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Build Your Art Collection in a Snap
Photo credit: Aleks DavidovichWho wouldn't want to be an art collector? But things like budget and know-how tend to stand in the way of that aspiration. Rest assured, art lovers, help is at hand. A new...
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Top Things to Do This Weekend: May 7–10
COMEDYAll the Comedy: Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson host Blaria Friday night at the Doug Fir Lounge.Bridgetown Comedy FestivalThursday–Sunday, various times & locationsThe eighth annual...
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May Your Art Walk Be Epic
Image credit: Mona SuperheroMona Superhero: Infrastructure Pt 1May 7 thru June 4, Mother Foucault’s Bookstore, 523 SE Morrison StLooking to spend time on the fibrous, sticky edge of art's new wave? In...
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Top Things to Do This Weekend: May 21–24
Silas Weir Mitchell and Sasha Roiz of Grimm make their Portland stage debut this Friday in PCS's Three Days of Rain. Photo Credit: Patrick Weishampel/www.blankeye.tv. THEATEROPENINGThree Days of...
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Bring Us The Heads of Ai Weiwei!
Ai Weiwei's 1995 Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn.Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been jailed for months without charges, beaten, held under "city" arrest in Beijing, and smeared in nationalist...
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Top Things to Do This Weekend: May 28–31
Maintain eye contact with Dan Vidmar. Photo credit: Shy Girls.MUSICShy GirlsFriday at 9 pm, Wonder BallroomDan Vidmar was on track for med school when his bedroom recording project—completed in the wee...
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The Latest in Arts News: Kate Nash Surprise Show
Kate Nash Surprise show at Music MilleniumIf you miss Brit rocker Kate Nash's panel convo this Saturday at the Hollywood, here's a more intimate (and free) opportunity: she'll also swing by Music...
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Gordon Parks + Five First Thursday Cant-Misses
Outside Looking In, Mobile, Alabama, 1956, archival pigment print, 14" x 14" Image by Gordon Parks, courtesy of and © The Gordon Parks FoundationGordon Parks may be best known today for helping to...
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Top Things to Do This Weekend: June 4–7
Photo credit: Sufjan StevensMUSICSufjan StevensMonday at 8 pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert HallBest known for album-long odes to places he’s loved—Michigan, Illinois, Brooklyn—the prolific, genre-hopping...
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Top Things to Do This Weekend: June 11–14
PRIDE WEEKShoop! It's Spinderella! Image credit: Randy Miramontez / Shutterstock.comFlareThursday at 7 pm, the ReddSalt-n-Pepa's Spinderella. Massive geodesic domes. "Justice juice" to benefit Basic...
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Top Things to Do This Weekend: June 18–21
Australia's princess of pop: at the Doug Fir this Friday. Phone credit: Kirstin Burns.MUSICLenkaFriday at 8 pm, Doug Fir LoungeThe Australia native—who trained in acting with Cate Blanchett before...
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20 Absolutely FREE Things to Do in PDX This Summer
From rock shows to opera to open-air movies, summer in Portland is all about getting out there, enjoying the sun, soaking up fun, and...not spending a dime? That’s right! Save your pennies for that...
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Top Things to Do This Weekend: July 2–5
Cracked out on cellos with PCP: Thursday at Ecotrust. Photo credit: Tarina Westlund.MUSICPortland Cello ProjectThursday at 5:30 pm, EcotrustEcotrust's Sundown concert series kicks off with a free...
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The PDX Carpet Comes to an Art Gallery Near You
Photo courtesy Sean Chamberlain of One Grand GalleryIt’s got over 2,000 Twitter followers, it was the finish line for the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon in May, and it marshaled the Rose Festival Parade in a...
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Seeing Familiar Faces in Headlights and Grills of Classic Cars
Portland photographer William Anthony shot 32 cars for America’s Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington, that show a softer side of the museum’s collection, which spans a century of auto making. His...
View ArticleNew Show Weighs In On The Definition of Art—Through Art!
What is art? No, really. Certain pieces make canon while others fade out, and at nearly every abstract gallery a non-believer has huffed: “My three-year-old could make that.”Upfor Gallery’s current...
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Top Things to Do This Weekend: July 23–26
Splash! It's your weekend itinerary—plus more picks below!— courtesy of Portland Monthly’s weekend-by-weekend Summer Guide:Portland Geek Olympathon: yup, this weekend.Now in its 28th year, Waterfront...
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A New Kind of Paris-Meets-Portland Cultural Exchange is Coming
The Yale Union Building. Photo by Ian Poellet. Image cropped. Via Creative Commons.Yale Union’s latest art show is under construction, and this one is made in France. Kind of.The Portland gallery is...
View ArticleSt John's Photography Exhibit Showcases the Many Faces of the Neighborhood
It's one of Portland's most rapidly changing neighborhoods, with new arrivals piling in to share its charms with longtime residents. Now a new photography exhibition in St Johns will showcase members...
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Top Things to Do This Weekend: Aug 6–9
Bridge Pedal 2015: on Sunday, the Fremont Bridge is ours! Image credit: Travel Portland.Head, shoulders, knees, toes: we've got your weekend itinerary below—plus twelve more picks!— courtesy of...
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