It’s Tuesday night, and we have lots of half-baked posts on our minds. Possibly quarter-baked. OK, totally raw. So, we hit the local channels on the Internet…

Art Scatter has been completely oblivious to the steampunk movement, just generally and specifically as it relates to costume design. And most especially as it relates to the Oregon Children’s Theatre production of James and the Giant Peach and designer Sarah Gahagan. Our thanks to Culture Shock for the entertaining education!

Keeping it tuned to theater, Steve Patterson gives us a taste of the play that won the Oregon Book Award for drama, Lost Wavelength over at his site, Splattworks. Let’s see the whole thing!

Brian Libby at Portland Architecture gave a good summary of the proposal to change the rules of engagement in the Skidmore National Historic District to allow taller buildings on five sites in the district. I went to the City Council meeting that his post advanced last week, and I’ll be following it, because both sides of the dispute make reasonable, articulate arguments. Look for more on this later — City Council takes it up again on Dec. 18. Brian’s site is a terrific way to follow Portland architecture developments.

One of our regular stops is the Portland Mercury’s Blogtown, which bubbles along with a combination of news and views from Portland’s creative underbelly. Or overbelly. Or whatever. We don’t have a particular link in mind — we just liked the combination today.