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Party Time: NoFF Winter Recess After Party At Boothster on January 28

Party Time: NoFF Winter Recess After Party At Boothster on January 28

You know we love to throw a good party… well, only parties that change the world and have good beats to get down to. PDX friends mark you calendars and get ready for a good one. The Nomading Film Festival (NoFF) is driven to unite travelers and inspire travel through the magic of film and was started on the belief that traveling shapes us, defines us and connects us.  We think of travel...

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Friday Faves: Be Curious

Friday Faves: Be Curious

“Replace fear of the unknown with curiosity.” If you’ve clicked around online, you’ve surely stumbled across this image or others like it with the simple, profound phrase: replace fear of the unknown with curiosity. When I first saw it, I printed it out and it’s tacked onto the board above my desk. So is this quote from Eleanor Roosevelt: “Do one thing every...

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Friday Faves: Finding Just What You Need

Friday Faves: Finding Just What You Need

Whether you’re on the hunt for solace and some face time with nature or planning a dinner with friends, cheers to finding just what you need this weekend. Happy...

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Give a Dam: New Video from Rios Libres + Take Action to Protect Patagonia’s Wild Rivers

Give a Dam: New Video from Rios Libres + Take Action to Protect Patagonia’s Wild Rivers

Chris Kassar taking the time to say a prayer at the proposed dam site of the Baker River. Patagonia, Chile. Photo: James Q Martin by Chris Kassar via The Cleanest Line Every time I kneel down next to a river – even if just for a moment – I swear I can hear it speak to me. I know this probably sounds crazy, but I also know I’m not the only one who hears wise murmurs rising from the ripples...

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Friday Faves: Mashups, Free-Flowing Rivers, Dancing, Wild Places + Really Good Friends

Friday Faves: Mashups, Free-Flowing Rivers, Dancing, Wild Places + Really Good Friends

We’ve been shooting out and catching a lot of love this week, so we’re going to go ahead and shout it out loud… Anna Brones. You get big high fives for quite a few reasons this week, but especially for becoming my go-to music maven, especially for mashups like this, and this… and this. Jenny Nichols. Umm… Wild Love is hitting full steam because of you, hot stuff....

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Friday Faves: Do Trust in the Things You Love

Friday Faves: Do Trust in the Things You Love

“If I can only scrape a living, at least it will be a living worth scraping.” I was fortunate to meet Mickey Smith this spring when he traveled to 5Point Film Festival with his beautiful film Darkside of the Lens. He’s charming, humble, creative and passionate. And amazingly forgiving. Several of us — you know who you are — decided to get rowdy until 5 a.m. Mickey, jet-lagged and...

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