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HUGS AND KISSES: “This is so much better than SXSW.” Scoop
must have heard this at least a dozen times during last weekend’s new
arts and technology festival, XOXO. Indeed, while the Kicksta
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WIZARD WAR: The first Rose City Comic-Con was
held last weekend, aiming to become a mainstream comics and pop-culture
convention à la San Diego Comic-Con or Seattle’s Emerald City
Comic-Con.
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The Body of an AmericanThe title of Dan O’Brien’s play references a photograph of
a dead American soldier being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu.
War journalist Paul Watson wo
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A ballerina, a best-seller and a violinist take high culture slumming.
Cover Story
Fall is the snootiest season. In summer, Portlanders drink cheap red wine in the park while watching Top Gun on an inflatable screen or take their kids to...
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BAND AID: Typhoon wants you...to help sell its stuff! The increasingly popular Portland indie-pop ensemble is searching for an “intern.”
The job description sounds like what would have been call
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DEERAOKE: San Francisco quartet Deerhoof and Portland’s Baby Ketten Karaoke
are putting a new twist on the album-release party. On Tuesday, Sept.
4, Mississippi Pizza hosts a very special karaok
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