Dan Savage grew up in a Catholic family in Chicago. At 18 years old, he came out as gay to his family, who after one rocky summer, Savage says, became aggressively supportive. That support has served him well. Today, his name is synonymous with gay activi ...
11 Feb 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
Ritchie Young was born and raised in a Republican family in Bend. He played a little music is school, but he will tell you he was “horrible.” Though he plays the guitar and sings lead vocals for his band, Loch Lomond, Young admits he identifies more as a ...
19 Jan 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
When Mic Crenshaw came to Portland, it was sort of like shaking a personal Etch A Sketch. He wanted a fresh start. That is understandable. He had left behind an on-going struggle with white supremacists in Minneapolis, Minn. His connection to the streets ...
10 Jan 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
Watch Brian Lindstrom’s recent films and it’s clear the importance the filmmaker places on compassion. “Finding Normal” is about recovering addicts who reach out to help others through recovery. “ Alien Boy ” explores issues of police accountability in th ...
6 Dec 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
Portland is such a musical town. It makes sense that the first time I met Beth Harrington, it was at a women’s music night at a mutual friend’s home. I remember she wanted to play “Dancing Barefoot” by Patti Smith. Immediately, I was smitten. It wasn’t un ...
16 Oct 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
Jensine Larsen, CEO and founder of World Pulse, will tell you that she is innately shy. And to listen to the soft timbre of her voice when she speaks, you might believe her. But listen for a minute. There is nothing shy about Jensine Larsen. In fact, she ...
6 Oct 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
Erika Moen is a Portland based illustrator and cartoonist, who also happens to be really fascinated by sex. Moen and her husband of six years, Matt Nolan, began the wildly popular web comic, “ Oh Joy Sex Toy ” (OJST). Essentially the duo provide a comic f ...
18 Sep 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
Ben Parzybok’s first novel, “ Couch ” rose from the primordial sludge of the slush pile at Small Beer Press in 2008. Next month, Parzybok’s second novel, “ Sherwood Nation ” will be released. He will be reading at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 16 at Powell’ ...
11 Sep 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
Jackie Kashian makes no bones about where she stands on people and politics. It’s the backbone of her comedic presence. “I’m an Anarchic Socialist,” she says. “I don’t think anyone would be surprised to find out what my politics are. I am clearly a suppor ...
25 Aug 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
Ursula K. Le Guin started writing when she was five and has been publishing her work since the 1960s. Throughout her career, she has delved into some of the most insightful, political, ecological and socially important topics of our time. She has created ...
14 Aug 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar