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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

How 2 Portland chefs got sober in a boozy business

Gregory Gourdet and Gabriel Rucker are setting an example for their industry

Jason Cohen

January 25, 2019

Art, poetry of Terry Houghton to be featured at First Thursday

Years after he died homeless, a treasure trove of his work will finally be seen at Street Roots

Helen Hill

January 25, 2019

What became of Portland's queer hub

Stark Street was once the heart of LGBTQ+ culture, but now ‘we can go anywhere,’ says Walter Cole, better known as the legendary drag queen Darcelle XV

Sarah Hansell

January 11, 2019