Movies from local BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and women artists featured in new film festival

Portland is home to over 800 music businesses, most of them small and independent. Two years into the pandemic, many continue to face challenges. But a wave of new small business owners is giving a boost to that slowly rebounding music economy.

Street Books' bike-powered library keeps Portland’s unhoused community well read

Hapa Pizza, a BIPOC-owned pizza business started by Aaron Truong, combined both Asian and American cuisines to create a new dish that reflects Truong's own experience as an Asian American.

Race to the bottom - Draining Summer Lake

The new comic series"Season of the Bruja" blends indigenous folklore, magic and monsters, and has a 20-something hipster as its lead protagonist.

Playwright Mikki Gillette’s "The Queers" centers three trans women grappling with their careers, finances, and love lives amid transition. Called a landmark event, it's the first-ever trans ensemble drama by a trans writer to premiere in Portland.

Playwright Mikki Gillette’s "The Queers" centers three trans women grappling with their careers, finances, and love lives amid transition. Called a landmark event, it's the first-ever trans ensemble drama by a trans writer to premiere in Portland.