Saturday, May 26

What Exactly Happens In Portland's Heathman Hotel In 50 Shades of Grey?

Arts & Books We've now had 72 hours to absorb the terrible news that scenes in "mommy porn" novel 50 Shades of Gr... More

May 25, 2012 01:44 pm by Aaron Mesh | Comments 4

Literary Giant Dies In Oregon

Arts & Books Paul Fussell was a great writer and scholar and, in the three years before his death yesterday, an O... More

May 24, 2012 11:14 am by COREY PEIN | Comments 1

Andy Baio Announces the XOXO Festival

Can he bring Etsy, 4Chan and Kickstarter to Portland?

Arts & Books Andy Baio is one of Portland's most influential geeks. The former Chief Technology Officer of Kickst... More

May 22, 2012 03:17 pm by Ruth Brown | Comments 0

Shy Zine Writer Thrust Halfway Into Limelight

Arts & Books Over at Slate today, editor Dan Kois publishes an interview with "Zach," the heretofore anonymous au... More

May 10, 2012 04:23 pm by Corey Pein | Comments 0

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Late Night Library

Two coasts, one podcast.

Arts & Books Stories Debut poetry and fiction doesn’t have much visibility in the publishing world these days. Enter Paul Martone and Erin Hoover, a fiction writer and a poet who paired up to create Late Night Libra More

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 MARIANNA HANE WILES

Time After Time

Our top picks for the second week of PICA’s Time-Based Art Festival.

Arts & Books Stories Mike Daisey, All the Hours in the DayMike Daisey is, at various times, an improvisational storyteller, a big-hearted observer, a lonely expositor of self or a sweat-drenched haranguer from the stage More

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 WW Culture Staff

Time of Your Life

Our top picks for the first week of PICA’s Time-Based Art Festival.

Arts & Books Stories This Thursday marks the beginning of Portland Institute for Contemporary Art’s ninth Time-Based Art Festival, a 10-day rush of dance, theater, comedy, music, film, visual art and other assorted w More

Wednesday, September 7, 2011 WW Culture Staff

Dangerous Women at In Other Words Saturday, Nov. 15.

Female stereotypes confirmed! Gypsy music to soundtrack.

Arts & Books Stories If Halloween weekend wasn’t enough and you’ve still got a thirst for costumes and theatrics, local writers Megan Clark, Monica Drake, Delilah Marvelle and Jessica Morrell appear as Dangero ... More

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Matt Stangel.

Information Station

Tahni Holt's brainchild Information Studio was a remote-controlled icebreaker.

Arts & Books Stories Spending a sweaty Saturday in an airless room silently touching strangers might not sound like a good time. But Information Studio—a combination of Twister, sociology experiment and art happenin ... More

Wednesday, July 2, 2008 HEATHER WISNER

Einstein: His Life and Universe

E = MC squared—sweaty feet and all.

Arts & Books Stories Here's a promising recipe for a riveting biography: Pick a scientific genius who made the remarkable jump to world icon from his otherwise-impenetrable field. Choose a subject whose life was a bubbli ... More

Wednesday, April 25, 2007 HENRY STERN

Boomsday

Christopher Buckley advocates for the final Big Chill.

Arts & Books Stories Cassandra Devine is one pissed-off 29-year-old. An overworked whiz at an evil Washington PR firm (is there any other kind?), she's broke and miserable, and her taxes keep getting raised to boost the B ... More

Wednesday, April 25, 2007 Kevin Allman

Music Art Resource Collective Body Art Benefit

A music benefit celebrates bare vampire breasts—and painted human ones.

Arts & Books Stories Up until the age of about seven, Robert Cody Reuwsaat spent every October terrified because he was convinced that his parents turned into vampires at that time of year due to extensive ... More

Wednesday, February 14, 2007 Jason Simms