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Interview: Portland2012 Biennial Curator Prudence Roberts

03/06/2012 By Aaron Scott

gallery grazing

First Thursday Sampler

03/01/2012 By Aaron Scott

hail mary, it's back to church

City Council Supports Portland Playhouse’s Return to Church

03/01/2012 By Aaron Scott

reel women

POWfest 2012 Preview

From hard-hitting documentaries to light-hearted shorts, this film festival honors female directors’ full range.

03/01/2012 By Anne Adams

act now

Portland Playhouse To Lose Church Space?

Does staging plays count as "community service?" Local government has said no, meaning Portland Playhouse may lose its "home church" tomorrow. Read the Playhouse’s plea. submitted by Portland Playhouse

02/29/2012 By Anne Adams

striking the proper chord

Review: Shakespeare’s Amazing Cymbeline

Portland Center Stage’s masterful re-telling hits the plays emotional pressure points, even though the new piano-playing narrator occasionally strikes the wrong key

02/27/2012 By Martin Patail

freakin' sweet, GOSH!

Exclusive Interview with Jon Heder of Napoleon Dynamite

Oregon native and star of Napoleon Dynamite talks about his new show, his career, and his sweet dance moves

02/27/2012 By Martin Patail

Mudroom

Do This Now! March 2012

Sample the pinots at the Classic Wines Auction, get a new workout manual, or take a melodic trip to the Magnetic Fields this month.

02/24/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas

Mudroom

Five Questions For Hometapes

A wife-and-husband team’s homey approach to the record business

02/24/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas By Robert Ham

Mudroom

The Perfect Party: March 2012

The guests we’d most like at our dinner table this month

02/24/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas

Slideshow

Slide Show: OBT Rehearses Giselle

02/23/2012

Now Read This

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

By Cheryl Strayed

02/23/2012 By Brian Barker

Feature

Spring Arts Date Book

Mark your calendar now for this season’s top shows to know.

02/23/2012 By Randy Gragg, John Chandler, Anne Adams, and Martin Patail

ballet-ing the foundation

Slide Show: OBT Rehearses Giselle

02/23/2012 By Anne Adams

quality quintet

Five JazzFest Favorites

As Portland Jazz Festival continues this week, we call out a few of the many can’t-miss talents.

02/22/2012 By Anne Adams

TUNE IN

Y La Bamba's Brand-New Tunes

02/20/2012 By Anne Adams

visceral attraction

Win Tickets to Body Worlds!

02/16/2012 By Anne Adams

titans of NPR

Radiolab and Prairie Home Companion Go on Sale this Weekend

02/16/2012 By Aaron Scott

jazzed

KMHD Director Talks Jazz Fest

Matt Fleeger, Portland’s premier Jazz DJ, hips us to the upcoming Portland Jazz Festival and evangelizes this broad, dynamic, influential genre.

02/15/2012 By Anne Adams

a new dimension of dance

Director of the Documentary Pina at Cinema 21

The Academy Award nominated director Wim Wenders will talk on Thursday, Feb 16 before Cinema 21’s final screenings of Pina

02/15/2012 By Aaron Scott