As if everyone doesn’t already have Russia on watch, yesterday’s MLK day saw Russian fashion publication Buro 24/7 posting this photo of Dasha Zhukova, editor in chief of another Russian magazine, Garage: Buro 24/7 After a Twitter-led explosion of outrage, the publication altered the photo to crop out most of the chair, which in case […]
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Mercury Cover Makes “Top 12 List of 2013”
Congratulations to the oft-imitated, but never duplicated Mercury art director Justin “Scrappers” Morrison for getting one of his brilliant covers into Robert Newman’s “My Top 12 Favo(u)rite Magazine Covers of 2013.” It was this one! Photo: Kelly O — Art Direction: Scrappers Congrats also to photog Kelly O! (This must have been a grueling assignment!) […]
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Eden’s “Blue Christmas,” “White Night,” and Holiday Finale
Another lovely Eden lookbook just dropped, their last for the holiday season. I’ve gushed about the Eric Rose-shot series before, and this one, along with last week’s release, “Blue Christmas” keep the theme consistent with a little pensive mystery and a focus on just a handful of remarkable pieces. Hop over to MOD to see […]
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Live Wire Brunch with Dana Gould and Stephen Tobolowsky
Well, this is ridiculously cool: On Sunday, as a benefit for Live Wire, actor/storyteller Stephen Tobolowsky (Ned Ryerson!) and comedian Dana Gould will join the cast and crew of Live Wire and 40 lucky guests for brunch at Bar Bar. And if that weren’t appealing enough (Stephen Fucking Tobolowksy! Dana Fucking Gould!), Toro Bravo‘s John […]
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SEED Puts All Your Favorite Writers and Musicians in One Place
Tomorrow night, Live Wire’s Courtenay Hameister introduces a new show that pairs local musicians with local writers, asking writers to create work based on a song, and musicians to write a song based on a piece of writing. The pairing of Laura Gibson and Cheryl Strayed alone would be enough to get me in the […]
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Italian Style: Fashion Since 1945: PAM Finally Gets A Proper Fashion Exhibit (Year after Next, Tho)
On Friday, the Portland Monthly reported that the Portland Art Museum has booked Italian Style: Fashion Since 1945, a fashion-specific exhibit in collaboration with the Victoria & Albert Museum. Fashion has been making more frequent appearances on the museum circuit in recent years, but not here. I used 2013’s combo of overlapping fashion centric exhibits […]
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Stocking Stuffers!
If you saw the last installment of Trek in the Park this summer, when the Atomic Arts ensemble performed “The Trouble with Tribbles,” you remember the amazing Tribble drop that flooded the stage with hundreds of hand-made furballs. Well, now a piece of local theater history can be yours: Atomic Arts donated their surplus Tribbles […]
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Grass Hut Gallery to Close Its Doors
Grass Hut Gallery began on the web, and now to the web it will return: The longtime gallery will close its doors at the end of the year. Grass Hut owner Bwana Spoons says that online shows will continue, however, and toys, zines, art, and more will still be available for purchase through the store […]
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Winter’s Muse and Northern Lights: Arty Holiday Lookbooks from Eden
Eden churns out lookbooks at a steady clip, and its two-part holiday series, shot by Eric Rose, is more about moody images than the relatively small amount of product on display. Yes, the vintage painted souvenir skirt, airy dresses, and statement jewelry are gorgeous, but these are miles more inspiring than bald product shots. See […]
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Win Tickets to Back Fence’s 5.5-Year Anniversary Show
On Monday, December 9, storytelling juggernaut Back Fence PDX celebrates its 5.5-year anniversary with a special birthday show featuring guests Jefferson Smith, Shelley McLendon, Lauren Weedman, and others; it’s half traditional storytelling show, half “Russian Roulette” show, where performers make up stories on the spot based on randomly drawn prompts. I’ve got a bunch of […]
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This Place
The team at Portland digital creative agency Instrument spend much of their time working on accounts for boldface names like Xbox, Levi’s, and Red Bull, but this fall they took out a chunk of time to make This Place. Described as a “personal” project, it mainly functions as a showpiece for what the agency is […]
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Off with His Head: Portland Opera’s Dramatic Opener
Cory Weaver Get out the binoculars. Last Friday the Portland Opera premiered an all-new production of “Salome.” Before you scroll away because I’m talking about opera (which is arguably not your thing), HERE, three interesting facts about Friday’s performance: (1) there were waves of uniform audience laughter during the performance(!); (2) it was weird; (3) […]