🚔 Preparing for unrest

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It's officially spooky season. Crunchy, colorful leaves litter the sidewalks; gourds of all kinds adorn porches. The air is chill, and so are the vibes — throw on your favorite flannel, and bask in the beauty of autumn in Oregon.

Here are seven events you shouldn't miss.

Portland Night Market

Tomorrow-Saturday

It's back! And this time, it's Halloween-themed. Dozens of beloved food trucks, vendors and artisans will be there. Despite the cover charge, it tends to feel like a chic, living room party.

Hood River Hops Fest

Saturday

Enjoy beers from more than 30 breweries down on the Columbia River waterfront to the tune of live music as well as small bites from local vendors.

• Also in that neck of the woods is the annual Harvest Festival (a very "Parks and Recreation" affair), which takes place Oct. 11-13.

Yachats Mushroom Festival

Oct. 18-20

Mushrooms are everywhere in Oregon. Learn about the fun, edible kinds as well as the scary, poisonous ones, and revel in their funky fungi beauty.

West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta

Oct. 20

Is there anything better than watching adults in mandatory costumes paddle across Tualatin's Lake of the Commons inside giant pumpkin boats? The answer is no.

Charli XCX & Troye Sivan

Oct. 22

Brat summer continues! The two pop stars, notorious for their love of club culture, will surely blow out Moda Center's speakers with deep, thumping bass beats and signature Euro-style electro synths.

Beyond Monet and Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experiences

Oct. 29 through Jan. 5

Experience the work of these renowned artists in a way you haven't seen before.

• Tickets are on sale now, and organizers anticipate even greater demand than when the traveling pop-up came to the Oregon Convention Center in the early days of the pandemic.

The Spirit of Halloweentown

Now through Oct. 31

St. Helens is best known for hosting Hollywood movie crews back in the late '90s and has never let it go — and why would they? A film starring Debbie Reynolds should always be celebrated.

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📚 Those incarcerated at Deer Ridge Correctional Institution in Jefferson County are some of the first prisoners to be eligible to receive federal Pell Grants through Central Oregon Community College. (OPB)

💰 The top two strategists for mayoral hopefuls Carmen Rubio and Rene Gonzalez have left their posts to start new political action groups in order to raise — and spend — significant amounts of money to bolster their preferred candidate. (The Oregonian)

📵 At Grant High School, where cellphones are banned, students are getting creative in how they communicate with each other (like analog walkie talkies) and lunchtime chatter is an uproarious occasion once again. (Willamette Week)

🍔 Portland-based burger chain Killer Burger is opening its first Texas location in San Antonio. (Portland Business Journal)

🍰 Berlu Bakery (where you can find not-so-sweet Vietnamese treats) is closing later this month. However, James Beard award-winning chef Vince Nguyen said it will reopen in a larger space and offer more goodies. (Eater Portland)

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With Election Day just a little more than a month away, Portland Police Chief Bob Day said in a new video that the agency is "taking an all-hands-on-deck approach" in preparation for "heightened tensions."

What he's saying: "It's super important to all of us that we maintain a balance between free speech and appropriate behavior that does not lend itself to criminal activity," Day said in the video, released Tuesday.

• Therefore, the Portland Police Bureau will be "canceling days off" for officers — who will also be asked to work additional hours — and non-sworn staff members will be tasked with providing extra support, though Day did not elaborate on how.

Context: The bureau's Rapid Response Team, which responds to demonstrations, was reestablished this year after being disbanded in 2020 following a surge of officer resignations.

• PPB faced sharp criticism over how officers operated over 100 straight nights of racial justice protests four years ago.

What we're watching: How the new, specialized crowd control unit will respond to future protests, given there has not been much detail about what kind of training officers have received.

• One thing is for certain: They will be wearing body cameras this time.

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🍎 Meira is happy that the new season of "The Real Housewives of New York City" is back, and is also reading this series retrospective from The Cut.

This newsletter was edited by Rachel La Corte.