 48,000 square-foot rec center and social space. RECS is hosting the 2023 Oregon Cup on September 30, featuring 32 of the best men's pickleball players in the state battling it out under one roof. Today, join Pickleball Hall of Famer Steve Paranto, The People's Courts co-founder Dave Sacks, and RECS founder Kevin Richards to talk all about the future of the sport in the Pacific Northwest.

Bad QB performances from this weekend that looked good in a box score. Disturbing allegations surrounding Rays shortstop Wander Franco. Grant Bowl in NE Portland closed to activities due to unsafe turf field. Is Broncos/Jets the newest NFL rivalry?

On this Rate of Rise episode I am thrilled to get to have a conversation with the new U.S. roasting Champion, Andrew Coe of Elevator Coffee in Portland, OR Andrew Coe is the owner and roaster at Elevator Coffee in Portland, OR, founded in 2016. Andrew launched his professional roasting career by winning the first Cascadia Cup roasting competition at Buckman Coffee Factory, a co-roasting facility across the street from his cafe, using a Behmor 1600. He currently operates out of another co-roasting facility in NE Portland called Roast, which is home to a fully customized 1938 12kg Probat (probably one of the cooler machines in town). Andrew also private label roasts for Two Stroke Coffee. He has a masters degree in Mathematics from Oregon State University, and worked as a Transportation Planner prior to coffee. In our conversation we chat about Andrew's entry into coffee, competition, and insights learned over his career In our conversation we cover: Community and its role in learning Key turning points in his understanding of roasting Methods and disciplines for consistency Favorite part of the competition Collecting, curating, and using data How his career experience helped in roasters competition Optimizing  green and roasted coffee Links: www.elevator.coffee Instagram @elevatorcc + @andrewcoaecoffee  Related Episodes: 286 : Coffee Roasting Best Practices w/ Scott Rao RoR #5: Time and Color in Roasting w/ Morten Munchow of Coffee Mind” 147 : U.S. Roasting Champion, Shelby Williamson of Huckleberry Roasters, Denver, CO 026 : What Your Roaster want you to Know w/ U.S. Roasting Champion, Mark Michaelson, Onyx Coffee Lab   Visit our sponsor ROAST MAGAZINE and subscribe! 

If anyone would like to contribute to my channel and future videos, please consider donating to my cash app - $midnightradio101 Searing new insights into Bryan Kohberger's jail life, as told to DailyMail.com by his fellow inmates: He OBSESSES over TV coverage of his own case, has turned to God - and faces constant taunts from other prisoners. Sources: Kohberger attends Mass on Sundays | Banfield Dallas mom shares message after 13-year-old missing daughter found locked in shed Missing 13-year-old girl from Dallas found locked in North Carolina shed, officials said Attorney: Defense has 'tough road ahead' in Florida suitcase murder trial | Morning in America Woman Paralyzed After Chiropractor Visit Tours Her New Home Mom accused of killing kids set to stand trial | NewsNation Live Woman says she was held captive for 4 years Woman rescued after being locked in trailer for nearly 4 years 'Severely decomposing' body found inside man's home, HCSO deputies say Minnesota father kills sex offender with moose antler: sheriff | NewsNation Prime With layoffs, NPR becomes latest media outlet to cut jobs Tyson Foods to lay off 1,700 workers, close two chicken plants Facebook-parent Meta plans to lay off another 10,000 employees Andrew Yang warns of 'mass layoffs,' calls for government intervention after Silicon Valley Bank collapse Ford (F) Announces Layoff of 1,100 Employees From Spain Microsoft's third layoff round hits employees in supply chain, cloud, IoT business Blount Fine Foods to shut down NE Portland factory, lay off 198 Nike employees report layoffs on social media Daycare owner SHOOTS HUSBAND after learning he was accused of molesting children Read more at: Disclaimer! This is a place to discuss your WAS (wild azz speculation), WAT (wild azz theories) and TAT (tame azz theories) safely without judgment. We encourage you give your tips; anything you have seen with your own eyes or heard with your own ears to law enforcement. Clips are played under the conditions of FAIR USE. This show is for entertainment and or information purposes only. No literal meaning should be taken or inferred. We do not encourage anyone mentioned in this video to be contacted or harassed. We would love to hear from you! Call and leave us up to a 3 min message. Call Us: (325)261-0892 Contact us by email: midnightrad.io101@gmail.com Visit our Website for episodes, articles and merch: ⁠⁠www.midnightrad.io⁠⁠ Leave us an audio message here: ⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/midnightrad/message⁠⁠ If you live overseas the option above is the best way to contact us. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/midnightrad/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/midnightrad/support

