SUMMER GUIDE

Your Guide to the Perfect Portland Weekend: June 25-28

Each week throughout the summer, we'll share dozens of ways to make the most of your days off! This week: the World Naked Bike Ride!

06/22/2015

INTERVIEW

Portland Author Roger Hobbs on Writing and "Delicious" Suits

The Reed College graduate shares the "very structured form" of writing a thriller.

06/22/2015

THE ESSENTIALS

July's Pop Culture Hot List

The book, the album, and the comic that you can't miss this month

06/22/2015

BOOKS & TALKS

Top Picks for the 2015 Tin House Lit Readings

Four authors to catch in Reed College's outdoor amphitheater this month.

06/22/2015

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Bach to the Future? The Oregon Symphony Looks for New Horizons

Can CEO Scott Showalter drive the symphony into a new era?

06/22/2015 By Fiona McCann

MUSIC

Pink Martini Welcomes Portland's New Citizens

They were in the courthouse to become full citizens of the United States of America; what better ovation than being serenaded by Portland's own ambassadors of sound?

06/19/2015 By Fiona McCann

Article

Top Things to Do This Weekend: June 18–21

All in one weekend: Australian pop royalty and aboriginal abstract art, free concerts for the summer solstice, wading pools the size of ice rinks, and one very confused private eye.

06/18/2015 By Ramona DeNies

CULTURE CALL SHEET

The Latest In Portland Arts News—Awards, Galas and Fellowships, Oh My!

Plus $1 million worth of pianos taking to a Portland stage near you

06/18/2015 By Fiona McCann

SOCCER

The Buzzsaw: Timbers vs Houston Dynamo

It’s summer in Portland: let’s go streaking!

06/18/2015 By Mike Schwartz

COMICS

Our Top Five Jean-Luc Memes For Captain Picard Day

Saturday is Captain Picard day, and Floating World Comics is running an art contest to celebrate. Need some inspiration? Check out our top five Jean-Luc memes and engage!

06/17/2015 By Fiona McCann

THEATER

Our Guide to Portland Summer Theater

Your summer is packed and so is the theater schedule. Don't sweat it, Portland: We pick the shows we're most excited about this summer so you don't have to. Here's this season's playbill...

06/16/2015 By Ramona DeNies and Fiona McCann

FILM

Portlander's Dog Film Breaks the Internet's Heart

What happens when you make a personal film about you and your dog, and the whole world falls in love with it? We found out from Portlander Ben Moon, whose short film Denali is now a viral phenomenon.

06/16/2015 By Fiona McCann

TV

Portland's Unipiper On America's Got Talent

When he's not busy keeping Portland weird, our resident unipiper Brian Kidd is showing off his multitasking skills to the judges of America's Got Talent, with his audition set to hit the small screen tomorrow night

06/15/2015 By Fiona McCann

Music

Spotify: Portland in Eight Playlists

The music-streaming giant launches a "Sound of Cities" series with data ripped from Portland's listening habits. It claims we like lots of guitar. Horse Feathers, we say!

06/15/2015 By Ramona DeNies

SUMMER GUIDE

Your Guide to the Perfect Portland Weekend: June 11-14

Each week throughout the summer, we'll share dozens of ways to make the most of your days off!

06/12/2015 By Rachel Ritchie

TELEVISION

The Bad Girls Club Is Casting in Portland

Yes, we talked to the casting director. Pro tip: don't bring a vibrator.

06/11/2015 By Marty Patail

OPERA

The Rake's Progress: See the Opera's Wild Makeover in 10 Photos

See the David Hockney set design that rocked the opera world—now in Portland for a Pacific Northwest premiere.

06/11/2015 By Rachel Sandstrom

Slideshow

Slide Show: The Rake's Progress in 10 Photos

06/11/2015

CULTURE CALL SHEET

The Latest In Portland Arts News—Eat Pray Love Author Comes to PDX

Plus Hawthorne Books, a reality TV casting call, and what Brad Pitt has to do with one Portland author.

06/11/2015 By Fiona McCann

POMO PICKS

Top Things to Do This Weekend: June 11–14

Your Pride Week starts at Flare—Portland Monthly's BIGGEST. PARTY. EVER. Then keep it kickin' with Sarah Ruhl's Victorian vibrators, the masters of Paris's École des Beaux-Arts, and (ooh!) Ralph Fiennes!

06/11/2015 By Ramona DeNies