Slide Show: Trophy Case | April's Best PDX Stuff
March 21, 2013

BACKSTORY
Part 1: A native Oklahoman, Thuy Nguyen-Steinberg sees 'The Last Supper' "improved" with graffiti at an NYC museum. 2: Later, she spies a shower curtain printed with French provincial scenes. 3: In Portland, she combines these influences in

WORKSHOP
New Portland brand Kiriko makes scarves, pocket squares, and ties from imported antique Japanese cloth, including century-old dyed work and bolts of kimono fabric.

NIGHTSTAND
Mary Robinette Kowal continues her Jane Austen–meets–magic series in 'Without a Summer'. Tor, $25

EXPORT
After a 2012 stint at an American Film Institute workshop for female directors, Portland filmmaker Sarah Gertrude Shapiro screened Sequin Raze, an intense-looking black comedy about a reality TV show’s turn into darkness, at the South by Southwest Film F

BAND OF THE MINUTE
On 'Love Weapons', the duo Themes spins pop drama with keys, guitars, drums, horns, and voice

BRIGHT IDEA
Design firm Tater Tot aimed to make the world’s thinnest flashlight. “We wanted something you could stick in your wallet, but still use to light a room,” says cofounder Tom Worley. The FlatLight, only 3 mm thick,