The legendary guitarist and songwriter of The Band reminisces in this ‘Letter to My Younger Self’ Robbie Robertson, perhaps best known as musician in The Band, reflects on his younger self in this series for The Big Issue, Street Roots’ sister paper in th ...
28 Feb 2020 - Jane Graham
The actor-musician-writer and longtime collaborator Chris Slusarenko, of Eyelids, talk ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch,’ ‘Shrill,’ Lou Reed and the ‘Origin of Love’ tour John Cameron Mitchell doesn’t live in Portland, but he’s sure spending a lot of time here. ...
21 Feb 2020 - Jason Cohen
The ‘Monty Python’ legend also reveals which of his films his teenage self would rate and his history as a cheerleader Terry Gilliam, the filmmaker and “Monty Python” star, writes a letter to his younger self as part of a series for The Big Issue, Street ...
24 Jan 2020 - Jane Graham
‘The Wire’ was a game-changer for the actor, and his hard work has paid off, he says in a letter to his younger self Wendell Pierce, an actor best known for his roles in the TV series “The Wire” and “Treme,” writes a letter to his younger self as part of ...
10 Jan 2020 - Adrian Lobb
The Everclear frontman and former Portlander talks about his first solo album, his MS diagnosis and Trump Art Alexakis has survived a lot. An impoverished and fatherless childhood in California. Sexual abuse. Drug addiction. And then later, in Portland, t ...
13 Dec 2019 - Jason Cohen
He found storytelling inspiration in hip-hop, and he took his projects seriously back then – ‘so much more seriously than I do now’ Lin-Manuel Miranda, a performance polymath best known for “Hamilton” and now starring in the TV adaptation of Philip Pullma ...
15 Nov 2019 - Jane Graham
The rock star’s latest photography project, ‘Homeless,’ highlights people who ‘fall between the cracks’ Bryan Adams is one of Canada’s most famous international exports, but he’s still true to his roots. Adams moved from Ontario to British Columbia with ...
15 Nov 2019 - Rosemary Newton
The Queen guitarist speaks out about struggling to ‘reprogram’ himself after school, dealing with depression, and Freddie Mercury Brian May, of the rock band Queen, penned a letter reflecting on his younger self. His letter is part of a series for Street ...
1 Nov 2019 - Jane Graham
‘If I met the 16-year-old me now I’d think, what planet did you come from?’ On the heels of releasing “The Testaments,” her sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale,” author Margaret Atwood sequel reflects on her introduction to writing, teenage anxieties and the m ...
20 Sep 2019 - Jane Graham
The ‘Parks and Recreation’ star reflects on his early years Nick Offerman, who played Ron Swanson on the hit sitcom “Parks and Recreation,” reflects on the unexpected advantages of being the only guy at the audition who looked like he could carry a bale o ...
9 Aug 2019 - Jane Graham