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

pagans and los angelenos

The Oregon Symphony Gets Dark and Seedy for Its Closing Concerts

The Symphony takes on Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring and John Adam’s City Noir for its Sunday and Monday performances

05/16/2012 By Aaron Scott

grab your pompoms, girls!

Bring It On: The Musical Goes to Broadway Courtesy of Oregon-born Theater Wunderkind

05/15/2012 By Aaron Scott

no reason to be down

Tomorrow Only: $30 Tickets to ‘It Ain’t Nothin’ but the Blues’

05/15/2012 By Aaron Scott

c'est bon!

"Portland Weird" in Paris: Artists Report

New Paris-based festival "Keep Portland Weird" hosted a bunch of Portland artists and reportedly spoiled them rotten. We asked our correspondents: Have we got a new sister city, or is our hometown’s hip oeuvre officially "over?

05/10/2012 By Aaron Scott and Anne Adams

your wednesday morning listening alert

Listen to Gossip’s New Album (and also the Dandy Warhols)

05/09/2012 By Aaron Scott

twitterdelic

Live-Tweet Review: Candide

Opens at the Keller on Friday.

05/08/2012 By Aaron Scott

political theater?

Profile Theatre’s Latest Inspiration

The theater company that devotes each season to a single dramatist’s voice sets its sights on South African playwright Athol Fugard

05/08/2012 By Anne Adams

about time, right?

Culturephile is on Twitter!

And to celebrate, we’re taking you behind the scenes at Portland Opera’s Candide dress rehearsal tonight for "Eat, tweet, drink and draw." (Say what?!)

05/07/2012 By Aaron Scott

a moving philosophy

Mizu Desierto’sDown-To-Earth Dance

Releasing the Local Culture Project documentary last Friday and prepping for the upcoming 1 Festival, Portland’s premier butoh curator continues to preach dance-life integration.

05/07/2012 By Anne Adams

gallery grazing

First Thursday Sampler

05/03/2012 By Aaron Scott

noted

Greylag Songwriter Explains Himself (sort of)

Andrew Stonestreet, frontman of a burgeoning band, preaches self-betterment but lets his music do most of the talking.

05/03/2012 By Anne Adams