Willamette Week

The Virtual Choreography of Adam McKinney’s “Shelter in Place” Installation Imagines One Giant Leap for Humankind

A University of Oregon Professor Is Conducting a Study on the Links Between Statues and White Supremacy in the U.S.

Geographer and ethnic studies professor Laura Pulido has begun examining over 2,000 historical landmarks around the country to see how many address racial injustice directly related to each site. Perhaps unsurprisingly, most of them don’t.

Protesters Have Built Another Elk Statue Downtown After the Previous One Was Taken by Patriot Prayer

The Elk has been resurrected—though not the actual, 120-year-old bronze statue that was removed from downtown over the summer. Instead, it’s another makeshift monument Portland antifascists built to replace it.

What Happens to a Public Statue After It’s Toppled by Protesters?

The director of public art for the Regional Arts & Culture Council, Calhoun has had to organize the removal of many statues and sculptures around Portland for cleanings, routine maintenance and construction projects. Until this summer, she’d never had to remove a statue that’d been toppled by protestors. Now, it’s become an almost regular occurrence.

A Poem for Glenda Goldwater, the Late Grande Dame of the Portland Art World

In September, Glenda Goldwater—art lover, Hillsboro Hops fan, late-stage tattoo aficionado and Old Portland icon—died at age 87. In the wake of her passing, reporter Daniel Forbes spent hours on the phone with several friends who knew her well, and composed a researched poem in her honor.

Halloween Might Be Canceled This Year. Don’t Tell That to Mike Bennett.

As a former preschool teacher, education is always part of the deal: By focusing on regional creatures, he hopes to give young’ns a sneaky geography lesson.