Sage Van Wing

The new exhibit at Chachalu Museum and Cultural Center in Grand Ronde features the work of queer indigenous artists reflecting on the space of queerness in indigenous cultures. The exhibit was curated by Grand Ronde artists Anthony Hudson and Felix Furby who created another exhibit two years ago based on the life of Shumkin, a 19th-century Two-Spirit Atfalati Kalapuya healer. That exhibit set out to explore the ways that queerness has always been a part of the Indigenous history, but assimilation had tried to sever the community’s connection to it. This newer exhibit discusses the present and future of queer indigeneity as well.

We hear what Portland Thorns and Timbers fans can expect with the start of the teams' soccer season.

There were two gun-related homicides in Gresham in January 2025. That’s two too many, says Gresham Police Chief Travis Gullberg. Gullberg is one of the people involved in the city’s new Ceasefire initiative, which brings together community-based organizations, city leadership, law enforcement and public health experts to reduce gun violence through focused outreach. Gullberg joins us, along with Marcell Frazier, violence prevention and community partnerships coordinator for the City of Gresham, to explain how the program will work.

A long-vacant block on Portland’s North Russell Street and North Williams Avenue, which was once one of the epicenters of a thriving Black community, will finally house people once again.

Bryson Davis, chair of the board of the nonprofit behind the project, Williams & Russell CDC, joins us, along with developer Anyeley Hallova, to talk about the project.

Music producer Tony Ozier and DJ Jumbo join us to share some of the music and talk about a collaboration of Portland-based producers who remixed some of the city’s historic music.

Portland will soon have what may be the first-of-its-kind training facility purpose-built for female athletes. RAJ Sports, the owners of the Portland Thorns, are building several soccer pitches, basketball courts, and more to serve the Thorns and the new WNBA franchise team. Karina LeBlanc, executive vice president of strategic growth for RAJ Sports, joins us to discuss the new facility and the future of women’s sports in Portland.

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson recently released a proposal to spend an estimated $28 million in the coming year to add thousands of new emergency shelter beds. Wilson joined "Think Out Loud" for an interview.

Lidia Yuknavitch, the celebrated Oregon writer of fiction, essays and memoirs, has written a new book about how reframing our stories can release us from what she calls “the tyranny of our mistakes, our traumas, and our confusions.”

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we listen to conversations we recorded in 2014 and 2018, respectively, with U.S. Rep. John Lewis and Oregon state Republican Sen. Jackie Winters.