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Six-year-old local firm ALO Audio battles the earbud era with premium headphones and related gear. From its new Central Eastside headquarters, the company offers the PanAm ($599), a headphone amp with both tubes and transistors that p
Photography by Courtesy Alo Audio
Wieden & Kennedy sells things to the culture, but it’s equally adept at shaping the culture it sells to. The ad agency’s latest project, Sharp Stuff, is an effort to “explore the boundaries of s
Photography by Courtesy Wieden & Kennedy
The Oregon Symphony goes Anglophile with This England, including Elgar’s sprightly Cockaigne, Vaughan Williams’s wartime Fifth Symphony, and two works by Benjamin Britten, all recorded in Portland. Re
Photography by Courtesy Oregon Symphony
The fall collection from St. Helens–based (and aptly named) fashion line Saint Elyns reflects designer Jessie DeSue’s palette of retro influences and of-the-moment feminine sensibility. Photography by Courtesy Saint Elyns
Division Leap stocks archival zines, rare art books, and other esoterica. “We’re fascinated with what’s influential, but not widely available,” says co-owner Adam Davis. Recently on display: a Yoko Ono sales li
Photography by Courtesy Division Leap
Gaston farmer and food advocate Anthony Boutard weighs in on the New World’s greatest (and most controversial) grain in Beautiful Corn: America’s Original Grain from Seed to Plate. New Society, $20
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