Path to Greatness

Courting The Silver Screen

Can you say "Pollywood"? How Oregon is turning movies into big business in Portland.

05/19/2009 By Anna Hirsh

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Fine China

Just when January’s relentless gray drizzle threatens to reduce us all to sorrowful puddles, a splash of color and whimsy arrives in the form of the Divine Performing Arts Company.

05/19/2009 By Anna Dukehart

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Ground Breaking

A year and a half in the making, the Fertile Ground festival gives theater buffs the chance to see twenty new plays.

05/19/2009 By Jenny Davis

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Point Juncture, WA

The second album by this quintet of artsy ragamuffins, _Heart to Elk_ (Mount Fuji Records) is a thoughtfully arranged collection of autumnal indie-rock studded with Sonic Youth guitar savagery.

05/19/2009 By John Chandler

Hotels

The Nines Becomes an Unlikely Showcase for Portland's Creative Class

Part hotel, part gallery, the Nines is downtown’s newest château.

05/19/2009 By Martha Calhoon

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Three Locals Leaping

White Bird Dance gives three locals some room to move.

05/19/2009 By Anna Dukehart

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Wild Beauty: Photographs of the Columbia River Gorge, 1867-1957

Local Book Review

05/19/2009 By Lucas Bradley-Kelly

Visual Art

Uncaged

Drawing on her battle with acute ADD, artist Elise Mravunac's palimsests roam wild and free

05/19/2009 By Stacey Wilson

HIGH SPIRITS

Pop the Cork

05/19/2009 By John Chandler

WINTER READING

"Calendar Girl, Arrested. Freed"

Winner of the 2008 Wordstock short fiction contest

05/19/2009 By Kurt Rheinheimer

Article

Speech & Debate

Three geeky teens team up to topple a predatory teacher.

05/19/2009

Article

Natural Cycles

It’s a beautiful day for an outdoor art walk.

05/19/2009

Article

Presidential Parties

Portlanders celebrate Obama’s Tuesday night victory.

05/19/2009

5 MINUTES WITH:

Arm & Arm

Storm Tharp's portraits are at PDX Contemporary Art.

05/19/2009 By Cameron Blair

Article

Facts N Figurines

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05/19/2009 By Lucas Bradley-Kelly

Film

Skin Flick

James Westby uses the seedy backdrop of the adult film industry to craft a love letter to Hollywood. Just don’t call it a porno.

05/19/2009 By Jason Cohen

Author

The Gospel of Paul

By writing the international sensation The Shack, Paul Young became either a heretic or a lifesaver, depending on which Christian you ask.

05/19/2009 By Zach Dundas

Article

You Saw Her Here First

Amy Palomino is an up-and-coming Portland actress.

05/19/2009

THE HIT LIST

Spin City

These local record stores are still rocking.

05/19/2009 By Stacey Wilson

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Doomsdayer’s Holiday

05/19/2009 By Lucas Bradley-Kelly