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World Dance and Jazz Great Dies
Coronavirus claims life of African rhythms and funk master Coronavirus claims life of African rhythms and funk master Manu Dibango. (AP...
Mar 24, 20201 min read


Champions Barbershop Opens at PSU
Homegrown business grows to third location Champions Barbershop owners Christina and Jamaal Lane of Portland celebrate the opening of a...
Mar 18, 20202 min read


First Black Forest Supervisor Writes Memoir
Portland woman tells story of her historic journey Beverly Corbell Gloria Brown, the first African American woman to attain the rank of...
Mar 18, 20204 min read


Now Playing at PIFF
Human rights lawyer Lea Tsemel fights for justice in the documentary "Advocate." Photo by Claude...
Mar 12, 20204 min read


Division and Conflict along Racial Lines
Children’s play chronicles unjust chapter in history The forced imprisonment and relocation of over 110,000 Japanese-American citizens...
Mar 6, 20202 min read


Dance Spectacle Fuses Funk and Hip Hop
Rennie Harris is back with latest 'Funkedified' Portland’s White Bird dance series present Rennie Harris’s new hip hop spectacle...
Mar 4, 20201 min read


Scores of International Films to See
Darleen Ortega Acclaimed Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán takes on the world’s longest mountain range, the peaks that delineate the...
Mar 3, 20204 min read


Exploring Life at the Margins
Theater in Portland turned especially and resourcefully rich this past weekend, with the opening of two terrific co-productions by...
Feb 20, 20204 min read


We Had Jazz
Documenting the city’s historic black culture Photos from the estate of photographer Carl Henninger, discovered by his son Michael...
Feb 4, 20203 min read
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