The first time I saw Kelli Schaefer play it was at The Know on NE Alberta. It’s rare to see a crowd of people stop talking and just listen to someone they’re not familiar with play music, especially in a town like Portland where it seems like everyone is in a band.  But that night [...]

D-22 feels a little bit like home for everyone. I walk in and I think Portland, my friend Lisa thinks San Francisco, my German friend thinks Berlin, and the Chinese people I talk to don’t think about any other place because D-22 is home. The last few times I’ve been there I’ve felt like [...]

Portland.
Meet Beijing.
Beijing, I’d like you to meet Portland.

I just moved to Beijing from Portland where I am surrounded by 17 million heartbeats. The city has a rhythm all its own, although it’s pretty dissonant most of the time- screaming, yelling, laughing, honking, screeching, Chinese, English, Spanish, Swahili… I walk for five minutes and my ears [...]