December 2016

Portland Culture Cheat Sheet
What Every Portlander Needs to Know What are the movies, books, comics, songs, and pop culture moments (as found on YouTube) that define our city? We’ve brought them all together, right here.
In this issue:
Arts & Culture

Pop Culture
Your Ultimate Portland Pop Culture Cheat Sheet

Culture Cheat Sheet: Comics
6 Comics Heroes with Serious Portland Cred

Culture Cheat Sheet: Books
Why Beverly Cleary Is Portland’s Undisputed, Unofficial Novelist Laureate

Culture Cheat Sheet: Books
The Essential Portland Bookshelf: 32 Books That Define Our City and State

Culture Cheat Sheet: Music
Stumptown Soundtracks: A Hard-Rocking Portland Playlist

Culture Cheat Sheet: Music
Stumptown Soundtracks: A Seductive Portland Playlist

Culture Cheat Sheet: Music
Stumptown Soundtracks: An Eclectic Playlist for the Day-Drinker

Culture Cheat Sheet: Music
Stumptown Soundtracks: Homegrown Shoegaze for Rainy Walks (and Dampened Hearts)

Culture Cheat Sheet: Essay
Portland’s Cultural Exports Might Never Take Over the World. Here’s Why That’s a Good Thing.

Culture Cheat Sheet: Movies
The Ultimate DIY Oregon Film Festival
Eat & Drink

Wise Up: Get Cooking
6 Places in Portland to Up Your Kitchen IQ

Word of Mouth
The 11 Best Things Food Critic Karen Brooks Ate in 2016

Recipes
Five Phenomenal Winter Cookies
Editor's Note

Editor’s Note
Can Pop Culture Conquer All?
Home & Real Estate

Next-Level Bodega
Mini Mini Reimagines the Convenience Store
News & City Life

Wise Up: PCC
A Beginner’s Guide to Portland Community College

Wise Up: Learn Something New
Yes, You Can Study That: 29 Portland Classes You Didn’t Know Existed

Wise Up: Get Artsy
6 Places in Portland to Embrace Your Inner Artist

Wise Up: Get Crafty
Basket Weaving to Spoon Carving, WildCraft Offers Arts & Crafts for Grown-Ups

Wise Up: Do It Yourself
5 Places in Portland to Get Your DIY On

Wise Up: Alterna-Master's Degree
Reed College’s Only Graduate Program Puts Intellectual Exploration above Practical Payoff

Wise Up: Humanity in Perspective
How a Class Designed for Low-Income Portlanders Changed One Mind—and Life

Wise Up: Get Smart
7 Places in Portland to Exercise Your Brain

The Shakedown
2016: Sizing Up the Year That Can’t End Soon Enough

Politics