Garbage in the Gallery and the Art of Dumpster Diving
Could your trash have the makings of a work of art? A group Portland artists appear to think so. For the last five months, they’ve been getting down and dirty with found objects from Metro Central...
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Top Things to Do This Weekend: Aug 13–16
Have a need for speed this weekend? We’ve got your weekend itinerary below—plus five more picks!—courtesy of Portland Monthly’s 2015 Summer Guide.This weekend: the Adult Soapbox Derby gains traction....
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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 Johns 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...
View ArticleGarbage in the Gallery and the Art of Dumpster Diving
Could your trash have the makings of a work of art? A group Portland artists appear to think so. For the last five months, they’ve been getting down and dirty with found objects from Metro Central...
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Top Things to Do This Weekend: Aug 13–16
Have a need for speed this weekend? We’ve got your weekend itinerary below—plus five more picks!—courtesy of Portland Monthly’s 2015 Summer Guide.This weekend: the Adult Soapbox Derby gains traction....
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Can a Couple of Americans Transform the Ancient Art of Bonsai?
Image: Chris HornbeckerAn hour north of Portland, on a hillside overlooking the Columbia River, I’m strolling between rows of bonsai trees. Some curl wildly out of their ceramic pots, like flailing...
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Top Things to Do This Labor Day Weekend
FILMPortland Film FestivalThursday–Sunday from noonish to 10 pm (or so), various locationsOregon’s largest film fest—150+ films—returns with celebrity-studded screenings, workshops, and production of...
View ArticleFive Portland Art Shows You Can’t Miss this September
When the summer heat begins to feel oppressive rather than inviting, fall becomes a chance to reset and refresh—and that goes for the Portland art scene, too. Daring to go a little darker this season,...
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Top Things to Do This Weekend: Sept 10–13
BOOKS & TALKSUrsula K. LeGuinThursday at 7:30 pm, Powell's City of BooksPortland’s resident sci-fi authority and purveyor of publishing industry smackdowns reads from Steering the Craft—a 1998 book...
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Your Essential Ten-Day Guide to Portland's TBA Festival
Alessandro Sciarroni's FOLK-S Will you still love me tomorrow? Photo by Andrea MacchiaStop the clock, Portland—it’s Time Based Art time again. This year’s lineup promises performative wonders from...
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Top Things to Do This Weekend: Sept 17–20
Natasha Kmeto on Seattle's KEXP.MUSICNatasha KmetoThursday at 9 pm, Doug Fir LoungeMore sultry than Kmeto’s voice in her self–mixed slowjamz is the way she breaks it down to her own tunes, with...
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This Is the Photo of Timberline Lodge that Inspired The Shining's Overlook Hotel
Image: Ray Atkeson ArchiveSeventy years ago, Oregon’s future photographer laureate Ray Atkeson, known for his large-format pics of western landscapes, snapped this haunting, moonlit shot of Timberline...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Cous Cous: Our TBA Recap
It was a ten-day onslaught of art, and the Portland Monthly critics were all over town at art shows, performance pieces, dances, and musical events. Here's the verdict on some of this year's TBA's...
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If Syrian Refugees Can Make Street Art This Good, You Have No Excuses
From Finding Place, now showing at Mercy Corps. Photo credit: aptART.Is your summer art project still stuffed away in your closet, half complete? Perhaps things keep getting in the way of that...
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