Every year, Portlanders 18 and older who make above $1,000 in households over the poverty level are asked to pay a $35 per ...

Arts and culture organizations across the country got the news late Wednesday night: Their federal funding was gone. Their ...

By tending taro (kalo) gardens in Portland, a civic club produces food while deepening its connection to Indigenous Hawaiian ...

HairSpiracy brings stylists and cultural enthusiasts together for competitions and panels celebrating the art of Black hair in Portland.

Most people aren't too concerned with what happens to their recycling after they put it on the curb to be collected. However, ...

Adding to our long-running list of signs that Portland spring is here: The return of the outdoor pop-up market. This weekend, ...

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The new federal Department of Government Efficiency took back more than $500,000 in National Endowment for the Humanities ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A celebration of hair artistry, cultural heritage and self-expression took place in Portland on Saturday with the inaugural HairSpiracy event. The free event at Elle Gallery ...

Downtown Portland’s first-ever Holi festival spanned over Saturday and Sunday, welcoming around 6,000 guests in total.

is working on international grassroots and community initiatives that benefit both Portland, Oregon and Guadalajara, Mexico. PGSCA accomplishes this through arts and culture, humanitarian ...

Robert Frost, the poet who died in 1963, is having a moment. This February, a previously unpublished Frost poem turned up.