Xin Song creates modern paper-cut works that borrow imagery from contemporary magazines. The artist uses the Chinese folk paper technique (originally called Jianzhi) to challenge our taboos, our relationship with society, and the way we think about ourselves. Song builds collages around certain narratives such as current affairs, politics, war, health, beauty, fashion, poverty, luxury, […]
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It’s not often that an entirely new industry buds in America. Thanks to changing laws, cannabis is flourishing in Washington, Colorado, and Oregon, with potential for exponential growth. Green is the new gold rush. Equity Rock Investments is a Portland-based private equity firm dealing specifically with cannabis-based businesses. Driving a team that has provided over
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How do you create a mission-based business that’s also revenue-driven? Joe Mitchoff and Pierce Henley, founders of Viridian Reclaimed Wood, came to Pregame HQ for Green Week to tell their story of building a business that’s successful on multiple levels. The Viridian story was born in 2004 down at the shipyard, with a lot of grit
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Angel Investor and Cannabis Entrepreneur Sara Batterby came to Pregame HQ for a Green Week conversation about startup funding and growth best practices. Sara started her career in technology and finance with Accenture and has subsequently supported multiple ventures as a founder, a consultant and an advisor. She is passionate about diversity as a basis
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In this week’s episode of Past Present, Niki, Natalia, and Neil debate United’s rough treatment of its passengers, Trump’s missile attack on Syria, and the White House Easter egg roll. The Unfriendly Skies The brutal forced removal of a passenger from a recent United Airlines flight is the latest evidence of the unfriendly skies of
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Kicking off Green Week at Pregame HQ, Stephen Green interviewed Rick Turoczy, a founder of PIE PDX, the tech accelerator embedded at the headquarters of global creative agency Wieden+Kennedy. Rick’s recent work has moved away from physical educational space and into its own incubation. Currently acting as advisors to other accelerators, those in the idea stage can delve into the PIE Cookbook,
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Marcus Cadman is a Native American painter of Navajo and Kickapoo heritage, working primarily with acrylic on canvas and paper. He also makes modern sculptures and with the recent completion of a Relief Woodcarving class in the spring of 2011 is about to venture more into the carving aspects of sculpture. He mainly exhibits at art
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