Culture

The Merriam-Webster word of the year for 2023 comes during an age of deepfakes and post-truth, as artificial intelligence rose and Elon Musk turned Twitter into X.

Metro is asking for the public's feedback on designs for a memorial to honor Chinese immigrants who were buried at the Lone Fir Cemetery in Portland.

Co-editor Theodore Van Alst Jr., says "Never Whistle at Night" was inspired by a reader’s tweet asking for Indigenous horror fiction.

The Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts, a studio on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, is focused on contemporary printmaking, professional artist residencies and Indigenous arts workshops.

Hillsboro-based jazz musician Esperanza Spalding was also nominated, along with performers from Washington state, for the music industry awards to be announced in 2024.

Megan Sanchez draws from her family heritage to create a unique dining experience at her eclectic Portland restaurant Güero.

Portland photographer Isabella Cassini combines her love of food and tolerance of chaos into her latest photography project, "Splashes, Crashes, and Smashes."

Oregon once required counties to take care of their neediest residents. For decades, relief institutions known as "poor farms" operated throughout the state. They provided food, shelter, medical care and sometimes burial services. The treatment of residents varied widely, with some poor farms providing refuge for those in need while others operated more like prisons.

The Lane County ice rink has a history filled with glittering stars, a war between pitchforks and hockey sticks, and even a Mexican drug cartel. Michael Sheehan's new book gathers their stories.

Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme became household names on “RuPaul’s Drag Race", but long before that, they were working together in the Pacific Northwest. Now, the duo is hitting the road for an international holiday tour and they joined OPB’s “All Things Considered” host Crystal Ligori to talk about queer joy, drag as resistance and the idea of "chosen family."