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Scary Stories to Tell in R.I.P. City
Polybius lives, the Oregon Zoo is totally not haunted, and other insights into Portland’s flavor of supernatural narratives.
New Schnitzer Art Building at PSU Makes a Statement
With over $80 million in public funding, the facility marks a huge investment in arts education and in downtown Portland.
PICA Announces Move to New HQ
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, organizers of the Time-Based Art Festival, hit the end of a 10-year sweetheart lease.
White Bird Is Dropping the ‘Contemporary Dance’ Label in Order to Fly Higher
This season opens with Circa from Australia, a progressive, ‘movement-based circus.’
How to Help Mom and Dad Over the Hill
Statistically, the average Portlander’s parents are of retirement age.
Kimberly King Parsons Spills Her ‘Guts’
The ‘country-punk poet’ talks sex, drugs and publishing a short story from her 2019 collection ‘Black Light’ as a standalone book.
Fake Trivia From Chuck Klosterman’s Bizarro Rock-’n’-Roll History
‘Rock*’ is a speculative cultural history that asks, what if the Velvet Underground was the biggest band the world had ever known?
A New Book Recounts Radicchio’s Rise to Pacific Northwest Fame
In the past 10 years, the blushing and beautiful Italian leafy vegetable has become a local star. It didn’t happen by accident.
Welcome Home
Get off the couch and learn how to reinvent your rooms. NestFest is this weekend.
Hasaan Still Hates Portland, and He’s Making a Movie About It
The viral webseries is becoming a feature film. Rapper Wynne is involved. Linklater’s ‘Slacker’ is referenced. It shoots next week.