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Agenda

Balancing the Books

Writer Kevin Sampsell Opens His Wallet

by Joe Streckert

Floating in Space

When Illustration Pays the Bills

by Joe Streckert

Agenda: Arts & Performance, Fall 2014

Your Essential Fall Guide to Portland Culture

by Agenda contributors

It's Time

TBA: 2014

by Alison Hallett

The Hustle

Three Nights in the Life of Stand-Up Amy Miller

by Robert Ham

Portland's Portraitist

Michael Horwitz Will Draw Your Face

by Jenna Lechner

So Long, Amazon

Quitting Amazon Seems Hard. But in Portland, It's Super Easy

by Erik Henriksen

The Complex Audience

Diversity in Portland Theater, Onstage and Off

by Suzi Steffen

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Not a Writer's Writer

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Life in Art

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Tell All

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Behind the Scenes

Nicole Gladwin Makes Theater Happen

by A.L Adams

Wed, Aug 27, 2014

Time's Gonna Pass

Polly Dugan on Ambiguity, Loss, and How Tin House Taught Her to Write

by Alison Hallett

Wed, Aug 27, 2014

Continuous Thread of Resistance

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by Justin Hocking

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Profiling Five Portland Art Makers

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Wed, Apr 2, 2014

Profiling Six Portland Art Makers

A comic, a director, a drag queen, and more.

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Agenda: Arts & Performance, Spring 2014

Portland's Arts & Performance Guide

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Prime Directive: Connect

Leo Daedalus Makes the Talk Show He Wanted to See

by Robert Ham

Wed, Mar 26, 2014

Fact and Fiction

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by Alison Hallett

Wed, Mar 26, 2014

How to Be Alive Now

Ashley Hollingshead Talks Feminism, Destiny's Child, and Making Her Own Opportunities

by A.L Adams

Wed, Mar 26, 2014

Theater Builder

Dámaso Rodriguez Is the New Public Face of Artists Rep

by A.L. Adams

Wed, Mar 26, 2014

Curtis Cook Says What He Wants to Say

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The Chronology of a Queen

Kaj-anne Pepper on Treating Yourself Like You're Somebody

by Jenna Lechner

Wed, Mar 26, 2014

Portland2014

Your Guide to the Portland Biennial

by Jenna Lechner

Wed, Mar 26, 2014

Money Is No Object

Theater—Not Just for Rich People!

by Ramona DeNies

Wed, Mar 26, 2014

Spring Book Releases

Titles to Look for from Oregon Authors

by Alison Hallett

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