Archive for ‘June, 2009’

Broadway Comes To Portland

Broadway Comes To Portland

A little bit of New York’s famed Broadway is in Portland this week as the hit musical Rent performs at the Keller Auditorium. Originally debuted in 1996, the show is now part of the Broadway Across America tour, bringing some of the last century’s greatest shows to over 40 cities from coast to coast.
This particular [...]

Oregon Open Source Showcase at OSCON

Oregon Open Source Showcase at OSCON

In today’s Oregonian, Mike Rogoway provides an overview of the O’Reilly Open Source Convention, which will be held at Oregon Convention Center July 24-28th. OSCON is not just the premier North American conference for open source software developers.  As I first reported a year ago, OSCON is increasingly a showcase for Oregon’s burgeoning open technology industry.Read The Whole [...]

Sam Adams Was Prepared To Resign

Sam Adams Was Prepared To Resign

As Oregon Attorney General Kroger announced that he would not be seeking charges for the embattled Mayor Sam Adams, ThePortlander has learned that Adams had at one time written a resignation letter. The letter was found in items Adams voluntarily turned over for the states investigation into his conduct surrounding Beau Breedlove. Those items included [...]

Newberg Hotel on a Hiring Spree

Newberg Hotel on a Hiring Spree

Job seekers in the Portland area have a reason to be happy today as the Oregon wine Country’s first destination hotel kicked off a major hiring campaign amidst the highest unemployment rate in recorded Oregon history.
The Allison Inn hotel and spa of Newberg held it’s first of three job fairs on Thursday. They are filling [...]

Ignite Portland 6 Goes Ticket Free

Ignite Portland 6 Goes Ticket Free

The 6th installment of Ignite Portland has a little twist to it: tickets not required. The organization announced on it’s blog today that they have decided not to issue tickets for the upcoming event; a first for the Portland chapter of the world wide phenomenon.
For past events, organizers made 500 tickets available on a first [...]

Knife Law Could Hurt Oregon Business

Knife Law Could Hurt Oregon Business

Oregon is not only the unofficial capital of craft beer and athletic shoes, it is also the unofficial capital of specialty knife making in the US. Among the companies that call Oregon home are Gerber, Benchmade, Kershaw and Leatherman. Some of the best sporting and utility knives are made right here in the Portland area. [...]

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