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Astoria (Full Documentary) OPB 2022-12-07 | Oregon Experience: Astoria explores the multifaceted history of this city, tracking the economic ups and downs through the decades, and finding out where those two centuries of activity have brought Astoria today.Member support makes all the videos on the OPB YouTube channel possible, and everything else you love. Ensure the next important story is covered and join in as a Sustainer now at give.opb.org/opb/?s=OAMEGNS220500000
Luther Cressman: Quest for First People OPB 2022-11-04 | Archaeologist Luther Cressman led a lifelong search for America's first people in Oregon's Great Basin.Member support makes all the videos on the OPB YouTube channel possible, and everything else you love. Ensure the next important story is covered and join in as a Sustainer now at give.opb.org/opb/?s=OAMEGNS220500000
The ancient art of mounted archery OPB 2022-11-04 | Katie Stearns leads a new generation that is taking up the ancient martial art of shooting arrows from the backs of galloping horses.Member support makes all the videos on the OPB YouTube channel possible, and everything else you love. Ensure the next important story is covered and join in as a Sustainer now at give.opb.org/opb/?s=OAMEGNS220500000
A trail sign maker guides the way OPB 2022-11-03 | Anyone who has hiked in a national forest has seen his work. Meet Dan Finn, a volunteer at the Mount Adams Ranger Station, whose hand-made wooden trail signs are a signature of our public lands.Member support makes all the videos on the OPB YouTube channel possible, and everything else you love. Ensure the next important story is covered and join in as a Sustainer now at give.opb.org/opb/?s=OAMEGNS220500000
Portland Measure 26-228: Proposed city charter changes, explained OPB 2022-10-20 | Portland residents will vote on whether to change the city's charter in three significant ways. First, city council would expand from the current five members, elected city-wide, to twelve members, three from each of four new districts. Second, the mayor would no longer be a part of city council and would appoint a professional city administrator to oversee city bureaus and functions--city commissioners would no longer directly manage city functions. Third, elections would move to ranked-choice voting. OPB's Rebecca Ellis explains what you need to know before you vote.Member support makes all the videos on the OPB YouTube channel possible, and everything else you love. Ensure the next important story is covered and join in as a Sustainer now at give.opb.org/opb/?s=OAMEGNS220500000
OPB Politics Now LIVE! OPB 2022-10-19 | Join us for an engaging in-person conversation and analysis of the 2022 local and regional elections — the critical issues, candidates and the dynamics of the electorate. Anna Griffin, vice president of news, will moderate a discussion with OPB reporters Troy Brynelson, Rebecca Ellis, Lauren Dake and Dirk VanderHart. They will dig into statewide candidates in Oregon and Washington, ballot measures and local elections in Portland, Bend and other parts of the region.
Oregon Measure 114, the gun control measure, explained OPB 2022-10-19 | Member support makes all the videos on the OPB YouTube channel possible, and everything else you love. Ensure the next important story is covered and join in as a Sustainer now at give.opb.org/opb/?s=OAMEGNS220500000
Oregon Measure 113, the legislative walkouts measure, explained OPB 2022-10-18 | Oregonians will vote on whether to change state government rules to make it harder for political parties to shut down government functions by not attending sessions. The proposed changes would put a cap on the number of unexcused absences a state house or senate member could have before being denied the chance to run for re-election. OPB's Dirk VanderHart explains what you need to know before you vote.Member support makes all the videos on the OPB YouTube channel possible, and everything else you love. Ensure the next important story is covered and join in as a Sustainer now at give.opb.org/opb/?s=OAMEGNS220500000
Author and illustrator Carolyn Garcia OPB 2022-10-18 | Inspired by fairy tales, nature and her ancestors' forays into medicinal botany, author and illustrator Carolyn Garcia creates detailed, small-scale works that captivate the imagination.Member support makes all the videos on the OPB YouTube channel possible, and everything else you love. Ensure the next important story is covered and join in as a Sustainer now at give.opb.org/opb/?s=OAMEGNS220500000
Oregon Measure 112, the slavery and involuntary servitude measure, explained OPB 2022-10-17 | Oregon voters will vote on whether to change the state constitution to remove language allowing slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime. OPB's Conrad Wilson explains what you need to know before you vote.Member support makes all the videos on the OPB YouTube channel possible, and everything else you love. Ensure the next important story is covered and join in as a Sustainer now at give.opb.org/opb/?s=OAMEGNS220500000
