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For Ted Wheeler’s Birthday, Protest Support Group Snack Bloc Released an “Infomercial” About Ending White Supremacy—and Called for His Resignation

In early June, three-year-old grassroots organization Snack Bloc became a registered nonprofit. It turned out to be imperative timing. The protest support and mutual aid group became a 501(c)(3) to make it easier to be financially transparent, which turned out to be necessary for a group that’s provided resources for almost 100 days of protests across Portland. Along with organizing its own events, Snack Bloc has been at seemingly every protest, march and vigil around the city over the past three months, providing snacks, water and supplies to protestors at the Stripper Strike, BLM Art Therapy and rallies across Portland.

The Only Performances Rapper Raquel Divar Has Given Over the Past Few Months Have Been at Anti-ICE Rallies

“I’m fucking living for this shit. Let’s fucking change the world,” she says about the protests. “We’re all in the streets, saying what we think. As much as everything is sad surrounding the reason we’re doing it, I think it’s positive momentum towards the right direction.”

Here is the Lineup for PDX Pop Now 2019

Amid the decline of music festivals, PDX Pop increasingly feels like the one thing we can count on. The free, all ages and all local festival just announced this year’s lineup, and as usual, it’s truly eclectic.

On Her New EP, Portland MC Raquel Divar Takes Control

The title comes from the chorus on the smoky “Smith n’ Wesson.” But it’s also an ode to Missy Elliott’s “The Rain” and a general claim to power. “There’s a lot of references about just like running shit and being boss,” says Divar. But that raw bravado is new for Divar.

The World Naked Bike Ride, Beerfest and 12 Other Things to Do and See in Portland June 20-26

Where we’ll be reading merman porn then getting naked on bikes this week.

The Year in Portland Music, Ranked

The good, the bad and the weird of 2017, in 19 lists.

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