To others, the reprieve from hugging and hand-shaking is satisfying Editor's note: People living alone during the coronavirus pandemic were interviewed for this story. We took the unusual step of granting anonymity upon request in order to obtain aut ...
24 May 2020 - Tom Henderson
Maddy Brown-Clark remembers her encounters with the music legend, who ‘had a heart of gold’ Some memories, though wrapped up in tragedy, are precious. This one is to me. It’s the memory of how I met my friend, the late, great Little Richard. I was homeles ...
23 May 2020 - Maddy Brown-Clark
These Indigenous-owned Oregon small businesses can use our support As businesses shutter and unemployment surges in response to the coronavirus pandemic, businesses owned by people of color are at risk of permanent closure. BIPOC (black, Indigenous and pe ...
16 May 2020 - Celeste Noche
Episode 3: DeVon Pouncey interviews Street Roots' former executive director about the role of street papers during the pandemic On Episode 3 of the Street Roots podcast, host DeVon Pouncey is joined by Israel Bayer, the director of INSP North America ...
28 Apr 2020 - DeVon Pouncey
Episode 2: DeVon Pouncey interviews the former vendor, who recently joined the Street Roots staff and also moved into housing On the second episode of the Street Roots Podcast, host DeVon Pouncey interviewed the newest Street Roots staff member, Tina Drak ...
17 Apr 2020 - DeVon Pouncey
Episode 1: DeVon Pouncey interviews the Portland commissioner about COVID-19, the Just Energy Transition Initiative, Portland Street Response, and more On the inaugural episode of the Street Roots Podcast, Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty joined ...
9 Apr 2020 - DeVon Pouncey
The Oscar-winning director and artist reflects on his life and perseverance In 2013, British director Sir Steven Rodney McQueen became the first black man to win an Academy Award for best director, and his film, “Twelve Years a Slave,” won for best pictur ...
13 Mar 2020 - Adrian Lobb
Chris Slusarenko and John Moen are joined by former Tim Buckley collaborator Larry Beckett Chris Slusarenko and John Moen of the Portland indie rock band Eyelids are in their early 50s. Poet and songwriter Larry Beckett is in his early 70s. But their new ...
6 Mar 2020 - Jason Cohen
The legendary guitarist and songwriter of The Band reminisces in this ‘Letter to My Younger Self’ Robbie Robertson, perhaps best known as musician in The Band, reflects on his younger self in this series for The Big Issue, Street Roots’ sister paper in th ...
28 Feb 2020 - Jane Graham
The actor-musician-writer and longtime collaborator Chris Slusarenko, of Eyelids, talk ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch,’ ‘Shrill,’ Lou Reed and the ‘Origin of Love’ tour John Cameron Mitchell doesn’t live in Portland, but he’s sure spending a lot of time here. ...
21 Feb 2020 - Jason Cohen