Fazal Sheikh speaks to Street Roots about his photography, which brings worldwide human rights issues to light. His work is featured in ‘Common Ground’ at Portland Art Museum. “Common Ground” fosters an illusive impression of intimacy between the viewer a ...
9 Mar 2018 - Emily Green
'Prism Stalker,' her first solo long-form comic, boasts all female characters and touches on survival, displacement, identity and race Growing up on Maui with no comic scene to speak of, Sloane Leong started teaching herself how to create comics ...
2 Mar 2018 - Sarah Hansell
Aileen McPherson’s dream has come true: her first opportunity to hang her art in the city Two years ago, Street Roots vendor Aileen McPherson walked into Blick Art Materials on Northwest Glisan Street and asked what she would need to do to have her art ha ...
23 Feb 2018 - Caelin Miltko
His memoir, 'Slide!,' explores American society and his own coming of age through the lens of the Phillies’ 1964 collapse The Philadelphia Eagles’ victory in the Super Bowl was a euphoric milestone in the lives of Philly sports fans. But no matt ...
9 Feb 2018 - DeVon Pouncey
Depression isn't rooted in biology but in how we're living our lives, author Johann Hari explains The way we’ve been taught to think about depression and anxiety is all wrong, says Johann Hari. In his new book, the London-based journalist and Ne ...
19 Jan 2018 - Emily Green
In his new book, the renowned historian and economist helps readers imagine what's possible “Ideas are important, but unless you can bring that vision down to earth, it’s just pie-in-the-sky,” Gar Alperovitz said. This philosophy seems to guide much ...
8 Dec 2017 - Alex Becker
Silent auction of portraits to benefit organizations working with undocumented immigrants Heldáy de la Cruz came to the U.S. from Jalisco, Mexico, when he was just 2 years old. He learned English at the age of 5. It wasn’t until he was 15 when his undocum ...
24 Nov 2017 - Sarah Hansell
Finding it tough to break into the city’s largely white creative scene, Celeste Noche is using her blog, ‘Portland in Color,’ to draw attention to diversity Portland is really white. It’s so commonly heard that it almost doubles as an unofficial motto for ...
13 Oct 2017 - Emilly Prado
The author of ‘You’re More Powerful Than You Think’ explains how “You’re More Powerful Than You Think” isn’t about personal empowerment. “There is no chicken soup for anyone’s soul here,” author Eric Liu writes in the book. Instead, it’s a self-help book ...
13 Oct 2017 - Mike Wold
Artwork at Gallery 114 in the Pearl District showcases homelessness and the Syrian refugee crisis Artist Mary Jo Mann was looking around her neighborhood in Southeast Portland for inspiration during the spring and summer of 2016. She’d walk up and down al ...
5 Oct 2017 - Emily Green