The extremely prolific comedian, writer, podcast host and TV star W. Kamau Bell educates as he entertains and audiences are better for it.
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Shaking the Scene
Their New Season Proves that Shaking The Tree is Portland’s Most Daring Theater Company
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 couldn’t find any script that interested her. So she wrote her own. And even now, as founding artistic director of Shaking the Tree, one […]
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Americans in Paris in Patrick deWitt’s Wry, Dry French Exit
The Portland Author Expands His Literary Purview to the Idle Rich
SUMMARY: The Portland author expands his literary purview to include the idle rich.
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Katie Ford’s Heartbreaking Sonnets Strike a Chord
The Looming Shadow of Divorce in Ford’s Latest If You Have To Go
Katie Ford’s latest collection of poems are haunted by the dissolution of her marriage.
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New Graphic Novels: The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins, Sanpaku and Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles
Check Out My Very Good Taste in Comics
Our new graphic novel recommendations are The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins, Sanpaku and Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles.
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Julie Whipple’s Crash Course Will Make You Never Want to Fly Again
The 1978 Portland Crash Changed Commercial Flight as We Knew It
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.
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North Coast, White Women, and Big Bang (The Improv Group Not the Famous K-Pop Band)
All the Best Stuff and Even More Best Stuff at the Fifth Stumptown Improv Festival
The fifth year of Stumptown Improv Fest has grown too powerful and must be destroyed—just kidding! It’s great!
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Amy Miller On Her Third Year Curating Comedy for Pickathon
Pickathon’s NY/LA Comedy Lineup Adds a Portland Show for the Fans
Pickathon’s NY/LA comedy lineup adds a Portland show at Siren Theater.
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Author Q&A with Portland Literary Detective Paul Collins
His Tenth Book Blood and Ivy Investigates a Scandalous Harvard Murder
Author Q&A with Portland’s literary detective Paul Collins on his new book Blood and Ivy.
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Bad Moms and Brutal Honesty in I Will Be Complete
Glen David Gold’s Memoir Recounts a Singularly Awful Upbringing
Glen David Gold’s memoir I Will Be Complete recounts a singularly awful upbringing.
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Genevieve Hudson’s Pretend We Live Here Boldly Makes Queerness the Norm
Hudson’s Fierce Debut Finds a Fitting Home at Future Tense Books
Genevieve Hudson’s Pretend We Live Here boldly finds a fitting home at Future tense Books.
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The Long Odds of Poe Ballantine’s Whirlaway Pay Off
A Weird, Wonderful Yarn About Horse Races, Record Collectors, and Telepathic Dogs
A weird, wonderful yarn about horse races, record collectors, and telepathic dogs.