City Cast Portland

This week around Portland, we’ve got a country cabaret, photo exhibit, Greek festival, and music at The Get Down. What else is on your list? 💃🏻🎞️🇬🇷🎸

Madam Cooper’s Country Cabaret
Franklin Foto
riandundon
Portland Greek Festival
The Get Down

📸: Giulia Fiaoni, Portland Greek Festival, riandundon

Pumpkin patches, apple c***r, corn mazes, and the Halloween season are upon us. 🎃🍂🍎👻 But October in Portland also brings art, food, and fermentation festivals, plus all kinds of ghoulish activities around town. What are you the most excited for?

Wildwood Follow The Crows Art Trail
Art Design Xchange (ADX)
Bella Organic Farm
Topaz Farm
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡
Urban Restaurant Group
dear sandy
Roux
Clinton Street Theater
Tualatin Oregon
The Paris Theatre • Can Can Portland
Portland Fermentation Festival
Explore Sellwood Moreland
Easy Bake Coven

📸: Grace Cohen-Chen, Art Design Xchange (ADX), Kat Nyberg, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡, Urban Restaurant Group, Roux, Clinton Street Theater, The Paris Theatre • Can Can Portland, Explore Sellwood Moreland, Easy Bake Coven

We asked the three candidates running for Multnomah County Chair to give us a simple answer on key questions facing our county.

Listen to the full episode to hear why each candidate wants the job and the thinking behind their answers.

In honor of International Podcast Day🎙️ — and the first day of our fall membership drive — we’re giving you a pretty great reason to become a City Cast Neighbor.

Become a Neighbor and you’ll get this beautiful watercolor-style neighborhood map of Portland, designed by local artist . These are limited, so if you want one, don’t wait! Plus, enjoy other member perks like ad-free listening, access to member-only events, and so much more. Become a Neighbor today. Sign up at our link in bio.

You could spend weeks in Kerns and still not see everything. From art and murals to cafes, shops, venues, and restaurants, there’s plenty to explore. The best part? There’s always a reason to come back. Let’s dig into Kerns.

✍️: Ben McBee
📸: Grace Cohen-Chen, Portland Greek Festival, Muhammad Usman, Mark E. McClure

We asked some Portland politicians to do the impossible — give us a simple yes or no on key questions facing our city. Here is how the top six (ranked by the number of individual donations they’ve received) candidates for District 3’s City Council seats answered.
Dig deeper in our two-part episode to hear why these candidates want to represent D3 and the thinking behind their answers — wherever you get your podcasts.

In honor of Portland’s first official Dolly Parton Day on 9/25 (9 to 5 😉), we’re reimagining Dolly Parton as Portland neighborhoods. Because every neighborhood has a little Dolly in it. Which one are you? 🤠🪩🐰

From Dolly Parton Day to leaf peeping in Forest Park, here are some ideas for how to enjoy the first official weekend of fall in Portland.

📸 Andy Friedman, Lan Su Chinese Garden | Portland, OR, City of Portland, Mark E. McClure