FILM

Critic's Picks for the Northwest Filmmakers' Festival

From surrealist shorts to revealing documentaries and award-winning indie films, the Northwest Filmmakers' Festival brings together our region's budding crop of movie makers. Nov 7–15

11/07/2014 By Matthew Schonfeld

EDITOR'S PICKS

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Nov 6-9

Astronaut Col. Chris Hadfield serenades Portland, First Thursday shines with hijinks and big name portraiture, the Northwest Filmmaker's Festival puts Oregon on screen, and so much more.

11/06/2014 By Portland Monthly Staff

WE HEART VIDEO

Reese Witherspoon Needs Her 'Wild' Danner Boots

For the upcoming film Wild, producers asked local boot company Danner to outfit Witherspoon with a very special shoe.

11/05/2014 By Eden Dawn

TICKET GIVEAWAY

Win Tickets to See John Oliver

The HBO host/comedian brings his brand of newsy British snark to Portland for back to back performances at the Keller Auditorium on November 22.

11/05/2014 By Matthew Schonfeld

MUSIC

What Do David Bowie, Frank Zappa, and the Talking Heads Have in Common? This Man.

Meet one of the lesser-known geniuses of the recording industry—your favorite artist’s favorite guitarist, Adrian Belew. He dishes on playing with the stars in advance of his Power Trio playing the Aladdin Theater on Nov. 8.

11/04/2014 By Matthew Schonfeld

LONG STORY SHORT

Portland Opera Turns 50 This Month—and One Woman Has Been There For It All

From chorus girl to costume queen, Frances Britt has been involved with almost every Portland Opera production of the past half century. We look back at some of the wildest moments—and wildest costumes.

11/03/2014 By Aaron Scott

ART

Portland Windows Shine a Light on Ai Weiwei's Alcatraz Art

What do a Chinese dissident, America’s most notorious federal prison, and energy-conscious Portland homeowners have in common?

11/03/2014 By Marty Patail

INTERVIEW

Playwright Robert Schenkkan on Winning a Tony and Impressing Spielberg

It's been a big year for one of Oregon theater’s biggest success stories. We caught up with Schenkkan in Ashland to take stock.

11/03/2014 By Aaron Scott

ON THE TOWN

PoMo Picks: November 2014

Horse Feathers' new album, Mozart's Requiem, John Oliver at the Keller, and more of the month's best bets for things to see and do in Portland

11/03/2014

CULTUREPHILE

Transforming Portland's Art-World Boundaries

How Philly transplant Amy Adams blurs lines with her east-side gallery.

11/03/2014 By Jonathan Frochtzwajg

EDITOR'S PICKS

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Oct 30–Nov 2

Head to the haunted houses or hair-raising corn mazes to celebrate All Hallows' Eve, but don't forget Dreamgirls' closing night, or that the Black Keys are coming through town.

10/29/2014 By Portland Monthly Staff

MUSIC

Pink Martini and the Von Trapps Debut Video for "Dream A Little Dream"

Portland's little orchestra and The Sound Of Music namesakes share a whimsical tortoise love story filmed in the Gardens of Sampson and Beasley.

10/29/2014 By Matthew Schonfeld

Abiding in Style

Happy Birthday to Jeff Bridges, ‘Big Lebowski’ Star and Ultimate Pendleton Sweater Model!

We pitted the Dude against Bridges’s role in ‘The Last Unicorn.’

10/28/2014 By Margaret Seiler

SLIDE SHOW

The World's Best Beards and Mustaches Compete In Portland (and Defy the Laws of Gravity)

The burliest (and daintiest) beards from around the world converged at the Keller Auditorium this weekend. In the end, a 29-year-old Portlander was crowned facial hair king. Check out our slide show of the winners and wonders.

10/27/2014 By Matthew Schonfeld

Post

Slide Show: The 2014 World Beard and Mustache Championships

10/27/2014

SPORTS

Once More Unto the Breach: Timbers at FC Dallas

The odds are long: Portland’s only path to the postseason is a Vancouver loss and a Timbers win or draw.

10/24/2014 By Mike Schwartz

ARTS NEWS

The Decemberists' Colin Meloy Announces New Album from a Brooklyn Street Corner

The Portland indie folk rockers have a new album on the way, or so the lead singer said to an impromptu audience gathered on a Williamsburg corner before playing one of the new songs.

10/24/2014 By Matthew Schonfeld

EDITOR'S PICKS

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Oct 23–25

Start your Halloween week with a haunted house or bloody dance show, check out the power of wax at the World Beard and Moustache Championships, and hear 'Wild' author Cheryl Strayed speak about the film adaptation of her life.

10/23/2014 By Portland Monthly Staff

BOOKS & TALKS

Lois Leveen on Rewriting ‘Romeo and Juliet’ in 'Juliet's Nurse'

The historian-author retells the iconic love story from the viewpoint of Juliet’s nurse, which involved learning about the sexual lives of 14th century women and why people were so into fighting. She speaks at Broadway Books Oct 28.

10/23/2014 By Aaron Scott

THEATER

Boom Arts Brings the World to Portland Theaters

The upstart theater producer forges a niche with dynamic presentations of smart international theater (with live piglets!). Its third season kicks off with 'The Golden Dragon' Oct 25–26.

10/22/2014 By Nathan Tucker