FEATURE

Light A Fire 2013

Our ninth annual celebration honoring the individuals and organizations who make Portland more prosperous, beautiful, healthful, and sustainable—in a word, better.

10/11/2013 Edited by Aaron Scott By Benjamin Tepler, Jonathan Frochtzwajg, and Kelly Clarke

THEATER

Review + Q&A: ‘Mistakes Were Made’ & Craig Wright

The blistering playwright, who’s also penned episodes for ‘Lost’ and ‘Six Feet Under,’ talks with us about the deliciously absurd anti-hero in his play at ART. Thru Oct 27

10/07/2013 By Aaron Scott

WEEKEND PICKS

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Oct 3–6

First Thursday, Wordstock, Samurai's at the art museum, Steve Martin, and the Pet Shop Boys makes the weekend too much to handle.

10/03/2013 Edited by Aaron Scott and Nathan Tucker By Portland Monthly Staff

Theater

Review: Third Rail’s 'Sweet and Sad'

The second in the Apple family series dishes up higher stakes, stronger acting, and a more poignant story. Thru Oct 20

10/02/2013 By Aaron Scott

THEATER

Review: Wonderhead’s ‘Grim and Fischer’

An award-winning local theater company you’ve never heard of creates a tale both charming and somewhat predictable. Thru Oct 5

09/27/2013 By Aaron Scott

Time-Based Art Festival 2012

TBA:13 in Reviews

We pick the best (and, ahem, worst) of the festival, plus a recap of all the shows you missed.

09/26/2013 Photography by Aaron Scott

Time-Based Art Festival 2013

TBA Review: Daniel Barrow

Barrow is a magician, using naught but an overhead projector and tricks of the eye to create lush animated fairy tales. Sat at 8:30

09/21/2013 By Aaron Scott

Time-Based Art Festival 2013

TBA: Itai Erdal/Chop Theatre

Day 8: Erdal’s heart-warming, heart-breaking, and hilarious show is the discovery of the fest. See it. Thru Sept 21

09/20/2013 By Aaron Scott

Time-Based Art Festival 2013

TBA: Mid-Fest Field Notes

TBA is like a mack truck of art barreling through the city with no breaks. We recap what's happened and look forward to the best still to come. Thru Sept. 22

09/19/2013 By Aaron Scott

Time-Based Art Festival 2013

TBA: Trajal Harrell's 'Judson Church is Ringing in Harlem'

Day 2: Not an easy journey, but ultimately worth watching them learn to werk it. Thru Sept 15

09/14/2013 By Aaron Scott

Time-Based Art 2013

TBA: CAMPO/Pieter Ampe & Guilherme Garrido

Day 2: "You haven’t laughed until you’ve seen a grown man bellow into the foreskin of another like it’s a blow horn."

09/14/2013 Photography by Aaron Scott

TBA:13

The Experts' Guide to PICA's Time-Based Art Festival

Since TBA has grown into an international festival, we asked curators from around the country to give us the inside scoop on their favorite artists. Sept 12–22

09/05/2013 By Aaron Scott

ARTS & CULTURE

Fall Arts Preview: The New Class

Introducing the city's new wave of acclaimed arts leaders, along with our picks for the season's best shows.

09/03/2013 By Randy Gragg, Jonathan Frochtzwajg, and Claire Gordon Edited by Aaron Scott

WEEKEND PICKS

Top Things to Do Labor Day Weekend 2013

The inaugural Portland Film Festival, the messiah (aka Russell Brand), world-class golf. Plus, the Honey Badger comes to town! All play, no work for Labor Day weekend.

08/27/2013 Edited by Aaron Scott By Portland Monthly Staff

CONCERTS

Pickathon Slide Show Recap

Feist makes you cry (before rocking the amp), Andrew Bird strips down, and Sharon Van Etten compares Pickathon to summer camp. We have it all in pictures.

08/12/2013 By Aaron Scott

VISUAL ART

Q&A: Paintallica + Rocksbox = Rockin’ Art

Artist Dan Attoe talks about the chainsaws, beer, sculptures, and raucousness that will fill Rocksbox when Paintallica takes over. Opening reception Aug 10, show through Sept 21

08/08/2013 By Aaron Scott

WEEKEND PICKS

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Aug 8–11

Hit the bridges on your bike, feast on Oregon's finest, meet a Malaysian superstar, and collide with something beautiful this weekend.

08/07/2013 Edited by Aaron Scott By Portland Monthly Staff

MUSIC

Q&A: Paul Allen on His Star-Studded Album

The Microsoft co-founder (and Blazers owner) releases a benefit record today with the likes of Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson, the Eagle’s Joe Walsh, and the Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde. We’re kind of jealous.

08/06/2013 By John Chandler Edited by Aaron Scott

MUSIC

Stream Typhoon's New Album, 'White Lighter'

The album is due out August 20, but you can listen now at NPR.

08/05/2013 By Aaron Scott

VISUAL ART

August First Thursday Gallery Guide

Human torsos hung like animal hides, photos of sinks that swallow you whole, and tiny paintings that stall you in your tracks. Feast yourself on August’s art shows.

08/01/2013 By Aaron Scott