Mudroom

The Perfect Party: May 2011

People we’d most like at our dinner table this month

04/22/2011

Web Exclusive

Studio City: Behind the Scenes

We take you on an exclusive behind the scenes tour of Portland's top recording studios.

04/22/2011

theater

Review: Opus

Portland Center Stage’s latest play says a bit about chamber music—but a lot more about people.

04/21/2011 By Anne Adams

Funny Folks

Bridgetown’s Coming! 5 Can’t-Miss Comics

Bridgetown Comedy Fest Picks

04/21/2011 By John Chandler

Post

Slide Show: Switchyard Studios

04/20/2011

scene & herd

Switchyard Studios

A peek into a thriving Southeast art-and-lecture cabal.

04/20/2011 By Anne Adams

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Slide Show: John Henry Egan at Red E

04/19/2011

visual art

John Henry Egan at Red E

John Henry Egan’s abstract textures expertly mimic a lucky accident.

04/19/2011 By Anne Adams

bike culture

Missed Filmed By Bike? Watch Consolation Vids!

04/18/2011 By Anne Adams

atmosphere

Preview: Hauschka at Holocene

"Life is extremely boring if you don’t keep testing limits."

04/18/2011 By Anne Adams

WEEKEND PICK

Review: tEEth’s Home Made

tEEth’s award-winning piece explores the glories and ravages of a long-term relationship. It returns from an acclaimed touring run for a one-night-only performance on Saturday, April 16.

04/14/2011 By Anne Adams

scene & herd

April’s First Thursday

A fly-by of a few April arts impressions.

04/12/2011 By Anne Adams

Piece of the Rock

6 Questions for Wire

Q&A with pop provocateurs Colin Newman and Graham Lewis

04/11/2011 By John Chandler

broadway

Review: Ten Reasons To See Billy Elliot

This tap-dancing, tear-jerking Broadway favorite has a lot going for it.

04/09/2011 By Anne Adams

from the p.m. pages

Q&A: Lewis Black

"Laughter is one of the few things that allow us to hang on to sanity."

04/07/2011 By Anne Adams

all-ages opera

Portland Opera’s Ravel Couplet: L’Heure Espangnole and L’Enfant et les Sortileges

A cheating wife and a sulking child get what they deserve in this cheeky double-header. Reviewed by Anne Adams and Melanie Glass.

04/04/2011 By The Culturegang

monday fun

Soul’d Out Festival Video Roundup

Hip-hop down memory lane with the fest’s biggest names.

04/04/2011 By Anne Adams

fresh prints

"Breast Prints" Update: April Fool’s Joke Goes Legit

Thanks to Storm’s largesse, yesterday’s joke is today’s opportunity.

04/02/2011 By Anne Adams

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Slide Show: Storm Large Auctions "Breast Prints" For Charity

04/01/2011

Listen/Look/Read

Home Stills book

Home Stills by Bastienne Schmidt is a beautiful photographic look at suburban solitude well worth a place on any bookshelf.

04/01/2011 By Amara Holstein