Elizabeth MehrenElizabeth Mehren is a writer and journalist based in Portland. She is the author or co-author of five books, including “I Lived to Tell the World: Stories from Survivors of Holocaust, Genocide, and the Atrocities of War.” Violinist Rob Diggins: Keep on smiling February 9, 2025Elizabeth Mehren The veteran Portland Baroque Orchestra violinist, who'll be featured in PBO's "D'amore" concerts Feb. 15 and 16, takes an effervescent and ecstatic approach to music and to life. Everybody comes to Mekong Bistro February 6, 2024Elizabeth Mehren With music and dancing and dining and a welcoming vibe, a refugee from Pol Pot's Cambodia has created a gathering place for Southeast Asians and others in greater Portland. Making everything perfect September 7, 2021Elizabeth Mehren Kate Nason's memoir traces an emergence from bad marriages and the shadow of a president and a White House intern. And the Quartet Played On November 19, 2020Elizabeth Mehren From making music in wartime Sarajevo to performing and teaching in Oregon, violist Dijana Ihas forges a new life.