ON THE TOWN

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Mar 19–22

This weekend, it's Amy Schumer's Backdoor Tour, Mick Foley's backhand, Bad Religion's comeback, and back-to-back closing shows for Six Gents, Desert Cities, and Timmy Failure (and a few sure-fire fallbacks).

03/19/2015 By Ramona DeNies

COMEDY CUTS

Mick Foley's Bits: Comedy We'd Like to See

From Mr. Socko to The Rock, pro wrestler Mick Foley has seen enough in the ring to fill four memoirs and counting. Now, can he spin those wicked clotheslines into comic gold?

03/19/2015 By Ramona DeNies

MUSIC

5 Reasons Bad Religion Still Has Something To Say

If you liked Bad Religion back then, you’ll like them even more now. We check in on the LA punk rockers and why they're still relevant three decades on.

03/19/2015 By Cervante Pope

ARTS ROUND-UP

Star Search: Previewing Portland’s Upcoming Arts Season

From opera to Artists’ Rep, we pick five just-announced shows that could make—or break—Portland’s 2015/16 performing arts scene.

03/19/2015 By Ramona DeNies and Fiona McCann

IRISH ARTS

Irish Artists Talk Poetry, PDX, and American Audiences

For St. Patrick's day, two Irish artists now based here—one a poet, the other a theater producer—tell us about the cultural connections between Oregon and Ireland, and what this city and state have brought to their artistic output.

03/17/2015 By Fiona McCann

THEATER REVIEW

Artists Rep's 'The Invisible Hand' Packs a Punch

Money and morals make for uneasy bedfellows, as the Artists Repertory makes clear in its Portland premier of Ayad Akhtar’s The Invisible Hand.

03/16/2015 By Fiona McCann

SOCCER

Match Preview: Timbers vs. LA Galaxy

Unlike RSL and their magic goalkeeper, Bruce Arena’s gang have had surprisingly little success in the Rose City.

03/13/2015 By Mike Schwartz

EDITOR'S PICKS

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Mar 12–15

This weekend, it's Adam Carolla's road well traveled, rocker Juliana Hatfield's dream of the 1990s, kidnapped futures traders, Treasure Island, and Thomas Lauderdale's piano.

03/12/2015 By Ramona DeNies

FILM FLASH

Women's Film Festival Hits Portland Screens With a Pow

The eighth POWFest hits Portland screens with over 60 films directed by women.

03/12/2015 By Fiona McCann

VISUAL ARTS

Postcards Share Portlanders' Responses to Dramatic War Photos

Richard Mosse's photographs of an African war are striking a chord with the thousands of Portlanders—here's what they have to say.

03/12/2015 By Rene Bermudez

Slideshow

Slide Show: Reactions to Richard Mosse's Fascinating War Photographs

03/12/2015

BOOK BUZZ

Small Presses Bring Big Literary Talent to Powell's

Twelve writers from all over throw down at Powell's for this year's 8th annual Smallpressapalooza.

03/11/2015 By Larisa Owechko

BOOK BUZZ

Author Mitchell S. Jackson Talks Portland, Prison, and Politics

He was a teenage drug dealer in North Portland. Now he’s an award-winning novelist and teacher at NYU. Find out why the PDX native says this city made him who he is today.

03/10/2015 By Fiona McCann

THEATER REVIEW

With Timmy Failure, the Oregon Children's Theatre Outsmarts Itself

A bestselling children’s book gets a world premiere stage adaptation from the Oregon Children’s Theatre. We like it—and that's maybe a problem.

03/09/2015 By Ramona DeNies

SOCCER

Match Preview: Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake

There is no more fitting a way to start this season, with these expectations, than by beating RSL.

03/06/2015 By Mike Schwartz

SOCCER

The Portland Timbers 2015 Season Preview

This team, right now, is the deepest, most talented group in Portland’s MLS era.

03/05/2015 By Mike Schwartz

EDITOR'S PICKS

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Mar 5–8

It's almost weekend warrior time! Hit play on four days of video games and God Game(s), glass and glass slippers, political art and Mary Stuart.

03/05/2015 By Ramona DeNies

MUSICAL NOTES

Oregon Symphony Brings Video Game Music to the Schnitz

The Oregon Symphony plays music from the Legend of Zelda, Elder Scrolls, and Halo on March 6 as part of a bid to reach beyond the classical community.

03/05/2015 By Rene Bermudez

BUDGET SMARTS

Get Smarter For Cheap at Portland’s Underground Grad School

A new DIY school offers Portlanders a deep-dive on academic subjects at bargain prices.

03/04/2015 By Fiona McCann

BOOK BUZZ

Portland Author Tom Spanbauer Wins Stewart Holbrook Literary Legacy Award

The novelist and local writing guru is honored for his “outstanding contributions to Oregon’s literary life"—and we're here for that.

03/03/2015 By Fiona McCann