Arts & Culture

visceral attraction

Win Tickets to Body Worlds!

02/16/2012 By Anne Adams

jazzed

KMHD Director Talks Jazz Fest

Matt Fleeger, Portland’s premier Jazz DJ, hips us to the upcoming Portland Jazz Festival and evangelizes this broad, dynamic, influential genre.

02/15/2012 By Anne Adams

a new dimension of dance

Director of the Documentary Pina at Cinema 21

The Academy Award nominated director Wim Wenders will talk on Thursday, Feb 16 before Cinema 21’s final screenings of Pina

02/15/2012 By Aaron Scott

twenty song insanity

Free Music from Menomena’s Danny Seim

02/15/2012 By Aaron Scott

l'a-MORE!

Valentine’s Day Planner

A packed week’s-worth of romantic arts happenings.

02/13/2012 By Anne Adams

ticket giveaway

Q Center Winter Gala at YU on Saturday, Feb 18

Enter below for a chance at two free tickets to the charity event of the season

02/09/2012 By Aaron Scott

executive playlist

Obama Loves AgesAndAges!

After his latest performance of “Let’s Stay Together,” the president launches into “No Nostalgia” (sensing a theme?)

02/09/2012 By Aaron Scott

Article

Absurd Garfunkel & Oates Quotes

Two lucky commenters will win tix to see this mouthy musical duo!

02/09/2012 By Anne Adams

green zone

Peter Halley’s Neon Installation Will Tickle Your Brain

At Disjecta through Feb. 25

02/08/2012 By Aaron Scott

kimo-know

Slideshow + Review: Madame Butterfly

Portland Opera premieres Puccini’s melodramatic, lovelorn gut-wrencher. summary by Anne Adams, review by Aaron Scott

02/04/2012 By Anne Adams

gallery grazing

First Thursday Sampler

02/02/2012 By Aaron Scott

bedroom sleuthing

Sex Talks + Q&A with Arianne Cohen

Hate Valentine’s? Go to these three talks to learn to love love again (or at least sex). Plus, the author of The Sex Diaries Project talks with us about how Portlanders differ in their erotic and romantic proclivities.

02/01/2012 By Aaron Scott

mathmusics

Sun Angle + Stay Calm at Rontoms

Watch a cool music video, and allow us to demonstrate Portland’s astronomical band-to human ratio.

01/27/2012 By Anne Adams

infolaugh

Demitri Martin at the Newmark

The multi-talented Daily Show "youth correspondent" and Important Things host makes his own fun using song, drawings, and absurd infographs.

01/26/2012 By Anne Adams

pushed and pulled

Meshi Chavez: …or be dragged

Fertile Ground Festival delivers tense, spooky Butoh with a layered live score.

01/26/2012 By Aaron Scott