Kanani Cortez

The festival hosts staged readings of eight new plays with a mission to expand queer storytelling, organizers say. The festival takes place July 10-12 at The Back Door Theatre.

I started at Street Roots as an editorial producer in 2021. I’ve often described my job as meeting our readers where they are. After the newspaper comes out in print, and is handed off to our Street Roots’ vendors to be sold to readers like you, I find other ways to get our reporting into […]

“It makes me feel human.” That was a recurring sentiment expressed on a rainy afternoon by Street Roots vendors emerging fresh from a shower and wearing clothes they just washed in the building’s laundry room. The basement floor houses Street Roots’ new shower and laundry facilities, offering appointments for showers and a wash and dry […]

Shower and laundry services now operating at Street Roots

Facing hunger, Oregonians search for solutions

Right 2 Dream Too, a resident-governed village and shelter for homeless Portlanders, says it needs financial support to sustain its operations. At a site near the Rose Quarter Transit Center, the shelter’s model offers tiny homes and spaces for homeless Portlanders to sleep, with dedicated spots for those willing to help run the village. R2DToo […]

Self-governed homeless shelter Right 2 Dream Too facing financial crisis

Right 2 Dream Too, a resident-governed village and shelter for homeless Portlanders, says it needs financial support to sustain its operations. At a site near the Rose Quarter Transit Center, the shelter’s model offers tiny homes and spaces for homeless Portlanders to sleep, with dedicated spots for those willing to help run the village. R2DToo […]

Some of Old Town’s empty storefronts are graced with art installations now through November. The No Vacancy Window Gallery filled 17 vacant storefronts with work from local artists. Spanning the neighborhood, passersby can enjoy a self-guided art walk. The open-air art gallery launched with a guided walk by curator Lauren Lesueur on Sept. 4. Lesueur […]

No Vacancy brings art to empty Old Town storefronts

Some of Old Town’s empty storefronts are graced with art installations now through November. The No Vacancy Window Gallery filled 17 vacant storefronts with work from local artists. Spanning the neighborhood, passersby can enjoy a self-guided art walk. The open-air art gallery launched with a guided walk by curator Lauren Lesueur on Sept. 4. Lesueur […]