Sadé DuBoise on painting Black women within Oregons landscapes OPB 2022-10-14 | Portland painter Sadé DuBoise creates powerful portraits. Her piece "The Collective Mourn" was part of the Black Lives Matter Artist Grant Exhibition at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Portland State University, and was recently acquired by the Portland Art Museum.Member support makes all the videos on the OPB YouTube channel possible, and everything else you love. Ensure the next important story is covered and join in as a Sustainer now at give.opb.org/opb/?s=OAMEGNS220500000
Class of 2025: Freshman Year OPB 2022-10-13 | It’s freshman year for the Class of 2025. Pressure to meet Oregon’s 100% high school graduation goal is heavier than ever after struggles in the pandemic. Watch the stories of students OPB has been following since kindergarten, and find out what happens as they grow up, who helps them overcome barriers and why some are on track to graduate while others are not.Producer: Kate McMahonMember support makes all the videos on the OPB YouTube channel possible, and everything else you love. Ensure the next important story is covered and join in as a Sustainer now at give.opb.org/opb/?s=OAMEGNS220500000
Searching for Oregon’s Skyline Trail OPB 2022-10-06 | A father and daughter’s search for the Skyline Trail is as much about a trail lost to time, as it is about how nature helped forge a family’s bonds.Member support makes all the videos on the OPB YouTube channel possible, and everything else you love. Ensure the next important story is covered and join in as a Sustainer now at give.opb.org/opb/?s=OAMEGNS220500000
An intimate dance for underwater newts OPB 2022-09-29 | When rough-skinned newts "get busy" during mating season, their underwater gymnastics are a sight to behold, in this video vignette by "Oregon Field Guide" photographer Brandon Swanson.Member support makes all the videos on the OPB YouTube channel possible, and everything else you love. Ensure the next important story is covered and join in as a Sustainer now at give.opb.org/opb/?s=OAMEGNS220500000
Robert Anders and the art of flowing bronze OPB 2022-08-19 | Using the ancient process of lost wax bronze casting, Baker City artist Robert Anders creates elegant, solid bronze bowls that look deceptively delicate.Member support makes all the videos on the OPB YouTube channel possible, and everything else you love. Ensure the next important story is covered and join in as a Sustainer now at give.opb.org/opb/?s=OAMEGNS220500000
The 1934 West Coast waterfront strike OPB 2022-07-11 | On May 9, 1934, more than 12,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association walked off the job from Bellingham to San Diego. They demanded better working conditions, union recognition and a coastwide contract.The strike would cripple shipping and paralyze commerce for nearly three months. Despite violent clashes up and down the coast, solidarity bound the longshoremen together in a fight they were determined to win.Member support makes all the videos on the OPB YouTube channel possible, and everything else you love. Ensure the next important story is covered and join in as a Sustainer now at give.opb.org/opb/?s=OAMEGNS220500000
How farmers could lead the green energy revolution OPB 2022-06-15 | It’s pretty easy to make solar power these days – you just need sun, more sun and lots of space for panels. Space is something farmers have in acres. Oregon scientists say farmers can future-proof their livelihoods, and the planet, by pairing agriculture and solar power production in the same fields. They’ll save water and make money, all while feeding and electrifying the world.Member support makes all the videos on the OPB YouTube channel possible, and everything else you love. Ensure the next important story is covered and join in as a Sustainer now at give.opb.org/opb/?s=OAMEGNS220500000
Painter Don Gray makes his mark OPB 2022-06-10 | Don Gray started out creating incredibly detailed realist paintings, and built a loyal following for his work in Eastern Oregon. It was like a magical transference, he said. "I could make these flat canvases real."But in the mid-1980s, Gray started seeking new challenges and moved into the abstract. Today, he works from a studio in Vancouver, Washington, where his rich, vivid works draw from many worlds.In this video from Oregon Art Beat's archives, Gray talks about his more recent experimental work, in which he uses realist imagery as a backdrop for his wild explorations of color and form.Member support makes all the videos on the OPB YouTube channel possible, and everything else you love. Ensure the next important story is covered and join in as a Sustainer now at give.opb.org/opb/?s=OAMEGNS220500000
Part drone. Part insect. Meet the Smellicopter OPB 2022-06-08 | What if drones could sniff out buried disaster victims?No technology even comes close to the speed and sensitivity of insects and animals when it comes to detecting odors. Engineers in Washington have built a moth/drone cyborg called the “Smellicopter” to tap into that insect superpower. It combines the mobility of the drone with the scent-sensitivity of moths to detect chemical leaks, explosive devices and even people buried under rubble.Member support makes all the videos on the OPB YouTube channel possible, and everything else you love. Ensure the next important story is covered and join in as a Sustainer now at give.opb.org/opb/?s=OAMEGNS220500000
