January 1, 2020
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Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
M ichael
d urhaM , courtesy
of the o regon Z oo .
Oregon silverspot
butterflies
successfully bred
in the Oregon Zoo’s
conservation lab for
the first time ever
last year.
Photo by
Po’Shines Café De La Soul, 8139 N. Denver Ave., will host its 13th annual chitlin festival on Friday
and Saturday, Jan. 3-4 in the heart of the Kenton neighborhood.
Po’Shines Hosts Chitlin Festival
Po’Shines Cafe De La Soul,
Portland’s premiere soul food
restaurant at 8130 N. Denver Ave.
in the Kenton neighborhood will
be hosting its 13th annual chitlin
festival on Friday and Saturday,
Jan. 3-4 from 12 p.m. until 10 p.m.
both days.
A variety of chitlin dishes for
both seasoned and curious eat-
ers to try will be served, includ-
ing fried chitlins, chitlin mac &
cheese, traditional stewed chitlins,
and more. The southern cuisine
is also called chitterlings or “The
Calamari of the Ghetto”!
Chitlins are not seen of-
ten in Portland, let alone in the
northwest. However the staff at
Po’Shines wasn’t surprised by last
year’s chitlin festival turnout and
the request for chitlins throughout
the year. In addition to plenty of
good food, the two day festival
will also feature local musicians.
Po’Shines has served a public
service mission since it opened
in 2006. In addition to its soul
food and great customer service,
the restaurant provides youth
and young adults with an oppor-
tunity to get job training and ex-
perience in the culinary world.
“When we started, we had no
idea what we were in for,” stat-
ed Po’Shines Executive Chef
James Bradley.
For more information, call
Po’Shines at 503-978-9000.
Hope Rises to Save Oregon Butterfly
Oregon Zoo’s butterfly conser-
vation lab has 269 reasons to cel-
ebrate the New Year. That’s how
many Oregon silverspot caterpil-
lars are waiting to become butter-
flies thanks to the first-ever breed-
ing of this endangered species in a
captive-rearing setting.
“This is a really exciting break-
through,” said Tia Perry, a keeper
in the butterfly conservation lab.
At the request of U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Perry and her
colleagues held back 22 pupae
from last year’s butterfly release,
in the hopes they would success-
fully breed in the lab. Nearly all
the butterflies that emerged were
female, but a wild male success-
fully mated with one of them, re-
sulting in 269 tiny caterpillars.
Listed as threatened under the
federal Endangered Species Act,
the Oregon silverspot was once
common in coastal grasslands
from Northern California up into
British Columbia. Today, due to
habitat loss and the disappearance
of its host plant, just five isolated
populations remain.