The Restaurant of Mistaken Orders emphasizes high-quality food and positive interactions A n order for a hamburger steak can turn into pot stickers, but mistakes aren’t fussed over in this caring setting. It’s a restaurant in Tokyo with a intriguing discl ...
9 Jun 2021 - Rie Matsuoka
Jubilee Hall, a nonprofit offshoot of Diaspora Coffee and Chai, will provide barista training and immersive English-language education K hupsamlian (Sam) Khaute is carrying on his family’s tradition of serving hot beverages and providing a gathering space ...
2 Jun 2021 - Janey Wong
‘Radical Humility’ editor Rebekah Modrak talks to Street Roots about her new book exploring what it means to be humble in an age of ego How are you visible? It was a question that at first perplexed contemporary artist Rebekah Modrak. “Can’t you see me? I ...
31 Mar 2021 - Emily Green
The actor says he has no hope for America – but he believes in people W inter in upstate New York, it’s cold comfort to find James Cromwell in a farming town. “Not Warwick, War-Wick,” the 80-year-old actor explained when The Big Issue called. “In isolatio ...
17 Mar 2021 - Steven MacKenzie
His production company, Left of Bang Entertainment, allows him some control during the pandemic while giving at-risk young people an opportunity During a time where the entertainment industry has slowed down across the spectrum due to the pandemic, actor/ ...
17 Mar 2021 - DeVon Pouncey
The athlete, who won the U.S. Open while wearing masks with the names of Black victims of police violence, talks to street papers about her heritage and using her platform for good It’s no small feat to become one of the best athletes in the world by age ...
24 Feb 2021 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
In a letter to his younger self, the musician opens up about his childhood memories, playing with Paul McCartney and Kurt Cobain, and just how much he loves his mom Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl pens a letter to his younger self as part of the series b ...
17 Feb 2021 - Jane Graham
The Portland singer-songwriter has received the Lowenstein Trust Award for his efforts to support musicians in need In early spring of 2020, the certainty of a profound global pandemic was beginning to sink in. Lives, livelihoods and presumptions of secur ...
10 Feb 2021 - Helen Hill
In a letter to his younger self, the Talking Heads frontman reflects on his music, politics and his activism As a shy teen, David Byrne wondered whether he’d find his crowd. He was born in Scotland, but moved with his parents, first to Canada and then to ...
3 Feb 2021 - Adrian Lobb
‘Thomas Mann’s War’ by Tobias Boes chronicles the European anti-fascist, whose books were burned by Nazis F lames of ignorance and hate lit the darkness on a May evening in 1933. The consuming pyre was fed by thousands of heaped books set on fire by Nazis ...
20 Jan 2021 - Joe Martin