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Wordstock 2011 Preview

Portland’s literary shebang is back again! Rebecca Waits and Kate Degenhardt highlight some can’t-miss events.

10/04/2011 By The Culturegang

portland rocks

Talkdemonic Album Release

The long-running viola-and-drums duo release Ruins today at Music Millenium.

10/04/2011 By Anne Adams

film school

James Franco’s Private River

The insatiably versatile actor has given Gus Van Sant’s 90’s cult classic My Own Private Idaho an overhaul with some refreshing new takes. Additional reporting by Stephen Person

10/02/2011 By Anne Adams

Out and About

October Orchids and the Essence of Tea

As the leaves begin to fall, Portland’s Lan Su Chinese Garden spotlights the beauty of orchids and the healing properties of tea.

09/30/2011 By Kristin Belz

Article

TBA 2011: There’s Still Time

09/28/2011 By Anne Adams

shorthand

Craig Thompson Releases New Title

The author/illustrator of acclaimed graphic novel Blankets talks about his latest title, Habibi.

09/28/2011 By Anne Adams

notes from the otherworld

TBA 2011: Zoe | Juniper

The Seattle dance company’s A Crack In Everything Exposed made an indelible impression on multidisciplinary artist and Culturephile correspondent Kat Seale. She describes the surreal scene.

09/27/2011 By Anne Adams

opinion

MFNW and TBA: Why Make Us Choose?

Two of our town’s greatest festivals continue to vie for an overlapping patronage, rather than reschedule.

09/26/2011 By Anne Adams

Feature

Brainstorm

Explore the Genesis of Innovation: 12 Oregonians Changing Our World

09/21/2011 Edited by Randy Gragg

Now Read This

Aftermath

By Scott Nadelson

09/21/2011 By Martin Patail

Culturephile

Museum Mayhem

For one night, student-fueled Shine a Light turns PAM into a social experiment.

09/21/2011 By Daniel Mollet

Mudroom

Do This Now! October 2011

Get physical with high school football; get literary at Wordstock; await the Great Pumpkin on Sauvie Island.

09/21/2011

Mudroom

The Lost World of Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho

Twenty years later, Gus Van Sant reflects on My Own Private Idaho’s vanished city of flophouses and hustlers.

09/21/2011 By Ryan Donaldson

Mudroom

Five Questions For… Deborah Reed/Audrey Braun

Portland novelist Reed—with help from her gory-thriller-writing alter ego braun—discovered a path to self-publishing success.

09/21/2011 By Heather Strang

Mudroom

The Perfect Party: October 2011

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

09/21/2011

READ THIS NOW

There is A Certain Kind of Woman

Fiction by Monona Wali.

09/21/2011 By Monona Wali

eye want candy

TBA 2011: Miwa Matreyek’s Silhouette Sorcery

09/20/2011 By Anne Adams

taking stock

TBA 2011: What Mike Daisey Did

What the monologuist’s All The Hours In The Day did and didn’t accomplish within its formidable 24-hour time slot.

09/19/2011 By Anne Adams

Article

TBA 2011: PNCA Students Describe Daisey

Edited by Claudia La Rocco.

09/19/2011 By Claudia La Rocco

update

TBA 2011: Mike Daisey’s Tale

A very brief summary of key plot points we were able to retain during Mike Daisey’s 24-hour monologue.

09/18/2011 By Anne Adams