All Science. No Fiction: A new OPB science series OPB 2022-06-03 | A moth-drone cyborg. A headband that makes you sleep better. A way for farmers to lead the green energy revolution. Scientists in the Pacific Northwest are doing amazing things and we're here to share their stories. OPB's new science series, "All Science. No Fiction," showcases how some of the smartest minds in the Northwest are helping us all plot a future that’s smarter, greener and just plain cooler. Beginning June 1, 2022, on OPB’s YouTube Channel.Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
A high-tech skull cap to soothe sleepless nights OPB 2022-06-01 | Getting enough sleep is tough for a lot of people: new parents, night shift workers, soldiers and almost everyone as we age. Scientists in Oregon and Washington have created a headband that uses a quirk of neurobiology to coax our brains into getting better deep sleep. In the process, they’re answering questions about how the brain "takes out the trash" (aka the glymphatic system). Welcome to the first video in OPB's new series, "All Science. No Fiction."Scientists in the Pacific Northwest are changing how the world thinks. "All Science. No Fiction” uses whimsy, curiosity and fun to place a spotlight on this work and the people doing it. These stories are about new marvels of technology, cutting edge solutions and inventions and grand ideas that pass the HCTC (Holy Crap That’s Cool!) test.Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
How Oregon changed the world of wine OPB 2022-05-25 | In the 1960s, a new breed of pioneers began arriving in Oregon's Willamette Valley with a dream of producing fine premium wines. Find out how their risky experiment created a new industry in Oregon and changed the wine world forever.Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Amazing dory boats of Pacific City OPB 2022-05-20 | The dory fishermen of Pacific City brave the surf that most people avoid, riding rough waves to get to waters that were heavily fished for generations. Today, these small flat bottomed boats are more often used for recreation than commercial fishing, but the dory boat tradition, which goes back several generations along the Oregon Coast, lives on. In this video from Oregon Field Guide’s archives, we visit the people who continued to face the powerful and threatening ocean in the early 21st Century, and look back on mid-20th century footage of dory boats from the past.Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Portland’s view of Mount St. Helens through the ages OPB 2022-05-18 | Portland's landscape changed forever on May 18, 1980, when Mount St. Helens erupted. Oregon Experience gives us a look at the city's skyline through the years. Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
ShadowMachine gets animated in Portland OPB 2022-05-14 | The Los Angeles animation house behind “BoJack Horseman” and “Robot Chicken” needed to grow. So in 2017, the company looked north, opening a new outpost in Northwest Portland. In this video from Oregon Art Beat's archives, we meet some of the animators from ShadowMachine’s Portland location as they work on the show “Jeff and Some Aliens.”Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Painter Daniela Molnars abstract climate change art OPB 2022-05-12 | "What does it mean to think about climate change from the perspective of art?" It's a question that infuses the work of Portland artist Daniela Molnar, who brings a background in scientific illustration and a deep interest in ecology to her work. In her New Earth series, Molnar makes layered, colorful paintings that integrate satellite images of melting glaciers. The finished works integrate what she calls "shape of loss."Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Climbing Beacon Rock with its unofficial “mayor” OPB 2022-05-06 | Beacon Rock is one of the most iconic geological features in the Columbia River Gorge. The the core of an ancient volcano, it juts sharply upwards for close to 850 vertical feet. The towering basalt rock is a major draw for rock climbers. In this video from Oregon Field Guide’s archives, we visit with Jim Opdycke, who was the unofficial “mayor” of the Beacon Rock climbing community before he died in 2021. Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Artist Sa’rah Melinda Sabino on being mixed race in the U.S. OPB 2022-05-03 | Sa’rah Melinda Sabino is on a journey in her art and her life. She is mixed race and, growing up, struggled to figure out where she fit in. As an adult, she explores the intersections of basketball, Moroccan culture and worlds that don’t yet exist. Her work was on display at the Portland Art Museum in 2021 in a show dubbed “Away/Home.” Now she’s working on her next show, set to open at Portland’s One Grand Gallery in August 2022. “I’m creating the space that looks like me fully, and inviting people into parts of my world that don’t exist in the real world,” Sabino says.Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Wild foods and grocery shopping in the great outdoors OPB 2022-04-29 | John Kallas demonstrates how fun and nutritious it is to collect wild foods, including gaper clams, mahogany clams, cockles, thimbleberries, lady fern, Japanese knotweed, cow parsnips and even Himalayan blackberry shoots, in this exploration from Oregon Field Guide’s archives.Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Jazz pianist Darrell Grant explores Oregon through music OPB 2022-04-27 | “Oregon has been seen as a utopia,” says Portland jazz pianist Darrell Grant. “It was the road to a brighter future, to individualism and possibility. And I realized, I would be really interested in seeing if I could tap into the ethos or the vibration that the land drew out of us and see what would happen if I tried to write music based on that.” That exploration led to his 2016 album, “The Territory, a musical exploration of Oregon’s culture, topography and ethos. Listen to musical highlights, and hear Grant discuss how both the beauty and the ugliness of Oregon’s early utopian dreams have informed his work, in this video from Oregon Art Beat’s archives.Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
When Oregon’s state Capitol burned to the ground OPB 2022-04-25 | It was just before 7 p.m. on April 25, 1935, when Salem residents noticed smoke coming from the Oregon Capitol building. The city fire department arrived on the scene within minutes, but the equipment couldn't reach the source of the blaze. Flames engulfed walls and jumped floors. The iconic bronze dome topping the building crashed to the ground. Hundreds, then thousands, of residents gathered to watch as fire burned throughout the night. When morning came, all that remained was a skeleton of broken walls enclosing a mass of blackened debris. The fire had caused nearly $1 million worth of property damage, destroyed priceless state records, and left one firefighter dead. Construction on the current capitol building began in 1936 and finished in 1938.Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Portland record store helped launch a vinyl renaissance OPB 2022-04-23 | An iconic Portland record store played a crucial role in reviving the sale of vinyl -- through Record Store Day. Terry Currier owns and operates Music Millennium in North East Portland. Currier says that in 1995, he started the Coalition of Independent music stores to promote locally-owned record stores. In 2007, the organization joined two other coalitions to form Record Store Day. The idea was not only to boost the lagging record industry but also to celebrate the culture of independent stores.Record Store Day happens one Saturday every April. A selection of limited edition records are released specifically for the day and are only distributed in independent record stores participating in the event.Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Fly fishing with the legendary Frank Moore OPB 2022-04-22 | Frank Moore spent nearly 80 years living on or near Oregon’s North Umpqua River. His lifetime accomplishments as a fly fisherman, conservationist and veteran earned him many awards, including the prestigious Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor and an induction into the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame. Moore died in January 2022. In this video from the Oregon Field Guide archives, Moore brings us along on a fishing journey in the river he called “the graduate school of fly fishing.”Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Metal artist Kelly Phipps draws with fire OPB 2022-04-19 | Hood River metal artist Kelly Phipps transforms recycled, rusted metal into intricate lacey works of art, with the help of a plasma cutter. That tool of choice heats gas to nearly 30,000 degrees, slicing through thick metal panels with ease. As Phipps says, “I’m drawing with fire.” In this archival video from Oregon Art Beat, we see Phipps work on a hulking metal rat rod, a custom car assembled from multiple components. Follow along as the sculpted car roars into the finals of the National Rat Rod Build Off in St. Louis.Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Can beavers save salmon in Oregons high desert? OPB 2022-04-15 | At a nondescript creek in eastern Oregon, scientists came up with a paradigm-shifting idea: instead of using expensive machines to restore damaged streams for salmon and steelhead, maybe they should enlist beavers to do it.This update story revisits the Bridge Creek Project, where Field Guide filmed in 2009, for an update on how the success of the project reshaped our understanding of the role of beavers in the landscape. Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Look to the octopus to understand how aliens might think OPB 2022-04-07 | Octopuses are incredibly smart, yet the majority of their neurons exist in their arms and suckers, and not in their brain, making them as close to alien intelligence as we can find on Earth. Imagine: What if our hands and fingers could think for themselves?Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
