Elizabeth Mehren

Elizabeth 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.”

In Estacada, come for the murals, stay for The Book Nook

The nonprofit used bookstore is as much about community as it is about bargain books.

Poetry from the people: Street Roots vendors create rhyme and reason

Street poets gather weekly at the "School in the Sky" to study poetry and create their own, some of which is on display in a words-and-art exhibit at Central Library.

Violinist Rob Diggins: Keep on smiling

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

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

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

From making music in wartime Sarajevo to performing and teaching in Oregon, violist Dijana Ihas forges a new life.