EDITOR'S PICKS

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Sept 18-21

Gillian Anderson, Herbie Hancock, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me's Peter Sagal, Ben Folds, Maria Bamford. They're not just stars, they're people at the top of their games—and they're all in town this weekend.

09/18/2014 Edited by Aaron Scott By Portland Monthly Staff and Matthew Schonfeld

Slideshow

Slide Show: TBA's Critical Mascara "A Post-Realness Drag Ball”

09/18/2014

VISUAL ART

Upfor Gallery Celebrates Its First Year with Art Superstar Ryan Trecartin

The nascent digital art gallery presents one of the most consequential artists working today. Thru Sept 27

09/18/2014 By Sarah Ostaszewski

THEATER REVIEW

Artists Rep’s ‘Intimate Apparel’ Is a Quiet Triumph

With a stellar cast, Artists Rep’s production about showy underwear reveals multiple issues with a deceptively simple tale. Thru Oct 5

09/17/2014 By Nathan Tucker

THEATER

Playwright Rickerby Hinds on Making Poetry from Police Brutality

Hinds uses hip-hop to turn the story of the killing of a black teen into a poignant theater experience at Milagro, Sept 19–20. He talks with us about what it was like to meet one of the officers and how the show's been impacted by Ferguson.

09/16/2014 By Matthew Schonfeld

TBA:14

TBA Review: Luke George's 'Not About Face'

This audience participative work from the Melbourne/Brooklyn artist found the chilling common denominator between ISIS and Jeff Koons. Thru Sept 18

09/16/2014 By Randy Gragg

ARTS NEWS

Portland Art Museum Chief Curator Bruce Guenther to Retire

After 14 year’s of guiding Portland’s largest arts institution, Guenther will retire on October 20.

09/15/2014 By Aaron Scott

CONCERT REVIEW + SLIDESHOW

Lil’ Wayne “Wins” Battle With Drake, Lays His Claim To Portland

The rap battle royale of the year took over Sleep Country Amphitheater this Saturday, and everybody won.

09/15/2014 By Matthew Schonfeld

Slideshow

Slide Show: Drake Vs. Lil' Wayne At Sleep Country Amphitheater

09/15/2014

TBA:14 Field Notes

THEESatisfaction Kick Off PICA’s T.B.A. Festival with Synchronized Dance Moves

The annual art fest filled its new late-night digs in SE Portland with one of the most engaged, diverse opening crowds yet.

09/12/2014 By Matthew Schonfeld

EDITOR'S PICKS

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Sept 11–14

This weekend's rumbles: PICA's TBA Fest vs. XOXO Fest, Drake vs. Lil Wayne (vs. Katy Perry?), Béla Fleck and his banjo vs. the Oregon Symphony, the Breeders vs. "Cannonball," and Badass Theatre vs. South American revolutionaries.

09/11/2014 Edited by Aaron Scott By Portland Monthly Staff and Matthew Schonfeld

Slideshow

Slide Show: Reese Witherspoon and Cheryl Strayed Go Wild On Twitter and Instragram

09/10/2014

FILM

Reese Witherspoon Gets Oscar Attention for 'Wild' and Announces New Film with Todd Haynes

The filmed-in-Oregon feature is charming critics and audiences from Telluride to Toronto, and Witherspoon and Haynes will team up for a future Peggy Lee biopic.

09/10/2014 By Matthew Schonfeld

TICKET GIVEAWAY

Win Tickets to Justin Townes Earle

Justin Townes Earle brings his authentic, personal take on Americana to Portland in support of his new album, 'Single Mothers.' Sept 30

09/08/2014 By Schuyler Keenan

SPORTS

The Thin Red Line: Timbers vs. San Jose Earthquakes

San Jose's sojourn to the Rose City must yield one thing and one thing only: a win for the home team.

09/05/2014 By Mike Schwartz

ARTS & CULTURE

Get Cultured Around Portland—For Free!

A field guide to finding free access to art, history, and family-friendly museums at places that typically charge for the pleasure—and a few that don't

09/05/2014 By Sarah Ostaszewski

ART

September First Thursday Gallery Guide

From art superstar Ryan Trecartin to local lights like Victor Calderone, from New York City basements to Oregon beaches, the downtown galleries are seeing summer off with a bang tonight.

09/04/2014 By Aaron Scott

EDITOR'S PICKS

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Sept 4–7

The Avett Brothers play Edgefield, opera goes indie with 'The Canticle of the Black Madonna,' chamber music gets folky with Musee Mecanique, and the piano recital gets a makeover with Kathleen Supove.

09/04/2014 Edited by Aaron Scott By Portland Monthly Staff and Schuyler Keenan

THEATER

Exclusive: Bag&Baggage Mixes Up 5 Cocktails Inspired by ‘The Crucible’

Witch burning is thirsty business, so the Hillsboro theater company created "The Crucible Cocktail Collection." Slake your thirst with “The Kept Poppet,” but try not to down too much of “God’s Icy Wind.” Sept 4–28

09/04/2014 By Aaron Scott

CLASSICAL MUSIC

‘The Canticle of the Black Madonna’ Wants to Redefine Opera

The independent production worked with local veterans to tell a story of PTSD and hope. Sept 5–6

09/04/2014 By Nathan Tucker