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The 29 Best Things to Do in Portland This Week: April 2-5 2018

Get on the Catbus and Enjoy the Magic of Haim, Lizzo, and Hayao Miyazaki!

A couple weeks ago Travel Oregon presented our state as a sort of Miyazaki-esque wonderland. This month the Hollywood Theatre makes it a Miyazaki wonderland by putting all his films on their giant curved screen, starting with Princess Mononoke. But that’s not the only magic available to you, dear adventurer. Jungle takes over the Wonder, […]

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This Week’s Letters to the Editor: Less Basketball! More Goats!

TROND_BERNTSEN / GETTY IMAGES RE: โ€œA Sporty Kind of Loveโ€ [Feature, March 21], Arthur Bradfordโ€™s profile of Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy and artist Carson Ellisโ€™ fandom for the Portland Trail Blazers. โ€œEllis and Meloy live on a farm outside of town with their kids, several llamas, and a few goats,โ€ wrote Bradford. โ€œThey still like […]

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The 15 Most Delicious Things to Do in Portland: April 2018

It’s a Very Good Month if You’re a Big Fan of Great Pizza.

The Portland Mercury‘s PIZZA WEEK Listen, Portland. We love you. And we love pizza. So the Portland Mercury is teaming up with dozens of local pizza shops to bring you the third Portland Pizza Week: $2 slices for everyone! Proudly presented by the Portland Mercury, Jim Beam, and Tetra Cannabis. Apr 16-21, Various Locations, see […]

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The 35 Best Things to Do in Portland This Weekend: March 30-April 1 2018

Crazy Ex-Girlfriends! Blazermania Rising! Thanksgiving for Easter! And Henry Rollins, Too? Damn!

April Fool’s Day is the fuckin’ worst. Luckily this year, Easter, which is a pretty goofy holiday in its own right, supercedes it, and even more luckily, Artists Rep has moved Thanksgiving back to Easter this year anyway. Which sounds a little nuts, but that’s nothing compared to what Rachel Bloom is about to unleash […]

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