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Cascadia Magazine original: Creating Spokane
In a feature, “Creating Spokane,” now online at Cascadia Magazine, Carrie Scozzaro reports on the vibrant and growing art scene in Spokane, Washington. Thanks to a dedicated group of young arts activists, the Lilac City is keeping and attracting artists and building a creative community. ” My mom’s generation, and I’m sure generations before, were told this self-fulfilling narrative,” says Terrain co-founder Ginger Ewing. “That if you were going to be successful you were going to do it anywhere but Spokane.”
That dynamic is definitely changing.
Read the full article online here.
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We’ll announce the winner on December 5.
BC prop-rep election extended to Dec. 7
The Times Colonist reports that because of an ongoing postal strike across Canada, Elections BC has extended the deadline to vote on proportional representation by one week — ballots are now due by 4:30 pm Dec. 7. And despite the threat of an injunction, postal workers continued to halt work. Info on the prop-rep measure can be found at Elections BC. In related news, voters in Oregon may see a ballot initiative in 2020 that puts mapping of new legislative districts in the hands of a nonpartisan commission.
Oregon hiding data on foster care deaths
The Oregonian has an investigative report into how state officials have been slow to release data on children who die in foster care. The piece notes that information on certain cases was only made public a year or more after incidents. Meanwhile the Seattle Times reports on an innovative program in Washington’s rural Mason county that finds private housing for homeless children– the article notes that 1 in 10 children in the county is homeless, one of the highest rates in the state.
How British Columbia can go 100 percent renewable
The Tyee reports on the work of a scientist at Stanford University who insists converting North America to 100 percent clean energy is possible — and the article looks at what steps BC would have to take. After the most destructive wildfire in California history –fueled by climate change-induced drought– High Country News looks at how vulnerable communities across the west could be protected from fires. And OPB profiles veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq who are part of an elite forest fire crew.
A thriving newspaper in eastern Oregon
NPR reports on the scrappy, award-winning newspaper the Malheur Enterprise, based in the tiny town of Vale, Oregon. The paper is defying trends in journalism and growing its audience. Meanwhile the equally small and fascinating East Oregonian reports on a female prosecutor in Umatilla County who’s taking a more aggressive approach on sexual assault cases.
Road kill: what’s for dinner in Oregon?
Camilla Mortensen writes a rather detailed guide for Eugene Weekly on Oregon’s new law making it legal on January 1 to butcher and prepare deer, elk, and other wildlife killed by cars for human consumption.
Jessi Bloom on creating sanctuary
Puget Sound-area writer and gardening guru Jessi Bloom, has a new book out, Creating Sanctuary, and she talks with Powell’s Books about how to create a garden space that offers a place for solace. “Just watching the news can be stressful, but many of us are faced with anxiety, trauma, and grief on a regular basis and we need more restorative space and time.”
Justin Ducharme’s films and books explore sex work with honesty
SAD Magazine interviews Vancouver-based writer and filmmaker Justin Ducharme, a Métis multi-disciplinary artist and former sex worker about his new film, Positions — as well as an anthology of poetry by sex workers he’s editing that will be released next fall. “I never wanted to shoot it in a way that was telling the audience how to feel about what the character was doing, because I think that having conversations around why people feel discomfort or anger towards sex workers is really important.”
That’s today’s selection of arts, culture and news from across the Cascadia bioregion. Have a great evening, and if you’re a fan of Cascadia Daily and Cascadia Magazine, consider making a donation on Giving Tuesday so we can continue our work! –Andrew Engelson
Photo credit: wind farm in eastern Washington by Jeffrey G. Katz via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0