Month: September 2017

You May Be Black or You May Be White But in Africa You’re an American First | PopMatters

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You May Be Black or You May Be White But in Africa You’re an American First | PopMatters

  David Peterson del Mar explores a creation myth for a nation of black people still searching for personal and collective terra firma. BY MARK REYNOLDS 8 August 2017 A-F-R-I-C-A Angola Soweto Zimbabwe Tanzania Zambia Mozambique And Botswana So let us speak about the motherland —Stetsasonic, “A.F.R.I.C.A” (1986) There was a time when black American hip-hopContinue Reading You May Be Black or You May Be White But in Africa You’re an American First | PopMatters

From Poor Farm to Global Attraction: The History of Portland’s International Rose Test Garden

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From Poor Farm to Global Attraction: The History of Portland’s International Rose Test Garden

From Poor Farm to Global Attraction: The History of Portland’s International Rose Test Garden Presented by Kira Lesley and Harry A. Landers Free and open to the public Monday, September 25, 2017 7PM – 9PM Free Family-friendly Researchers Teachers McMenamins Kennedy School 5736 NE 33rd Avenue Portland, Oregon 97211 Get Directions Marking its centennial thisContinue Reading From Poor Farm to Global Attraction: The History of Portland’s International Rose Test Garden

Heritage Tree #322 | St. Johns’ Horse Chestnut

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Heritage Tree #322 | St. Johns’ Horse Chestnut

By Annie Amsden :: Aesculus hippocastanum — Common horsechestnut 8710 N Willamette Blvd The Horse Chestnut tree on the corner of North Alta and Willamette Boulevard stands 65 feet tall and casts shadows onto the sidewalk below it. The tree, approximately 150 years old, witnessed the expansion of North Portland. Prior to European settlement in theContinue Reading Heritage Tree #322 | St. Johns’ Horse Chestnut