LONG STORY SHORT

The Babe with the Power is Back!

Toby Froud crawled his way into our hearts in a red-striped onesie in Jim Henson’s cult fantasy movie Labyrinth. Now, he's creating his own world of magic.

08/26/2014 By Aaron Scott

CONCERTS

Trey Anastasio Will Debut a World Premiere with the Oregon Symphony

On September 9, the Phish frontman will debut a new work for guitar and symphony before taking the piece to Seattle and LA’s Hollywood Bowl.

08/25/2014 By Aaron Scott

CONCERTS

Should I Stay or Should I Go? 5 Reasons to Make the Drive to Bumbershoot

Five acts you can only see at Seattle's three-day music, comedy, and theater festival (and three hotels to stay in while you're there). Aug 30–Sept 1

08/25/2014 By Schuyler Keenan

NORTHWEST EVENTS

Timberline Lodge's Mountain Music Festival

This Labor Day, jam out on Mt. Hood.

08/21/2014 By Andrea Harvey

EDITOR'S PICKS

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Aug 21–24

Chuck Palahniuk puts on his PJs for Bedtime Stories for Adults, Johnny Depp falls for Winona Ryder on the roof of Hotel deLuxe, Beck does whatever he wants at Edgefield, and much more.

08/21/2014 Edited by Aaron Scott By Portland Monthly Staff and Schuyler Keenan

FILM

Portland Film Festival Guide and Movie Madlib

The ambitious new fest returns with appearances by RJ Mitte (Breaking Bad), Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense), and Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones). Aug 26–Sept 1

08/21/2014 By Aaron Scott

MUSEUM

Find Out What All the Junk in Portland Is Worth

Why did Portland tear down a beautiful streetcar system to build highways? What is your grandma's china worth? Why can a bottle cap sell for $1,000 on E-bay? Explore these questions at an Oregon Historical Society exhibition with a group of appraisers.

08/20/2014 By Caleb Diehl

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Slide Show: Portland’s International Mural Festival Takes Over Our Walls

08/19/2014

ART SLIDE SHOW

20 New Portland Murals Going Up This Week

20 international artists wage a war against blank spaces across the city. Check out our slide show of last year's murals and then take bike tour of this year's.

08/19/2014 By Sam Coggeshall

FILM

Trailers for Laika’s New Animated Film, ‘The Boxtrolls’

Laika pushes the limits of creativity and technology with its third 3D, stop-motion film. Here’s a first glimpse in anticipation of the September 26 release.

08/18/2014 By Aaron Scott

ARTS NEWS

Hey Portland, Watch Out for These Huge, New Art Projects

The Oregon Community Foundation will give $1.1 million to 14 arts organizations to fund innovative new programming, from new plays at Artists Rep to a musical composed by singer-songwriter Laura Gibson at PHAME to a multidisciplinary concert series at IPR

08/15/2014 By Aaron Scott

TICKET GIVEAWAY

Win Tickets to See Pink Martini at the Zoo

Pack your bags: the little orchestra returns to the animal kingdom for it's semi-annual musical safari.

08/14/2014 By Aaron Scott

CONCERTS

Mimicking Birds Fly Back to the Nest

The melancholic local band returns home after touring with Modest Mouse and releasing its sophomore album to play Mississippi Studios on Friday.

08/14/2014 By Schuyler Keenan

EVENTS

7 Minutes in (Design) Heaven

PechaKucha's quirky presentation format returns to Portland for an evening of short talks about design and summer.

08/13/2014 By Marty Patail

EDITOR'S PICKS

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Aug 14–17

MFNW 2.0 takes over the waterfront, Dew Tour shreds down Broadway, and the Adult Soapbox Derby barrels down Mount Tabor.

08/13/2014 Edited by Aaron Scott By Portland Monthly Staff and Schuyler Keenan

THEATER

Review: PETE's Three Sisters

The experimental theater company's dynamic new translation of the Chekhov classic is not your high school Drama teacher's staid production. Thru Aug 17

08/13/2014 By Aaron Scott

SPORTS

The Dew Tour Shreds through Portland

This weekend, watch some of the world’s best skaters and BMX riders cruise down Broadway—for free—with tricks that devastate the laws of physics.

08/12/2014 By Caleb Diehl

ARTS NEWS

Shaking the Tree Finds a New Home in a SE Warehouse

On September 15, the SE theater company moves to a new space it plans to make available to other theater companies.

08/12/2014 By Aaron Scott

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Slide Show: The Woodstock Mystery Hole

08/11/2014

PORTLAND WEIRD

The Mind Behind the Woodstock Mystery Hole and the Universal Church O’Fun

Every August, devotees of Barron Mind’s mystery hole gather in SE Portland to catch meteors and learn how to be fun. Consider this our dispatch of nonsense.

08/11/2014 By Caleb Diehl