twenty song insanity

Free Music from Menomena’s Danny Seim

02/15/2012 By Aaron Scott

l'a-MORE!

Valentine’s Day Planner

A packed week’s-worth of romantic arts happenings.

02/13/2012 By Anne Adams

ticket giveaway

Q Center Winter Gala at YU on Saturday, Feb 18

Enter below for a chance at two free tickets to the charity event of the season

02/09/2012 By Aaron Scott

executive playlist

Obama Loves AgesAndAges!

After his latest performance of “Let’s Stay Together,” the president launches into “No Nostalgia” (sensing a theme?)

02/09/2012 By Aaron Scott

Article

Absurd Garfunkel & Oates Quotes

Two lucky commenters will win tix to see this mouthy musical duo!

02/09/2012 By Anne Adams

green zone

Peter Halley’s Neon Installation Will Tickle Your Brain

At Disjecta through Feb. 25

02/08/2012 By Aaron Scott

Slideshow

Slideshow + Review: Madame Butterfly

02/04/2012

kimo-know

Slideshow + Review: Madame Butterfly

Portland Opera premieres Puccini’s melodramatic, lovelorn gut-wrencher. summary by Anne Adams, review by Aaron Scott

02/04/2012 By Anne Adams

irish ditty

The Decemberists Collaborate with the Chieftains

02/03/2012 By Aaron Scott

gallery grazing

First Thursday Sampler

02/02/2012 By Aaron Scott

bedroom sleuthing

Sex Talks + Q&A with Arianne Cohen

Hate Valentine’s? Go to these three talks to learn to love love again (or at least sex). Plus, the author of The Sex Diaries Project talks with us about how Portlanders differ in their erotic and romantic proclivities.

02/01/2012 By Aaron Scott

see it now

Laura Gibson’s Steamy New Music Video

01/27/2012 By Aaron Scott

mathmusics

Sun Angle + Stay Calm at Rontoms

Watch a cool music video, and allow us to demonstrate Portland’s astronomical band-to human ratio.

01/27/2012 By Anne Adams

infolaugh

Demitri Martin at the Newmark

The multi-talented Daily Show "youth correspondent" and Important Things host makes his own fun using song, drawings, and absurd infographs.

01/26/2012 By Anne Adams

pushed and pulled

Meshi Chavez: …or be dragged

Fertile Ground Festival delivers tense, spooky Butoh with a layered live score.

01/26/2012 By Aaron Scott

Now Hear This

Music Review: Totalwerks Vol 1 by One Model Nation

Dandy Warhols front man branches out on record and in print.

01/26/2012 By Derek Pettie

Now Read This

Blue Thread

By Ruth Tenzer Feldman

01/26/2012 By Eliza Canty-Jones

Culturephile

Dark Star

A museum showcase channels Mark Rothko’s strange radiance—and complex local roots.

01/26/2012 By Randy Gragg

Mudroom

Do This Now! February 2012

This month, there's heroic tales from Sebastian Junger, a hoops homestand with the Blazers, and new album from Y La Bamba.

01/26/2012

Mudroom

Five Questions For… David Wolman

The Portland author’s new book, The End of Money, argues that cash should vanish.

01/26/2012 By Zach Dundas