Gabriel Manca Creates Mixed Media Art in Rural Eastern Oregon
To one side of Gabriel Manca’s front door, a wood-framed canvas covers the entire wall, mixed media art protruding from it.
Think Oregon
Eight Amazing Oregon Women
From Abigail Scott Duniway, who published a newspaper devoted to women’s rights in 1871, to Barbara Roberts, the first woman elected governor of Oregon in 1991, women have made history and shaped Oregon’s future.
Chasing Giants
Every spring for almost thirty years, Bruce Mate makes his way down to Baja to reconnect with the same female gray whales.
From Where I Stand: Oakland
My family opened this hardware store in downtown Oakland with the Chenoweth family in 1887, just nine years after the town was incorporated. Sole ownership eventually shifted to my great-grandfather, and my family has run Stearns Hardware through good and tough times ever since.
The Portland King of Neon
Neon bending may be going the same way as forging Damascus steel and constructing Stradivari violins.
Petrol Politics
Who pumps citizens’ gas remains a perennial cause for some Oregonians who hope to repeal it and join the other forty-eight states with self-serve gas stations.
Philippe Bronchtein and the next Great American Experience
Philippe Bronchtein (aka Hip Hatchet) is writing the next Great American Experience. In the style of Jack Kerouac, Bronchtein’s songs are an unremitting love affair for the road.
A Novel Frontman: Willy Vlautin
Novelist and musician Willy Vlautin is working on his fifth novel, playing with his new band, The Delines, and writing songs as Americana as his novels. Vlautin, who lives in Portland, has been traveling to promote his last book, The Free, while touring with his band and enjoying ongoing praise for prior novels The Motel Life and Lean on Pete.
The Coast is Your Oyster
The position of manager at Umpqua Aquaculture doesn’t entitle Brandy Sullivan to special treatment. During harvest, she spends much of her time in front of a cold, wet stainless steel table shucking oysters.
“Your hands are really sore for the first couple weeks, but your muscles get used to it,” said Sullivan. Still, accidently stabbing yourself with the shucking knife is a constant occupational hazard.
