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Wendell Pierce: You create the life you want

‘The Wire’ was a game-changer for the actor, and his hard work has paid off, he says in a letter to his younger self

Adrian Lobb

January 10, 2020

A dusty plot of land? To Shorty, it was a canvas

COMMENTARY | Shorty’s Corner, a spot near I-205 adorned with ever-changing sculptures, was a Portland treasure

Sara Kirschenbaum

January 10, 2020

“King of the Vagabonds" pages and illustration of Gregor Gog

Gregor Gog – anarchist, first street paper editor, and King of the Vagabonds

The German World War I veteran's life story is now a comic

Bastian Pütter

December 27, 2019

Art Alexakis is not giving up

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

Jason Cohen

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