Roll Over Beethoven

The Oregon Symphony Orchestra's struggle to attract new listeners.

Featured Stories Two weeks ago, Oregon Symphony President Elaine Calder took the stage before a rare, near-packed house at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. “How many of you are coming to an Oregon Symphony concert ... More

Wednesday, December 3, 2008 BRETT CAMPBELL

Building Block

America’s most lauded architecture critic loves Portland. Just not its buildings.

Featured Stories “Ewwww,” moaned Paul Goldberger as his tour guide pointed out the van window at the bland Wells Fargo Center, Portland’s tallest building. “I kind of have an affection for that ... More

Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Mike Thelin

Winter Arts Calendar 2008-09

Featured Stories DecemberSTAGE Nov. 18-Dec. 28 Portland novelist Marc Acito makes his playwriting debut (with some help from C.S. Whitcomb) with Holidazed, a comedy about a girl who hates holiday spirit and the famil ... More

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Brett Campbell, Matt Graham, Aaron Mesh, Richard Speer, Ben Waterhouse And Heather Wisner

Couch Surfer

The difference between Benjamin Parzybok and every other Portland “creative”? He actually makes his crazy ideas happen.

Featured Stories • Gumball Poetry: a literary journal published in capsules and distributed via gumball machines.• Operation Peachblow: an immersive, citywide scavenger hunt that attempts to create an altern ... More

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Tony Piff

Just Text Me

Writers are flocking to town for Portland’s biggest book bash, Wordstock. To prepare, we grilled them on the stuff that really matters: writing, nightmares and kittens.

Featured Stories Authors write the damndest things. In preparation for Portland’s fourth annual Wordstock Festival—this weekend’s multivenue celebration of books and the people who pen them—Wil ... More

Wednesday, November 5, 2008 WW Editorial Staff

First We Take Manhattan

How an indie-rock wedding led to the biggest invasion of Portland bands New York City has ever seen.

Featured Stories When longtime Portland booker Chantelle Hylton—who once handpicked bands for both Berbati’s Pan and the now-defunct Blackbird—moved to New York City last June, it was a leap of faith ... More

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 CASEY JARMAN

To the Nines

Adding it all up at Portland’s most luxurious new hotel.

Featured Stories Portland's Ace Hotel may’ve been dubbed the “most original new hotel” in America by The New York Times last spring, but shiny, new $137 million project the Nines—nine floors of ... More

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 Byron Beck

Is it in the game?

WW predicts the Trail Blazers’ season with two consumer-grade hoops labs.

Featured Stories With the Trail Blazers opening their season Tuesday, Oct. 28, on national TV against the Los Angeles Lakers, it’s time to ask: “How you think the Blazers’ll do this sea ... More

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 CASEY JARMAN

Todd Haynes

Portland’s cinematic maverick sings the praises of Joan Crawford, Heath Ledger and…Sarah Palin?

Featured Stories Todd Haynes has always been full of surprises. From his first film, Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, which reenacted the singer’s struggles with anorexia using Barbie dolls (her family bloc ... More

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 AARON MESH

Book Buzz 2.0

Want to sell a book? Make a movie.

Featured Stories “The thing is, you can’t assume anyone gives a damn about an author talking.” That’s Dave Weich. It’s an interesting thing for him to say, considering he’s the dire ... More

Wednesday, September 17, 2008 JOHN MINERVINI