Portland police fail to investigate ‘alarming' number of impaired driving cases, DA says. Blount Fine Foods to shut down NE Portland factory. Portland Timbers sign Ivorian forward Franck Boli. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Portland photographer Intisar Abioto's work is showing in two galleries. The exhibition at the Art Gallery at The Patricia Reser Center for the Arts in Beaverton showcases her own pieces and those of the other women artists in her family. She's also part of the Oregon Contemporary show in Portland. The historic Cannady home in NE Portland is the subject of one of these installations. People working to elevate Black history say this residence that once belonged to Black activist and civil leader Beatrice Morrow Cannady is a place that should be recognized as historically and culturally significant. Intisar Abioto said, not only that, but when she learned it was for sale earlier this year, she thought it could be reclaimed by the Black community as a place to gather, organize and create art.She spearheaded an effort to buy the property. Abioto worked with other artists, Black political leaders, business owners, historians, activists and someone who volunteered to finance a backup offer on the $1,135,000 home. The sellers didn't accept the offer, but Abioto says there are still valuable lessons to be learned from both Beatrice Cannady's history in Portland, and the story of the community effort to buy her home. She joins us to talk about art, history and the present moment, and how this experience synthesizes all three.

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Meet Tim LeMaster a retired Marine who is dedicated to making change with NE Portland and our State.He is running a great grassroots campaign and making a point to getting out and meeting his future constituents no matter their political party affiliation like a true leader needs to do. His perspectives on what he wants to bring into leadership and his policies are cutting edge and is what we need in leadership right now.It was an honor to have him on the show and I look forward to having future interviews with him. 

In this episode of Life Inspired, Crystal sits down with Mrs. DeAngeloa Wells, the first lady of Emmanuel Church in NE Portland. Lady Wells shares her journey for the cure for breast cancer in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  It is a testimony of the power of prayer, perseverance and victory that is sure to provide hope and hopefully help save someone's life. Feel free to join in the conversation on our fish Facebook page and share you comments. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A line of RVs and campers has formed outside a retirement community on Northeast Sandy Boulevard and 143rd. It moved in a few weeks ago after the city cleared them from the Parkrose High and Middle Schools.“It's pure hell,” said Bambi Alvey, who has lived in the retirement community for 10 years. “I wake up every morning looking out my window at the homeless people looking through my window back at me.”LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos daily. https://bit.ly/3KBUDSK

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A NE Portland thrift store serving those in need is closing its doors due to continued crime.Located along NE Sandy and 110th, the shop says while surrounding businesses have also shuttered their doors, they've seen everything from arson to theft on the block and it's dramatically dropped the number of people coming in.LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos everyday. https://bit.ly/3KBUDSK

Just days after a Northeast Portland bar was hit by crooks, more businesses on that side of town are coming forward about their own break-ins.A plaza in Portland's Parkrose neighborhood is home to a restaurant, a bank, a dentist and more businesses. Now, pieces of plywood near business entrances serve as a reminder of the places targeted by crooks.LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos everyday. https://bit.ly/3KBUDSK

If you want to know about the nonprofit behind the city's newest micro-village, you just need to look at the letters in its name. WeShine stands for Welcoming, Empowering, Safe Habitation Initiative with Neighborhood Engagement. People are starting to move into its Parkrose Community Village in NE Portland, where they'll have their own sleeping pod and other basic necessities like toilets, showers and laundry facilities. Residents will also get help accessing services they need and developing financial literacy skills, which can help them to ultimately move from transitional to affordable housing.Even as this village opens, WeShine is looking ahead — not just to open its next village, but to create a model that can be replicated all over the city. Part of that is creating a kind of "best practices" playbook and sharing ways to fast track the processes with city and county governments. Jan McManus is the executive director of WeShine. We talk with her about WeShine's approach to homeless shelters and the potential for replicating the design of this micro-village.

