Arts & Culture

ticket giveaway

K.D. Lang to Perform Her First ‘Home’ Show on Sunday

Win tickets to lang’s zoo concert!

06/27/2012 By Aaron Scott

culture cheat-sheet

Art Headlines: June 2012

A huge month of season announcements, staffing changes, awards and solicitations—summarized for a quick study.

06/27/2012 By Anne Adams

had to be there

Risk/Reward 2012 Leaves Indelible Impressions

Last weekend, Hand2Mouth Theatre presented its fifth—and most ambitious—Risk/Reward performance art showcase. In case you missed it, here’s the play-by-play, from Shmooquan’s prosthetic parts, to H2M’s hold on our heart.

06/25/2012 By Anne Adams

Culturephile

Riffing on the Bard

Director Scott Palmer reinvents Shakespeare and other theater classics from the avant-garde hotbed of … Hillsboro.

06/22/2012 By AP Kryza

Mudroom

Five Questions With… Meghan McCain

The ex-GOP nominee’s daughter (and right-wing TV persona) trots out a new book, America, You Sexy Bitch.

06/22/2012 By Kit Mauldin

Mudroom

Word on the Street: a Portland Glossary, July 2012

The Greshamptons (n)

06/22/2012

Mudroom

The Perfect Party: July 2012

The guests we’d most like at our dinner table this month.

06/22/2012

in defense of electronica

Before there was Dubstep

An electronica veteran finds redemption in this weekend’s Closer PDX festival

06/21/2012 By Martin Patail

the creative itch

Art Gets Sloppy at PICA’s Weekend Symposium

PICA brings award-winning choreographer and performer Keith Hennessy for a packed weekend of open rehearsals, discussions about the economy, screenings of lesbian erotica, and drinking and dishing. It’s happy hour fueled art!

06/20/2012 By Aaron Scott

carpe deim/caveat emptor

Risk/Reward This Weekend

The director reports (and the roster corroborates) ever-improving odds for Hand2Mouth’s high-stakes performance festival. by Jerry Tischleder, as told to Anne Adams

06/20/2012 By Anne Adams

revisiting monstrous beauties

Chuck Palahniuk Remixes His Monsters

To celebrate the twisted re-release of Invisible Monsters, Palahniuk will read at the Bing Lounge on June 21 (with vodka!)

06/19/2012

hot diggity dog

Dandy Warhols: Review & Slide Show

At the tail end of their US tour and the launch of new album This Machine, the psych-pop supergroup still sounds daisy-fresh and admits that there’s no place like home.

06/18/2012 Edited by Anne Adams

we're going to need a new potato, stat!

Beth Ditto + New MAC Makeup Line + Mom + Potatoes = Video Hilarity

06/15/2012 By Aaron Scott

Mudroom

Do This Now! July 2012

Hangin' with hippies and clapping for cowboys are both on the cultural calendar for July.

06/15/2012