COMEDY
WW Podblast: Are You Any Funny?
We talk about performing during COVID, and the Portland comedy scene.
  • Hank Sanders
  • February 6
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MOVIES
Cinemark Is Reopening Its Two Portland-Area Theaters This Week for Screenings
The moviegoing experience will lack one tradition: concessions. Mask wearing is required for both patrons and employees at all times.
  • Andi Prewitt
  • 17 hours ago
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BOOKS
Is Gordon Sondland Writing a Tell-All About His Time in the Trump Administration?
The Portland hotelier and publishing agent Alan Nevins were overheard discussing a “bombshell book” over brunch at a Beverly Hills hotel, according to Page Six.
  • Shannon Gormley
  • February 16
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THEATRE
Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s New Short Film Reflects on Race and the Difficult Questions Surrounding Identity
“We have been rewired by the time we spent in Oregon. Our atoms had been rejiggered anew, but we look the same.”
  • Chance Solem-Pfeifer
  • 20 hours ago
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VISUAL ARTS
Someone Replaced the Toppled Harvey Scott Statue at Mount Tabor With a Monument to York, the Only Black Member of the Corps of Discovery
Portland Parks & Recreation describes the appearance of the monument as “a complete surprise,” but will allow it to remain on display if deemed safe to the public.
  • Matthew Singer
  • 3 days ago
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Portland’s Five Funniest Comics Are Taking the Stage Tomorrow at Revolution Hall. You’ll Want to Be There.

When we tell you WW’s annual Funniest Five showcase is the best local comedy show of the year, we don’t expect you to believe us. We’re biased, of course. But here’s the thing: It really is. And you don’t have to take our word for it. After all, we didn’t pick the performers. The local comedy community did. And as we’ve found in the seven years we’ve conducted this poll, they have a pretty good read on comedic talent.
Matthew Singer

What to Expect at This November’s My People’s Market

My People’s Market is back–and if you have yet to experience one of these events (there have been three since 2017), now is the time. This re-imagined marketplace is a gathering of Portland’s diverse and vibrant entrepreneurs, makers, artists, culinary wizards, and beverage crafters. Organized by Prosper Portland and Travel Portland, and sponsored by New Seasons Market, the biannual event is a one-stop shop of emerging local artisans from marginalized communities.
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