Mother’s Day is just around the corner! At PDX, we’re always thinking of ways to help our travelers – including traveling families. Realizing that often new mothers must travel without their babies, PDX recently introduced two lactation rooms that offer women a private and relaxing area to tend to their particular needs. The Port of Portland, owner and operator of…
This Earth Day, the Port of Portland celebrates with a creative display by Nancy Judd. The Port’s Waste Minimization Team commissioned Nancy to create work that would raise awareness about the Port’s five environmental programs. Members of the Port environmental team will be on hand today, April 22, in the South (ABC) Lobby from 6 AM – 7 PM. The team will…
Artist Beth Kerschen is a problem-solver. Her toolbox is full of local images she has been obsessively collecting since 2009. Each photo-collage she builds brings her one step closer to solving her self-inflicted quandary: how to tell the story of Portland. Portland: East Meets West (top image) is Beth Kerschen’s large-scale installation at PDX. In it, Beth attempts to capture the essence of…
For nine months of the year, we Portlanders tread through puddles, shoulders slumped and hoods pulled tight as we scrunch our faces against the sideways rain. Around here the saying, “Umbrellas are for tourists” is about as common as “Keep Portland Weird”. We’ve become one with the rain. With the first glimmers of sunlight we emerge, pale and confused, from…
Today, March 21, is World Poetry Day! Declared as such in 1999 by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), this day was designated for recognizing the value of teaching, reading and writing poetry. Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, says, “Every poem is unique but each reflects the universal in human experience, the…
Celebrate the women of blues and jazz on Concourse E with Diane Russell’s portraits of regional musicians. Diane Russell’s exhibit Portland Soul: Portraits in Jazz & Blues features sixteen regional talents. Since March is Women in History Month, we’re shining the spotlighting on our female artists: Janice Scroggins, Linda Hornbuckle, Nancy King, LaRhonda Steele, and Esperanza Spalding. Historically underrepresented, women have nevertheless been instrumental in shaping the backbone…
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