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🐾 Introducing your new best friend

Pets available for adoption in the Portland area
A large mostly black dog with pale blond markings on its muzzle and eyebrows. It has folded ears, soft brown eyes, and a long nose.
Sweet 7-year-old Chloe is the whole package: she’s leash, crate, and house trained and gets along with other dogs, children, and cats. | Photo by Hayes Peterson Photography
Bringing home a furry friend is always an exciting adventure full of love, snuggles, and a chewed up shoe or two.

We’ve done some digging to highlight local animal shelters looking for some purrfect parents to bring a fur baby to their furever home.

Family Dogs New Life Shelter

📍 9101 SE Stanley Ave.
🐾 Dogs + puppies
🐶 Cackles | Azawakah | 11-month-old male
🐶 Cookie | English Bulldog | 5-year-old female
🛍 Donation Wish List

A small dog playing with a fuzzy red toy.

Jack loves to snuggle up with a blanket and is in search of a new foster family or adoptive home.

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Photo provided by Animal Aid

Animal Aid PDX

📍 5335 SW 42nd Ave.
🐾 Cats, kittens, dogs, puppies + small animals
🐱 Guillermo | Domestic short hair | 11-year-old male
🐶 Jack | Just a little guy | 8-year-old male
🛍 Donation Wish List

A dog poses for a photo.

Quest is high-energy and enjoys playing fetch.

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Photo provided by Oregon Humane Society

Oregon Humane Society

📍 1067 NE Columbia Blvd.
🐾 Cats, kittens, dogs, puppies + small animals
🐶 Quest | American Staffordshire Terrier| 2-year-old male
🐱 Boo | Domestic medium hair | 5-month-old male
🛍 Donation Wish List

Cat Adoption Team

📍 14175 SW Galbreath Dr., Sherwood
🐾 Cats + kittens
🐱 Purrcee | Domestic short hair | 3-year-old male
🐱 Radicchio | Domestic long hair | 4-year-old male
🛍 Donation Wish List

See a pawsome pet you want to welcome home? Reach out to the organizations directly to inquire about adoption requirements and procedures. Not ready to take the leap? Ask about joining their foster network or donate to your favorite organization.
5+ more su-paw-star pets
 
Events
Tuesday, Jan. 30
  • “Foxy Brown” | Tuesday, Jan. 30 | 7-9 p.m. | Clinton Street Theater, 2522 SE Clinton St., Portland | $10 | Watch American actress Pam Grier take revenge on the mobsters that killed her boyfriend in this 1974 film.
Wednesday Jan. 31
  • Winter Raptors | Wednesday, Jan. 31 | 6-7 p.m. | Online | $20-$30 | This class will offer knowledge about winter raptors in the Willamette Valley as well as how to identify them.
  • “Trace Extractions” | Wednesday, Jan. 31-Saturday, Feb. 24 | Paragon Arts Gallery at PCC Cascade, 815 N. Killingsworth St., Portland | Free | This exhibition explores how the concept of “home” changed for women during the pandemic through various art mediums, including records of GPS tracking etched into acrylic and photographic prints.
Thursday, Feb. 1
  • Ukulele Jam | Thursday, Feb. 1 | 6:30-8 p.m. | Sellwood Community House, 1436 SE Spokane St., Portland | Free | All levels are welcome at this community jam session; beer, wine, and other beverages will be available for purchase.
  • Secret Aardvark Show | Thursday, Feb. 1 | 9-10 p.m. | Kickstand Comedy Space, 1969 NE 42nd Ave., Portland | $5-$20 | Enjoy an evening featuring performances from 30+ local improvisers.
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To quench, or not to quench?
Stanley water bottles lined up in a row in alternating colors.
The Stanley Quencher is Amazon’s No. 1 home and kitchen best seller. | Graphic by 6AM City
Ins for 2024: Portable hydration. According to Fast Company, Stanley — of the viral Stanley Quencher — made $750 million last year, and obsession with the water bottle is not slowing down.

But Stanley is not alone. Choose your weapon water bottle from today’s top brands:
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News Notes
Civic
  • If your business experienced economic losses caused by the recent winter storms, complete an Economic Injury Worksheet by Friday, Feb. 2 to help the city secure federal relief funds for small businesses. Note: Completing the worksheet does not guarantee a disaster loan.
Open
  • Portland Mercado food cart pod reopened on Friday, Jan. 26 for takeout only after being closed for three weeks due to “extensive damage” caused by a fire. While Mercado’s indoor space — home to Xŏcotl, Barrio, and an incubator kitchen — is still closed, food carts are resuming business. (Eater Portland)
Cause
  • Lloyd EcoDistrict and SOLVE are hosting a Peace Memorial Park cleanup on Thursday, Feb. 1 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Advanced registration is required and volunteers will help with graffiti removal, picking up trash, and general “sprucing up.” Free coffee and snacks will be provided.
Gallery
  • Advertising agency Kamp Grizzly is hosting an opening reception for “Dame Was Here,” an art gallery commemorating former Trail Blazer Damian Lillard’s time on the team, today from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The event is free to attend and Kamp Grizzly will keep the show open to the public for two weeks. (Willamette Week)
Eat
  • Kate’s Ice Cream is ready to celebrate National Ice Cream for Breakfast Day on Saturday, Feb. 3. Visit the shop between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. that day for fresh waffles and ice cream, toppings galore, affogatos, and free drip coffee.
 
Community

🏆 And the winner is...

See the winner of our 2023 Picture of the Year contest
Towering redwoods in Portland's Hoyt Arboretum reach high into the fog.
The 2023 Picture of the Year winner, “Arboretum redwoods.” | Photo by Amy C.
The votes are in for the PDXtoday 2023 Picture of the Year contest. The winning photo is above, plus we’re sharing two runner-ups and more finalists.

Winner: Towering redwoods

Want to feel small? Stand on Hoyt Arboretum’s Redwood Observation Deck and look up. This gorgeous shot won our inaugural Picture of the Year contest by receiving 45.9% of the votes.

Runner-up #1: What’s the buzz?

We had no idea there were bee hives underneath Ross Island Bridge — talk about locally sourced honey.

Runner-up #2: Trick or... definitely treat, please

OooOoo. Be careful walking the trails of Hoyt Arboretum around Halloween, you may just run into this scary-cute pup.
See the finalists
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The Wrap
 
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Today’s edition by:
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There are T-minus 12 days until Super Bowl LVII. Where will you be watching the Chiefs take on the 49ers? Or should I say — where will you be posted up to see Taylor Swift cheer on Travis Kelce?

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