BOOKS

2012's Best Books

Local lit we gave our stamp of approval to this year.

12/20/2012 By Portland Monthly Staff

TELEVISION

Download the Portlandia Winter Special for Free

Portlandia chases away the gray with its “non-denominational, optionally religious winter holiday celebration timed around the solstice." Plus, SNL’s Bobby Moynihan.

12/20/2012 By Aaron Scott

ON THE LAST DAYS OF XMAS...

Holiday Shows Not to Miss

We don't have a partridge in a pear tree, but we've got Bach, the Beatles, and the Big Lebowski.

12/20/2012 By Portland Monthly Staff

TICKET GIVEAWAY

Win Tickets to the Inspire New Year's Party at the Art Museum

Marchfourth Marching Band and an army of DJs take over the museum's ballrooms for a booty-shaking voyage into the wee hours of 2013.

12/19/2012 By Aaron Scott

EVENTS

12 Top Events to Ring in New Year's Eve 2012

Pink Martini, the Weinland Supergroup, Storm Large, a Bond-themed dance party, and an epic DJ throw down at the art museum are only a few reasons to go out.

12/19/2012 By Naomi Marshall

POWER RANKING

Power Ranking: Portland Jokes

As Portlandia starts its third season this month, what’s fresh, and what’s going stale?

12/18/2012

FEATURE

Playwright Susan Mach's Double Header

The local playwright breaks through with two world premieres at once.

12/17/2012 By Aaron Scott

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Q&A: Jonathan Franzen

The award-winning novelist discusses fame, David Foster Wallace, birding, and his recent essay collection.

12/17/2012 By Jonathan Frochtzwajg

VISUAL ARTS

Gallery Review: Lumber Room

Collector Sarah Miller Meigs combines guts and good eyes in her exhibition Terrain Shift.

12/17/2012 By Randy Gragg

BOOKS

Book Review: Calling Dr. Laura

Nicole J. Georges's charming graphic memoir follows the search for her father.

12/17/2012 By Arthur Bradford

FILM

NWFC Announces PIFF's Opening Film and Dates

The Portland Film Festival will kick off on Feb. 7 with the Oz musical comedy The Sapphires, starring Chris O’Dowd, and include Portland premieres.

12/17/2012 By Aaron Scott

ARTS

How a Portland Workshop Carves Massive Sculptures

3-D scanners and robot carvers make little objects huge.

12/14/2012 By Cari Hachmann

Post

Slide Show: Additive Workshop's Megasculpture

12/14/2012

THEATER

Review: Bag&Baggage’s The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of a Christmas Carol

A zany, over-the-top drag romp through the tired old holiday tale. Thru Dec 23

12/12/2012 By Aaron Scott

PORTLAND EVENTS

Do This Now: New Year's Edition

Snakes on parade, tai-chi in the garden, and a 'Jeopardy' brainiac with a book

12/12/2012

ARTS

What Do Lady Gaga & 'Book of Mormon' Have in Common?

A side-by-side guide to the Broadway hit and the pop megastar

12/12/2012 By Corey Fawcett

THEATER

Q&A: Artists Rep's New Artistic Director

Dámaso Rodriguez talks about his plans for the company, his stupid good luck, and how the PDX theater scene deserves national attention.

12/11/2012 By Aaron Scott

THEATER

Review: Portland Playhouse's King Hedley II

Mighty, searing performances burn straight through to the soul. Thru Dec. 30.

12/10/2012 By Aaron Scott

TO READ

Back in Time in the NW Quadrant

Jane Comerford's "A History of Northwest Portland" shows and tells what it was really like in the early days of Stumptown.

12/10/2012 By Kristin Belz

INTERVIEW

Exclusive Interview: Mayor Sam Adams on the Arts

Before his bon voyage party on Friday, the mayor talks with PoMo about the state of Portland arts, the recent passage of the arts tax, and whether he has a future in acting.

12/06/2012 By Aaron Scott