Arts & Culture

TICKET GIVEAWAY

Win Tix to Chris Isaak at the Zoo

We're running a "wicked game" to give away two passes to the singer and guitarist's August 25 zoo show.

08/13/2013 By Jonathan Frochtzwajg

CONCERTS

Pickathon Slide Show Recap

Feist makes you cry (before rocking the amp), Andrew Bird strips down, and Sharon Van Etten compares Pickathon to summer camp. We have it all in pictures.

08/12/2013 By Aaron Scott

VISUAL ART

Q&A: Paintallica + Rocksbox = Rockin’ Art

Artist Dan Attoe talks about the chainsaws, beer, sculptures, and raucousness that will fill Rocksbox when Paintallica takes over. Opening reception Aug 10, show through Sept 21

08/08/2013 By Aaron Scott

WEEKEND PICKS

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Aug 8–11

Hit the bridges on your bike, feast on Oregon's finest, meet a Malaysian superstar, and collide with something beautiful this weekend.

08/07/2013 Edited by Aaron Scott By Portland Monthly Staff

INSIDE THE MAGAZINE

Arts in the August Issue

All the arts and culture-centric stories from Portland Monthly's August issue in one handy place: music licensing, drugs and novels, and Fifty Shades of Gus!

08/07/2013 By Tuck Woodstock

MUSIC

Q&A: Paul Allen on His Star-Studded Album

The Microsoft co-founder (and Blazers owner) releases a benefit record today with the likes of Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson, the Eagle’s Joe Walsh, and the Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde. We’re kind of jealous.

08/06/2013 By John Chandler Edited by Aaron Scott

Q&A

Q&A with John Corbett

Last week's Kiehl's LifeRide event brought stars and beauty products to Pdx. Read our Q & A with Sex in the City alum John Corbett.

08/06/2013 By Eden Dawn

THEATER

Review: Trek in the Park's "The Trouble with Tribbles"

Atomic Arts completes its five-year "mission" with a live recreation of one of Star Trek's best/worst episodes.

08/05/2013 By Jonathan Frochtzwajg

MUSIC

Stream Typhoon's New Album, 'White Lighter'

The album is due out August 20, but you can listen now at NPR.

08/05/2013 By Aaron Scott

DESIRABLES

Japanese Garden Moon & More

The Behind the Shoji art show and sale is a summertime rite of passage.

08/02/2013 By Kristin Belz

MUSIC

Remembering Elliott Smith

Collaborators and friends of Elliott Smith share their favorite memories and songs before a star-studded memorial show.

08/01/2013 By Jonathan Frochtzwajg

COMEDY

Exit Interview: Portland As F***'s Ian Karmel

We talk with the city's best-known comic about his imminent move to L.A., the prospects for local comedy, and the 3 Portland-As-F*** things he'll miss most.

08/01/2013 By Jonathan Frochtzwajg

VISUAL ART

August First Thursday Gallery Guide

Human torsos hung like animal hides, photos of sinks that swallow you whole, and tiny paintings that stall you in your tracks. Feast yourself on August’s art shows.

08/01/2013 By Aaron Scott

EVENTS

Do This Now: August

Our picks for your calendar this month, from The Bite of Oregon to the Hawthorne Street Fair.

08/01/2013 By Sam Coggeshall

CULTURE

Fifty Shades of Gus Van Sant

Portland's gay art-house cinema legend angled to direct the mass-market "mommy porn" movie and lost.*

08/01/2013

CULTURE

Portland's International Mural Festival

Forest for the Trees will turn global street artists loose on the city's blank spaces.

08/01/2013 By Sam Coggeshall

REVIEW

Review: Laura Veirs 'Warp and Weft'

The Portland singer's ninth album crackles with vitality and delicate detail.

08/01/2013 By John Chandler

CULTUREPHILE

Mitchell S. Jackson's 'The Residue Years'

The local writer's debut novel is a requiem for 1990s Northeast Portland, drugs and all.

08/01/2013 By Jonathan Frochtzwajg

EVENTS

Top Things To Do This Weekend: August 1-4

Trek in the Park, Opera in the Rose Garden, roots music in the woods, Ian Karmel on Portland—it's time to get out!

07/31/2013 By Portland Monthly Staff Edited by Claire Gordon

CONCERTS

Pickathon Guide: 8 Bands to See

Sure, there's Feist and Andrew Bird, but we pick out 8 others you should make sure to catch this weekend as you revel at Pendarvis Farm.

07/31/2013 By Georgia Perry