Food Reviews & Stories "We do not promise to serve authentic Italian food," reads the menu at Mama Mia Trattoria, "but we promise to serve authentic southern Italian soul food." So restaurateur Lisa Schroeder's newest joint ... More
PASTA MAMA
Italian soul food? Kicky brothel atmosphere? Just what is the Mother of downtown stewing up at her new trattoria?
Food Reviews & Stories "We do not promise to serve authentic Italian food," reads the menu at Mama Mia Trattoria, "but we promise to serve authentic southern Italian soul food." So restaurateur Lisa Schroeder's newest joint ... More
PILLARS OF THE COMMUNITY
The Lovejoy Columns, urban landmark
Special Section Generations of Portlanders grew up counting the Lovejoy columns as one of the city's most unique attractions. In the late 1940s, artist and night watchman Tom Stefopoulos painted fanciful owls, landsc ... More
Entering Actively
2Gyrlz Performative Arts puts on the little festival that could.
Featured Stories "Something unusual happens at these shows," says Lisa Newman, co-director of 2Gyrlz Performative Arts' annual EnterActive Language Festival. "People start and end relationships at them. Or they rush h ... More
Going for Gold
Nancy Azara conjures a gilded world.
Visual Arts In some respects, what you look for in art is the same thing you look for in a good massage. You don't go for a massage in the mindset that some white-robed clinician is going to dispassionately manip ... More
An AFFAIR to Remember
Stuart Horodner reinvents the concept of hotel art.
Visual Arts Wonderfully executed if poorly publicized by former PICA visual arts curator Stuart Horodner, AFFAIR at the Jupiter Hotel brought Portland's art scenesters out of the woodwork last Friday night and di ... More
Something from Nothing
Painter Lauren Mantecón tours the void--and finds its silver lining.
Visual Arts Lauren Mantecón is in her studio, sipping rum and talking very intensely about the things she likes to talk about--art, gender, feminism, beauty--when, at the end of a phrase, as if to punctuat ... More
Snore Ample
A new catalog chronicles one of the most important art extravaganzas ever to anesthetize Portland.
Visual Arts In case you slept through it, Core Sample was an art happening last October that packed two dozen exhibitions, featuring work by 140 regional artists, into a 10-day festival. Oregonian architecture cr ... More
Chuck Gets Real
Chuck Palahniuk's Stranger than Fiction ventures where (mercifully) few dare.
Books "To Mick and Chick and Chimp," reads the dedication to Chuck Palahniuk's latest book. Even though you've just cracked the spine, the monosyllables rhyme and alliterate in a way that already conjures i ... More
The Doyenne's New Digs
Elizabeth Leach takes a small step across Burnside and a giant leap into the Pearl's future.
Visual Arts When Elizabeth Leach talks, people listen. But when she walks--with her entire operation across Burnside and into the Pearl--people really listen. After 23 years as the reigning queen of Portland's "b ... More
First Thursday Impressions
Stephanie Snyder injects some spunk into Reed College.
Visual Arts Stephanie Snyder's ambitions are big. When she took over as director of Reed College's Cooley Gallery in April 2003, she set her sights on nothing short of an infusion of pizzazz. For Snyder, taking R ... More
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Grass Hut wants to do bad things with you. The Fuzz That Was
Beaver or Brazilian? The latest Bush War has Portlanders tearing their hair out. Fall Arts Guide 2011: Bring On the Rain
Dayglo landscapes, feral children, killer choruses and more art to keep you sane this fall. Brad Carlile/Rio Wrenn
Confronting the myth of the great American road. Road Trip
Matt McCormick takes a look in Oregon’s rear-view mirror. Contemporary Northwest Art Awards
Portland Art Museum scores a hit with this showcase of thought-provoking Northwest art. Stage Sets
Three local shows ask where art ends and architecture begins. Best Portland Art of the Year 2012
Favorite shows and pieces from 2012. Christine Clark/Jay Steensma @ Nine Gallery/Pulliam Gallery
Two Portlanders confront impermanence. 10 Favorite Visual Arts Shows of 2011
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