With wrongful-conviction cases getting greater attention, now the focus should be reform, organization’s co-founder says Aliza Kaplan tells her students at Lewis & Clark Law School, “You have to be really open because you never know when the moment or ...
29 Jan 2016 - Suzanne Zalokar
The entertainment icon has something to say about women, aging and comedy Lily Tomlin, at age 76, has already had a long and storied career as an actress, comedian, writer, singer and producer. But looking back at 2015, one might think she’s just getting ...
14 Jan 2016 - Suzanne Zalokar
Lifelong Portlander talks about his city — from youth programs to housing — and other big issues Nathan Brannon has a comedy career spanning a little less than a decade, but to hear him describe it, it’s been “long enough.” Long enough, indeed, to make a ...
7 Jan 2016 - Suzanne Zalokar
Spc. Kevin Pannell learned the power of forgiveness after he was injured in Iraq. Today, he shares his lessons. Army Spc. Kevin Pannell grew up in Dierks, Ark., a town where a lot of people have never travelled more than 100 miles from home. They are good ...
23 Dec 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
Her documentary, 'Who Am I To Stop It,' explores isolation and art after brain injury Cheryl Green is a media artist, activist and owner of StoryMinders, an organization set on changing the public’s perception about people experiencing traumatic ...
19 Nov 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
The band's co-founder reaches back with a 'Hutch and Kathy' revival, looks forward with a newfound panache for stand-up Hutch Harris has been making music out of Portland for 20 years – the past 13 as a member of the post-pop-punk band The ...
5 Nov 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
Alejandro Rose Garcia, who performs under a stage name, is coming to Portland to rattle some bones Shakey Graves was born one evening around a campfire with friends. But he sprang to life when his creator, Alejandro Rose Garcia, an Americana musician from ...
29 Oct 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
Curious Comedy Theater uses improv to help with literacy skills, assist dementia patients and even train police After about 10 years of research and study, partly with Chicago’s Second City, Stacey Hallal brought what she learned back to the Rose City and ...
15 Oct 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
After 40 years of touring, Joan Armatrading still writes and performs songs she has created from her observations of people around her In a recording career spanning four decades, Joan Armatrading has released 18 studio albums, has been a three-time Gramm ...
1 Oct 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
The Portland artist is celebrating the release of her collected graphic novel, ‘Lady Killer’ Joëlle Jones published her first illustrations in 2006 in Dark Horse Comics’ anthology “Sexy Chix.” Less than a decade later, the Portland artist’s body of work i ...
3 Sep 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar