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Live Music
Sept. 18 On the edge of dawn Shirley Manson, the Scottish-born singer of dark-pop-rock band Garbage, is duly pessimistic about undue optimism. I really do feel that since Sept. 11 that everything in...
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Hey, hey it's the Monkees reunion
Two of four original band members play two shows at coast Quickie quiz: What was the only musical act in pop/rock music history with four No. 1 albums in a 12-month period? No, not Elvis Presley. Not...
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Political superheroes unmasked
Storm Entertainment finds niche illustrating controversial figures Anybody wanting an unbiased and fair representation of presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton would benefit from...
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Bread & Brew: Beast's Pomeroy dishes on new book, choices behind her career
Forgive Naomi Pomeroy if shes a little frantic these days. Shes gearing up for a national book tour to promote the launch of her first cookbook, Taste & Technique, attending local parties,...
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Test Drive: 2016 Nissan Altima SL 2.5
Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn has set an ambitious goal to get 10 percent of the North American market. That might sound impossible to achieve, considering that Nissan has historically sold fewer...
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TBA, annual contemporary arts fest, spreads tentacles across town
It happens Sept. 8-18 Will there be naked people writhing in food? Of course. TBA:16, technically the 14th annual Time-Based Art festival, runs Sept 8-18 in various venues around Portland. And Portland...
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Bread & Brew: Beyond kim chi: Korean food, culture reign
Last weekend's food fest shines light on nonprofit's mission There was a whole lot of kim chi last weekend at the second annual Korean Food Festival in Portland. Attendees indulged in kim chi tamales,...
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Test Drive: 2016 Toyota Corolla
Has it really been 50 years since Toyota first introduced the Corolla, the best selling car in the world and the model that paved the way for Japanese automakers to challenge Detroit head-to-head in...
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Big screen Last week, Sept. 2 Morgan; The Light Between the Oceans; Complete Unknown This week, Sept. 9 Sully (WB), PG-13, 91 minutes About Its the story of Chesley Sullenberger, who became...
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Book Report: A conversation with Oregon's new poet laureate
Elizabeth Woody the first Native American to hold the title Elizabeth Woody is leaving Portland for good. In March, Gov. Kate Brown named Woody the eighth poet laureate of Oregon. Woody joins the ranks...
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PEDAL TO THE METAL WITH PORTLAND CYCLOCROSS
Newbie plunges into race scene, while Molly Cameron nurtures all levels Each September, thousands of mud-loving, cowbell-clanging cyclists take to the trails all around the city and state to compete...
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'Kubo' another hit movie for Laika
Local studio's fourth animated feature getting Oscar buzz The Laika film Kubo and the Two Strings opened in cinemas nationwide recently, amid critical acclaim and millions of box-office dollars....
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Short List
STAGE The Gun Show CoHo Productions, with director Shawn Lee and performer Vin Shambry and starting its 21st season, presents the E.M. Lewis play. Shambry, from rural Oregon, shares gun stories in a...
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Black music fest organizers hope to grow a new tradition
Nascent event set for Sept. 11 at Mission Theater Members of Portlands jazz, hip hop, soul and R&B communities are coming together to highlight African-American music with the first-ever Portland...
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Live Music
Sept. 13 Sympathy for their devils It might seem impossible to update sounds rooted in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but The Walcotts are the band that could do just that. Combining country,...
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Comic Con honors roots Marvel-ously
Stan Lee, Jon Heder, John Cusack among celeb guests, writers Its five years old now, and the Rose City Comic Con, Sept. 10-11 at the Oregon Convention Center, still remains true to its mission from...
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Disjecta stuff Disjectas Portland 2016 Biennial, which stretched to venues around the state, enters its final week. Locally, therell be Carla Bengtsons performance workshop S.C.O.L.D., which...
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FEAST SETS TABLE, SAMPLE THE FULL MENU
Tickets available for tasty bites, spirited education Itll be an epic weekend of food and drink, Sept. 15-18, as Feast Portland takes over the city. Just a handful of events still have tickets...
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Ozzy ponders Sabbath's legacy
Metal pioneers' Sept. 13 concert part of final tour To original metal fans, Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath were synonymous with scary, thrilling music where the bass and guitar often play as one, the...
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Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson: Seduction tale hits local stage
'The Graduate' makes Oregon debut Sept. 8 in Hillsboro Benjamin Braddock has just finished college and, back at his parents house, hes trying to avoid the one question everyone keeps asking what...
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