Blue Rider Press Amy Butcher’s Visiting Hours. The premise of Amy Butcher’s new book, Visiting Hours: A Memoir of Friendship and Murder (Blue Rider Press), is objectively terrifying: In 2009, Butcher’s friend, Kevin Schaeffer, murdered his ex-girlfriend, Emily Silverstein, while Butcher, Schaeffer, and Silverstein were all undergrads at Gettysburg College. Schaeffer’s crime would go on […]
Megan Burbank
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Male Genius and Female Hysteria in Portland Center Stage’s Three Days of Rain
Patrick Weishampel / Blankeye.TV POOR ZELDA FITZGERALD! Her name is cast about all over film and television as quick ‘n’ lazy shorthand for “drunken, unhinged lady from below the Mason-Dixon line.” When a character brings up old Zelda Fitzgerald—as one does in Portland Center Stage’s new production of Three Days of Rain—it’s almost always a […]
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Whitney Streed’s Hosting a New Comedy Showcase in… Beaverton?
THIS JUST IN! Lovably witty stand-up Whitney Streed (above, watch the video please if you haven’t already) is hosting a brand spankin’ new comedy showcase, and the first show already sounds great, with a lineup featuring the wondrous Katie Rose Leon, Adam Pasi, Caitlin Weierhauser, and more, with Kristine Levine headlining. It’s called “Steel Grit […]
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The Legend of Zelda
Not Even Grimm‘s Actors Can Save Three Days of Rain
from Itself
Not even Grimm‘s actors can save Three Days of Rain from itself.
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This Week in Art: Jefferies! Grimm Actors IRL! Space Epics!
Jason Beaver JIM JEFFERIES: Sittin’ on a fire escape with the best of ’em. Jim Jefferies—Comedian Jim Jefferies heads to Revolution Hall tomorrow night. Ahead of the show, Andrew R Tonry talked to him about surviving his show’s cancellation, and what’s up next. “As he is on stage, during our conversation Jefferies seems almost physically […]
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Up Now: 30 Flags at Columbia River Correctional Institution
Know Your City Today, I spent my lunch hour at Columbia River Correctional Institution, the minimum-security men’s prison in Northeast Portland, where artist Emily Squires, art historian Reiko Hillyer, and Correctional Rehabilitation Manager Elizabeth LaCarney facilitated a dedication ceremony and one-time unveiling of 30 Flags, the result of a 12-week art project made by five […]
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Nauseated Face, Man Dancing, Prince: New Emojis are Coming! Here’s Why You Should Care.
Unicode Consortium AT LAST, ¯\_(ใ)_/¯ gets its due. Today, in great Friday news, we’re getting a whole bunch of brand-new emojis! The Unicode Consortium, which is an actual governing body in charge of standardizing our emojis, has submitted 38 new emojis for review, and—WE HOPE!—an eventual public release in June of 2016. That’s a long […]
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This Week in Art: The Simpsons! Dead Kennedys! Ghosts! Imaginary Comedy Pals!
Pat Moran GHOSTIES! That’s the cast of How to Stop Dying. They’re hiding. The Simpsons invaded Portland Playhouse in PEN/Laura Pels Award winner Anne Washburn’s post-apocalyptic Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play, and Thomas Ross was there to witness it. “Director Brian Weaver and the company at Portland Playhouse seem to be a perfect match for […]
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How to Take an Ice Cream Road Trip
Searching Portland for the Forgotten Majesty of the Tastee Freez
Searching Portland for the forgotten majesty of the Tastee Freez.
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Way Existential
Action/Adventure Shuffles off this Mortal Coil in How to Stop Dying
Action/Adventure shuffles off this mortal coil in How to Stop Dying.
Posted inComedy
Rejoice! Emily Heller Just Signed with Kill Rock Stars
Kill Rock Stars YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! Emily Heller + Kill Rock Stars = ๐ ๐ ๐ Local indie label Kill Rock Stars just sent out a press release with great news if, like me, you consider comedian Emily Heller to be your imaginary best friend (hi, Emily!). Heller has joined the growing number of stand-ups under KRS’ […]