Samantha Swindler

Milwaukie

Features Writer and Videographer at Oregon Live (The Oregonian)

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Portland museum presents Sasquatch through Indigenous cultural lens

3 days ago | oregonlive.com | Samantha Swindler

If you didn’t get a chance to visit the High Desert Museum’s “Sensing Sasquatch” exhibition in Bend, a version of it is now on display in Portland. The World Forestry Center’s new exhibition, “Sasquatch: Ancestral Guardians,” features stories and art from Native perspectives on the creature known in modern pop culture as Bigfoot. It was created in collaboration with the High Desert Museum, which hosted a similar exhibition last year.
This Portland thrift store, hidden in a church basement, is celebrating 50 years

3 days ago | oregonlive.com | Samantha Swindler

One of the oldest and cheapest thrift stores in Portland, tucked away in a church basement in the Woodstock neighborhood, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a new look. After a monthlong closure, the Mustard Seed Thrift Shop & Book Nook hosted a grand reopening and 50th anniversary celebration May 28, where the store’s fresh paint job, new flooring and rearranged floor plan were unveiled. In the basement of All Saints Episcopal Church, the shop first opened to the community in 1974.
Jade District restaurants honored in new digital archive launched by APANO

4 days ago | oregonlive.com | Samantha Swindler

APANO hosted a launch celebration on May 30 for Behind the Wok, a new digital archive of iconic Chinese American restaurants in Portland’s Jade District.
A how-to guide to the Goodwill Bins, Portland’s ultimate thrifting experience

1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Samantha Swindler

It’s the ultimate thrifting experience. A sensory overload. A raw look at the effects of our fast-fashion throwaway culture. And a place of mystique and chaos, if you don’t know the rules. I’m talking, of course, about the Goodwill Bins. Officially, these locations are called Goodwill Outlets, but among the bargain hunters and resellers who populate these last-chance stores, they are affectionately known as The Bins.
Tribal casino near Pendleton bets big on its future with $100M expansion

1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Samantha Swindler

Wildhorse Resort & Casino near Pendleton has broken ground on a $100 million expansion that will double its number of hotel rooms and add a 1,500-seat convention center with a stage. The casino, five miles east of Pendleton just off I-84, is owned and operated by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. It first opened in 1995 and added a 100-room hotel in 1996.
Who will buy the Bob’s Red Mill store?

1 week ago | seattletimes.com | Samantha Swindler

The Bob’s Red Mill store and cafe in Milwaukie, Oregon, which abruptly closed in February, will not become home to a Clackamas County Extension and 4H District Education Facility. On May 20, the Clackamas County Commissioners, in their role as the Extension and 4H Service District Board, decided not to pursue the property. Instead, Commissioners opted instead to continue with a plan to house the extension district at a new building at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City.
In Oregon’s kite capital, Winddriven kite shop is a flyer’s delight

1 week ago | oregonlive.com | Samantha Swindler

Twice a year, professional kite flyers, kite novices and kite fans flock to Lincoln City on the Oregon coast for the Kite Festival, held in June and September. And many of those folks will find their way inside Winddriven, Lincoln City’s only store dedicated primarily to kites. Winddriven does dabble in toys, puppets, puzzles, windsocks, windchimes, spinners and yard art. The store’s website is, fittingly, notjustkites.com. But the kites are the stars of the sales floor.
Who will buy the Bob’s Red Mill store? It won’t be Clackamas County

2 weeks ago | oregonlive.com | Samantha Swindler

The Bob’s Red Mill store and café in Milwaukie, which abruptly closed in February, will not become home to a Clackamas County Extension and 4H District Education Facility. On Tuesday, the Clackamas County Commissioners, in their role as the Extension and 4H Service District Board, decided not to pursue the property. Instead, Commissioners opted instead to continue with a plan to house the extension district at a new building at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City.
Coquille Tribe renames The Mill Casino to honor traditional heritage

2 weeks ago | oregonlive.com | Samantha Swindler

The Mill Casino in North Bend is in the middle of an expansion that will add a distillery, tasting room and waterfront restaurant. Now it’s also changing its name. The Coquille Tribe and the Coquille Economic Development Corporation announced this week that the casino will rebrand as Ko-Kwel Casino Resort. The name is a more traditional spelling of the same pronunciation of the tribe’s name, Coquille.
At the Portland Bangers’ inaugural game, the new mascot steals the show

3 weeks ago | oregonlive.com | Samantha Swindler

Soccer City U.S.A. is ready for a brat summer. Thursday evening, the Portland Bangers held their inaugural match against Bigfoot F.C. from Maple Valley, Washington. Despite the rain, despite the 0-3 loss, the crowd in Northeast Portland had nothing but enthusiasm for the city’s new USL League Two men’s soccer team.