Gamble On

Best Bet

A casino night benefits Portland Center Stage and the Portland Rotary Club.

05/19/2009

Now See This

Women on the Verge

Portland welcomes the second annual Siren Nation Festival.

05/19/2009 By Jenny Davis

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Mean Girls Like Me

Determined to prove herself, an untested skater charges into a game ruled by breakneck speed, big collisions, and fishnet hose.

05/19/2009 By Kasey Cordell

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Comics 101

This month Portland State University and Dark Horse Comics open the country’s first comic book archive.

05/19/2009 By Kristen Hall-Geisler

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Rebound Relationship

Jilted Sonics fans may well turn their adoration to the Blazers this season. Help them make the transition.

05/19/2009 By Benjamin Golliver

Dance

The Purist

When fellow teens were going through their punk phase, Oregon Ballet Theatre artistic director Christopher Stowell was practicing pliés.

05/19/2009 By Camela Raymond

People

The Player

He’s ridiculously good looking. He’s got a Harvard M.B.A. His father is the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Last May, Henry Merritt Paulson III bought the Portland Timbers and the Portland Beavers. And if he has his way, one of them will be m

05/19/2009 By Jim Gullo

5 MINUTES WITH ...

Neil Diamond

Does the man really need an introduction?

05/19/2009 By Bart Blasengame

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Bridge Club

Cathedral Park Jazz Festival

05/19/2009

WE LIKED IT

Earth to the Dandy Warhols

05/19/2009 By John Chandler

Good Reads

Book Smarts

So you call yourself a Portlander? Not unless you own a dog-eared copy of every one of these classic titles.

05/19/2009 By Christian DeBenedetti

Fly High

Water Wings

This month, you don’t need a pilot’s license to fly over the Willamette—just a costume, a contraption, and some courage.

05/19/2009 By Anna Hirsh

PASSING THROUGH

Home Bass

Jazz superstar Esperanza Spalding returns to her Portland roots. (For one night, at least.)

05/19/2009 By John Chandler

Interview

Keeping His Cool

A legendary punk trades in his bass for a blog.

05/19/2009 By Bart Blasengame

Gardening

Perennial Favorites

When lovers of salvias and slime molds crave a good book, they turn to horticultural publisher Timber Press.

05/19/2009 By Jill Davis

Hometown Pride

Twilight Ours

Portland stars in what is expected to be one of the year’s biggest flicks.

05/19/2009 By Anna Hirsh

Music

The Day the Music Died

How age and apathy are killing Portland’s music scene.

05/19/2009 By Bart Blasengame

Music

Jick Magnet

Rocker and literate lyricist Stephen Malkmus talks about yogic singing, fatherhood, and his impending death.

05/19/2009 By Bart Blasengame

Politics

Operation Oregon

Barack Obama has an army on the ground here. And most of its leaders aren’t even 30.

05/19/2009 By Bart Blasengame

Art Beat

Bye-Bye, Biennial

Portland Art Museum’s regional art showcase has a new name, a new format, and a new ambition.

05/19/2009 By Chas Bowie