The extremely prolific comedian, writer, podcast host and TV star W. Kamau Bell educates as he entertains and audiences are better for it.
Arts
Shaking the Scene
Samantha Van Der Merwe is the first to admit that, when it comes to drama, she is extremely picky. When she was asked to direct something for a theater competition, she couldnโt find any script that interested her. So she wrote her own. And even now, as founding artistic director of Shaking the Tree, one […]
Americans in Paris in Patrick deWittโs Wry, Dry French Exit
SUMMARY: The Portland author expands his literary purview to include the idle rich.
Katie Fordโs Heartbreaking Sonnets Strike a Chord
Katie Ford’s latest collection of poems are haunted by the dissolution of her marriage.
New Graphic Novels: The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins, Sanpaku and Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles
Our new graphic novel recommendations are The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins, Sanpaku and Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles.
Julie Whippleโs Crash Course Will Make You Never Want to Fly Again
Julie Whipple’s Crash Course explores the 1978 Portland plane crash that claimed the lives of 10 and changed commercial flight as we knew it.
North Coast, White Women, and Big Bang (The Improv Group Not the Famous K-Pop Band)
The fifth year of Stumptown Improv Fest has grown too powerful and must be destroyed—just kidding! It’s great!
Amy Miller On Her Third Year Curating Comedy for Pickathon
Pickathon’s NY/LA comedy lineup adds a Portland show at Siren Theater.
Author Q&A with Portland Literary Detective Paul Collins
Author Q&A with Portland’s literary detective Paul Collins on his new book Blood and Ivy.
Bad Moms and Brutal Honesty in I Will Be Complete
Glen David Gold’s memoir I Will Be Complete recounts a singularly awful upbringing.
Genevieve Hudsonโs Pretend We Live Here Boldly Makes Queerness the Norm
Genevieve Hudson’s Pretend We Live Here boldly finds a fitting home at Future tense Books.
The Long Odds of Poe Ballantineโs Whirlaway Pay Off
A weird, wonderful yarn about horse races, record collectors, and telepathic dogs.
