‘Black Friday’ — an evening at the Hollywood Theatre centered around two films highlighting local Black entrepreneurs The lobby at Portland's Hollywood Theatre was packed before doors opened the evening of Sept. 1. A crowd of 325 ticket holders plus ...
20 Sep 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
Staff, correspondents and volunteers share recommendations for books with a social or environmental justice bent SUMMER READS 2021 Street Roots’ picks Kids’ picks Advocacy leaders’ picks Vendors’ picks Bookseller’s picks Summer is here, and with it comes ...
23 Jun 2021 - Street Roots
Middle-grade fiction about racial justice dominates their recommendations for summer reading SUMMER READS 2021 Street Roots’ picks Kids’ picks Advocacy leaders’ picks Vendors’ picks Bookseller’s picks We asked Street Roots staff, vendors, contributors, vo ...
23 Jun 2021 - Street Roots
Leaders from Portland nonprofits share their recommendations for summer reading about social and environmental justice SUMMER READS 2021 Street Roots’ picks Kids’ picks Advocacy leaders’ picks Vendors’ picks Bookseller’s picks We asked Street Roots staff, ...
23 Jun 2021 - Street Roots
Keith Mosman of Powell’s Books in Portland shares his summer reading recommendations SUMMER READS 2021 Street Roots’ picks Kids’ picks Advocacy leaders’ picks Vendors’ picks Bookseller’s picks Keith Mosman has worked in bookstores, off and on, for 20 year ...
23 Jun 2021 - Street Roots
How three booksellers thrived during one of the toughest years for small businesses in recent history SUMMER READS: Book recommendations from Street Roots' staff, vendors, volunteers, kids and friends. On June 20, Michelle Lewis and Charles Hannah c ...
23 Jun 2021 - Sarah Hansell
The Downstairs Gallery showcases works from BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and disabled artists When Daren Todd opened The Downstairs Gallery in August, he was surviving, accepting opportunities after the coronavirus pandemic took both his bartending gig and his promisi ...
6 Jan 2021 - Andrew Jankowski
Author Paul K. Haeder discusses his new book, ‘Wide Open Eyes,’ which launches Friday night Author Paul K. Haeder believes that until Americans truly learn from Vietnam, we are doomed to keep repeating the mistakes and abuses that transpired there. At 7 t ...
31 Jul 2020 - Emily Green
A darling of Portland’s contemporary art scene, Yale Union is fighting gentrification by dissolving and giving its $5 million building to a foundation that has big plans for the space “How do you reverse-gentrify?” asked Flint Jamison, co-founder and pre ...
22 Jul 2020 - B. Toastie
Photographer Benjamin Brink captured murals and other street art created as part of Portland’s Black Lives Matter movement Since the start of nightly Black Lives Matter protests in downtown Portland, many structures, sidewalks and plywood panels protectin ...
11 Jul 2020 - Benjamin Brink