Finished clay bowls will be auctioned off in the fall to help people experiencing homelessness Several afternoons this spring, Street Roots has been transformed into a bustling pop-up pottery studio thanks to artist Dana Lynn Louis and the Gather:Make:She ...
8 Jun 2018 - Helen Hill
BOOK REVIEW | The writer of 'The Once and Future Liberal' provides an elegantly concise how-we-got-here history I had thought the malaise of relentlessly focusing on identity was just me. That only I was feeling like an ant under a magnifying gl ...
1 Jun 2018 - Megan Wildhood
This week, Street Roots’ Creative Writing prompt was a response to the shooting at Pulse in Orlando, Fla. Vendors were encouraged to write their own responses. Here is what they wrote. In Response to the Orlando Shooting By Aileen McPherson Is it t ...
23 Jun 2016 - Street Roots
No more Chasses! Nor Kendras! Nor Billy Wayne Simms! No Tasing, no shooting of black people on whims! 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the jail Not an inmate was stirring, 'cept those who made bail Phone calls were made to the ...
23 Dec 2015 - Chris O'Connor
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8 Dec 2015 - Street Roots
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Let your smile be the extra layer of fleece in your sensible shoes this month! Stay warm inside and out! Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Don’t get paranoid about all of the white vans you’ll begin seeing toward the end of the month. J ...
15 Feb 2014 - Soup Can Sam
In stark contrast to the ancient city that once flourished with ideas and commerce, today there is only the exchange of small arms fire and artillery shells within the city center, as the soldiers check their weapons. Reloading clips, stocking grenades, a ...
15 Feb 2014 - William Holmes IV
In September 2012 the snazzy new Blanchet House opened, leaving the original three-story brick building alongside looking forlorn. Over the 60 years that the Catholic Worker-inspired program operated there, at the corner of NW 4th and Glisan, nearly 16 mi ...
15 Jan 2014 - Martha Gies
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You’re life will take a turn for the better as soon as you stop insisting that Nikki Minaj lyrics are advice. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Move over Hazelnut! Oregon has a new state nut and it’s you, Capricorn. But don’t fight ...
17 Dec 2013 - Soup Can Sam
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Words of wisdom from a Street Roots vendor: “It ain’t the spot it’s the repertoire, most of the time. You can have the worst spot and still do good.” Be polite this holiday season and good things will come to you. Capricorn ( ...
3 Dec 2013 - Soup Can Sam