Junk to Funk 2
Recycled fashion show returns November 17
Junk to Funk will be back November 17 for another round of “trashion” celebration at the Wonder Ballroom. The sustainable fashion show, a collaboration with Elysium Events and benefit for Orlo, will feature wildly creative outfits made of repurposed materials. There will also be live music, junk art, local noteworthies, a DIY table, VIP opportunities, and audience
participation. For more information, visit www.
junktofunk.org.

Banners to Bags
Urban Forest Project comes full circle
As part of the Orlo co-sponsored Urban Forest Project, 150 colorful banners created by local designers and illustrators lined Portland’s downtown streets in April, each providing an interpretation of the form of the tree. On September 19, at Art Institute of Portland, the unique banners were shown in their reincarnated forms at the limited-edition bags pr duced exclusively for the project by local designers at Queen Bee Creations. The one-of-a-kind bags made their debut at SOCIO XV, an annual design celebration sponsored by the Portland Chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Artists (AIGA). For more information, visit www.urbanforestpdx.org.

Catching a Glimpse of Coltan
Utne Reader recognizes summer/fall 2007 issue
Utne Reader again took notice of The Bear Deluxe Magazine, this time commenting on Issue #25’s feature on coltan mining in Congo. Check out the August 31 edition of “From the Stacks” at www.utne.com to read the remarks.

Doug Fir Grows Another Ring
Fiction contest will return for a second year
The Doug Fir Fiction Award contest, whose 2007 winner and finalists are featured in this issue, will be held again next year. The contest invites short stories relating to the natural world, sense of place, or environmental issues, and the top prize is $1,000. Next year’s deadline for submissions is May 14. Check back at www.orlo.org for details.

Identity Crisis!
Orlo launches survey monkey to poll readers and participants
Who are you? Orlo needs to know, and has established a new presence on surveymonkey.com (link at www.orlo.org) to let us know your vital statistics, comments and suggestions. Ocassional polls will be conducted to determine unscientific data on current topics. Should Albert Arnold Gore, Jr., run for president?

Intern Power
Special thanks to Kevin Stark, The Bear Deluxe's faithful summer editorial intern. We wish him the best of luck in his senior year at Lewis & Clark College.

Contributor updates
Senior Fiction editor, Susan Wickstrom, has short fiction appearing in the October 2007 edition of Literary Mama.
Evelyn Sharenov, a regular contributor to The Bear Deluxe and the nonfiction editor of the Oregon Literary Review, will have a feature in BITCH Magazine’s winter issue as well as a short story in Beacon Press’ anthology “Love You To Pieces” to be released in Spring 2008. As the finale of an exciting summer, Evelyn was married on August 4.

The art group welcomes Malini Gupta to The Bear Deluxe design crew. Malini graduated from Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2005 with a degree in Communication Design and is now studying for a Post Bacc in Book Arts (with emphasis on letterpress) at Oregon College of Arts and Crafts. Her books are in the permanent collection at John Wilson Rare Books Room at Multnomah Central Library and her most recent book is on display at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Design advisor and former art director Thomas Cobb
was married to former board member Sarah Van Winkle this summer. After his October honeymoon, Thomas will return to a new position as Portland Monthly magazine's art director.
Tara Hogan, featured on the back cover of issue TBD #25, contributed her recycled and soy-based ink postcards to eco couture designer, Linda Loudermilk's, fashion show at Los Angeles’ BP Helio Gas Station.
Rachel Cox illustrated the album cover for one of itunes “Top
Ten Albums,” Eric Hutchinson's Sounds Like This. Her artwork, including the print from The Bear Deluxe issue #24 (spring 2007), is for sale at Charmingwall, New York City.
Karl Huber, illustrator from issue #25, is exhibiting a solo show in February at the Modern Formations gallery in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
Board of Directors
Meg Busse, Scott Fogarty, John Harrington, Mateo Hoke, Mike Miller, Peter Shaver (ex officio), Tom Webb
Foundation Supporters (2006-07)
Alice C. Tyler Perpetual Trust, The Kinsman Foundation, Multnomah County Cultural Coalition, Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Community Foundation, Oregon Cultural Trust, ONI-Neighbors West/Northwest Small Grants Program, Regional Arts & Culture Council
Business Sponsors
Elysium Events, Food Front, NW Examiner, Marsee Baking,
Pyramid Ale, Trader Joe's, Unkeles Group, Veganopolis Cafeteria, Willamette Week

Board of Advisors
Amy Beacom, Scott Becker, Graham Bergh, Larissa Brown, Thomas Cobb, Eloise Damrosch, Peter Dubois, Victoria Frey, Kristy Edmunds, Elizabeth Gamble, Kit Gillem, Terri Hopkins, Mike Houck, Linda K. Johnson, Chris Kenny, Martha Koerner, Philip Krohn, Tim Lillebo, Dana Lynn Louis, Rob Millis, Reubin Nisenfeld, Barry Messer, Sonia Montalbano, Corrine Oishi, Jon Ratner, Richard Recker, Kelly Rogers, Sarah Smith, Jon Sokol, Sarah Van Winkle, Ted Wood, Mark Woolley, Linda Wysong, Jean Zondervan