music

Loch Lomond: Misadventures in Scotland

The uncanny tale of a Portland band, their lake namesake, a BMX biker, and a stint in the slammer.

02/25/2011 By Anne Adams

culture cheat-sheet

Stravinsky Studies

This weekend, OBT unveils The Stravinsky Project. Get a general idea of what’s in store.

02/23/2011 By Anne Adams

film

PIFF Pick: The Last Circus

This International Film Fest flick delivers politically portent clown-on-clown violence.

02/23/2011

film sports

Bicycle Film Festival

02/22/2011 By Anne Adams

music

Album Review: Ashia Grzesik

Bison Rouge honors its title with earthy, crimson old-world tones.

02/21/2011 By Julie Reposa

celebrity

Sulu at PSU

The Japanese American Citizens League welcomes Star Trek veteran and civil-rights champion George Takei to the PSU campus this Sunday.

02/19/2011 By Anne Adams

WEB EXCLUSIVE

Works of Heart Videos

Holcombe Waller, Rachel Blumberg, and Shirod Younker pay tribute to the Portland Art Museum’s permanent collection.

02/18/2011

music

Jazz Pianist Randy Weston: "African-ist"

Learn more about Portland Jazz Fest’s first big guest.

02/17/2011 By Anne Adams

Now Read This

Recovery Road

02/16/2011 By Anne Adams

music

Album Review: Holcombe Waller

PICA favorite and Yale art grad Holcombe Waller releases his fourth album today.

02/15/2011 By Julie Reposa

Culturephile

Sibling Song

Two Portland sisters (and 50 pianos) put a family spin on a new album

02/14/2011 By Anne Adams

March

Off Hours: March 2011

How to spend your free time this month

02/14/2011

music

JazzFest Gal Wins Grammy

Next week brings plenty of chances to see Esperanza Spalding, Portland’s own Best New Artist who beat out Bieber.

02/14/2011 By Anne Adams

Slideshow

Slide Show: Works of Heart

02/14/2011

Feature

Works of Heart

Stories of finding love in the Portland Art Museum

02/14/2011 By Randy Gragg

tune in: television

Portlandia Renewed

IFC approves the Rose City lampoon for a second season.

02/14/2011 By Anne Adams

Mudroom

Word On The Street: March 2011

A Portland Glossary

02/11/2011

Mudroom

30 Seconds With… Chelsea Cain

The Night Season, the Portland author’s fourth thriller about gruesome serial murders, hits shelves this month.

02/11/2011

The Mudroom

The Perfect Party: March 2011

People we’d most like at our dinner table this month

02/11/2011

Mudroom

Portland's Bustling Indie Film Scene Prepares for Its Close-Up

A 2008 study showe tdhat the film industry contributed $708 million to the state's economy—and that number is expected to rise this year.

02/11/2011 By Aaron Scott