Performance Since her first play stunned New York audiences four years ago, Annie Baker, 31, has gone from obscurity to acclaim. In that time, critics have scraped away at her plays, trying to unearth what ma More
The Aliens (Third Rail Repertory)
They’re only human.
Performance Since her first play stunned New York audiences four years ago, Annie Baker, 31, has gone from obscurity to acclaim. In that time, critics have scraped away at her plays, trying to unearth what ma More
Trip And Slide
Danny Boyle’s Trance is a head trip that spins in on itself.
Movie Reviews & Stories As best I can tell, Trance is the first film—outside porn, maybe—to have a plot that hinges on a woman’s pubic hair. Though the Goya painting that goes missing in the art-heist thriller is More
The Possessions of La Boîte (The Reformers)
My baby, she wrote me a letter.
Performance In the program notes for The Possessions of La Boîte, director Charmian Creagle says the show “is an homage to an art form—the letter—and the power it possesses.” It’s an assertion that More
Your First Overnighter
Everything you need to know before your first bikepacking trip.
Culture Rochelle Comeaux and Don Eaton remember their first overnighter as cyclists. It was the first day of their 70-day cross-country trip along the TransAmerica Trail, which winds 4,233 miles from As More
Frames Within Frames
A full year of bike-based art.
Culture Portland cyclists are not content to limit their demonstrations of affection to soggy winter commuting, bombing downhill from the zoo and quaffing too much beer at Apex. Portlanders who worship More
Rebel Ride
Two years on two wheels: radical homesteading and roadkill suppers.
Movie Reviews & Stories A couple years ago, Noah Hussin didn’t eat roadkill. Now it makes his mouth water. In November 2010, Hussin and his brother Tim set out, on bicycles, to document communities of radical homestead More
Arabian Nights (Post Five Theatre)
A whole new world, replete with fart jokes.
Performance Before Arabian Nights begins, Post Five’s performers move about the theater. Clad in harem pants and embroidered vests, they squeeze into black vinyl pews, wrapping an arm around an audience m More
Admission
It gets the thin envelope, not the fat one.
Movie Reviews & Stories In one of the funnier moments in Admission, several Princeton admissions officers make notes on a giant chart. On one side are fawning remarks they’ve received from parents whose offspring have More
Korean Gothic
Director Park Chan-Wook sucks the blood out of Stoker.
Movie Reviews & Stories On a scale of zero to Quentin Tarantino, South Korean director Park Chan-wook is not stuck in the middle with anyone. In his hyperviolent Vengeance trilogy (2003’s Oldboy won the Grand Prix at More
Hotseat: Penelope Spheeris
The filmmaker talks about punk rock and losing her temper.
Movie Reviews & Stories Teenage angst has paid off well for Penelope Spheeris. Her breakout film, the remarkable More
Top Articles from REBECCA JACOBSON
Body Awareness (Coho Productions)
Our bodies, our very complicated selves. Keys To Survival
A St. Paddy’s Day option if you’re plowed at a bar and want to go home with your car. Shelved
The story of Powell’s layoffs, according to affected workers. House United
What a worker-owned restaurant is doing about the housing crisis. Gigantic Brewing: Giant’s Lair
Gus
Portland’s greatest filmmaker and his controversial new movie. Winter Guide 2013: Stone Cold
A WW correspondent learns to keep her beer off the curling rink. Cheap Eats 2011: Pupuseria El Buen Gusto
Trek in the Park (Atomic Arts)
Set phasers to “mildly entertaining.” ’Couve Crawl
A night out in Portland’s northern neighbor.
Our bodies, our very complicated selves. Keys To Survival
A St. Paddy’s Day option if you’re plowed at a bar and want to go home with your car. Shelved
The story of Powell’s layoffs, according to affected workers. House United
What a worker-owned restaurant is doing about the housing crisis. Gigantic Brewing: Giant’s Lair
Gus
Portland’s greatest filmmaker and his controversial new movie. Winter Guide 2013: Stone Cold
A WW correspondent learns to keep her beer off the curling rink. Cheap Eats 2011: Pupuseria El Buen Gusto
Trek in the Park (Atomic Arts)
Set phasers to “mildly entertaining.” ’Couve Crawl
A night out in Portland’s northern neighbor.
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