Performance Christine Meadows sure knows how to fake an orgasm.It's a Wednesday-night rehearsal for the second act of Portland Opera's season-opening production: Charles Gounod's hotly popular Faust. Soprano Maur ... More
Faust
Portland Opera sexes up its season-opening production.
Performance Christine Meadows sure knows how to fake an orgasm.It's a Wednesday-night rehearsal for the second act of Portland Opera's season-opening production: Charles Gounod's hotly popular Faust. Soprano Maur ... More
Restaurant Guide 2006
Food Reviews & Stories Poke me if the seafood here isn't some of the freshest in Portland. Start with the creamy crab and artichoke dip, which runs away with appetizer honors; skip the tough, over-blackened calamari. Salty's signature seafood cioppino is zippy-tangy, filled with from-the-tank crustaceans. Desserts and coc More
Restaurant Guide 2006
Food Reviews & Stories Hillsboro isn't exactly known as a fine-dining mecca, but Syun Izakaya rates a drive (or MAX ride) from just about anywhere within its 25-mile radius. Truly superb Japanese fare served by cheerful ladies in a postage-stamp-sized space lined with big sake bottles. J-pop plays overhead; fresh flowers More
Restaurant Guide 2006
Food Reviews & Stories The unusual cuisine of Peru in a chic setting. Newly created Peruvian options are eclectic and adventurous; the more traditional cuisine is hearty and robust. Where to begin? Start with small plates, which outshine the entrees by a narrow margin. Conchas a la Parmesana�knock-you-down baked mini sc More
The American Idol of opera hits PSU.
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions: Oregon District, Sunday, Oct. 15, Portland State University
Performance Competitions for aspiring opera singers are increasingly popular public affairs; they even attract audiences outside of the usual suspects (ahem, blue-hairs and opera queens). That's because for crash ... More
Restaurant Guide 2006
Food Reviews & Stories A half-hidden, nearly historic jewel on West Burnside Street serving up simple, traditional Greek taverna food, authentic down to the olive (with a wall-of-fame to prove it). The decor is spare—save for the famous corkscrewy window dressings—the plates are plentiful and the waiters are t More
The Pointer Sisters with the Oregon Symphony
The symphony does the "Neutron Dance" for its latest classical mashup.
Performance The Boston Pops with Guster. Beyoncé in MTV's Carmen "hip-hopera." Now the Oregon Symphony with the Pointer Sisters? Love it, hate it, or just put to sleep by it, classical "crossover" programm ... More
Too Much Coffee Man Opera
High-octane opera lacks jolt to make it a habit.
Performance Too Much Coffee Man Opera is many things: a savvy marketing ploy, a mildly amusing divertissement, a valentine to the joys of java. An opera it is not.Composer Daniel Steven Crafts and co-lyricists Sh ... More
Amy Schwartz Moretti
What does it say about Portland arts that the 30-year-old concertmaster of the Oregon Symphony is leaving for Georgia?
Q & A Amy Schwartz Moretti shocked many Oregon Symphony lovers last week by announcing she's leaving her concertmaster job in January to direct a new string-training program in Macon, Ga.The news was surpri ... More
Repairing Trust
The Oregon Cultural Trust's fundraising problems cause long-term worry.
News It's 8 am on a recent Thursday, and Cynthia Kirk is tired.As communications director for the Oregon Cultural Trust, Kirk has called this early-morning meeting with other arts leaders to discuss ways t ... More
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The artist/inventor/entrepreneur returns to Portland, golden tits and bling in tow. Portland Sacred Harp Singing
Attention, shoppers: Loud Protestant hymn singing in Aisle 3. Opera Theater Oregon: Opera Cinema—Carmen
Buxom Madsen-Bradford Bares All as Carmen. Altar Boyz
All genuflect to the catholic tastes of a cult musical hit. Amy Schwartz Moretti
What does it say about Portland arts that the 30-year-old concertmaster of the Oregon Symphony is leaving for Georgia? Portland Gay Men's Chorus
A bunch of gay guys singing the words of Jesus, Gandhi...and Mother Teresa? Brian Ferriso
New Portland Art Museum executive director says what he really thinks about football fans and art snobs. Jun Iwasaki & the Oregon Symphony
A new town, a new sound and a big raise for this young violinist. Key Turn Project
Free eats and cheap drinks can't save a free-falling new dance company. Wade Mccollum
What a standout Portland actor really thinks about local theater.
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