A single block of NE Portland has, for years, been a microcosm for all the issues Portland and other cities face: homelessness, drug use, sex trafficking and rampant crime from homicides to property crime. It has seen the killings of four people in just eight months. People who live in and around the area are looking for answers, but no one seems to have any. This week on Beat Check with The Oregonian, you'll hear from Savannah Eadens, a breaking news reporter with the Oregonian, who spent months reporting on the intricacies of Portland's deadliest block. Savannah's stories: Portland's deadliest block: ‘People are getting murdered here on a regular basis. Why?' Mayor Ted Wheeler calls for special patrol of Portland's deadliest block Support local journalism and read stories like Savannah's by subscribing to The Oregonian/Oregon live at oregonlive.com/podsupport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Vanport Mosaic has a unique mission. It's all about “memory-activism.” Co-founder Damaris Webb says that means the organization is a platform to surface silenced histories to understand the present and create an inclusive future. To that end, The Vanport Mosaic and Confrontation Theatre are presenting a solo play called, “Walking Through Portland with a Panther: The Life of Mr. Kent Ford. All Power!” Ford co-founded the Black Panther Party's Portland chapter in the 1960s and continues to be a civil rights activist. He still gives walking tours of NE Portland, and shares his memories of activism and community service. We talk with The Vanport Mosaic Director Damaris Webb, who also directed the play about Ford's life and legacy.

Seven in ten Americans identify as Christian. For a movement like rewilding to gain more traction, it must intersect with the belief systems of the culture at large on some level. I am not a Christian, though I am interested in the intersection of rewilding and christianity. Since I live in the United States, I feel it's important to understand enough about the dominant cultures here and where to find common ground in rewilding narratives. In this episode I chat with two friends of mine who are both pastors. Solveig Nilsen-Goodin and Aric Clark. Rev. Solveig Nilsen-Goodin is an ordained pastor in the Lutheran Church, a spiritual director, grief coach, writer, author of the book: What is the Way of the Wilderness: An Introduction to the Wilderness Way Community, and co-editor and contributor to A Grounded Faith: Reconnecting with Creator and Creation in the Season of Lent. Solveig helped found EcoFaith Recovery, and founded and pastored the Wilderness Way Community for eleven years. She and her husband Peter are raising two teenage boys in NE Portland.Rev. Aric Clark is pastor of Mt. Home and Sherwood United Methodist Churches. He is also a writer, a speaker, and an activist who lives in Portland, Oregon. He is the co-author of Never Pray Again: Lift Your Head, Unfold Your Hands, and Get To Work, a book which challenges readers to embrace a concrete other-centered spirituality, and editor of Faithful Resistance: Gospel Visions for the Church in a Time of Empire. When not pastoring, writing, or protesting he is parenting two teenagers and indulging a love of tabletop gaming.Our conversation topics range from anarchism, feminism, death, grief, decolonization and the histories of the church, the challenges of working in institutions and much more. Notes:Christian AnarchismBread Not Stone: The Challenge of Feminist Biblical Interpretation by Elisabeth Schussler FiorenzaIshmael by Daniel QuinnCatholic Worker MovementThe Smell of Rain on Dust by Martin PrechtelFinisia Medrano Hildegard Von BingenBelievers: Making a Life at the End of the World by Lisa WellsRewilding the Way by Todd WynwardChed MyersWatershed DiscipleshipEcofaith RecoveryBecoming Rooted: One Hundred Days of Reconnecting with Sacred Earth by Randy WoodleyA Grounded Faith: Reconnecting with Creator and Creation in the Season of LentThe Leaven CommunityWhat is the Way of the Wilderness?Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/petermichaelbauer)

