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There’s a Music Festival at an Airplane in the Woods
In Hillsboro, Crash Landing Fest hosts local bands on the wing of a flightless Boeing 737.
Local Meditation Center to Host Hip-Hop Sound Bath
On his latest album, rapper Born I combined his passions for Buddhist meditation and hip-hop.
A $10 (or Less) Concert for Every Day That’s Left in August
Vibeflation deflating your sensations? We’ve assembled a month of affordable music in Portland to turn things around.
A Look Into the Campaign to ‘Keep Portland Operatic’
Portland Opera is on pace to fundraise $5 million. And it’s pushing the art form into the future.
Portland’s Relationship With the Grateful Dead Is Especially Thick
Thirty-one years after Jerry Garcia’s death, Dead fandom shows no signs of letting up. Especially at McMenamins.
The Music Festival at the Center of Portland’s New Hardcore Scene
In its fourth year, Northwest Hardcore Festival moves to all-ages venue The Off Beat and offers discounted tickets to kids.
Shows of the Week: At Rev Hall, Kim Gordon’s Rage Rap Hints a Return to the Sonic Youth Sound
Noah Britton, Kim Gordon and Black Moth Super Rainbow take the stage in Portland this week.
Five Bands to ‘Radically Discover’ at Pickathon This Year
A quarter of a century in, the always eclectic festival shows out yet.
Rocker Patti Smith Is Coming to Portland for an Evening of Songs and Stories
The Sept. 15 Literary Arts event is tied to Smith’s newest memoir ‘Bread of Angels.’
A Song Gives a Look Into Oregon’s Largest Juvenile Corrections Facility
‘No Ceilings,’ a hip-hop track produced by incarcerated youth, came out of a restorative justice outreach program.
Shows of the Week: Synth Library Portland Turns 10 at Process
Wet Mango, Have a Nice Life, and Sam Prekop and John McEntire take the stage in Portland this week.
Shows of the Week: Local Acts to Play the Waterfront Blues Festival
The Rose City Band, Ashleigh Flynn and The Riveters, and Jenny Don’t & the Spurs take the stage.