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Get outside this weekend in Cascadia!
In addition to covering new and culture , we’ve got some suggestions to help you enjoy the great outdoors here in Cascadia. At Cascadia Magazine we’re lucky to have hiking expert Craig Romano writing an occasional column, Get Outside!, in which he recommends a variety of hikes throughout the region.
Even if it’s cool and rainy this weekend, that’s no excuse to stay inside. Throw on some rain gear and get out on some of these easy, all-season hikes perfect for all ages:
Ebey’s Landing, Whidbey Island, Washington
Warrior Rock Lighthouse, Sauvie Island, Oregon
Cheam Lake Wetlands, Fraser River Valley, British Columbia
Theler Wetlands, Kitsap County, Washington
Cascadia prepares for March for Our Lives Saturday
Thousands are expected to march for common-sense gun regulation in cities across Cascadia on Saturday, including Boise, where students are planning and leading a march to the Idaho state capitol. Portland’s march will include a performance by pop group Portugal.The Man, and in related news, Portland’s Ted Wheeler joined several other mayors in writing an op-ed for USA Today criticizing the fact that 43 states prevent cities and local governments from passing gun restrictions.
Wifi improving the lives of the homeless in Seattle
The Seattle Times reports on a project by the Seattle Public Library that provides free wifi hotspots in the city’s sanctioned homeless encampments. Another related program reaching homeless people in Portland: Street Books, a bicycle-powered mobile free library that visits various communities of houseless residents.
Inside the Kinder Morgan protests in Burnaby, BC
Arrests continue in ongoing protests against the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline across British Columbia, including the leader of Canada’s Green Party today. Metro Vancouver takes a look inside the First Nations “watch house” created near the pipeline terminus. Meanwhile, the Globe & Mail reports on how even with a deciding vote in the BC legislature, the Green Party has failed to get concessions from the ruling party on the Site C dam or LNG tax breaks.
Immigration jail now a home for artists
The Stranger reports on how the former immigration center and detention center in Seattle’s International District has been converted to subsidized housing for 125 artists, as well as a variety of retail and gallery spaces. Not a bad rationale for elminating ICE, if you ask us…
Portland photographer loves working with film
Oregon ArtsWatch interviews Portland photographer Austin Granger, who loves to work with black & white film and traditional darkroom developing techniques. “I use film because it gives me the results I’m after, and also because I enjoy the old rituals. I like going out with a limited number of exposures and try to make them all count.” Granger has an exhibition at LightBox Photographic Gallery in Astoria, Oregon through April 10.
“Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory,” poetry by Alexandra Teague
Idaho poet Alexandra Teague has a new poem online at Poetry Northwest, “Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory,” an exploration of the strangeness and misunderstandings involved in growing up in the US:
“…Admitting, I’ve never stopped wanting
the misheard line—my knives—those blades
graced with handles and sight…”
Read the full poem here.
That’s all the news and arts from Seattle, where it was snowing earlier today. It’s nearly April, people. ?️ –Andrew Engelson
Photo credit: “The Point Reyes, Tomales Bay,” copyright Austin Granger, used with permission