On this episode of Marti's Music Kitchen, the Fun Food Podcast with Creative People where anything can happen, we're taking a trip to NE Portland to visit new friends Rachel Brashear and Aaron Tomasko at their food-cart, Sweet Lorraine's Latkes and More. Rachel and Aaron are both accomplished musicians with several albums under their creative umbrella, including a new release that just hit the air this March! Music aside, the pair have created a menu out of a longing for traditional, New York-style Jewish food at Sweet Lorraine's, aptly named after Aaron's grandmother. This is where their passion for creating delicious food truly shines! “We don't really have this interest in reinventing anything. We want to keep these things alive so they don't get lost in history,” says Rachel. On MMK's first ever episode recorded inside a food-cart, they're showing Marti how they perfected the art of the knish - a traditional Jewish snack - in more ways than just one! Listen along as they discuss songwriting, cooking, family and the creativity of them all! Aaron, Rachel & Sweet Lorraine's https://www.facebook.com/SweetLorrainesLatkes/ https://rachelbrashear.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/aarontomasko Follow Marti & Support Marti's Music Kitchen! http://MartiMendenhall.com http://Patreon.com/MartiMendenhall Buy the Marti's Music Kitchen Season 1 Cookbook https://martimendenhall.com/cookbook-store.html RECIPE Knish Crust ingredients: 2 ½ cups flour 1 tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt 1 large egg 1 tsp vinegar ½ cup canola oil ½ cup water Filling Ideas: Mashed potatoes and onion Ground beef and onion Vegetables Farmer's cheese, real cherry pie filling, cream cheese and sugar Any kind of fruit Instructions: Preheat oven to 375. Combine dry ingredients first, then add wet ingredients, mixing thoroughly until a dough is formed. If it's oily, that's okay! Wrap the dough in plastic, place it in a bowl, and refrigerate from anywhere between an hour to a full night. While the dough chills, prepare your favorite mashed potato & onion recipe - just make sure the potato mixture isn't too wet, or your knish won't hold together! Let the potato filling cool and dry - preferably cooling overnight in the fridge. When the crust and filling are ready, use a rolling pin to roll the dough out as thin as you possibly can in the shape of a rectangle. This is a little like making a jelly roll. Once you can see through the dough (without any rips!) spoon the potato mixture (or whatever you might be adding) along the front edge of the dough. You're going to roll them up from this edge - this is the tricky part! There are a few different ways - Rachel makes them in pairs, getting two knish per roll. This way, the knish has a nice top and bottom crust. Some people prefer to make a singular long roll and twist them apart. Find out what works best for you! Once your knish is in a shape that you like, apply an egg wash and bake on a cookie sheet until golden brown. In a convection oven, this takes about 25 minutes. In a traditional oven, it's more like 35-40 minutes. Enjoy with deli mustard or add a topping like gravy or cheese. #MartisMusicKit #MMK #MartiMendenhall #MusicIndustry #JewishFood #ComfortFood #NewYorkStyle #Knish #TraditionalJewishFood #SweetLorraines #Latke #AaronTomasko #RachelBrashear #Industry #Food #Music #Podcast #Recipes #Artisan #Snacks #MusicAndFood #PNW #Portland #ComfortFood #OMN #OregonMusicNews #Jazz #Podcast #Season1Cookbook #Knish #CaveSong #Songwriting #Oklahoma

On today's episode of Marti's Music Kitchen, the Fun Cooking Podcast with Creative People where anything can happen, we're taking a trip to NE Portland to visit new friends Rachel Brashear and Aaron Tomasko at their food-cart Sweet Lorraine's Latkes and More. Rachel and Aaron are both accomplished musicians with several albums under their creative umbrella, including a new release that just hit the air this March! “We don't really have this interest in reinventing anything. We want to keep these things alive so they don't get lost in history,” says Rachel. On MMK's first ever episode recorded inside a food-cart, they're showing Marti how they perfected the art of the knish - a traditional Jewish snack - in more ways than just one! Listen along as they discuss songwriting, cooking, family and the creativity of them all. Check out the full podcast with recipe here! https://mmk.martimendenhall.com/Podcast-Rachel-Brashear-Aaron-Tomasko-Knish Aaron, Rachel & Sweet Lorraine's https://www.facebook.com/SweetLorrainesLatkes/ https://rachelbrashear.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/aarontomasko Follow Marti & Support Marti's Music Kitchen! http://MartiMendenhall.com http://Patreon.com/MartiMendenhall Buy the Marti's Music Kitchen Season 1 Cookbook https://martimendenhall.com/cookbook-store.html #MartisMusicKit #MMK #MartiMendenhall #MusicIndustry #JewishFood #ComfortFood #NewYorkStyle #Knish #TraditionalJewishFood #SweetLorraines #Latke #AaronTomasko #RachelBrashear #Industry #Food #Music #Podcast #Recipes #Artisan #Snacks #MusicAndFood #PNW #Portland #ComfortFood #OMN #OregonMusicNews #Jazz #Podcast #Season1Cookbook #Knish #CaveSong #Songwriting #Oklahoma #Family #podcastpreview

