A new exhibit by the founder of Gather:Make:Shelter reflects a life of sharing her craft among those without Whirling strands of lace or DNA are painted onto large squares of muslin. The fragile filaments touch at tender points and eddy around a core. Del ...
14 Feb 2020 - Helen Hill
The German World War I veteran's life story is now a comic Gregor Gog’s life was one that spanned a time of social transformations, revolutions and human catastrophes in Europe. Born in Schwerin an der Wartke (now Skwierzyna, Western Poland) in 1891 ...
27 Dec 2019 - Bastian Pütter
‘Waking the Witch’ author Pam Grossman says her activism and her magic are intertwined Pam Grossman is a writer, curator, practicing witch, and teacher of magical practice and history. Her new book, “Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Powe ...
20 Sep 2019 - Casey Miller
‘Night Dogs’ exposes racial and economic disparity in 1970s Portland The scene is Portland, Ore. A largely African-American community has been laid-off, bulldozed and forgotten, its neighborhoods awash in poverty and drugs. The police, even according to o ...
28 Jun 2019 - Jason Cohen
Abigail DeVille’s installation at PICA features Street Roots papers, vendor artwork Portland’s Institute for Contemporary Art’s 16,000-square-foot exhibition space in Northeast Portland is the site of Bronx-based artist Abigail DeVille’s massive installat ...
16 Nov 2018 - Helen Hill
Ron Stallworth, the African-American detective who infiltrated the KKK in 1978, talks to Street Roots about his observations undercover In October 1978, Detective Ron Stallworth infiltrated the Colorado Springs chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, making him the ...
26 Oct 2018 - Adam Sennott
He'll be at Hollywood Theatre July 18 for a screening of his groundbreaking films ‘Willie’ and ‘Murderers’ After five years of correspondence, local artist Vanessa Renwick has convinced her favorite photographer to come to Portland and screen two of ...
13 Jul 2018 - Emily Green
The actor's role explores issues around class, addiction, abuse and survival Benedict Cumberbatch’s recent achievements are quite dazzling when spoken out loud. Saving (or potentially destroying) half the universe as Doctor Strange in Marvel’s record ...
1 Jun 2018 - Adrian Lobb
The activist talks to Street Roots about her work and her new book, 'Make Trouble,' ahead of an appearance in Portland It started relatively small: A black felt armband worn to her Texas grade school as part of a nationwide protest of the Vietna ...
30 Mar 2018 - Joanne Zuhl
A storytelling event will share perspectives of an experience advocates say many can relate to When first-generation Samoan-American Justin Sipoloa went to Astor Elementary School in the early 1980s, he was one of the few brown faces in a sea of white one ...
16 Mar 2018 - Sarah Hansell