Presbyterian minister John Shuck doesn’t believe in God. His progressive Beaverton church challenges traditional ideas of Christianity. The Rev. John Shuck doesn’t believe in God. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t consider himself a Christian. Shuck, who h ...
22 Dec 2017 - Sarah Hansell
Outside the Frame’s Annual Gala will premiere original works about leaving home The opening scene: 23-year-old Jacob Averi speaking at his mother’s memorial, his sister at his lefthand side. His mother was a drug addict throughout his life. His eulogy add ...
10 Nov 2017 - Sarah Hansell
A project gives former inmates an opportunity to share their re-entry experiences and the injustices they witnessed in the prison system Tyrone Rucker was 14 the first time he went to juvenile hall, before he “graduated” to prison, as he puts it. It was t ...
20 Oct 2017 - Sarah Hansell
State lawmakers will consider tightening a law that gives some abusers access to firearms UPDATE: On March 5, 2018, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed a bill to close the "Boyfriend Loophole" into law. Carsen thought she was going to visit an old fr ...
12 Apr 2017 - Sarah Hansell
The film ‘Out in the Night’ tells the stories of four young, LGBTQ women of color who protected themselves from violence only to be prosecuted, maligned and imprisoned Ten years ago, Patreese Johnson, a black 19-year-old from New Jersey, was a self-desc ...
5 Oct 2016 - Sarah Hansell
Guest of honor at POWfest in Portland is concerned about gender disparity in Hollywood Catherine Hardwicke doesn’t call her first movie, “Thirteen,” a “job.” It was a labor of love between her and then-14-year-old Nikki Reed, who wrote the script with Har ...
25 Feb 2016 - Sarah Hansell
Truth is often stranger than fiction, and that’s certainly the case on Portland’s streets. Drawing from experience, Patricia Kullberg blends the two in ‘Girl in the River.’ For 20 years, Dr. Patricia Kullberg was the medical director for the Multnomah Cou ...
8 Dec 2015 - Sarah Hansell
Organizers of Portland’s second Trans Pride March aim to bring visibility to a group whose ‘acceptance is life or death’ Last year, Portland’s first large-scale Trans* Pride March rallied 400 trans and queer people and allies to parade the streets downtow ...
12 Jun 2015 - Sarah Hansell
In an effort to increase black representation in comic books, Portland writer David F. Walker has recreated the 1970s character Shaft in a series released by Dynamite Comics. Portland comic writer and author David F. Walker wanted to make comics since he ...
24 Apr 2015 - Sarah Hansell
The Curious Comedy Theater’s Minority Retort is drawing a diverse new audience to laugh —and learn It was nearing 9:30 p.m. on a Friday and Jeremy Eli’s brainchild, monthly comedy show Minority Retort, was about to debut at Curious Comedy Theater on Marti ...
19 Mar 2015 - Sarah Hansell