On September 22, 2019, Portland-raised and world-renowned ballerina Jacqueline Schumacher died. She was the first ballerina in the country to perform as the Swan Queen in the full-length version of ...
ON THIS DAY IN 1919, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle said, “Perhaps the Red demonstrations were postponed on account of the heat … The crimson uprising was confined to the thermometer.” ON THIS DAY IN 1926, ...
On September 20, 1974, then mayor Neil Goldschmidt declared it "James Beard Day" in Portland. Born in Portland, Beard was raised with a passion for good food and cooking. He is the namesake of one of ...