Arts & Culture

fall is in the arts

Fall Arts Preview 2012

This fall, we profile six dynamic collaborative partnerships in the arts, and of course share our top picks for the season.

08/29/2012 By Aaron Scott

Climb Ev'ry Mountain

Pink Martini + The Von Trapp Family = The Yam-Hills Are Alive Concert

On September 16, the Portland little orchestra teams up with the great-grandchildren of the Sound of Music to take on a mountain of garbage growing in Oregon's wine country

08/28/2012 By Aaron Scott

Happenings

Fashion's Night Out Guide

Thursday, September 6 is national Fashion's Night Out with nearly every store downtown offering up something ala fashion shows, new fall collections and party time.

08/28/2012 By Eden Dawn

art imitates art

Push Leg Reframes Edward Hopper for the Stage

Push Leg Physical Theater works up a version of Edward Hopper's Nighthawks

08/27/2012 By Anne Adams

FOOD EVENT SPOTLIGHT

TBA's New Foodie Focus

Start honing your sense of taste for this year's interactive culinary events at PICA's 10th annual Time-Based Art Festival.

08/27/2012 By Allison Jones

Movin' Out

Outdoor Dance Abounds!

Nothing enlivens a dance performance like an actual breath of fresh air. Mark your calendar for the breezy alfresco dance offerings set to grace the remainder of our waning sunny season.

08/24/2012 By Anne Adams

We Heart Video

Wax Fingers: New Video + Album Release

Wax Fingers release a new EP. Check out their eerie new video!

08/24/2012 By Anne Adams

Dark Side of the Moms

Exclusive Interview with Menomena About Their Moms

Be the first to hear the the new album, out Sept 18, this Friday at the OMSI Planetarium—with a laser light show!

08/24/2012 By Aaron Scott

City Scenes

Design With the Other 90 Percent

A new exhibit at Mercy Corps and the Museum of Contemporary Craft looks beyond our city borders to real urban problems—and solutions.

08/24/2012 By Kristin Belz

Article

Bob Mould Video Filmed in PDX

Former Hüsker Dü singer's new video is filmed in Portland and features several prominent PDXtras.

08/23/2012 By Aaron Scott

Bookshelf

Review: Dora: A Headcase by Lidia Yuknavitch

Based on a famed Freud case, the novel is as a razor-edged scalpel dissecting what it means to be categorized, typed, and diagnosed.

08/23/2012 By Roxanne Myslewski

On The Town

Long Distance Love

Tin House magazine cultivates a transcontinental bond.

08/23/2012

Mudroom

Do This Now!

What's happening this month

08/23/2012

Mudroom

Eat, Prey, Kill

Five questions with... Lily Raff McCaulou The Bend author discusses her new memoir, Call of the Mild: Learning to Hunt My Own Dinner.

08/23/2012 By Sara Gates

Article

One-Sentence Stories

08/23/2012 By Zach Dundas

Scene & Heard

Paperback Rider

Where: North Portland bike lanes Who: Evan Schneider, a local writer who puts a personal spin on cycling.

08/23/2012 By Zach Dundas

Article

The Path to Indie Rock Glory

As MusicfestNW takes over the city, behold the 21 steps from garage band to glamour.

08/23/2012

Mudroom

Power Play

Portland’s City Council inspires performance art.

08/23/2012 By Roxanne Myslewski