Mudroom

The Perfect Party: April 2012

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

03/23/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas

Mudroom

Ink City

How Portland became the comic book industry’s city of superheroes!

03/23/2012 By Marty Patail

ticket giveaway

Win Tickets to Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown

The folk opera premieres in Portland next Wednesday with a local star-studded cast.

03/22/2012 By Aaron Scott

black & white thinking

Review: Race

David Mamet lets his characters blurt out all their racial prejudices, but doesn’t necessarily pave a path to reconciliation.

03/22/2012 By Anne Adams

to boldly go...

Talks by Two Photographers Who Document the Otherworldly on Earth

03/22/2012 By Aaron Scott

best of the west

Slide Show: Portland Bands at SXSW

03/21/2012 By Anne Adams

Slideshow

Slide Show: Portland Bands at SXSW

03/21/2012

Article

Raincoats Live

Nearly thirty-five years of history comes together at the Star Theater.

03/20/2012 By Mac Pogue

playlist

Review: The Shins Port of Morrow

James Mercer releases fourth album with entirely new band called…The Shins?

03/20/2012 By Stephen Person

sour apple

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Mike Daisey

Daisey’s investigative performance about Apple turns out to be more performance, less investigation.

03/19/2012 By Aaron Scott

radio stars

NPR Loves Portland: Interviews Both The Shins and Esperanza Spalding

Both acts have new albums on Tuesday

03/18/2012 By Aaron Scott

tearing down the house

Review: Kidd Pivot’s Dark Matters

Dancers defy physics in a mesmerizing exploration of the unknown forces that manipulate us. Tonight is closing night.

03/17/2012 By Aaron Scott

Fantastic Mr. Frame

Video Interview with Visionary Sculptor/Filmmaker John Frame

The California sculptor comes to town on Sunday to talk about creating his fantastical exhibition at the Portland Art Museum.

03/15/2012 By Aaron Scott

it's... it's...

LiveWire! 100th Live Show

The centennial performance promises a heady lineup including Susan Orlean, Thomas Lauderdale, and Ron Funches

03/15/2012 By Aaron Scott

Long Story [Short]

The Funnyman

Ron Funches, 28

03/15/2012 By Rebecca Waits

abra-ca-dabble

Book Review: DIY Magic

Anthony Alvorado’s DIY Magic offers pragmatists a path to the sublime surreal. Take it or leave it.

03/15/2012 By Anne Adams

radio star

NPR’s World Cafe Is Trollin’ around the Portland Music Scene

NPR Music rivals the New York Times in its love of Portland

03/14/2012 By Aaron Scott

dancing antimatter

Video Preview: Kidd Pivot

03/13/2012 By Anne Adams

Shakespeare through new eyes

Review: Shakespeare’s R&J

A gripping adaptation that makes Romeo and Juliet fresh again. Through March 18

03/10/2012 By Aaron Scott

iCare

Mike Daisey Spreads Agony/Ecstasy in Free Download

03/10/2012 By Anne Adams