Arts & Culture

culture cheat-sheet

White Bird presents Laboratory Dance Project

A sneak peek at a hiphop-infused modern dance piece from Seoul.

07/24/2012 By Anne Adams

Local Royalty

Hollywood Knights

Phil Knight famously made a fortune as a founder of Nike. Now the shoe king and his son Travis are vying for a foothold in the super-competitive world of filmmaking with a cartoon girl named Coraline.

07/24/2012 By Tom McNichol

Watch

Movie House Magic

Our Favorite Local Theaters

07/24/2012 By Stacey Wilson

Art Stars

Meet Your Makers

Meet the newest stars of stage, screen, and sculpture, like the members of our favorite local rock band, Blitzen Trapper.

07/24/2012 By Martha Calhoon, John Chandler, and Bart Blasengame

5 MINUTES WITH

Adrienne Barbeau

07/24/2012 By John Chandler

dog daze

Review: Florence+The Machine

After a brief bout of vocal fatigue cut her Euro tour short, the beloved British songwriter revived to rock the Edgefield stage.

07/23/2012 By Riley Stevenson

poppin' off

PDX Pop Favorites

The all-Portland, all-ages, free festival presented a 45-band program over three days. Here are a couple of acts we hit with the highlighter.

07/20/2012 By Anne Adams

Now Read This

Book Review: Kill You Twice

By Chelsea Cain [Minotaur Books]

07/20/2012 By Amber Villa-Zang

Mudroom

Stage Might

Three power players give the Oregon Shakespeare Festival some muscle.

07/20/2012 By Camille Grigsby-Rocca

Culturephile

Portland's Big Time Broadway Producer

Lake Oswego native Brisa Trinchero transforms her family’s Mount Adams lodge into a nationally renowned incubator for musical theater—and herself into a rising Broadway producer.

07/19/2012 By Michael McGregor

Power Ranking

The Greatest Portland Summers of All Time!

The most exciting summer memories in Portland history: starring Elvis Presley, Pelé, and a bunch of stoned hippies.

07/19/2012 By Martin Patail

double whammy ticket giveaway

Win Tickets to The Head and the Heart and to Ziggy Marley

The Head and the Heart performs Friday. Ziggy Marley performs Sunday. Both shows are at the Zoo and sold out.

07/18/2012 By Aaron Scott

Mudroom

The Perfect Party: August 2012

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

07/18/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas

Mudroom

Do This Now! August 2012

Get an earful of offbeat Oregon history every Tuesday night at Jack London Bar.

07/18/2012 By Sara Gates

Mudroom

Five Questions With Celeste Brash

Portland-based travel writer Celeste Brash has written more than 30 Lonely Planet guidebooks. Her new title, Southeast Asia on a Shoestring, appeared this summer.

07/18/2012 By Heather Strang

pyramid scheme

Local Author talks Egypt + Evel Knievel

Lewis & Clark professor and Red Weather author Pauls Toutonghi has given a lot of thought to heritage, labels, and the larger-than life.

07/16/2012 By Anne Adams

read up/listen in

Love Rock Revolution: The Soundtrack

07/16/2012 By Anne Adams

Mudroom

Instant Cool (Just Add Tools)

Three grassroots products show the workshop/clubhouse ADX at its best.

07/14/2012 By Bill Lascher Videography by Stephen Person

We Are There

Uncapped Concert Captivates

Best Coast and Kendrick Lamar perform for lucky fans

07/13/2012 By Monica Down & Hannah Doyle