Meal Trains are a great way to use your cooking skill to care about people in your world going through a life change or a tough time. Eliz Roser joins us to chat about our best strategies for providing meals to others! Resources from this episode: The First Forty Days Extra Helping Recipes/ideas from this episode: Tuna noodle casserole Thai salad with cashews Picnic with salami, crackers etc. Homemade meatballs in tomato sauce West African peanut stew Slow-cooker cassoulet Foccacia (Salt Fat Acid Heat) Red lentil soup (Dinner in an Instant) The Kale salad that started it all (Six Seasons) Baked ziti Baked mac & cheese Butter chicken (Indian Instant Pot) Palak paneer (Indian Instant Pot) Tomato coconut soup (Indian Instant Pot) Baked oatmeal (Super Natural Every Day) Eleven Madison Park granola (NYT) About our Guest: Eliz Roser is a former project manager and current stay at home mom of two. She lives in NE Portland, and loves grocery shopping alone, messy kid art projects, and a clean kitchen. She also writes a weekly meal plan newsletter (sign up here!). Eliz prefers to use cookbooks over online recipes, and has way too many in her collection. You can follow her on Instagram @itselizzz Join our Cookbook Club! Our Instagram, @cookbookclubshow E-mail us: cookbookclubshow@gmail.com Find Renee and Sara on Instagram: @hipchickdigs and @realtor_saragray

Rhiannon Leonard is a teaching artist with the Right Brain Initiative and the Young Audiences program of Oregon and SW Washington. In that capacity she uses her drawing art form as a tool for integrating classroom curriculum.As a practicing artist, Rhiannon focuses on botanical illustration and tree details. Look for cards with her botanical illustrations in plant shops around Portland in 2022.Rhiannon's website: www.RhiannonLeonard.artPam's online shop offers craft kits (ironically, once you've heard the podcast), but they're the open-ended kind where she delights you with interesting materials and you get to decide how to use them. Light instructions are sometimes included.

This week we sit down with family; the inspirational Judith Rizzio. Judiths' story is amazing and her ties to the communities she touches and our very own Mateo will warm your heart. From fashion icon to HIV activist, her involvement in passion projects opens doors for those that are in need of help or direction. "You need to be not fearful of different" - Judith  She uses her love affair and experience with fashion to help people counter the privilege of fashion to make it accessible and fun for all. Judith and her husband Jim host in a beautiful NE Portland, Oregon neighborhood and incorporate life, love, and art into their Airbnb, "The Nest". For over five decades Judith has engaged with people from all walks of life and her impact is felt in every direction she has gone. The No BS Short Term Rental Podcast brings the right people to the table at the right time giving their audience an inside view and real take on the industry like no other.

This week we sit down with family; the inspirational Judith Rizzio. Judiths' story is amazing and her ties to the communities she touches and our very own Mateo will warm your heart. From fashion icon to HIV activist, her involvement in passion projects opens doors for those that are in need of help or direction. "You need to be not fearful of different" - Judith  She uses her love affair and experience with fashion to help people counter the privilege of fashion to make it accessible and fun for all. Judith and her husband Jim host in a beautiful NE Portland, Oregon neighborhood and incorporate life, love, and art into their Airbnb, "The Nest". For over five decades Judith has engaged with people from all walks of life and her impact is felt in every direction she has gone. The No BS Short Term Rental Podcast brings the right people to the table at the right time giving their audience an inside view and real take on the industry like no other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 dead following shooting in NE Portland. Portland Timbers square off in semifinal clash against Colorado. State parks are free in Oregon and Washington on Friday. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our hosts tackle the show of their native land. In the pilot, Fred Armisen browses his Netflix DVDs. In the finale, there's a rose. Vancouver, NW Portland, Hawthorne, the Fremont Bridge, the Broadway Bridge, the Burnside Bridge, the Morrison Bridge, MLK Blvd, 82nd and Powell, Killingsworth, Lloyd Center, Lombard, NE Portland, N Portland, S Waterfront, St. John's, Gresham, The Dalles, Forest Park, and Lake Oswego are also discussed.

