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"The Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin" movie still

PIFF films hold a mirror to society

Ben Popp, who organizes Portland International Film Festival screenings, talks about this year’s films and theme: “Empathy has no ethnicity”

Amanda Waldroupe

March 8, 2019

The art of identity: Tattoos, movement, prose at Gallery 114

The Portland exhibit and performance series includes literary readings from Street Roots vendors

Emily Green

March 1, 2019

Before Charley Crockett sang the blues, he lived them

The busker turned touring sensation opens up about experiencing homelessness

Nathan Poppe

March 1, 2019

How Roma is inspiring fairer treatment of domestic workers in Mexico

COMMENTARY | Alfonso Cuarón’s Oscar-winning movie highlights the struggle of the profession

Karina Patricio Ferreira Lima Arely Cruz-Santiago

March 1, 2019

Filmmaker gives a voice to vulnerable young refugees

More than 13 million children are refugees, but we rarely hear from them. Nadine Labaki is changing that with 'Capharnaüm.'

Aimee Knight

February 22, 2019

Dolly Parton: A regular person, just doing my thing

The country music legend muses about opening her heart, writing new music and standing up for the underdog

Holly Gleason

February 15, 2019

She documented a Valve Turner and the grief that drove him to action

Portland filmmaker Lindsey Grayzel talks about making her documentary, 'The Reluctant Radical'

Stephen Quirke

February 15, 2019

Hazardous Beauty: PassinArt play taps the spectrum of social landmines

“Hazardous Beauty” takes on race, gender, equality and love as two women from vastly differently backgrounds take turns critiquing and learning from each other

DeVon Pouncey

February 8, 2019

Yayoi Kusama’s bright orange red polk-dots

Lost in Kusamania

Yayoi Kusama, the artist behind the eye-popping, mind-bending, perspective-shifting mirror rooms, is as extraordinary as her art

Keva York

February 1, 2019

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge protest

Lingering occupation: Behind the documentary on the Malheur standoff

Richard Wilhelm and Sue Arbuthnot discuss their new film, "Refuge," about the 2016 Bundy occupation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Amanda Waldroupe

January 25, 2019