A Portlander Adapts a Novel—and His Style—When Authoring the Script for We the Animals

We the Animals isn’t the sort of film to leave you wondering what William Goldman or Nora Ephron acolyte penned the dialogue. It’s a cinematographer’s picture. The human drama feels found and dreamt more than written, intimating the lives of three brothers approaching adolescence and roaming every wooded and rusted inch of their upstate New York world.

Buyer & Cellar is an Uproarious Satire of Streisand Mania

The idea of Barbra Streisand owning an underground shopping mall sounds too gloriously absurd to be true. Yet the mall—which features, among other things, candy and costume stores—is a reality and the topic of Jonathan Tolins’ fictional one-man satire Buyer & Cellar, which has been brought to life in a lavish and hysterical production at Portland Center Stage.

Oregon Beer Awards, Wizard World and 9 Other Things to Do and See in Portland Feb. 20-26

The 11 Portland events we’re most excited about this week.

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Celebrate Oregon’s 160th Birthday by Giving Yourself “the Most Oregon Gift Ever”

On this day in 1859, the Beaver State was officially born. And to celebrate, one of the state’s most iconic businesses is giving Oregon a present befitting an elderly loved one—a nice blanket!

The Portland Comic Book Author Behind “Luke Cage” and “Shaft” Has Started His Own Publishing Company

The series that Walker currently writes are published by industry titans like DC and critical darlings Image. Two of his best known titles, Luke Cage and Power Man and Iron Fist, are published by Marvel. But along with distribution demands, larger publications usually have long, drawn out production schedules. “Sometimes when you’re hungry, you just got to go to the Taco Bell drive though,” says Walker. “Not that I’m comparing the work I’m going to do with Taco Bell.”

David Biespiel’s “Republic Cafe” Is a Book-Length Poem About Love Ripped Apart by Historic Tragedy

The collection, 55 poems numbered in the order they appear, tells the story of a pair of lovers in Portland in the time before, during and immediately after the planes hit the towers.

Zwickelmania, Justin Timberlake and 9 Other Things to Do and See in Portland Feb. 13-19

The 11 Portland events we’re most excited about this week.