From Oregon’s Wallowas, Amy Lay connects to wildlife through fine art OPB 2022-04-05 | Artist Amy Lay lives on the ranch her great-grandparents homesteaded near Union, Oregon. From this remote location in the southern Wallowa Mountains, Amy draws inspiration from the rugged country, livestock and wildlife that surround her. Amy paints from memory in a loose, non-traditional style that draws audiences from all over North America into an intimate relationship with the wide-open western landscape she has known her whole life. Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Mystery of Oregon’s sunstones OPB 2022-04-01 | Sunstones are copper-bearing gemstones that come from small areas of Oregon's Columbia River Flood Basalts. But little is known about how Oregon’s official state gemstones are formed.Geologist Emily Cahoon sets out to uncover the many mysteries of these enigmatic yellow, red, and even blue-green gemstones.Join “Oregon Field Guide” as we set out to uncover the many mysteries of the official state gemstone.Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Meet the suffragists OPB 2022-03-29 | Just 110 years ago, in 1912, Oregon became one of the first states in the nation to allow women to vote. It was a hard-won victory after decades of fighting for suffrage. Once they finally achieved it, Oregon women went on to implement social change that dramatically altered the lives of women and children, and improved working conditions for all Americans.Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Warner Canyon is Oregon’s small-town ski area gem OPB 2022-03-25 | Meet the volunteers who keep Warner Canyon ski hill running, a one lift hill that’s the winter heart of rural Lakeview, Oregon.Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Meet poet Paulann Petersen, Oregon’s Poet Laureate Emerita OPB 2022-03-21 | Oregon is one of the few states in the U.S. with a governor-appointed poet laureate. From 2010 to 2014, Paulann Petersen became the sixth poet to receive this honor, joining a long line of distinguished Oregon writers. In this video from OPB's archives, join Petersen as she travels the state teaching and helping people discover the wonder of the written word.Producer: Mike MidloSubscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Prehistoric six-gill sharks make their home in Puget Sound OPB 2022-03-18 | One of the world's largest sharks has taken quite a liking to a busy Northwest bay.Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Oregons Klan in the 1920s: The rise of hate OPB 2022-03-15 | One hundred years ago, the Ku Klux Klan spread throughout Oregon and the entire country. The 1920s era KKK gained millions of members with an agenda of white supremacy, anti-immigration, and nationalistic patriotism. For a time, tens of thousands of Oregonians joined or supported the notorious hate group, and Klan parades were held in communities all over the state. Ultimately, the Klan generated fear and hatred as a money-making scheme.The 1920s era KKK didn't last long, but it left a disturbing legacy that still affects the state today.“Oregon Experience” examines ‘Oregon's Klan in the 1920s: The rise of hate.’Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Horsehair mecate rope maker OPB 2022-03-11 | 98-year old Frankie Dugal carries on a ranch tradition of horsehair “mecate” ropemaking and is passing it on to the next generation in the southeast Oregon town of Jordan Valley.(Update: Frankie passed away in 2017, at the age of 99.)Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Is Celilo Falls still intact? OPB 2022-03-10 | Celilo Falls have been at the center of an emotional controversy in the Pacific Northwest more than 50 years. Celilo Falls disappeared when the Columbia River was dammed, but some tribal members believe the government blew it up first. See new, history-making images which settle the matter.(In the captions for this story, at :48 seconds, Enchuwana should read Nch’i-Wána. We regret the error.)Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Shaping trees to make living art OPB 2022-03-08 | Richard Reames grows trees into fantastical shapes—peace signs, words, even a boat. His creations take decades, and it might be five years before he learns that a piece just won't work. But it also took decades for this southern Oregon artist to discover that this was his path.Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Distilling Pacific Northwest nature and solitude into sound OPB 2022-03-04 | Natural sound recording artist John Hartog heads into the countryside to capture the wild sounds of nature.Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Master wildlife artist Hiroko Cannon brings feathers to life OPB 2022-03-02 | Using a precise and delicate touch, Pendleton artist Hiroko Cannon reflects the beauty of the birds in her own backyard.Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Acosia Red Elk, powwow yoga and Indigenous healing OPB 2022-03-01 | Umatilla tribal member Acosia Red Elk spent years on the powwow circuit as a world champion jingle dancer. Now, she's combined its steps with yoga to create powwow yoga, and promote contemporary Indigenous healing through movement and dance.Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
Preserving the legacy of Pacific Citys dory boats OPB 2022-02-25 | Pacific City, Oregon, owes its identity—and its fishing industry—to dory boats. The flat-bottomed, no-keel boats take off from dry sand directly into the surf. When they return, fishermen throttle up full blast to slide back in using the beach as their brakes. A group of students from Linfield College are making a major effort to preserve the unique history. Story produced in 2013.Subscribe to our channel for new OPB videos every week: youtube.com/opb?sub_confirmation=1
