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Lo Steele sees beauty in Black women’s hair, yet the way it looks is her lowest priority. “I want people to leave feeling ...

Before rehearsal began for Fuse Theatre Ensemble’s new play, Blonde on a Bum Trip, last week, the cast had some urgent ...

Tina Kotek’s staff convene for policy meetings about one of the governor’s top three priorities—behavioral health—those staff ...

After nearly a decade, Minority Retort’s stage time is up. Portland’s premier stand-up comedy showcase featuring Black and ...

Portland is one of the top hard cider markets in the country, but it hasn’t felt that way for a while. According to the American Cider Association, the cider industry is flourishing, but here in ...

When M. Emmet Walsh passed away in March, we lost one of a dying breed of character actors—always earthy, sometimes feral, like he’d slipped off a barstool somewhere and just stepped in front of the ...

Com Truise is a pioneer of synthwave, the electronic subgenre that distills the aesthetic of ‘80s action cinema (and modern-day imitators like Drive) into pounding cyber-disco that practically demands ...

Anthony Sanchez speaks in rough, jagged chunks of sound, with occasional pauses to clear some of the thicker phlegm from his throat. To get the words out takes a lot of effort and some translation ...

For those who haven’t motored up Interstate 5 to Vancouver, Washington, lately, our neighbor to the north has spent $1.5 billion on developing its waterfront over the past few years. A cable-stayed ...

If heartfelt, gritty coming-of-age films are your drug of choice, Bill and Turner Ross are your new favorite dealers. The semi-scripted movie follows a group of rebellious freshly graduated high ...

When U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) announced his retirement Oct. 30 after 14 terms in the House, three relatively evenly matched Democratic officeholders stepped forward to run for his seat: ...