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🗞️ Grab the latest issue of Street Roots now (and in color)! Inside, you'll find stories on Street Roots' origins, how SNAP recipients can utilize farmers markets, a snapshot of evictions in Oregon, the Portland Food Forest Initiative, and more. Find a vendor: streetroots.org/vendors#locate
Meet Bre Irish, the former legislative aide to U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, who is part of a wave of democratic socialists running for office, seeking to challenge mainstream Democratic politics.
The fighting (Ms.) IrishBig Brother may be watching you, but for whatever comfort it brings, Bre Irish is giving that authoritarian thug the stink eye right back — at least in Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley. One in a wave…www.streetroots.orgOpinion: Read the confessions and recommendations from a child of the 2000’s amid the Y2K nostalgia gripping today's youth. www.streetroots.org/culture/2026...
Real Life: I was Y2K trashY2K nostalgia has gripped the youth. We are seeing all the hallmarks: layers and layers of lace camis down to mid-thigh, low-rise jeans (with far higher inseams than their 20-year-old counterparts),…www.streetroots.orgThe Portland area is headed for a dramatic housing and homelessness funding cliff that could cause thousands of people to lose their housing and would leave the tri-county region with billions less to house the growing number of people experiencing homelessness regionally. buff.ly/rya3Cwl
Despite success, homelessness funding could collapse without new voter supportMetro's Supportive Housing Services tax has far exceeded its goals. But records show voters are unlikely to support a new measure.www.streetroots.org🗞️ A new issue of Street Roots is out now. Find stories on a Portland artist whose work is inspired by the history of the Albina neighborhood, planned evictions of residents at 'Sammy's Tarp Palace,' and more. Purchase this week's issue from a vendor: streetroots.org/vendors#locate
What's your song of the summer? Let us know in the replies or fill out our brief survey. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
What's your summer jam?Tell Street Roots about your summer jam and what makes your choice THE song.docs.google.comLooking for weekend plans? The Portland Pride Play Festival begins tonight.
Street RootsThe Portland Pride Play Festival returns with an offering of eight plays with a goal of giving queer audiences a chance to see themselves accurately represented on stage, whether as villains, heroes or kings. The festival runs from July 10-12 at The Back Door Theatre.
‘Sunshine trips’ offer Black Portlanders free trips to Southern Oregon towns with histories as sundown towns, teaching them about their history and Black resistance within those communities.
Oregon Remembrance Project elevates Black history with free guided trips for Black PortlandersThe trips highlight the histories of former sundown towns in the state, and offers insights into present-day community building effortswww.streetroots.org🗞️ A new issue of Street Roots is out now. Inside, you'll find stories on the Oregon Remembrance Project, efforts to curb toxic algae blooms and free summer events to fill your calendar. Purchase this week's issue: streetroots.org/vendors#locate
The Portland Pride Play Festival returns with an offering of eight plays with a goal of giving queer audiences a chance to see themselves accurately represented on stage, whether as villains, heroes or kings. The festival runs from July 10-12 at The Back Door Theatre.
Portland Pride Play Festival spotlights LGBTQ+ theatre talentThe 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.www.streetroots.orgThe Pacific lamprey is about 450 million years old and is an essential part of many Native nations' lives. Last month, about a thousand people gathered to celebrate the eel-like fish and raise awareness of efforts to save it from regional extinction.
Yakama Nation celebrates Pacific lamprey at Willamette Falls event for the 450 million-year-old fishThe 450 million year old fish are a key part of regional native nations’ lives but face regional extinctionwww.streetroots.org📅 Our July Arts for All calendar is here! Have an Oregon Trail Card? Fill your calendar with affordable arts events this month and find respite in the comfort of an air-conditioned theater, art gallery or concert hall.
July: Arts for All events calendarEveryone’s trying to stay cool this summer, literally and figuratively. Air conditioning is incentive enough to go see plays, movies, dance shows, concerts and visual art exhibitions across the…www.streetroots.orgDrag Me Outside's drag nature walk series brings together queer Portlanders, connects them to the outdoors, and offers natural science education with a touch of flair.
Drag Me Outside hikes reconnect queer Portlanders with flora, fauna, and friendsTwo natural science experts aim to make hiking less intimidating while building queer community outside of traditional settingswww.streetroots.org🗞️ A new issue of Street Roots is out now. What's inside? A story on the significance of Pacific lamprey and those fighting to protect them, the Portland Pride Play Festival returns for its second year, July's Arts for All calendar and more. Purchase this week's issue: streetroots.org/vendors#locate
A new column by Street Roots’ art director is here to help you queer your bookshelves, TV habits and playlists this Pride month and beyond.
If you're reading this you're probably gay: Queer your media intake with these recommendationsStreet Roots’ art director steps in to help you queer your bookshelves, TV habits and playlists with queer media recommendations.www.streetroots.orgDebra Porta, Pride Northwest's executive director, looks back on Pride headliners of years past.
Looking back at Portland Pride’s best headlinersPride Northwest's executive director, Debra Porta, gives her take on past performerswww.streetroots.orgStreet Roots' Pride issue is out now! Inside you'll find stories on Portland Pride's headlining acts, an LGBTQIA+ nature walking group, recommendations to 'queer your bookshelves' and more. Find a vendor near you to purchase this week's paper: streetroots.org/vendors#locate
There are only a few days left for low-income households to apply for a free air conditioner via the city's Cooling Portland program. www.streetroots.org/news-stories...
City lets Cooling Portland program evaporateThere’s only a few days left for low-income households to apply for a free air conditioner from the citywww.streetroots.orgIf you're celebrating Juneteenth in Oregon it's likely thanks to Clara Mae Peoples. More than 80 years ago, Peoples brought the first Juneteenth celebration to Oregon.
The woman who brought Juneteenth to OregonClara Mae Peoples came to work in the Kaiser shipyards, with her she brought the traditions of celebrating Juneteenthwww.streetroots.orgJuneteenth celebrations will take place throughout Oregon this weekend. Event organizers say they have had to navigate federal attacks on DEI initiatives and a hostile racial climate. But they’re still pushing forward.
Celebrating Juneteenth around OregonOrganizers around Oregon are navigating federal attacks on DEI and a hostile racial climate. And they’re still pushing forward.www.streetroots.org