Jubilee Hall, a nonprofit offshoot of Diaspora Coffee and Chai, will provide barista training and immersive English-language education K hupsamlian (Sam) Khaute is carrying on his family’s tradition of serving hot beverages and providing a gathering space ...
2 Jun 2021 - Janey Wong
His production company, Left of Bang Entertainment, allows him some control during the pandemic while giving at-risk young people an opportunity During a time where the entertainment industry has slowed down across the spectrum due to the pandemic, actor/ ...
17 Mar 2021 - DeVon Pouncey
The athlete, who won the U.S. Open while wearing masks with the names of Black victims of police violence, talks to street papers about her heritage and using her platform for good It’s no small feat to become one of the best athletes in the world by age ...
24 Feb 2021 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
The Portland singer-songwriter has received the Lowenstein Trust Award for his efforts to support musicians in need In early spring of 2020, the certainty of a profound global pandemic was beginning to sink in. Lives, livelihoods and presumptions of secur ...
10 Feb 2021 - Helen Hill
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
The Bardo philosophy is ingrained in the Blitzen Trapper frontman’s music, and his new career in homeless services has influenced his writing and his artwork B litzen Trapper hasn’t played a show in 2020, which makes them pretty much like every other arti ...
30 Dec 2020 - Jason Cohen
Local artists and music curators discuss the beats Portland’s Black Lives Matter movement is marching to A few short months ago, the streets of Portland were eerily quiet, subdued by the uncertainty of COVID-19’s sudden grip on the globe. Now, Portland is ...
4 Aug 2020 - Donovan M. Smith
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
Jeff Hughes, a professional musician, explains how he calmed tensions between police and protesters in the Colorado town where police killed the young Black man AURORA, Colo. — For 30 minutes, it looked as if the vigil for Elijah McClain would be remember ...
14 Jul 2020 - Giles Clasen