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Profile Visual

Brightening the Noise

Simplicity marks the art, music, and life of Alejandro Ceballos After meeting Alejandro Ceballos, it took months to learn that he was a painter. I think he is one of these folks living dual lives, but not in a dishonest way, just quietly, un-showing of any real stress from raising children as a starving visual […]

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Current Events Report

Portlanders Should Act Fast on Relocation Assistance

City ordinance to protect Portland renters could be dashed by association of landlords called Multifamily NW. Last week, dozens of dire Portlanders flocked to David Douglas High School for a free class focused on Portland’s new Tenant Relocation Assistance ordinance. Throughout the class, hands rose into the air from people that seemed desperate to vent […]

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Essay Nonfiction

Water Signs

Father and Daughter and Water

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Essay Profile Stories Visual

The First Weirdo I Met in Oregon

Getting to know a friend through her art: A look at Mary Aday a.k.a Mefore Aday, THRU Gallery’s Debut Art Exhibit When Mary Aday first moved to Portland from the South in 2005, a few of her new classmates at Oregon College of Art and Craft would ask her to repeat: Bright. White. Light. In […]

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Audio Music Thrupoint Podcast

Grasshoppers – Thrupoint Podcast Ep.2

Today we focus on the Grasshoppers program with Douglas Detrick and Nate Francis. Douglas is the Director of Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble, a working musician, and a really nice guy. Nate is a student musician, but also a working sideman himself, and has not yet graduated High School. The concert that this program culminates with […]