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Fall Arts 2024
Posted inFall Arts 2024

Portland Summer—Reviewed

A deeply subjective account of music events we attended and what we thought of them.
Avatar photo Suzette Smith

To be outdoors, in weather, in summer feels increasingly fraught. Outdoor concerts carry a persistent charm and are safer for those with COVID concerns, but climate change increases the riskiness of these open-air events. We’re not just considering heat and unexpected weather, but also the now-seasonal wildfire smoke that blows over urban areas with some […]

Posted inFall Arts 2024

Carson Ellis Draws a 
Snapshot of Old Portland

A new book from the beloved local illustrator also captures her “bickering but inseparable friendship” with future husband Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy.
Avatar photo Taylor Griggs

While looking through some old boxes a few years ago, Carson Ellis found several pages of diary entries from 2001, documenting her first week living in Portland. The journals detailed the 25-year-old Ellis new life in the city, as she moved into a “scrappy but cheap and fabulous” Southeast Portland warehouse, smoked a lot of […]

Posted inFall Arts 2024

How Lola Milholland Cooked Up Group Living and Other Recipes

It’s a memoir. It’s a cookbook. It’s a combination memoir cookbook.
Avatar photo Suzette Smith

“The thing I keep repeating is that I’m not a group-living guru,” says Lola Milholland.  The Portland noodle company CEO and author is discussing things people frequently say about her hybrid memoir cookbook Group Living and Other Recipes. “I don’t think group living is a solution to housing inequality or inequity. It’s a tactic for […]

Posted inFall Arts 2024

A Moment of Appreciation for Comedy in the Park and It’s New All-Day Festival

In its fourth year, Kickstand’s outdoor comedy experiment continues to expand!
Avatar photo Corbin Smith

In 2021, in that weird netherspace between vaccination distribution and the widespread sense that being inside was cool again, Dylan Reiff, the Artistic Director of Kickstand Comedy was looking for a way to get Portland’s robust comedy scene back up and performing again.  “We knew that there were opportunities to do something outside that was […]

Posted inFall Arts 2024

Your Guide to Fall 2024 Arts Events in Portland

Portland Book Festival, Carson Ellis, and More
Avatar photo EverOut Staff

Nothing screams ‘fall’ like the slow, inevitable retreat back indoors—but don’t let the cozy vibes trigger your FOMO. In fact, this is prime time to trade your blanket for a sweater and soak up all the artsy goodness the season has to offer. From the Portland Book Festival to Amélie, Carson Ellis’ One Week in January, André 3000’s flute-heavy adventure, […]

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