Hello, Neighbor: Back Fence PDX

By Matthew Korfhage
backfence
Back Fence PDX,
The format? Seven people tell stories. That's it.
a bit like This American Life but live and in person, completely unedited, and much more performative than is usual on that show
"Temporary Insanity,"
The most engaging performer was likely Matt Smith, with his long story about testicular surgery in Japan,
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Cat Power
But the price of admission was justified in and of itself by the simple phenomenon of 14-year-old Eli Hirsch,
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Matthew Korfhage

Matthew Korfhage

Matthew Korfhage has lived in St. Louis, Chicago, Munich and Bordeaux, but comes from Portland, where he makes guides to the city and writes about food, booze and books. He likes the Oxford comma but can't use it in the newspaper.

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