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Denis Hayes: Founding the environmental movement
It was the smell of the pollution belching from the local pulp mill in his childhood home of Camas, Washington that started Denis Hayes on the path of his life work in the environmental movement. Today, Denis is President and CEO of the Bullitt Foundation in Seattle. As an environmental lawyer, he's published more than 100 articles, books and papers on energy and the environment.
Darcelle Reveals Himself
Portland, Oregon's most celebrated drag queen has a new show called, 'Just call me Darcelle' that tells the story of the man behind the costumes. Playing to sold out crowds, this one man show covers Walter Cole's life from the shy, quiet boy to a drag queen in Portland's famous Darcelle XV Showplace.
Keep Portland Weird
According to two Portland business owners, being weird and living creatively are not only good for your life but good for business, too. Music Millennium owner, Terry Currier brought the saying "Keep Portland Weird" to the city and Impresa consulting firm owner, Joe Cortright say it makes perfect economic sense to keep Portland weird. It's these weird ideas that eventually lead to new ideas and innovation that create new business and a thriving new economy.
A blank wall inspires an art mural in Beaverton
Chuck Wilson said to his wife one day, " I'm tired of looking at a blank wall. Would you be willing to paint a mural there?" Award winning artist Gina Wilson replied, "Sure.'
Helen Hollick pens a different path for the legend of Arthur.
”I was just so intrigued that he might have been real though all of the stories of the knights of the Round Table, the Holy Grail, Camelot and Lancelot were said to be just made up. But as soon as I realized that maybe there was a real Arthur, I became fascinated.”
Erin Donley: Marketing Her Truth and Yours
I was looking for an occupation that was really in line with my own truth," says Erin. "One that was engaging my creativity and integrity, where I was giving back in a deeper way."
Patrick Gracewood: Sculpting a Living
“My first job out of school was sculpting for a high end mannequin company,” says Patrick. “I went from sculpting one life-size sculpture a semester to doing one every week and a half and getting paid for it. I had a beautiful studio and I was getting paid to do what I loved."
The Weitzers: A Passionate Life
"We could hear the sounds of suburban development marching toward us like a tidal wave. Pretty soon, I was teaching many of those who visited my bamboo oasis."
Jan vonBergen: Building on Cultural Influences
“It was all based on food, their way of showing us the culture was through the food, beautiful fabrics, clothing, some of the customs. They would make these curry dinners and that’s how we celebrated these cultures. And my parents would go to auction houses and they collected a lot of their furniture, some of it was Asian table fabrics and kimonos. And my grandparent's house, too, was filled with antiques.”
From the past to the future: Beaverton's new mural celebrates youth and hope
“My intention is not to portray a beautiful world, my intention is to portray a world that is real but also one where we can overcome problems."
Teresa Sullivan: Telling stories with beads
“In the same way we wear a wedding ring to tell that we’re married, there are people who wear beaded adornment that tells others that, I’m ready to marry or I am married and have a son that’s a warrior.”
Margie Lee: Following an intuitive path through art and life
Margie Lee’s life path has led her across the country and Europe, and across the fields of geology, literature and art.
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