Coronavirus cases down for second week even as Oregon surpasses 300,000 total. Portland-area illegal dumpsites recede after Metro beefs up sanitation crews. Oregon-brewed IPA wins gold at Great American Beer Festival See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Cookbook Club! In our first episode, we introduce ourselves and the podcast. Then we talk about a favorite cookbook -- Small Victories, by Julia Turshen. Resources shared in this episode: Small Victories by Julia Turshen Julia Turshen on Instagram, @turshen Slow roasted salmon from Salt Fat Acid Heat, by Samin Nosrat Julia Turshen's second book, Now & Again Recipes we talked about in this episode: Ribs with gochujang, fish sauce + honey (page 155) Turkey + ricotta meatballs (page 168) Jennie's chicken pelau (page 176) Best rice pilaf with roasted red cabbage (page 129) Creamed corn (page 104) Asparagus with browned butter + hazelnuts (page 109) Green eggs with (or without) ham (page 33) Sour cream pancakes with roasted blueberries (page 43) Afternoon cake (page 229) Feel-better-soon cookies (page 237) Apricot upside-down skillet cake (page 231) Apple + toasted oat muffins (page 46) Gravlax with caper cream cheese (page 28) Scallops with chile-and-parsley bread crumbs (page 200) Broiled anything with garlic + parsley butter (page 202) A nice lasagna (page 145) Swiss chard with ginger + coconut (page 100) Indecision grilled chicken (page 182) About our guest: Eliz Roser is a former project manager and current stay at home mom of two. She lives in NE Portland, and loves grocery shopping alone, messy kid art projects, and a clean kitchen. She also writes a weekly meal plan newsletter (sign up here!). Eliz prefers to use cookbooks over online recipes, and has way too many in her collection. You can follow her on Instagram @itselizzz Join our Cookbook Club! Our Instagram, @cookbookclubshow E-mail us: cookbookclubshow@gmail.com Find Renee and Sara on Instagram: @hipchickdigs and @realtor_saragray Cook along with us! Next cookbook episode (releasing 9/8/2021): Six Seasons, by Joshua McFadden

Morgan from Oregon has paved her way from NE Portland to Atlanta, Georgia, where she currently resides. My friend's ambition is what inspires me. She's the little engine that could and continues to keep going. Join me on this podcast as Morgan, and I speak in our native language, sarcasm, and learn more about Morgan as s friend and businesswoman, Pretti P Apothecary (Morgan's business), and relationships. You won't be disappointed she is funny and full of energy. Don't be afraid of our sarcasm. We love to laugh. Pretti P Apothecary's mission is to educate all humans on holistic and healthy hygiene routines. While offering a growing selection of 100% organic Herbal Products for EVERY Pretti P. All ingredients and products are handpicked and hand-made to cleanse, soothe and energize. Morgan has had an entrepreneurial spirit since birth. When she started Pretti P Apothecary, I knew she would do great things. Thank you in advance for listening!Follow Eleventh and Fremont Facebook and Instagram: @eleventhandfremont Host: @ahjiology Follow Morgan/Pretti P ApothecaryFacebook: @LovePrettiP Instagram: @_pretti.hippie_ @loveprettip

Community Transitional School in NE Portland has been teaching kindergarten through eighth grade students who are homeless for 31 years. Since coronavirus hit Oregon in March, the school has been delivering worksheets and food to students throughout every week. We talk with Cheryl Bickle, school president and third grade teacher, about how teachers are staying connected with students during the pandemic.

Anthony Park, the owner of the NE Portland's legendary DU's restaurant drops by to talk Teriyak..... but there is more to this man than just creating some of the best food in town. Take a listen!!!!

NE Portland native Matt Nolan joins us to talk all things Hollywood. Sit back and enjoy his stories and tales of his 30 year journey through Tinsel Town ........

June 2017 – This month we are celebrating the tomato in all its’ glory, with pride. Tomatoes, like people come in a variety of sizes and colors, with unique characteristics and since June is gay pride month we’d like to celebrate the variety of human diversity specifically the LGBTQIA community. We therefore are calling this months episode…Gay-zpacho! ** NEW 2021 EDIT + Bonus interview with Zarah Bone of NW Queer Chorus & their music! We’re making the Spanish soup Gazpacho after a quick cultural lesson from Spainard & hairdresser extraordinaire… Antonio Diaz! http://www.bryanbantry.com/antonio-diaz/ We’ll discuss the multitude of varieties and tips on how to care for your own tomato plants with Lori Vollmer, co-owner of Garden Fever, a fabulous NE Portland gardening store. http://www.gardenfever.com Music this month is a selection of songs from Pedro Almodovar’s movies and we close the show with an orginal piece by our own “Little Bear” – Jai Hurdle titled… “Cherry Tomato”! www://soundcloud.com/jai-hurdle Go plant your tomato plant with Pride! (a little late in the season but not out of the question) The heat is here – time to make a nice big bowl of Gay-zpacho! Peace, Love and (of course) Soup! Ole! Brian & Tavé

