Here’s Your Chance to See a Billionaire’s Private Art Collection Up Close
A selection of landscapes from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s private collection—we’re talking major American and European masterpieces—are finally available to the public, and heading for a...
View ArticleDream of the '70s: Portland’s Ultimate Punk Rock Playlist
Veteran Portland rocker Mark Sten has written a new book documenting Portland’s punk apex in the late seventies and early eighties. We put together a Sten-inspired playlist in homage.
View ArticleThe Latest in Portland Arts News—Bitch Media’s New Writers Fellowships
Plus Artists Rep's ambitious new musical, Cuba Libre, extends its planned run ahead of opening night.
View ArticleA Puppeteer's Monsters Bring a Fantasy Nightmare World to North Mississippi
His day job involves work on the likes of Portlandia, Star Trek, and Robocop, but in his free time, Portlander Matthew Hopkins makes monsters—a whole world of them. And they're coming to North Portland...
View ArticleTop Things to Do This Weekend: Oct 8–11
Ruth Reichl and Cheryl Strayed on Live Wire!—where should they eat after taping? Also, ZZ Ward, Storm Large, White Bird's Momix, and a double-bill season opener for the Oregon Ballet.
View ArticleCan Chamber Music Save the World?
A string quartet collaborates with an environmental physicist to get audiences thinking about climate change.
View ArticlePop-Up Magazine Is Portland-bound
A magazine performed live? A show with real-life stories? San Francisco's Pop-Up Magazine is coming to Portland, and we’ve got the lowdown on what it’s all about PLUS tickets to give away!
View ArticleThe Buzzsaw: Portland Timbers @ Real Salt Lake
We should know where the Timbers stand in the playoffs by Sunday evening.
View ArticleWhy Are These Portland Poets Proud to Call Themselves Whores?
Brothel-style readings open up poetry to a new audience —complete with booze, burlesque, and "private shows."
View ArticleWet Hot American Comedian Michael Ian Black Comes to PDX
The stand-up comedian from The State and Wet Hot American Summer is in Portland for a two-night event at Helium.
View ArticleKINK FM's Big Voice Sheila Hamilton Opens Up About Suicide and Mental Illness
Portland radio host Sheila Hamilton talks about her husband’s suicide, the problems with how we treat mental illness, and how she wrote her new book, All the Things We Never Knew, both as personal...
View ArticleTop Things to Do This Weekend: Oct 15–18
Just mix and match these epic options! John Hodgman, Cameron Esposito, Kurt Vile, Con Bro Chill's "neon dance pop," OBT and White Bird, Remme's Run, and Sex with Strangers. (Yeah, you heard right!)
View ArticleThe Buzzsaw: Portland Timbers @ Los Angeles Galaxy
Winning in a place where you have never won, against a team with one home loss, would be the biggest statement win in Portland’s MLS history.
View ArticleWhy Indie Rock's Hottest Tickets Send Their Songs to RAC
The Portland-based remix pro harnesses the power of other artists' voices to make his own music.
View ArticleWill the New Wordstock Literary Festival Charm Portland Readers?
Everyone agreed the lit fest desperately needed a rewrite. Is this the sequel we've been waiting for?
View ArticleNovember's Pop Culture Hot List
The show, the book, the band, and the comic book that you can’t miss this month.
View ArticleWhat's Next for Portland's Animation Powerhouse Laika?
The Hillsboro HQ of films like Boxtrolls, Coraline, and ParaNorman is working on its next masterpiece.
View ArticleHow Blitzen Trapper Builds Powerhouse Indie Rock Live Sets
Frontman Eric Earley shares the method behind his live shows.
View ArticleIntimate Photos of Warhol and Basquiat Reveal the Artsy Grit of ‘80s NYC
From Warhol to Basquiat to Miles Davis, see some of Paige Powell's 10,000 photographs of the NYC art scene in a new Portland Art Museum exhibition.
View Article5 Reasons We're Stoked to See Sarah Vowell at Powell's
Author, essayist, This American Life contributor, and all-round funny gal, Sarah Vowell hits PDX to discuss her new book. Here are some reminders of why you need to be there.
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