DESIGN MEDIA

10 Things You Didn't Know About Kinfolk Magazine

The scrappy backstory and bold strategies behind the Portland-based entertaining magazine's global triumph.

04/22/2014 By Zach Dundas and Benjamin Tepler

CLASSICAL

John Williams Takes the Symphony to a Galaxy Far, Far Away

One of the greatest movie composers of all time comes to town to conduct songs from Star Wars, Superman, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, and more on April 28.

04/22/2014 By Peter Holmstrom

WEEKEND PICKS

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Apr 17-20

Watch ballerina Alison Roper's last dance, laugh till you hurt with Chelsea Handler, catch the best of the Northwest Filmmakers' Festival, and dive into Theatre Vertigo's pool (no water)—just watch your head!

04/17/2014 By Portland Monthly Staff and Danielle Klenak

IDEAS WORTH WATCHING

TEDxRecap: 6 Videos to Watch

We recap the high-octane day-long event with videos of our favorite speakers.

04/17/2014 By Maya Seaman

THEATER

Review: PCS’s Othello

Portland Center Stage doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel—even if it puts it on a dazzling revolving stage. Thru May 11

04/15/2014 By Nathan Tucker

FASHION SHOW

Portland Fashion Week : Spring Edition

Portland Fashion Week hits the Memorial Coliseum this month for its first spring edition. Find out the whole schedule and our thoughts on it here.

04/14/2014 By Eden Dawn

WEB EXCLUSIVE

Portland Arts: Big in Europe

We may take them for granted, but some of Portland’s best artists and ensembles are beloved around the world.

04/14/2014 By Aaron Scott

DANCE

Review: Emio Greco's Rocco

One boxing ring, four dancers, two intense acts of athletic, harrowing, and deeply sexy dancing. Through Saturday

04/11/2014 By Aaron Scott

WEEKEND PICKS

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Apr 10-13

TEDx Portland, Cthulhu, unicorns, boxing dancers, tough guys reading poetry, and the Breast Variety Show Ever. Stay weird, Portland. (Also, Justin Timberlake tickets!)

04/10/2014 By Portland Monthly Staff and Danielle Klenak

YA BLOCKBUSTERS

Local Author Laini Taylor on Monstrous Love Affairs

The best-selling scribe of the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy releases the final chapter of her otherworldly young adult saga and gossips about its big screen adaptation and why YA lit needs better sex. Apr 16

04/10/2014 By Kelly Clarke

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Macklemore Added to TEDx Portland—Win Tickets

The Seattle rapper joins Saturday's blow out lineup. Tickets still available—and we're giving away a pair!

04/09/2014 By Salish Davis

INTERVIEW

5 Questions with Chromeo + Ticket Giveaway!

The undisputed masters of funk return to Portland on April 14, and we've got a pair of tickets to give way.

04/09/2014 By Marty Patail

MUSIC FESTIVALS

What the Festival Announces 2014 Lineup

The electronic dance music fest features Glitch Mob, Washed Out, Emancipator Ensemble, Nightmares on Wax, and more this June.

04/08/2014 By Brooke Bass

CLASSICAL

Review: Pianist Stephen Hough

While standing ovations are virtually pro forma at Portland concerts, the one given to this acclaimed British pianist was well deserved.

04/08/2014 By Thomas Cobb

THEATER REVIEW

Review: Third Rail’s Midsummer

The “Play with Songs” offers a genuinely hilarious script and intensely likeable performances. Thru Apr 19

04/07/2014 By Nathan Tucker

DANCE REVIEW

Review: NW Dance Project’s Director’s Choice

PDX’s contemporary powerhouse celebrates 10 years of making dance their way with with a quartet of intense, beautiful, athletic dances. Thru Apr 5

04/03/2014 By Kelly Clarke

CIRCUS SLIDESHOW

Photo Review: Cirque du Soleil’s Totem

Totem offers many of the ingredients that make Cirque great—fabulous costumes, amazing performers—but is it lacking something? Thru May 4

04/03/2014 By Aaron Scott Photography by Arthur Hitchcock

Weekend Picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Apr 3–6

First Thursday, Photo Month, free Pink Martini concert in Pioneer Square, all-star rock benefit, Othello, Sister Act, and dance projected on a 50-foot downtown wall. The weekend gets fancy.

04/03/2014 By Portland Monthly Staff and Danielle Klenak

Slideshow

Slide Show: Cirque du Soleil's Totem

04/02/2014

BOOKS & TALKS

The Other Side of Paradise: Life in the New Cuba

Former PoMo-intern Julia Cooke’s debut book travels through the streets and youth culture of post-Fidel Havana. She reads at Powell’s on April 10.

04/02/2014 By Aaron Scott