BOOK REVIEW | ‘Beyond the Rebel Girl’ by Heather Mayer chronicles the contributions of women in organized labor in the Pacific Northwest A hundred years ago, Washington and Oregon were hotbeds of labor radicalism. The most radical union of the time, the I ...
29 Mar 2019 - Mike Wold
Writer and TV host Samin Nosrat talks to Street Roots about how she makes cooking accessible to everyone Interviewing Samin Nosrat, even on the phone, is a lot like watching her Netflix show. You can feel her passion and enthusiasm – for life, for food, f ...
8 Mar 2019 - Jason Cohen
Cartoonist Sarah Mirk is teaching the class as a way to connect with vendors Street Roots vendors are working with Portland social-justice writer and cartoon artist Sarah Mirk, learning to draw and create their own cartoons. Mirk is a contributing editor ...
8 Mar 2019 - Helen Hill
Ben Popp, who organizes Portland International Film Festival screenings, talks about this year’s films and theme: “Empathy has no ethnicity” This year’s Portland International Film Festival, fondly known by many Portlanders and audience members as “PIFF,” ...
8 Mar 2019 - Amanda Waldroupe
The Portland exhibit and performance series includes literary readings from Street Roots vendors David Slader and Owen Carey don’t have a spot of ink between them, but tattoos are the central theme of their co-exhibition at Gallery 114 in the Pearl Distri ...
1 Mar 2019 - Emily Green
The busker turned touring sensation opens up about experiencing homelessness Gettin’ paid to practice, now that ain’t bad. That thought ran through Charley Crockett’s mind the first time he strummed a guitar and somebody tossed a few coins his way. The T ...
1 Mar 2019 - Nathan Poppe
COMMENTARY | Alfonso Cuarón’s Oscar-winning movie highlights the struggle of the profession Mexico City, 1970. Cleo’s alarm sounds very early in the morning. She gets up and climbs down the stairs from her rooftop room in the upper-middle-class house wher ...
1 Mar 2019 - Karina Patricio... and Arely Cruz-Santiago
More than 13 million children are refugees, but we rarely hear from them. Nadine Labaki is changing that with 'Capharnaüm.' Nadine Labaki loves watching kids on screen. “They make the most sense sometimes,” said the award-winning Lebanese direct ...
22 Feb 2019 - Aimee Knight
The country music legend muses about opening her heart, writing new music and standing up for the underdog “As a writer, I have to leave my heart open,” Dolly Parton begins. “That’s why I have always said I never could harden my heart, even against hurt o ...
15 Feb 2019 - Holly Gleason
Portland filmmaker Lindsey Grayzel talks about making her documentary, 'The Reluctant Radical' On Feb. 4, four people used bolt cutters and a cell phone to shut down two tar sands pipelines in Itasca County, Minnesota. In a signed statement rel ...
15 Feb 2019 - Stephen Quirke