Arts & Culture

EVENTS

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Mar 1–3

Rockabilly, race relations, fractured fairy tales, and a citywide soiree for knitters are on the calendar.

02/28/2013 By John Chandler

DANCE

Review: White Bird’s MOMIX

Using fantastical puppets and costumes, the dance company vividly evokes the natural world in "Botanica." Thru March 2.

02/28/2013 By Rachel Rasmussen

COMEDY

Laughing All the Way in March

It's not all about hoops this month. There are also hee-larious folks—like John Hodgman—serving up fresh, piping-hot comedy.

02/27/2013 By John Chandler & Alex Gamez

THEATER

Review: "War Horse" Touring Broadway Production

The puppets are the true stars in this Tony-winning technical marvel. Thru March 3.

02/27/2013 By Aaron Scott

TICKET GIVEAWAY

Spring Arts Guide 2013 and Ticket Giveaway

The season’s top 25 arts events and a chance to win tickets to MarchFourth, Portland Center Stage, Oregon Ballet, Portland Opera, and the Portland Art Museum.

02/25/2013 By Aaron Scott

TICKETS

Ticket Alert: Pickathon 2013

"Country music" doesn't begin to cover the range of artists picking and singing at this annual al fresco festival.

02/25/2013 By Jessica Shulsinger

Friday Viewing

Parenthetical Girls' Riverboat Video

The glam pop band breaks into an abandoned riverboat with Into the Woods for a one of a kind concert.

02/22/2013 By Aaron Scott

BOOKS AND TALKS

Q&A: "Animal Wise" Author Virginia Morell

Ants vote, birds make art, and elephants grieve. Morell talks about the science of animal minds in preview of her Powell's reading on Feb 27.

02/21/2013 By Aaron Scott

EVENTS

Do This Now: March Edition

Hip happenings in the merry month of March

02/21/2013

THEATER

Review: Artists Rep's "Red Herring"

This slapstick spy story is really a saccharine love story in disguise. Thru March 17.

02/21/2013 By Jonathan Frochtzwajg

TICKETS

Ticket Alert: The Postal Service

Death Cab for Cutie singer's much-loved side project comes to Portland in July. Tickets on sale Friday!

02/20/2013 By Jessica Shulsinger

MUSIC

Q&A: The Residents

Avant-garde mystery men from San Francisco play Hawthorne Theater this Friday, celebrating 40 years of confounding their audience. Feb 22.

02/20/2013 By John Chandler

DANCE

Review: OBT's Swan Lake

OBT’s third showing of Stowell’s take on the 1895 classic marks principal dancer Yuka Iino’s final swan song. Thru Feb. 23

02/19/2013 By Rachel Rasmussen

PLANTWISE: BOOK REVIEW & Q&A

Q&A With Amy Stewart, Author of The Drunken Botanist

In which she addresses the enlightening botanical history, science and chemistry of over 150 plants, flowers, trees, fruit and fungi. Also, a book giveaway!

02/17/2013 By Kate Bryant