Homeless Portlanders Report Challenges Accessing Healthcare
(This story was first published in The Lund Report, which calls itself “Oregon’s most vital source of health news.” A link to the complete story is at the bottom of the post.) In interviews with The Lund Report, homeless people … Continue reading Homeless Portlanders Report Challenges Accessing Healthcare
Portland’s longtime homeless camp is moving, but underlying problems persist
Depending on the point of view, Portland’s most visible homeless encampment has become either a terrible eyesore, or an innovative way to house the unsheltered, with nonprofit status, a board of directors and even a makeshift computer lab. But now, … Continue reading Portland’s longtime homeless camp is moving, but underlying problems persist
Some landlords abusing a state fund for poor renters
Angela Washington’s already-bumpy relationship with her landlord reached a new level of antipathy last year, after his surveillance camera caught her walking on decorative lava rocks in the yard to avoid mud. “He just cussed me out,” Washington recalls. “I … Continue reading Some landlords abusing a state fund for poor renters
New York Times Cybersecurity Reporter: United States Has Few Defenses Against Damaging Hacks
In his opening remarks this morning, Mayor Ted Wheeler hit the bright themes of TechFestNW 2017: success, growth and opportunity. Portland’s tech industry employs 10,500 people, he noted. During her chat with Arizona State University’s G. Pascal Zachary, New York … Continue reading New York Times Cybersecurity Reporter: United States Has Few Defenses Against Damaging Hacks
Blitzen Trapper Connects Rock ‘N’ Roll With Theater
At Portland Center Stage, during a positioning-focused tech rehearsal for its upcoming Wild and Reckless theater production, Blitzen Trapper guitarist Erik Menteer starts gyrating his hips. His whammy bar squeaks as it dangles and bounces. During any of Blitzen Trapper’s … Continue reading Blitzen Trapper Connects Rock ‘N’ Roll With Theater
Portland Record Label Lands on Hate-Group Registry
A record label headquartered on Northeast Portland’s Alberta Street has been declared a racist organization by the nation’s leading watchdog of white-supremacist and hate groups. On Feb. 15, the Southern Poverty Law Center listed Soleilmoon Recordings among 25 new hate … Continue reading Portland Record Label Lands on Hate-Group Registry
Crystal’s ‘Trapper Keeper’ & Rent Well’s beacon for technically homeless
You could tell how seriously Crystal O’Connor was taking Joan Mershon’s Rent Well class on a recent Saturday just by looking at her three-ring binder. Impeccably organized, layered with color-colored Post-It notes, it was every bit the 2017 equivalent of … Continue reading Crystal’s ‘Trapper Keeper’ & Rent Well’s beacon for technically homeless
Media elite talks ‘blue-collar’ journalism. Their approach could make things more dangerous for US
There is nothing inherently wrong with being rich, or educated. As studies have shown forever, these two things are very closely related in the U.S. The wrongness happens when elites no longer give a crap about people who are struggling. … Continue reading Media elite talks ‘blue-collar’ journalism. Their approach could make things more dangerous for US
Retail element trimmed in new Pearl high-rise
North Pearl neighbors complain that community building benefits will be lost By Thacher Schmid A neighborhood group voted unanimously to oppose a developer’s reduction in retail space for the 21-story high-rise at Northwest 11th and Pettygrove at the western edge … Continue reading Retail element trimmed in new Pearl high-rise
Run the Jewels Deliver an Early Concert of the Year Contender at Crystal Ballroom
At the Crystal Ballroom on Feb. 6, Run The Jewels’ Killer Mike and El-P delivered an early contender for concert of the year, marching through an indefatigable 70-minute set in delirious lockstep with a riveted Crystal Ballroom crowd. Yeah. It … Continue reading Run the Jewels Deliver an Early Concert of the Year Contender at Crystal Ballroom
Portland could be getting a major new music venue
Portland might soon be getting a new large-scale music venue. Documents show that homegrown entertainment company Monqui Presents is seeking to build a 3,000-capacity concert venue where a couple of aging warehouses sit in industrially-zoned Northwest Portland, across the street from Montgomery Park. … Continue reading Portland could be getting a major new music venue
Power & Music To The People
Portland Musicians Embrace the Challenge of Making Important Political Music Pop music is the meat at the BBQ joint, says rapper Mic Crenshaw—it’ll fill you up with empty calories “and weigh you down, and slow you down.” Political music, the … Continue reading Power & Music To The People
Shy Girls’ Minimalist Electro R&B Silences Chatty Doug Fir
By Thacher Schmid The turning point of the sold-out Shy Girls show at Doug Fir Lounge on Jan. 25 came during the start of the next-to-last song, “What If I Can.” “This is one of my favorite songs on the … Continue reading Shy Girls’ Minimalist Electro R&B Silences Chatty Doug Fir
Bye Bye Birdies
Owners of a North Portland Low-Income Apartment Complex Are Kicking Out the Backyard Chickens Residents say saving the chickens is a way of preserving a sense of home, a connection to nature and a cheap, healthy food source. The effects … Continue reading Bye Bye Birdies
Lost Woody Guthrie Song Tells Story of ‘Vanport’s Flood’
In 1948, America’s greatest folk musician, Woody Guthrie — known for “This Land Is Your Land” and numerous other songs about American life and the plight of working people — penned a piercing ballad about Oregon’s worst disaster, Vanport. “Vanport’s … Continue reading Lost Woody Guthrie Song Tells Story of ‘Vanport’s Flood’
