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Local storytelling events combine forces at Word to Your
Mother.
Gonzo the Great talks to the Mercury!
LastRite Productions’ giggly superhero kitsch.
The Northwest Classical Theatre Company’s all-female production of
Richard II transcends its gimmick to become, simply, good
theater.
It’s now or never for independent record stores.
Don’t Miss Graffiti Rock at the Jackpot Records Film Fest!
Pass the Grape Ape, George! Record Store Day returns this Saturday with a small music festival’s worth of events to choose from. Here’s a round-up: – At Music Millenium, Queensryche will be signing copies of their new CD, American Soldier, at noon. Really! 3158 E. Burnside, noon – Meanwhile, at Fabulous Jackpot! Records (Downtown location), […]
Tonight at Powell’s City of Books, Jonathan Goldstein reads from Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bible!, his new collection of humor spoofing, you know, that other book. Goldstein is most closely associated with This American Life, the generation-defining public radio show started by Ira Glass, which is fast approaching its fifteenth year on the air. Last […]
A jaw-dropping performance elevates El Grito del Bronx to the
near-sublime.
Gordon Hempton quietly fumes about noise pollution in One Square
Inch of Silence.
Tonight at Mississippi Studios, comedian Eugene Mirman and singer-songwriter John Wesley Harding will assemble a few local friends—authors Monica Drake and Mark Acito—plus Brooklyn musician Lucy Wainwright Roche, for the Portland stop on their Cabinet of Wonders extravaganza. Last week, I spoke with Mirman over the phone about Cabinet of Wonders, his indie-rock career model, […]
The greatest interview ever with Lil Wayne (in which comedian Eugene
Mirman answers the questions).
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