Arts & Culture

Local Color

Made In Portland

Gus Van Sant might just be the least hip local icon you’ve ever met. “I’m very uncool,” he says. He’s OK with this, and so are we.

05/19/2009 By Bart Blasengame

Behind the Scenes

How'd You Get That Gig?

Ah... Life on the set on a Hollywood movie. The glitz, the glam—the sixteen-hour days, the freezing cold, the 3 a.m. call times. Making movies might be the toughest job a person could ever love, and these five Portlanders should know.

05/19/2009 By Stacey Wilson

Slideshow

Tattoo PDX

Tatts and good grub: would Portland be Portland do without 'em?

05/19/2009

Interview

Master of the Universe

Official Star Wars artist Steve Anderson talks fanboy celebrity, lightsabers, and the secretive life of working for George Lucas.

05/19/2009 By Bart Blasengame

WE LIKED IT…

Little Sue

Local CD reviews

05/19/2009 By John Chandler

NOW SEE THIS:

Self-Interest

Local performance-art troupe the Collective of Geniuses has fashioned its debut production by inviting fledgling playwrights to its website for some direct input.

05/19/2009 By Jenny Davis

5 MINUTES WITH...

Amanda Palmer

Arresting rock singer Amanda Palmer keeps her show on the road.

05/19/2009 By John Chandler

Tis the Season

Holiday How-To

Ever wondered how to make a perfect Hot Buttered Rum? Or how to beat those dreadful seasonal blues? Find out in our quick and slightly quirky guide to surviving the holidays.

05/19/2009 With Jill Davis, Stacey Wilson, Kasey Cordell, Brian Barker, John Chandler, Nino Padova, Lucas Bradley-Kelly, Jenny Davis, and Anna Dukehart

Poochlandia

Lucky Dogs

The Dog Day of Summer dinner hosted people and pooches to benefit the DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital.

05/19/2009

Gamble On

Best Bet

A casino night benefits Portland Center Stage and the Portland Rotary Club.

05/19/2009

Now See This

Women on the Verge

Portland welcomes the second annual Siren Nation Festival.

05/19/2009 By Jenny Davis

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Mean Girls Like Me

Determined to prove herself, an untested skater charges into a game ruled by breakneck speed, big collisions, and fishnet hose.

05/19/2009 By Kasey Cordell

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Comics 101

This month Portland State University and Dark Horse Comics open the country’s first comic book archive.

05/19/2009 By Kristen Hall-Geisler

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Rebound Relationship

Jilted Sonics fans may well turn their adoration to the Blazers this season. Help them make the transition.

05/19/2009 By Benjamin Golliver

Dance

The Purist

When fellow teens were going through their punk phase, Oregon Ballet Theatre artistic director Christopher Stowell was practicing pliés.

05/19/2009 By Camela Raymond

People

The Player

He’s ridiculously good looking. He’s got a Harvard M.B.A. His father is the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Last May, Henry Merritt Paulson III bought the Portland Timbers and the Portland Beavers. And if he has his way, one of them will be m

05/19/2009 By Jim Gullo