Some free events Portlanders can enjoy this summer include the Original Practice Shakespeare Festival and Kickstand Comedy in the Park. Credit: Mikayla Mesko / Street Roots Summer is in full swing.

The city program Cooling Portland is coming to an end. After five years of providing free air conditioners to low-income families, applications close June 30. The application form is available on the ...

As Street Roots’ resident queer little art gremlin, I am here to give you some suggestions to queer your media. I promise I am qualified (I am loud, opinionated and gay in a way so complex it comes ...

Organizers of Juneteenth celebrations throughout Oregon face funding issues and waning support, but continue efforts to host community celebrations for the holiday. Credit: Juneteenth Oregon/Tory ...

An 1867 wood engraving of the scene when enslavers tried to re-kidnap Margaret Garner by Thomas Satterwhite Noble. Credit: U.S. Library of Congress Note: This story discusses human enslavement, sexual ...

Pineapple is honest to a fault, they said. So when their bosses at HBO in New York City in the late 1990s asked them what they wanted to do after their copy writing internship, they were honest: they ...

Researchers say the Vanport Cottonwood trees are among the survivors of the Vanport Flood, which ravaged the city in 1948. Credit: Etta O'Donnell-King / Street Roots The Vanport community scattered ...

A couple hundred sex workers, allies and curious passersby gathered at Laurelhurst Park on a recent sunny Monday afternoon to celebrate International Whores’ Day. The June 2 holiday honors sex workers ...

Jennifer Rose Marie Serna, the owner of Wapato Island Farms, a 32-acre regenerative, no-till farm. Credit: Kari Rowe Jennifer Rose Marie Serna and her family found solace on Sauvie Island 20 years ago ...

Data shows Portland police have issued 61 citations for violating the camping ban — roughly 6% of the more than 1,000 “contacts” they recorded as part of enforcement efforts. Credit: Etta ...

Approved budget cuts will close the Laurelwood Shelter in Portland which opened in 2019. The Multnomah County-run facility currently has 120 beds. Credit: Photo courtesy of Multnomah County Editor’s ...

Attendees of Yakama Nation and Columbia Riverkeeper's May 8 event look southeast out into the Columbia River Gorge, where the John Day River pours into the artificial lake created by John Day Dam. The ...