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Mural Artist Rises to Top of Profession

Mural Artist Rises to Top of Profession
Sep 27, 2016, 5:23 p.m.
Chef Grows Recipe into Best Eats Venue

Chef Grows Recipe into Best Eats Venue
Sep 27, 2016, 5:58 p.m.
Democracy is Hazardous Beauty

Democracy is Hazardous Beauty
Sep 27, 2016, 5:39 p.m.
Bison Coffeehouse Stands Out

Bison Coffeehouse Stands Out
Sep 27, 2016, 5:04 p.m.
Focused on Equity

Focused on Equity
Sep 27, 2016, 4:40 p.m.

Latest News

Offering the classics of black culinary culture along with healthier options to fit Portland’s dichotomy of diets, Dub's St. Johns does not fail at being one of the most welcoming and tasty eating establishments in town. Almost at his third year at the St. Johns location, Dub and his delicious recipes won’t be going anywhere anytime soon.

Chef Grows Recipe into Best Eats Venue

September 27, 2016 | 5:58 p.m.

Yuan Su, an all-vegan Chinese Restaurant, has opened in the Lents neighborhood of southeast Portland. Owner Jen Liu is pictured with her daughter Phoebe (left).

Serving Up Chinese Vegan Dishes

September 27, 2016 | 5:52 p.m.

A love for treasures of the past turns into a business for Hannah Humphries and Jamie Winterlich (pictured), owners of Sugar Mountain Vintage, located in the King Neighborhood, just off Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at 315 N.E. Wygant St.

Couple Hooked on Vintage

September 27, 2016 | 5:46 p.m.

Bonnie Ratner (left) and Skeeter Greene are back in a reworked production of Hazardous Beauty, a story of two women, one black, one white, who meet in a memoir writing class.

Democracy is Hazardous Beauty

September 27, 2016 | 5:39 p.m.

Arts & Entertainment

Bonnie Ratner (left) and Skeeter Greene are back in a reworked production of Hazardous Beauty, a story of two women, one black, one white, who meet in a memoir writing class.

Democracy is Hazardous Beauty

September 27, 2016 | 5:39 p.m.

Mural Artist Arvie Smith works with juveniles at the Donald E. Long Juvenile Center to create five murals for a Multnomah County art collection called Project Hope. The Portland artist has built a career for creating works that depict various facets of historical African American culture.

Mural Artist Rises to Top of Profession

September 27, 2016 | 5:23 p.m.

Victor Mack is the playwright and poet August Wilson in the Portland Playhouse production of ‘How I Learned What I Learned,’ Wilson’s provocative autobiographical solo show about race, culture, oppression, hierarchy and power.

‘How I Learned What I Learned’

September 27, 2016 | 4:50 p.m.

Andrea White and James Dixon

Racial Healing on the Stage

September 27, 2016 | 4:26 p.m.

Metro

Offering the classics of black culinary culture along with healthier options to fit Portland’s dichotomy of diets, Dub's St. Johns does not fail at being one of the most welcoming and tasty eating establishments in town. Almost at his third year at the St. Johns location, Dub and his delicious recipes won’t be going anywhere anytime soon.

Chef Grows Recipe into Best Eats Venue

September 27, 2016 | 5:58 p.m.

Yuan Su, an all-vegan Chinese Restaurant, has opened in the Lents neighborhood of southeast Portland. Owner Jen Liu is pictured with her daughter Phoebe (left).

Serving Up Chinese Vegan Dishes

September 27, 2016 | 5:52 p.m.

A love for treasures of the past turns into a business for Hannah Humphries and Jamie Winterlich (pictured), owners of Sugar Mountain Vintage, located in the King Neighborhood, just off Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at 315 N.E. Wygant St.

Couple Hooked on Vintage

September 27, 2016 | 5:46 p.m.

Bonnie Ratner (left) and Skeeter Greene are back in a reworked production of Hazardous Beauty, a story of two women, one black, one white, who meet in a memoir writing class.

Democracy is Hazardous Beauty

September 27, 2016 | 5:39 p.m.

Law & Justice

Norman Sylvester

Concert to End Gun Violence

September 20, 2016 | 4:44 p.m.

Anthony Graves and Frank Thompson

Confronting Death Row

September 20, 2016 | 4:27 p.m.

Sandra Bland

Wrongful Death Settlement

September 20, 2016 | 4:21 p.m.

Surveillance video from a camera across the street the Alberta Market at Northeast Alberta and Ninth Avenue shows cars and people caught up in a shooting that police believe is gang related. The video was released by police in an attempt to solve the crime.

Camera Captures Shooting

August 30, 2016 | 5:02 p.m.

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