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Art Alexakis is not giving up

The Everclear frontman and former Portlander talks about his first solo album, his MS diagnosis and Trump

December 13, 2019

With book and new album, Tegan and Sara get nostalgic

In dedicating time to their memoir, “High School,” the musical twins are surprised to find they’re ‘so different and also so similar’

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

November 29, 2019

Transformation: Street Roots zine features vendor writing, art

The writers and artists recount hardship and loss, but they also show us hope and strength

Bianca Butler

November 29, 2019

XGames awaken the extremist in you

The German program of workshops developed for the prevention of extremism places students in scenarios where they are forced to make morally dubious decisions

Nico Nissen

November 22, 2019

What if this artist had succumbed to toxic masculinity?

Kerry Skarbakka’s exhibit, ‘White Noise,’ depicts an alternative version of himself, had he become the white male he was raised to be

Helen Hill

November 22, 2019

Lin-Manuel Miranda: Me at 16

He found storytelling inspiration in hip-hop, and he took his projects seriously back then – ‘so much more seriously than I do now’

Jane Graham

November 15, 2019

Bryan Adams: His new album, his roots, and his photos of street paper vendors

The rock star’s latest photography project, ‘Homeless,’ highlights people who ‘fall between the cracks’

Rosemary Newton

November 15, 2019

Grand Ronde Tribal member channels alter ego into a new play

Anthony Hudson’s full-length production, ‘Looking for Tiger Lily,’ follows the quest to find validation as a Native artist and be at peace with a complex identity

Danielle Frost

November 8, 2019