Futel manages 12 free public telephones in Portland — connecting people to services or simply having a chat Pay phones, like landlines, are mostly a thing of the past. Yet a rebuilt blue kiosk along Southeast César E Chávez Boulevard in Portland stands ou ...
7 Feb 2024 - Ellen Clarke
Lack of affordable housing, health care needs and a digital divide worsen conditions for homeless seniors Editor's note: This story discusses self-harm. In her late 50s, Laurie depended on $100 a month in food stamps while she lived in her car. She a ...
24 Jan 2024 - Ellen Clarke
An increasing number of older Oregonians end up on the streets while local and state initiatives seek to mend a faltering safety net The intersection of poverty and aging is a precarious place. This is the liminal space where homelessness and serious heal ...
3 Jan 2024 - Ellen Clarke
How PHAME creates room for Portlanders with intellectual and developmental disabilities to produce, challenge and advance their art The audience responded with a resounding standing ovation when Aaron Hobson sang “Psycho Killer" at the Tomorrow Theat ...
6 Dec 2023 - Ellen Clarke
While all but one book returned to some libraries after outcry, advocates, students unhappy with lesser acts of censorship Canby middle school students can no longer access “Out of Darkness,” a novel by Ashley Hope Pérez, at school. The novel exploring th ...
1 Nov 2023 - Ellen Clarke
Through haptics technology and a recent grant, the Portland nonprofit expands its mission to make music more accessible Nate Hergert, like other deaf or hard-of-hearing people, also referred to as DHH, has to feel music through vibrations. Hergert is the ...
11 Oct 2023 - Ellen Clarke
The celebrations find renewed significance amid wave of censorship Libraries across Multnomah County celebrate Banned Books Week by prominently displaying banned or challenged books Oct. 1-7. Multnomah County libraries’ Banned Books Week celebrations have ...
4 Oct 2023 - Ellen Clarke
Portland's renowned Milagro Theatre seeks to uplift Latino culture and heritage through theater “Hope, Courage & Resilience” is the theme as Teatro Milagro, or Milagro Theatre, heads into its monumental 40th season, kicking off nine months of pro ...
20 Sep 2023 - Ellen Clarke
The storied Albina institution transferred to new ownership Sept. 1. New owners hope to push the arts space to new heights. A heat wave did not keep the smiles from people’s faces as they gathered at the Albina Arts Center in Northeast Portland to embra ...
6 Sep 2023 - Ellen Clarke
Returning community festival Kidz Outside2 seeks to build community, raise awareness — and hopefully spur action — for neglected St. Johns park Live music, food and activities will fill the two-acre green space at George Park during Kidz Outside2 from 2 t ...
23 Aug 2023 - Ellen Clarke