revisiting monstrous beauties

Chuck Palahniuk Remixes His Monsters

To celebrate the twisted re-release of Invisible Monsters, Palahniuk will read at the Bing Lounge on June 21 (with vodka!)

06/19/2012

hot diggity dog

Dandy Warhols: Review & Slide Show

At the tail end of their US tour and the launch of new album This Machine, the psych-pop supergroup still sounds daisy-fresh and admits that there’s no place like home.

06/18/2012 Edited by Anne Adams

we're going to need a new potato, stat!

Beth Ditto + New MAC Makeup Line + Mom + Potatoes = Video Hilarity

06/15/2012 By Aaron Scott

blue pride

Portland Police Bureau: It Gets Better

06/15/2012 By Aaron Scott

Mudroom

Do This Now! July 2012

Hangin' with hippies and clapping for cowboys are both on the cultural calendar for July.

06/15/2012

Mudroom

Do You Want to Play a Game?

A Portland website reawakens a lost gaming genre—and its fans.

06/15/2012 By Will Lambeth

Mudroom

Woody Redux

Song ideas to swing a hammer to, inspired by the folk hero’s 100th

06/15/2012 By Zach Dundas

more than just a pretty face

Review: Third Rail Rep’s Penelope

Closes this weekend

06/13/2012 By Aaron Scott

a dysfunctional co-memoir

Interview: Meghan McCain on "America, You Sexy Bitch"

McCain’s new book with co-writer Michael Ian Black is out today. The two will speak at the Bagdad on July 20

06/12/2012 By Kit Mauldin

In Memorium

RIP Sean Roberts

Bassist and singer for 90s band Thirty-Ought Six passes away.

06/11/2012 By John Chandler

laughs til summer

June’s Can’t-Miss Comedy Shows

Jane Lynch, Patton Oswalt, Aziz Ansari, and Portland’s Funniest Person

06/07/2012 By Sara Gates

gallery grazing

First Thursday Sampler

06/07/2012 By Aaron Scott

gather your darlings

Review: Robin Jackson’s Solo Debut ‘Dust Diaries’

Record release concert this Friday, June 8 at Secret Society Ballroom with members of the Portland Cello Project, MarchFourth Marching Band, and Vagabond Opera. Y La Bamba frontlady Luz Elena Mendoza opens

06/06/2012 By Kit Mauldin

madcap maestro

Live Show Review: Reggie Watts Spouts Off

At the Crystal Ballroom last weekend, and about to begin appearing regularly on a TV show, eccentric Seattle comedian/musician Reggie Watts was in rare (but common for him) form.

06/06/2012 By Sara Gates

Post

Japanther’s Punk-Rock Puppet Show

06/06/2012 By Anne Adams

Desirables

Dear Ida, Will You Paint My House?

Honor your humble home with its own custom-drawn portrait.

06/04/2012 By Kristin Belz

blutbad to the bone

A Word from Grimm’s Wolf-Man

Silas Weir Mitchell, who plays a wolf-human hybrid in the locally taped NBC series Grimm, tells PoMo about assimilating to "Portland Weird."

06/04/2012 By Anne Adams

in the loop

Art News Highlights: MAY 2012

Arts orgs made a few major moves this month. Here’s a dry-as-toast summary with links to the juicy details.

06/02/2012 By Anne Adams

diagnostic to diatonic

House’s Hugh Laurie Sings the Blues

Abreast of the latest actor trend, the beloved TV personality hits the road with his favorite flavor of roots music.

05/31/2012 By Anne Adams

not even summer, and dreaming of fall...

MusicfestNW Announces Its 2012 Lineup

Passion Pit, Beirut, Girl Talk, and Silversun Pickups headline. Sept 5–9

05/30/2012 By Aaron Scott