desiring a perfumed and coiffed audience

Review: Julia Holter at Holocene

Songs like finely hand-carved marionettes.

05/26/2012 By Kit Mauldin

Fantastic Mr. Frame

Video Interview with Visionary Sculptor/Filmmaker John Frame

The California sculptor comes to town on Monday to talk about creating his fantastical exhibition at the Portland Art Museum, which closes May 28.

05/25/2012 By Aaron Scott Videography by Stephen Person

Mudroom

PDX Index: Fleet Week

05/25/2012 By Sara Gates

Mudroom

Word on the Street: A Portland Glossary

Instaham (n)

05/25/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas and Martin Patail

Mudroom

The Perfect Party: June 2012

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

05/25/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas

Insider's Guide to the Gorge

Maryhill Museum Expansion

Mansion turned museum Maryhill gets a 21st-century makeover with a new wing and outdoor pavilion.

05/25/2012 Edited by Kasey Cordell

TBA turns 10!

PICA Announces the Initial Lineup for TBA 2012

To celebrate the festival’s 10th anniversary, PICA invites back some artistic greats and introduces a host of new artists from around the world.

05/24/2012 By Aaron Scott

not so hidden cameras

Review: Mishka Henner’s “No Man’s Land”

Aggregator-photographer Henner trolls Google Street View for women who ‘might’ be sex workers. Controversy ensues. At Blue Sky Gallery thru June 3

05/24/2012 By Aaron Scott

Article

NW Music Festival Guide, Summer 2012

From this weekend’s Sasquatch to the season-closing MFNW, here’s a short list of the summer’s hottest musical destinations:

05/24/2012 By Anne Adams

Now Read This

Book Review: Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt

By Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco [Nation Books]

05/24/2012 By Douglas Wolk

Long Story [Short]

The Refugee

Ismet Prcic, 35

05/24/2012 By Taylor Clark

Mudroom

Do This Now! June 2012

A brew at the zoo, a naked bike ride, and a four-day rave are just some of the happenings in store this month.

05/24/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas and Martin Patail

Culturephile

Retracing K2's Deadliest Day

Journalist Peter Zuckerman has braved death threats, bigots, war-torn Himalayan villages, and psychedelic worm-mushroom hybrids to tell the stories of those brushed aside by history.

05/23/2012 By Aaron Scott

Dancing Queen

Review: Gossip’s "A Joyful Noise"

Album out today and record release concert streaming live at 6:45pm!

05/22/2012 By Julie Reposa

portland music compilation of record

PDX Pop Now! Announces Its 2012 Compilation Album Lineup and Release Show

June 7 at Holocene with Sun Angle, Wild Ones, Hollywood Tans, Rose, DJ Porsche Cayenne

05/21/2012 By Aaron Scott

Feature

A Portland Artist's Portraits Layer the Ambiguities of Photography and Gender

Lorenzo Triburgo merges transgender men and corny, Bob Ross–style landscapes in portraits that playfully puncture assumptions about men, women, landscape, and photography.

05/18/2012 By Aaron Scott

Slideshow

Slide Show: Human, Nature

05/18/2012

Scene & Heard

Spider Woman

A Cirque du Soleil contortionist talks about Portland and life on the road.

05/18/2012 By Aaron Scott

Article

Review: Imago Theatre’s ‘The Black Lizard’

The English premiere of the classic Japanese jewel heist satire seduces but occasionally stumbles over its own obi in this noir-thriller-erotic-kabuki mash-up. Thru June 2

05/17/2012 By Aaron Scott

album of the week

Listen to What Hearts Debut Album

Hear the album now on OPB , and plan to see them at Mississippi Studios on Sunday!

05/17/2012 By Anne Adams