Isaka Shamsud-Din was an artist, activist, and educator known for his rich murals, paintings, and community projects in Portland. Much of his work celebrates the cultures of African Americans and people of the African Diaspora.
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Join us in celebrating our 42nd anniversary and Barley Mill’s birthday on June 14, 2025, with live music, cupcakes, a Discovery Hunt and, of course, Bickershaw Pacific NW Pils on tap!
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This episode is a Red Shed Tapes, B-side, where we press “play” on stories and conversations from McMenamin’s vault of recordings and interviews from the last 40-plus years.
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This episode is a Red Shed Tapes: B-side, where we press “play” on stories and conversations from McMenamins’ vault of recordings and interviews from the last 40-plus years.
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This episode is a Red Shed Tapes, B-side, where we press “PLAY” on stories and conversations from McMenamins’ vault of recordings and interviews from the last 40-plus years.
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In 2023, native Portlander Lucille Pierce, born in 1921, found a slice of local history among her family keepsakes and kindly shared the artifact with McMenamins. While going through her late mother’s belongings, Lucille discovered a punch card for dance lessons at Ringler’s Dancing Academy at the Cotillion Hall, signed by Montrose Ringler, himself! Lucille…
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Red Shed Tapes, Episode 4 Title lyric from Grateful Dead’s “Built to Last” Shannon McMenamin (00:02) You’re listening to the Red Shed Tapes, and I’m your host Shannon McMenamin. This episode is about objects, both big and small – as in the physical things inside our pubs and hotels – cool old stuff! You might find…
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You may have wondered about the surreal and dreamlike imagery in the artwork throughout McMenamins locations, especially if you have noticed the work of artist Lyle Hehn. This painting, Welcome Visitors at Hotel Oregon, is filled with clues to Hotel Oregon’s history in McMinnville and the characters who have floated in and out of this…
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Title lyric from the Grateful Dead’s “St. Stephen” SPEAKERS: Shannon McMenamin, Tim Hills, Mike McMenamin, Jon Smart, Brian McMenamin, Poison Waters, Elysia Scholl, and Caitlin Popp With archival audio including James Brown, Lyle Hehn, Kolieha Bush, Poison Waters and Bruce Maccabee I. Historical Pit Stop: A James Brown Story Kind of Explains It All 0:00…
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Tales of Roseburg’s Rich Rail Culture As Told by Those Who Lived It “The human element just isn’t there any more. I mean, where you have a hundred-car train and an engineer and conductor sitting up there in the head end and a red light back on the end of the train . . .…
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