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Minority Retort As long as Minority Retort continues to produce one of the best stand-up showcases in the city, you’re going to keep reading about it here. This time, Oakland’s Papp Johnson hits the siren stage and he’s bringing Wilfred Padua back to the Northwest with him. Support includes James Barela, Kae Aguilar, and Khadija […]

Lizzo, Tayla Parx Lizzo’s full-length major label debut has finally been released and greedily devoured by the masses. And just one week later, the singer/rapper/flautist is in Portland for two sold-out shows at the Roseland—cuz she loves us. Unfortunately, the only way you can get tickets now is through a reseller (like StubHub). But between […]

Imagine this—you’re sitting in a theater with a bunch of queers and freaky straights. You’re watching an amateur porn film festival. A milkmaid comes onto screen, milking actual goats. Your mind, of course, immediately jumps to, “I’m going to watch someone fuck a goat.” But then, in crawls a human-goat, tail buttplug and all, showing […]

Game of Thrones: The Final Season Nearly eight years to the day after the first episode of Game of Thrones premiered on HBO, its final season begins—bringing back Arya and Jon, Dany and Tyrion, and some dragons that are ready to fuck shit up. And while there are only six episodes this time around, expect […]

Troll made a splash a few years ago with a self-released debut album that’s equal parts sludgy and catchy. That’s largely thanks to the Portland doom band’s expressive singer, known only as Rainbo, whose vocal hooks push their way out from beneath Troll’s mountain of fuzz. Rainbo also deserves credit for toning down his Ozzy […]

2001: A Space Odyssey The Hollywood Theatre regularly sells out its 70mm screenings—especially when those 70mm screenings are of Stanley Kubrick’s brain-twisting, eye-widening 2001: A Space Odyssey. By raising over $25,000 and working with Warner Bros., the Hollywood recently bought their very own, brand-new print of the 1968 science-fiction classic—and now that it’s arrived, they’re […]

Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POW Film Fest) Have you seen Captain Marvel three times in the theater and ache for more movies by, for, and about women and nonbinary people? Me too! Good thing the Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival—better known as POW Fest—is back for its 12th year, offering an expansive program featuring […]

Vince Staples, JPEGMAFIA, Channel Tres After dropping 2017’s very well received album Big Fish Theory, landing his single “Bagbak” on the Black Panther soundtrack, and “Home” on the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse soundtrack, Vince Staples’ reach as an artist has only continued to expand. In November he released his third full-length FM!, as well as […]

Womxn’s March & Rally for Action This year’s womxn’s march is intent on separating itself from previous iterations. They’ve chosen a different date from the nationwide movement and have denounced the anti-Blackness, anti-Muslim, and anti-Semitic hate speech associated with their sister organization. Join them in this inclusive march of solidarity and bring signs supporting causes […]