Frank Quiroga’s ultimate goal is to open a Native American restaurant that features the dishes his auntie taught him to make — Indian tacos, fry bread, deer meat, buffalo and seafood. “I want to … have a story of each tribe’s background and history with a ...
11 Sep 2014 - Sarah Hansell
Ben Parzybok’s first novel, “ Couch ” rose from the primordial sludge of the slush pile at Small Beer Press in 2008. Next month, Parzybok’s second novel, “ Sherwood Nation ” will be released. He will be reading at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 16 at Powell’ ...
11 Sep 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
-Number of public skateparks in Portland: 7-Estimated number of skateboarders in Portland: 27,250-Cost of fine for skateboarders under age of 16 not wearing a helmet: $25-Number of participants in Portland Sunday Parkways events in 2013: 85,480-Number of S ...
9 Sep 2014 - Street Roots Staff
“Hands up. Don’t shoot. Hands up. Don’t shoot. Hands up. Don’t shoot.” I stood in a crowd of people in a city park echoing this line on Saturday afternoon. Among the crowd could be seen old and young and people of all different shades of color. Children w ...
9 Sep 2014 - Grace Badik
Gary Spanovich is a cheery 65-year-old man, who, from a tidy office in Northeast Portland has been working for the last 15 years toward a simple, yet seemingly impossible goal: prevent people from being violently killed. Spanovich is the executive directo ...
9 Sep 2014 - Jake Thomas
Full-time reporter: $37,440 salary/based on experience plus employer-paid health and dental benefits. Generous paid time off. Street Roots is hiring a full-time reporter/assistant editor who wants to apply their talents to the world of nonprofit, advocacy ...
9 Sep 2014 - Israel Bayer
"Words That Burn” is a dramatized exploration of the earth-shattering period of World War II, through the words and experiences of William Stafford, Lawson Inada and Guy Gabaldon. It premieres at the Milagro Theater during their annual La Luna Nueva ...
4 Sep 2014 - Patricia J. Rumer
Portland is poised to begin the work of building tiny houses. We couldn’t be more excited about the idea. Tiny houses are small, compact houses, typically around 200 square feet. Providing a safe home, regardless of its size, that offers privacy and secur ...
4 Sep 2014 - SR editorial board
The last few months have seen a spree of really good news for Portland’s tech industry. From Intel’s $13.8 billion second quarter (up 8 percent from a year earlier), to Bain Capital taking a $230 million stake in online banking startup Simple, to the host ...
3 Sep 2014 - M. Nels Johnson
The tragedy of the Michael Brown killing is rocking the nation. It should. For anyone living in an urban environment, especially people of color and the poor — the events of Michael Brown and the community response is not surprising. It’s hard to shift th ...
29 Aug 2014 - Israel Bayer