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Brewpubs, beer fests, bourbon barrels, and bestsellers: Beer’s been through a lot in the past 35 years.
The striking similarities between Portland’s 1967 race riot and our city’s current relationship with people of color.
It’s Oregon’s birthday, everyone! 158 years ago our particular piece of geography went from being a territory to a full-fledged member of these United States. In celebration of our state’s birthday, here are some facts about Oregon that you might not know. -Oregon has a double-sided flag, just like Paraguay! -Oregon is America’s ninth largest […]
Portland’s rich history of marches, protests, and political action.
In 1938, an 11-year-old boy was turned down for a paper route job for being black. What he went on to do in the newspaper industry was remarkable.
Dolce Vita Confidential is a look into postwar Italy’s blossoming film industry.
HAWTHORNE ASYLUM PHOTO COURTESY OREG. HIST. SOC. RESEARCH LIBRARY, 38379 One of the oldest mental hospitals in the US is the still-standing Friends Hospital in Philadelphia. Founded in 1813 by Quakers, the institution did not always have such a brief name. It was originally the Asylum for Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason, […]
How Portland and Oregon Have Historically Dealt with Mental Illness—and What It Means for Us Today.
August, 2014: Ghostbusters is reported by film industry gossip site Deadline as a full-on reboot of the series (such as it was), starring women, directed by Paul Feig. Its existence is immediately spun as an attack on men and their precious nostalgia by Deadline editor Mike Fleming Jr. in an article entitled “Film Chauvinist Asks: […]
Portland is changing—can the Lloyd Center Mall keep up?
There was a time when the Feds helped artists, supporting their endeavors. No, really. In 1941, Woody Guthrie came to Portland and wrote 26 songs in 30 days—including classics like “Roll on, Columbia” and “Pastures of Plenty”—when he was hired by the Bonneville Power Administration to promote the benefits of cheap hydroelectric power, irrigation, and […]
Redefining rock history… as only Train can. Once again displaying their unprecedented sense of musical ambition, rock crusaders Train are taking upon themselves the inhuman burden of covering, song for song, Led Zeppelin‘s 1969 album Led Zeppelin II. Ingeniously titled Does Led Zeppelin II, Train’s latest effort will, indeed, include note-for-note versions of such ditties […]
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