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
“Hazardous Beauty” takes on race, gender, equality and love as two women from vastly differently backgrounds take turns critiquing and learning from each other Women are continuously breaking down barriers to show their powers in this country and all over ...
8 Feb 2019 - DeVon Pouncey
Yayoi Kusama, the artist behind the eye-popping, mind-bending, perspective-shifting mirror rooms, is as extraordinary as her art Known for her immersive installations and her bulbous, black-spotted pumpkin sculptures, Yayoi Kusama is one of the world’s mo ...
1 Feb 2019 - Keva York
Richard Wilhelm and Sue Arbuthnot discuss their new film, "Refuge," about the 2016 Bundy occupation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge What is a refuge? Is refuge what we would call home? Are we fleeing from something – or someone – when we ...
25 Jan 2019 - Amanda Waldroupe
Gregory Gourdet and Gabriel Rucker are setting an example for their industry On the surface, the Zero Proof dinner at Feast Portland was like all the others at the often-hedonistic foodie festival. There were celebrity chefs, both local (Gabriel Rucker, G ...
25 Jan 2019 - Jason Cohen
Years after he died homeless, a treasure trove of his work will finally be seen at Street Roots Sometime around 2012, an elderly homeless man sleeping on a bench in Portland’s downtown park blocks rolled off and hit his head. He was taken to Oregon Health ...
25 Jan 2019 - Helen Hill
Stark Street was once the heart of LGBTQ+ culture, but now ‘we can go anywhere,’ says Walter Cole, better known as the legendary drag queen Darcelle XV PORTLAND, 1964 and 1965: Mayor Terry Schrunk declared war on bars frequented by gays and lesbians follo ...
11 Jan 2019 - Sarah Hansell
BOOK REVIEW | ‘Dopesick’ and ‘Pain Killer’ Dope-wasted in Lee County, Va., a disconsolate farmer told his physician that the powerful prescription drug OxyContin had destroyed his life. He had lost everything. Another Virginian, an unemployed miner, admit ...
4 Jan 2019 - Joe Martin