Arts & Culture

April

Off Hours: April 2011

How to spend your free time this month

03/09/2011

Editor’s Note

A Yeon Centennial

The distance between the Columbia River Gorge and the Oregon coast, centuries-old art of China, Japan, ?and Italy, and one of Portland’s greatest homes can be measured in miles and years—or in the connections between the eye and hand of John Yeon.

03/09/2011 By Randy Gragg

Post

Public Art Finder App!

Fresh from the mayor’s office, a handy guide to our fair city’s permanent installations.

03/07/2011 By Anne Adams

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TBA 2011: First news

03/03/2011

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What is MarchFourth?

It’s a band. It’s a Portland phenomenon. It’s a date.

03/03/2011 By Anne Adams

comedy

Michael Ian Black’s Best Tweets

Whet your appetite for the comic’s weekend shows with these nuggets of hilarity.

03/03/2011 By Jonathan S Banasky

tune in: radio

Tune In: Destination DIY

Learn more about OPB’s latest feature series, and meet the blue-haired host who "does it herself."

03/03/2011 By Anne Adams

performance

TBA 2011: First news

Curator Cathy Edwards says “cults, demigods, proselytizing, and fracturing” are the themes for this year’s dynamic September festival of dance, music and, and uncategorizable performance and visual art.

03/03/2011 By Randy Gragg

music

Album Review: Loch Lomond

See also: The Band’s Misadventures in Scotland

03/03/2011 By Julie Reposa

tune in: television

Portlandia: Over | Flyer Wars | Deuce Hotel

Some patterns emerge in the best and worst sketches.

03/01/2011 By Anne Adams

dance

Stravinsky Slideshow

02/28/2011 By Anne Adams

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