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Up Up Books Teams With Buckman Journal at New Location
The bookstore will be in the new Buckman Journal headquarters, along with Yikes! Gallery.
Popdarts Is Trying to Become the Next Big Bar Game
The game is big online, on the East Coast and even ESPN. Can the Rose City Popdarts Club make it catch on in Portland?
Romancing Portland Will Be Sexy, Silly, Bookish Fun at the Sentinel Hotel
The inaugural romance book convention will give attendees their main character moments. It’s also a big bet on Portland’s romantic fiction scene.
Anti-Trump Table Setting Fares Poorly at the Oregon State Fair
The tablescape features a green table runner for Reflecting Pool algae and a menu with cyclospora lettuce.
Upcoming Books and Author Events We’re Psyched About This Fall
Elliott Smith, Chuck Klosterman, Renée Watson, fairy porn and more.
Portland Theater and Dance Performances We’re Jazzed About this Fall
Clownfest, an improvised musical, a Taiwanese dance troupe, and more.
Ian Yearsley Wins Portland’s Funniest Person Competition at Helium Comedy Club
Yearsley beat out almost 200 fellow comics over three rounds of competition this summer.
A Megabloom of Toxic Algae Is Turning the Willamette River Bright Green, Again
Human Access Project has already cancelled two events due to the bloom.
A Once-in-120-Years Black Bamboo Bloom Is Happening at Leach Botanical Garden
All the black bamboo in the world blooms at the same time, then dies.
‘Dolly!’ Musical Cabaret Pays Tribute to the Late Country Star
Can Can’s Paris Theatre already has the Dolly Parton show scheduled through Sept. 20.