The Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education plans a grand opening at its new location On Sunday, June 11, the public is invited to peruse several captivating exhibits, free of charge, at the grand opening of the Oregon Jewish Museum and Ce ...
8 Jun 2017 - Emily Green
‘Immigration is an integral part to all that,’ says the actor who plays McDonald’s CEO Ray Kroc in ‘The Founder’ He’s starred in films from “Beetlejuice” to “Batman” to “Birdman.” From “The Paper” to “Spotlight.” Now, Michael Keaton plays Ray Kroc, the fo ...
19 May 2017 - Steven MacKenzie
A new mural in Northwest Portland is the work of Gats. In a rare interview, he tells Street Roots why he covertly creates public art. It isn’t every day that a phantom comes to Portland. Gats, or Graffiti Against the System, is a mysterious street artist ...
20 Apr 2017 - Stephen Quirke
Tim Cowley has created NewPortlanders.Net, a platform for promoting immigrant- and refugee-run businesses What’s the best way to help immigrants and refugees? It’s a question Tim Cowley’s heard a lot lately. Before moving to Southeast Portland one year ag ...
23 Mar 2017 - Emily Green
Media literacy expert Renee Hobbs talks about how to recognize and combat the propaganda coming at us from all sides Do you think of “Saturday Night Live” as propaganda? What about those commercials of sad-looking puppies in cages that can’t be helped “wi ...
16 Mar 2017 - Emily Green
Stephen King gave me great advice, says the comic book king – I ignored it Neil Gaiman is an English writer and film producer. This is what he would say to his 16-year-old self if he could go back in time: At 16 it was 1977 and I was a punk. I talked thre ...
23 Feb 2017 - Jane Graham
'The Resiliency of Cambodia'; Doug Benz at the Energy Bar In Portland, a city teeming with artists, there remains a dearth of art galleries able to accommodate all the varied and often gutsy art work. Unique spaces such as cafés, churches, theat ...
23 Feb 2017 - Mary Pacios
The ‘Trainspotting’ author discusses the long-awaited film sequel Irvine Welsh, the best-selling Scottish author of “Trainspotting,” points to the autumn of 2013, when he wrote “He Ain’t Lager.” The short story was penned exclusively for the International ...
26 Jan 2017 - Andrew Burns
‘Homeless (the musical),’ to debut at Portland’s Fertile Ground Festival, invites audience to ‘see homeless people as people’ We are thick in this city with a wonderful glut of talented, passionate artists. Alan Alexander III is one of them. Alexander is ...
19 Jan 2017 - Suzanne Zalokar
The 'South Park' voice actor shares stories of homeless people in 'Displaced,' to premiere in Portland Eliza Jane Schneider is best known for voicing nearly all of the female characters on Comedy Central’s “South Park.” She speaks with ...
16 Jan 2017 - Amanda Waldroupe