[image: 20161217_arts_post-134_2,left,300x390,5852f415280b1e0339fc7fb2]Ever been in an American Legion hall?They're not fancy, but for a certain generation they're as familiar as the corner taproom. They're the place to go for a chat, cheap drinks and of course, monthly bingo — not to mention the assurance of finding people who've experienced military service.Legion membership is shrinking nationally, but one hall in Northeast Portland — an old Quonset hut with a dropped ceiling and scuffed floors — found revival by embracing new people and new voices.American Legion Post 134 on Alberta Street has become a home for all kinds of new voices. In the course of one evening, the audience heard a blazing variety of personal stories and essays, as well as poems and songs. Some writers are vets. Some aren't. Post commander Sean Davis holds book release parties for veterans who are publishing their own work. The post even has its own small press and published an anthology of war stories. 
[image: 20161217_arts_post-134,right,300x390,5852f395ba7639033f073981]So how do you convert a failing American Legion post into an oasis of community and expression, where veterans rub shoulders with queer kids and street people mix with art curators?We recently sat down with Davis, who — as you might remember — ran for Portland mayor last spring. He teaches writing at Mt Hood Community College and is the author of a memoir called "The Wax Bullet War." We were joined by Amelia McDanel — another Legion member, a Navy veteran and MFA grad of Antioch University-Los Angeles — who oversees the Legion Readers' series at the post.Read the full story: http://www.opb.org/radio/programs/state-of-wonder/article/portland-american-legion-post-134/

Few Portland artists can claim deeper ties to the city than Julie Keefe. She's shot for everyone from the Oregonian to the New York Times; she's done major community engagement projects like Hello, Neighbor, where kids in North Portland interview elders about how the neighborhood has changed; and she's wrapping up four years as Portland's first creative laureate.But she might be best known, at least in Northeast Portland, as the primary photographer for the Skanner newspaper, where she's documented Portland's African American community since 1991, as see in the exhibition “Document of a Dynamic Community: The Skanner Photography of Julie Keefe," at the Oregon Historical Society through Dec. 18.The hundreds of photos, drawn from the tens of thousands Keefe has shot, depict the everyday triumphs, challenges, and banalities of life in North, Northeast, and increasingly East Portland."What the Skanner did is said, 'here, we're going to show you our parades, and we're going to show the girl scout troupes and the chess clubs and the golf teams that are bringing people together," says Keefe. "They showed everyday life in a very dynamic, wide-ranging community in ways that we don't see in the [mainstream media] headlines. So I felt super privileged to be able to gain trust and respect in a community that I was an outsider in."The Skanner was started in 1975 by husband-and-wife team Bernie and Bobbie Foster. Living just blocks away from its offices, Keefe started shooting for the paper in 1991. One entire wall of the exhibition is wall-papered in snapshots of everything from Juneteenth parades to political rallies to Rose Princess coronations, depicting hundreds of everyday Portlanders, political figures, and visiting dignitaries like President Obama.Some of the photos carry bittersweet emotions for Keefe, like one showing the founder of Self Enhancement Inc, Tony Hobson Sr., shaking the hands of students on the opening day of the SEI Academy. The nonprofit has an incredible track record for improving the lives and educational experiences of at-risk youth, and when it was built in Unthank Park, it pushed out a lot of the drug activity. But that in turn led to new folks moving in, which accelerated the gentrification of the neighborhood, pushing out a lot of long-term residents, too, many of them Keefe's neighbors.And then there were the truly heartbreaking events."There were times when I was really emotional," she says. "I couldn't distance myself — I knew a lot of these people. I watched them with their pain. One of the first things I shot was a candle-light vigil, and then when I kept photographing them, it just never stopped. Kendra James was shot by the police three blocks from my house."The exhibition includes three photos following the death of James: one of her memorial, one of a march against the shooting, and one of a public hearing with the police.Keefe tells us what it was like to document a community in the interview above.

