Arts & Culture

FEATURE

Playwright Susan Mach's Double Header

The local playwright breaks through with two world premieres at once.

12/17/2012 By Aaron Scott

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Q&A: Jonathan Franzen

The award-winning novelist discusses fame, David Foster Wallace, birding, and his recent essay collection.

12/17/2012 By Jonathan Frochtzwajg

VISUAL ARTS

Gallery Review: Lumber Room

Collector Sarah Miller Meigs combines guts and good eyes in her exhibition Terrain Shift.

12/17/2012 By Randy Gragg

BOOKS

Book Review: Calling Dr. Laura

Nicole J. Georges's charming graphic memoir follows the search for her father.

12/17/2012 By Arthur Bradford

FILM

NWFC Announces PIFF's Opening Film and Dates

The Portland Film Festival will kick off on Feb. 7 with the Oz musical comedy The Sapphires, starring Chris O’Dowd, and include Portland premieres.

12/17/2012 By Aaron Scott

ARTS

How a Portland Workshop Carves Massive Sculptures

3-D scanners and robot carvers make little objects huge.

12/14/2012 By Cari Hachmann

Post

Slide Show: Additive Workshop's Megasculpture

12/14/2012

THEATER

Review: Bag&Baggage’s The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of a Christmas Carol

A zany, over-the-top drag romp through the tired old holiday tale. Thru Dec 23

12/12/2012 By Aaron Scott

PORTLAND EVENTS

Do This Now: New Year's Edition

Snakes on parade, tai-chi in the garden, and a 'Jeopardy' brainiac with a book

12/12/2012

ARTS

What Do Lady Gaga & 'Book of Mormon' Have in Common?

A side-by-side guide to the Broadway hit and the pop megastar

12/12/2012 By Corey Fawcett

THEATER

Q&A: Artists Rep's New Artistic Director

Dámaso Rodriguez talks about his plans for the company, his stupid good luck, and how the PDX theater scene deserves national attention.

12/11/2012 By Aaron Scott

THEATER

Review: Portland Playhouse's King Hedley II

Mighty, searing performances burn straight through to the soul. Thru Dec. 30.

12/10/2012 By Aaron Scott

TO READ

Back in Time in the NW Quadrant

Jane Comerford's "A History of Northwest Portland" shows and tells what it was really like in the early days of Stumptown.

12/10/2012 By Kristin Belz

INTERVIEW

Exclusive Interview: Mayor Sam Adams on the Arts

Before his bon voyage party on Friday, the mayor talks with PoMo about the state of Portland arts, the recent passage of the arts tax, and whether he has a future in acting.

12/06/2012 By Aaron Scott

ARTS NEWS

Symphony Gets Two Grammy Nominations

The orchestra receives nods in the categories of Best Orchestral Performance and Best Engineered Album, Classical for its 2011 record "Music for a Time of War."

12/06/2012 By John Chandler