Light a Fire 2009

Jon Springer

The nonprofit organization, Elders in Action, works to provide seniors with a better quality of life.

11/23/2009

Light a Fire 2009

Kreeg Peeples

Kreeg Peeples is ashamed to admit that years ago, when his son was collecting canned food for needy families, he wondered why the recipients didn’t just go get a job.

11/23/2009

Light a Fire 2009

Matt Morton

Only 34 percent of Native American students in Portland Public Schools graduate within four years.

11/23/2009

Light a Fire 2009

Monica Beemer

It was 2001, and the troubled organization—an advocacy group for the homeless that runs a café serving low-cost nutritional meals—was losing $100,000 each year.

11/23/2009

Web Exclusive

Our Mt Hood

The best of our reader submitted photos

11/19/2009

Out and About

Halloween Memories

Good thing I was taking pictures

11/03/2009 By John Chandler

Observatory

Baby, It’s Getting Cold Outside

Paperbush: a tropical looking plant for a temperate zone

10/27/2009

Light A Fire 2009

Garden Partners

Regency Park residents create the sensational garden display with the assistance of Garden Partners, a 10-year-old nonprofit dedicated to engaging elders by helping them care for plants for an hour or two each week.

10/20/2009

Light A Fire 2009

Quest Center

Founded 20 years ago in response to the AIDS crisis, Quest’s reach has extended beyond one disease. Last year alone, the center treated 2,000 people.

10/20/2009

Arts & Events

Young Audiences

Light A Fire 2009

10/20/2009

Checkmate

Chess for Success

Light A Fire 2009

10/20/2009

Rock the Clubs

Go-Go Garagefest

Scion event draws a crowd

10/19/2009 By John Chandler

Reading and Drinking

Las Vegas Lit

Book release for local lass is a sizzling soiree

10/12/2009 By John Chandler

Drinking Locally

Space Truckin’

Hawthorne dive blasts off

10/09/2009 By John Chandler

Rock the Clubs

Elvis Lives!

Dante’s throws a birthday bash

10/02/2009 By John Chandler

Drinking Locally

Stumble Zone Part Deux

Broadway Bound

09/03/2009 By John Chandler

Portland's Best Water

Rogue River Feud

Zane Grey, famed author of such western novels as _Riders of the Purple Sage_, was one of the architects of the hardscrabble mythos of the American West.

06/16/2009 By Alexis Rehrmann