What are you doing this weekend? Drop everything and go to Corvallis. I mean, finish reading this, then go. Or like finish reading this, get a good night’s sleep, then go. Block 15, Corvallis craft beer OGs and purveyors of spot-on offerings in every style of beer imaginable, are debuting the first bottles from their […]
Thomas Alexander Ross
Thomas Ross writes about art and booze, and edits fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for Tin House.
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The Vanishing West Hits Home
Sam Shepard’s True West Sizzles (and Toasts)
Sam Shepard’s True West sizzles (and toasts).
Posted inTheater & Performance
Tribbles and Poetry in the Park
Outdoor Entertainment for the Discriminating Nerd
Tribbles and poetry in the park.
Posted inBooks
Portland Poet James Gendron Reading Outside Tomorrow Night
On August 3rd at 7 pm, Future Tense is staging a reading at Colonel Summers Park featuring three west coast writers: LA’s Amelia Gray, Seattle’s Matthew Simmons, and our own James Gendron. Outdoor readings in public places are a blast – especially when they’re free and feature great local talent like Gendron. I recently picked […]
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WOOOOOOOOO!!!! (That’s Brewfest for “Top Picks at OBF”)
The Oregon Brewers Festival has been in full swing for two days now, but the weekend is coming and it’s going to get crazier and crazier. With that madness in mind, here are a few beers that stood out. Having a plan will keep you from just wandering and bumping into people and going WOOOOOO […]
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Oregon’s Wild
Our State Is Riding “The Wave of the Beer Brewers”—But Where Is It Taking Us?
Oregon is riding the “Wave of the Beer Brewers”—here’s who’s making it all happen… and why.
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Oh My God, There Is No Emoji for How I Feel About This Cherry Bourbonic Plague Tapping
I was thinking maybe like this: *o* or like some kind of winky drunk face ;S thing, but it just doesn’t work. REGARDLESS, here is the Cascade Barrel House description of what they’re tapping for their weekly Tap It Tuesday event, during which they tap into live, currently-aging, unblended beers: Tonight’s Tap It Tuesday at […]
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Shock Therapy
The Beauty of The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells
The beauty of The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells.
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Pfriem Single Hop Pale Ales Are The Wave of the Present
Earlier this year, Pfriem Family Brewers released one of my favorite beers of recent patio-drinking history: their Mosaic single-hop pale ale is one of the most drinkable beers I’ve ever had the pleasure to sip. Floral and fruity, it smells like a glass of unwashed peaches, and the flavors are of subtly stacked fruit and […]
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Local Performance Poet Rashida Young Tonight at IPRC with Live Percussion and Friends
IPRC is celebrating the release of a new book of poetry and accompanying album of recorded performance by Rashida Young, a graduate of IPRC’s Certificate Program. Young will perform her poetry with live shekere percussion, and will be joined by other performance poets and an “Afro beat jazz inspired trio.” Here’s a bit from the […]
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Drink Up The Summer at NAOBF
Look, up in the sky! There’s a terrifying ball of fire up there. Just in case it starts, like, heating up the planet or something, you should probably hydrate. Head to Overlook Park for the North American Organic Brewers Festival. It’s like a slightly chilled out version of OBF later in the summer, only all […]
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The Spare Room Reading Series Welcomes Co-Founder Chris Piuma Tonight
For those belly-crawling experimental-lit urchins of the Portland books scene, the Spare Room reading series is a regular treasure trove of new, interesting, often polarizing literary action. From marathon readings of William Carlos Williams to spotlights on niche subjects like the possibly faddish flarf movement, the Spare Room series is at the very least the […]