What is the Carbon Reduction Program?

• Creation of new road diets for traffic management
• Electrification of freight vehicles or personal cars
• Construction of rapid public transit corridors
• Installation of bike safety infrastructure

What’s driving the news?

Funding

• Siddhartha - US Tour 2023 | Tuesday, Nov. 14 | 8 p.m. | Roseland Theater, 8 NW Sixth Ave., Portland | $35-$65 | Spend the night swaying to the smooth vocals of this solo artist from Guadalajara, Mexico.

• Kirk Johnson in Conversation With Theo Downes-Le Guin | Wednesday, Nov. 15 | 7 p.m. | Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W. Burnside St., Portland | Free | Join a discussion about “First Meal,” a project that blends narration and art to create powerful portraits of just-freed prisoners and what they decide to eat once liberated.
• The New Pornographers - Continue As A Guest Tour | Wednesday, Nov. 15 | 8 p.m. | Revolution Hall, 1300 SE Stark St., Ste. 110, Portland | $40 | Jam with the indie rock band out of Vancouver, BC, as they take their ninth studio album around the world.

• Customize a Hat Workshop | Thursday, Nov. 16 | 6-8 p.m. | Creative Culture, 1452 NE 28th Ave., Portland | $65 | Learning how to add personal touches to your headgear can be a real feather in your cap.

• Portland Fall Cider Fest | Friday, Nov. 17-Sunday, Nov. 19 | 12-8 p.m. | Pine Street Market, 126 SW Second Ave., Portland | $25 | Take your pick from 40+ ciders and celebrate the harvest season.
• Harvest Dinner | Friday, Nov. 17 | 5:30 p.m. | Cafe Olli, 3925 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Portland | $155 | Sit down for a multi-course meal made with ingredients sourced from local farms — and share the food with the farmers who grew it.
• Portland Trail Blazers vs. Los Angeles Lakers | Friday, Nov. 17 | 7 p.m. | Moda Center, 1 N. Center Court St., Portland | $53+ | Wear your finest Rip City fits at this year’s meeting of the Anti Laker Blazin Club.

• With the holidays fast approaching and the strike ongoing without an end in sight, parents of Portland Public Schools students are being forced to juggle work and childcare. Concerns are high that schools could remain closed until after Thanksgiving, with classroom sizes a main sticking point in negotiations. (KGW + KOIN)

• Eclectic art comes together to create a playful aesthetic inside Portland’s newest spot to enjoy a cocktail. Enter: Collector Bar, which opened Friday, Nov. 10 in the Kerns neighborhood. The intimate space’s visual highlights include a taxidermied peacock, a handsaw adorned with painted horses, and a pyramid of snowy owls.

• “Africa Fashion” is strutting down the runway to open at Portland Art Museum this Saturday, Nov. 18. The exhibition, which celebrates the continent’s global influence with 50+ outfits and designers hailing from 21 countries, just finished runs in London and Brooklyn. It will be here until mid-February.

• Portland’s Bureau of Development Services, the agency in charge of permitting, will lay off 56 more workers after Thanksgiving. The move, the city says, will align the workforce more closely with demand as construction slows due to high interest rates, difficult lending conditions, and other factors. (Portland Business Journal)

• Yelp users have crowned Five Stars Family Burger as the best spot for a cheeseburger in Oregon. The Cornelius restaurant offers a diverse menu, with toppings ranging from avocado to kimchi served atop oak charcoal-grilled burgers made with meat from Carlton Farms.

• Sensory-friendly shopping hours have arrived at almost all New Seasons Market locations (Milwaukie will add the offering in 2024). Once a week, stores will pick an hour when they won’t make any overhead announcements, won’t play music, and will turn down the volume on employees’ walkie-talkies. Exact timing for this inclusive environment will vary. (Grocery Dive)

• It looks like we’re set for some not-very-November weather this week, with high temperatures hovering around the mid-50s and minimal precipitation. Expect to see stretches of sun before the rain showers return Saturday morning. (The Oregonian/Oregon Live)

• Did you know some foods contribute to unwanted pounds, especially around your midsection? Three common breakfast foods can act like glue and attract fat — this video explains how.*

• It’s here — Oprah’s Favorite Things list, just in time for the holidays. We’re seeing: luxury flaky sea salt, all-weather boots, fleece robes, and a baked brie board.*