Portland in the News: Warm Days, Exoplanets, Giant Lions & More | February 27, 2025

What does a giant chrome lion, Taylor Swift and Broadway have in common with Portland? Award-winning set designer and Portland local Michael Curry!

While it may not be time to turn in your rain boots for sandals, Portland will warm to record challenging temps today and tomorrow.

And in a galaxy far, far away, Reed College student Mohamed Jassim Munavar Hussain has discovered eight new possible exoplantets in the Milky Way.

Here’s a roundup of the goings-on in Portland this week:

• OR ArtsWatch: Portland Opera moving downtown
• Oregon Live: Lan Su Chinese Garden plans multi-million dollar expansion
• PDX Monthly: A quick and easy guide to Portland’s news city councilors