‘Homeless (the musical),’ to debut at Portland’s Fertile Ground Festival, invites audience to ‘see homeless people as people’ We are thick in this city with a wonderful glut of talented, passionate artists. Alan Alexander III is one of them. Alexander is ...
19 Jan 2017 - Suzanne Zalokar
The 'South Park' voice actor shares stories of homeless people in 'Displaced,' to premiere in Portland Eliza Jane Schneider is best known for voicing nearly all of the female characters on Comedy Central’s “South Park.” She speaks with ...
16 Jan 2017 - Amanda Waldroupe
Through dialogue and the stage, Johnny Stallings helps inmates step back from their troubled lives It is Saturday, Sept. 24, and a dozen men imprisoned in Two Rivers Correctional Institution, a medium-security prison in Umatilla, wait in the prison’s visi ...
9 Oct 2016 - Amanda Waldroupe
“Roots, Reality & Rhyme: The One-Woman Show” For the past two decades poet, performer and teaching artist Turiya Autry has been getting up close and personal with Portland audiences. Known for her visceral, lyrical autobiographical pieces, she works i ...
19 Jan 2015 -
By Alex Zielinski, Staff Writer Bruce Hostetler wants to tell stories that aren’t being told. After moving to Portland a few years ago and volunteering at JOIN — a local nonprofit helping homeless individuals transition into housing — Hostetler became awa ...
22 Jan 2013 - Street Roots Staff