A Portland treasure and a voice of passion, wisdom and profound insight, Darlene Solomon-Rogers aka Blacque Butterfly is an entertainer, activist and event host. Her love for the arts has allowed her to explore several layers of her calling. Be it spoken word, motivational speaking, singing, theater or event promoting she has "allowed the Creator to use her ministry to inspire others to follow their calling." Blacque Butterfly is a native Oregonian, born and raised in NE Portland. She is the author of “Black girl can I comb your hair.” She has also released a spoken word CD entitled Collide -A - Scope. Currently she is working on her sophomore album slated to release by early 2017. Blacque Butterfly promotes and showcases local talent through her events “Blacque Butterfly Presents...” Butterfly mentors troubled youth and single mothers and facilitates a youth based theatre troupe, where she allows youth at risk to use the arts as a tool for social justice. She is a motivational speaker for women and men who are survivors of domestic violence. Blacque Butterfly believes in the philosophy that you can be the change that you want to see in the world. She assists homeless youth and displaced families in using the arts to empower themselves and share their stories with the world. Visit her at: www.wix.com/blacquebutterfly/BBPDX Artist site www.reverbnation.com/BlacqueButterfly Social networking sites https://www.facebook.com/BlacqueButterfly.pdx ⦁ http://www.myspace.com/blacquebutterflypdx ⦁ http://twitter.com/BlacqueBfly

Sean Davis is not a politician. But he is running to be the next mayor of Portland, Oregon. In a year of political outsiders and upside down campaign logic, he just might have a shot. Sean is an Iraqi War veteran, a Purple Heart recipient, and an accomplished author, artist and volunteer firefighter. He is also the Post Commander at the American Legion Post 134 in the Alberta Arts district in NE Portland. Sean believers art can save lives, because it helped to save his. The guy is a friggen' force of nature. Sean sees human need and suffering and throws himself into addressing it with such wild abandon; with little regard for his own personal safety. On the Block Radio usually stays away from politics. Our issues are more evergreen and touch on the eternal aspects of human consciousness and spiritual transformation. But at the end of the day, if we are not involved in changing our communities and limiting human suffering, we are on the sidelines of a struggle as old as civilization itself. Shout out to Matthew Robinson for help with the research and questions for this episode. Matthew is another flawless writer and veteran. Like we always say, look to the person to your right or left, often they will amaze you with their story and their talent.

Happy Valentine's Day. Put down the box of Russell Stover candies and listen up. It's time to talk about death. There's no better way to celebrate love than to honor the fact that we eventually lose the ones we love. Or do we? On the Block Radio is a show about transformation. More specifically, we are a show about how people face intense experiences in their lives and transform them into meaning, beauty and purpose. There is no bigger transformation than that of death. To confront our own deaths, the sages of every religion teach, is the key to unlocking the eternal aspects within our consciousness and our bodies. There are few more basic human issues than the ever-ticking clock of our own mortality. It is what makes life tragic and glorious at the same time. And to help someone prepare for a beautiful death is to help a person fulfill their deepest potential as a human being. There is literally no higher calling. This is the calling Mellisa Dodson heard, and answered, on March 25, 2014. Melissa Dodson is a California girl who found her home in the trees of Portland, OR. She's a wife and mom, a writer and a Death Midwife. She writes about being a motherless daughter, grief, depression, vulnerability and the beauty of a messy life. She is a dream catcher, a grief warrior, a survivor, a book whore. Studying writing with Lidia Yuknavitch woke up all the broken pieces of her heart, and reminded her that words save. She now studies Dangerous Writing under the tutelage of Tom Spanbauer and the magic makers in the basement. Her work has been featured on The Manifest-Station, Rebelle Society, The Tattooed Buddha, behind-the-ink, Some Talk of You & Me, Breathe In. Breathe Out. Live, among other online publications. Since the March 25, 2014 death of her mother, her passions lie with grief, compassionate end-of-life planning, conscious death and dying, home death/home vigil/home funeral and natural/green burial. In 2015, she founded Grief Rites, a Facebook community to safely and openly talk about death and grief (website coming soon). She also curates the Grief Rites Readers Series, a literary event in NE Portland, to bring people together to hold sacred space for each other in their grief. The Readers Series meets the first Monday of each month at American Legion Post 134, and is free to all. Her next chapter includes turning Grief Rites into a 501c(3) non-profit organization. Funds raised through the Grief Rites Foundation will take the Readers Series on the road to broaden the reach of the grief safety net that she's created, and bring in renowned speakers and authors in the realm of death and grief. Additionally, there will be a fund to assist people with covering funeral and burial costs for green/natural burials. She is also continually studying, and offering her services though her Portland based business, Into the Light, LLC. Her offerings include compassionate end-of-life planning and education, death midwifery services, home funeral guidance, caregiver support and grief support.