Hey friends! I’m taking a little break in the blog action to inform you of a “conflict of interest-y” play I’m in that’s opening this weekend, and it’s called The Lost Boys—Live! which is based on the HEEE-LARIOUS 1987 movie of the same name starring Kiefer Sutherland and the Coreys (Feldman and Haim)! If this […]
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Too Cozy? A DEQ Air Quality Official Apparently Vacationed With An Attorney Representing Industry
At a time when the state’s environmental regulators are facing accusations of cozy relationships with the industries they’re supposed to police, the case of former Air Quality Administrator Andrew Ginsburg deserves some attention. After all, there’s not much cozier than a corporate lawyer’s winter vacation cabin. The Mercury has learned that as Ginsburg was paid […]
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Win Tickets to See Me TONIGHT at the Leviathan Story-Telling Improv Show!
Dear friends who like laffing: Tonight you can have the rare opportunity to watch me tell stories about my sordid life while laughing your guts out at some very funny improv. It’s called LEVIATHAN, the monster of all improv shows, in which I am tonight’s special guest. Here’s how it works: I get up and […]
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Last Chance: The Lost Boys-Live! Closes This Weekend
Guys! If you love laughing your pants off, be sure to check out the closing weekend of the heeee-larious show I’m in, The Lost Boys-Live! tonight (Friday, Nov 6) or tomorrow (Saturday, Nov 7) at 8 pm at the Siren Theater. It’s based on the classic ’80s vampire flick The Lost Boys starring Kiefer Sutherland, […]
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Come See The Lost Boys—Live! Opening This Weekend!
Hey friends! I’m taking a little break in the blog action to inform you of a “conflict of interest-y” play I’m in that’s opening this weekend, and it’s called The Lost Boys—Live! which is based on the HEEE-LARIOUS 1987 movie of the same name starring Kiefer Sutherland and the Coreys (Feldman and Haim)! If this […]
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Cops Showed Up To Help Remove Those Eastmoreland Sequoias, But Now the Mayor’s Stepped In?
Overhead shot by @AerialRhianna of sequoias in SE to be cut by developer Remmers. http://t.co/fM0iMzhKco pic.twitter.com/sf1TLzA3WG— XRAY.fm (@xrayfm) September 17, 2015 The months-long battle over three towering Eastmoreland sequoias might be rounding a final, sawdust-sprinkled bend. Neighbors and fans of the majestic trees have plead with Portland developer Vic Remmers, owner of Everett Custom Homes, […]
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This Sunday: Portland’s History of Radical Theater
I got handed an unusual gig earlier this year. Triangle Productions hired me to research Storefront, an old Portland theater company, and give a pair of lectures about it. This is a bit outside my normal wheelhouse. I am very much a local history nerd, but most of what I get into has to deal […]
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Win Tickets to Portland Fashion Conversation Series Part I: A Look Back
Tomorrow evening is part one of a two-part conversation series I’m co-moderating with Portland Monthly‘s Eden Dawn at the Portland Art Museum. It’s part of the programming set up to give a local context to their current major exhibition Italian Style: Fashion Since 1945 (on view through May 3). For Part I: A Look Back, […]
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Ian Karmel Releases Video in Support of All Jane No Dick
The All Jane No Dick controversy continues! Ian Karmel just released this video in support of All Jane, following the news last week that the very popular, all-female comedy festival (which starts TONIGHT!) is getting protested. If you are an MRA, you are about to get stared at disapprovingly: Also, #yesalljane is a thing on […]
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Catch Me in the Lone Wolves Comedy Show Tonight (or if You Prefer… Tomorrow)!
Hey guys! Just a quick reminder that I’m in a very funny sketch comedy show, and the last time you will ever be able to see it ever is tonight and tomorrow! It’s called Lone Wolves which is an evening of solo sketches which fall under the genre of “funny.” Here are the deets: Bad […]
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Laurie Kilmartin’s 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad
The people behind the Bridgetown Comedy Festival are bringing one of my favorite comedians to town this Friday. Laurie Kilmartin is a writer for Conan, and a very funny comic, but you may know her from Twitter where she got a lot of attention last year for live-tweeting of her father’s decline and passing. It […]
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Late Night Action Season 5 Starts Monday
Next Monday my Mercury-sponsored talk show is returning for its 5th season (!) in an amazing new venue, Mississippi Studios. For our season opener, we’re talking to two of Portland’s coolest creative types, Hutch Harris from the Thermals and Kelly Sue DeConnick, author of Pretty Deadly and Captain Marvel among other stuff. Plus we’ve got […]