Laura Guimond Dragging an Ox through Water Portland will pack its bags after the closing weekend of the “Keep Portland Weird” festival organized by the Gaîté Lyrique in Paris. The final days of the well-attended festival included a discussion entitled “Portland: Comment fait-elle pour être aussi créative,” in which three panelists attempted to explain the […]
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Portland Keeps Being Weird in Paris
[Read part one of our coverage of the “Keep Portland Weird” festival that’s currently taking place in Paris, presented by the Gaîté Lyrique.] Portland brought another evening of music to Paris last night, with a mostly lady line-up that was bookended by two boy bands. Paris has resembled Portland in one constant aspect this week: […]
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Paris Kicks Off Week-Long Keep Portland Weird Festival
Portland came to Paris last night, with the kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival at the Gaîté Lyrique. The week-long festival attempts to embody the esprit of Portland and transmit it to an European audience through concerts, debates, and a variety of events organized in Paris and other French cities. In general, the French […]