A homeless Portlander, dubbed ‘the Driftwood Wizard,’ began building a driftwood shelter in late summer. He left with nary a trace, an impermanent structure and indelible impression in his wake. Much like its architect, Driftwood Castle will disappear soo ...
23 Nov 2022 - Aurora Biggers
Musician and activist Logan Lynn on Gucci, “gay joy,” thriving and surviving during lockdown and touring — or rather, not touring — in the time of COVID In some ways, these have been the best two years of Logan Lynn’s career. He’s been a Gucci model. He s ...
31 Aug 2022 - Jason Cohen
Exploring themes of connection and disruption through art and sculpture This is the second installation in a series of profiles and Q&As with Indigenous artists with roots in, or connections to, the Pacific Northwest. Brenda Mallory is an artist, scul ...
31 Aug 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
The Kidz Outside festival organizers want the community to decide the future of George Park Mat Randol spent a good chunk of his childhood at George Park in Portland’s St. Johns neighborhood. From hanging out with friends on the playground to walking acro ...
17 Aug 2022 - Mia Ryder-Marks
Lehuauakea, kapa maker and cultural practitioner, finds community in both the Northwest and Hawai'i This is the first installation in a series of profiles and Q&As with Indigenous artists with roots in, or connections to, the Pacific Northwest. B ...
16 Aug 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
On Juneteenth weekend, Portland had its first Black book festival With every book bought and read at the first annual Freadom Festival, founder Nanea Woods helped create a new story around celebrating Black literacy and community. On June 18, community me ...
22 Jun 2022 - Mia Ryder-Marks
As an artist, father and activist Crenshaw maintains a balancing act Mic Crenshaw often fantasizes about how humans would be in a world where everyone’s biological needs were met and if they had the time to simply exist — not just working to survive. As a ...
23 Mar 2022 - Latisha Jensen
Drummer Hugo Burnham on Gang of Four’s return to the stage Gang of Four have aged well. That’s because of the band’s music — clattering, sometimes funky, ahead-of-its-time art-punk that has never stopped being a frame of reference for contemporary bands ...
23 Mar 2022 - Jason Cohen
Tif von Batsy takes up space as a Black cosplayer, subverts cosplaying norms Standing in a blue striped leotard with large ethylene vinyl acetate foam wings protruding from her back and sharp pointy horns sticking up from her head is a female cosplayer wh ...
29 Dec 2021 - Adrian Michael
Known as Black Santa PDX, Leroy Barber sees growing number of families Rev. Dr. Leroy Barber, aka Black Santa PDX, has been in the Santa game for nearly two decades. He got his start in Atlanta with the idea of representing communities of color. “Let’s do ...
22 Dec 2021 - Elayna Yussen