Renaissance Pictures HELLA CONTROVERSIAL. Yesterday, I got an email from Will Fries at the Funhouse Lounge with what appears to be the latest installment of schools rejecting student performances over content concerns. Here’s what Fries wrote in a press release sent on behalf of the Funhouse Lounge and local theater groups: Funhouse Lounge and a […]
Megan Burbank
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Breaking: Purringtons Cat Lounge, Portland’s First-Ever Cat Cafe, Opens A Week From TOMORROW!
Purringtons Cat Lounge on Instagram JUST TEA FOR TWO and two, for tea. You heard right: Portland’s premiere cat cafe, Purringtons Cat Lounge, opens tomorrow a week from tomorrow! If you’re unfamiliar with the concept of cat cafes, they are just like regular cafes, except for one tiny detail: THERE ARE CATS YOU CAN PET. […]
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Welcome to Portland, Welcome to Night Vale!
Attention, radio-loving geeks! Your favorite podcast is coming to town! No, I don’t mean Serial. I’m talking about Welcome to Night Vale, Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor’s podcast that transports you to a desert town (some people think it’s in Texas) where all conspiracies are true, and there’s a faceless old woman who lives in […]
Posted inComedy
There’s a New Comedy Show in Town: Curious Comedy’s Minority Retort!
Minority Retort Watch this space. Fact: We live in a city whose prodigious comedy output almost made me add a dumb aside to that headline, like, *gentle elbow to the ribs*, “More like, when is there NOT a new comedy show in town? Amirite?” That was a trick question. I’m definitely right. All that being […]
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Source Code
Finding the Signal in the Noise at Froelick’s Group Show
Finding the signal in the noise at Froelick Gallery’s winter group show.
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France Update: Paris Neighborhoods Fox News Described as “No Go Zones” Are Actually Designated Sites for Government Support
French Ministry of Equality of Territories and Housing Yesterday, I heard from a French acquaintance over Facebook who was upset that Fox News had reported on a scourge of alleged “no-go zones” throughout France following the Charlie Hebdo attacks “where neither tourists nor cops dare enter” and “poor and alienated Muslims have intimidated the government […]
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What Does Emerald City Comic Con’s Acquisition Mean for Rose City Comic Con?
Today, the news came out that Emerald City Comic Con—beloved for its accessibility and reasonable scale—has been acquired by big-name events company ReedPOP. In a weird turn of events, ECCC’s organizers have also been acquired by ReedPOP—they’ll be taking on new roles within the larger company. In an exclusive, sprawling interview with Comics Alliance, ECCC […]
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It’s a Great Day for Small Publishers! Here are Your 2015 Oregon Book Awards Finalists
Big Big Wednesday Big big congratulations to Portland-based literary journal Big Big Wednesday, and so many more. Oftentimes, big, nationwide book awards disappoint, with (best case scenario) a squishy preference for work that’s safely good, but rarely innovative, or (worst) an apparent blindness to writing by, you know, anyone who doesn’t look and sound like […]
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Hehe, LOL: Internet Poet Steve Roggenbuck on Fair Tipping, Pretending Not to Like Stuff, and (Not) Burning Down John Mayer’s Home
Last night, internet poet Steve Roggenbuck emerged from his home on Twitter to read live(!) in person(!) in someone’s far Northeast living room. (I’m still not sure whose living room it was, but there was definitely a kitten present! Thanks random poetry-loving cat owner! That was really cool of you, to have Steve Roggenbuck in […]
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Yet Another Serial Update: Prosecutor Speaks to The Intercept, Says 1999 Murder was a Case of Domestic Violence
Since Sarah Koenig’s crime podcast, Serial, came to an end, it’s been fascinating to see people involved in the case of the 1999 murder of the high-schooler Hae Min Lee come forward to speak on the record about it—especially two in particular, Jay Wilds, a key witness in the case, and now, prosecutor Kevin Urick. […]
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This Week in Art: The Brilliance of Kelly Sue DeConnick’s Bitch Planet; First Thursday’s Hungover, Just Like You!
Deconnick/De Landro/Image BITCH PLANET:Spot the exploitation tropes, then watch DeConnick et. al subvert them. Exploiting exploitation? With words by Kelly Sue DeConnick and art by Valentine De Landro, Bitch Planet is my new favorite comic—I wrote about DeConnick and Bitch Planet‘s first issue in this week’s paper. What’s especially interesting about Bitch Planet is its […]
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Power Play
There’s Way More to Selma Than LBJ
There’s way more to Selma than LBJ.