Generally, Portlanders have little to worry about, geophysicist Andy Lockhart explains Working with the U.S. Geological Survey might be the best work on the planet, says Andy Lockhart, a geophysicist who specializes in volcano monitoring, instrumentation ...
27 Aug 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
Portland’s Funniest Person 2015 talks about poverty, feminism and ‘daddy issues’ It’s official. Amy Miller is Portland’s funniest person — the first time a woman has won Helium Comedy Club ’s top honor. Raised in the Bay Area near San Francisco, Miller gr ...
13 Aug 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
Printmaker Mary Pacios says she draws from her life — and oh, what a life it has been Mary Pacios, a printmaker living in Portland, has a lot to say about society and life at large. Her work is as striking as it is personal. I’m no art critic, but I can t ...
6 Aug 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
Frances Fagan, who has spent a lot of time in waiting rooms at social services agencies, aims to transform similar spaces into therapeutic environments. Frances Fagan isn’t the average student, but she is paving the way for the average student to reach su ...
6 Aug 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
Gerrard's albums with Hazel Dickens in the ’60s and ’70s paved the way for women in the genre Alice Gerrard, born in Seattle, raised in California and now settled in North Carolina, is an American banjoist, guitar player and singer with a career that ...
18 Jul 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
Filmmaker Alex Berry’s documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" tells the story of Portland’s Jerick Hoffer — aka Jinkx Monsoon It’s about gender. It’s about healing. It’s about a drag queen. Seattle-based filmmaker Alex Berry is the director of the do ...
14 Jul 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
With the release of her debut album, “It’s My Way!,” in 1964, Buffy Sainte-Marie was named Billboard Magazine’s best new artist. It was the same year the United States was “invaded” by the Beatles and was in the midst of the Vietnam War. Soon after, with ...
10 Jul 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
Author Lidia Yuknavitch’s experiences with addiction, grief, mental illness and motherhood shape her work The first time I saw Lidia Yuknavitch speak, it was at Powell’s Books. Of the speakers that night, only Yuknavitch was unknown to me. As the last syl ...
29 Jun 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
The former ‘SNL’ Annoying Man turned Renaissance performer on comedy, mental health, and Israel Jon Lovitz was part of an iconic “Saturday Night Live Cast” in the late ’80s that included Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Dana Carvey, Mike Myers, Dennis Miller and ...
1 Jun 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
The Brazilian singer-songwriter brings his soul-searching sounds to Portland this month Rodrigo Amarante and I weren’t connecting. He was late in receiving my call for this interview, followed by an afternoon of phone tag after he tracked down the number ...
9 Apr 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar