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At Blue Sky Gallery, an Essential Look into the Life and Work of Photographer Robert Frank
Making a Board Game with the Decemberists
From Reverse Flaneur M. Sabine Rear I want to read something short. Do you ever feel that way? You’re browsing at the comic book store and every good book is a three-pound magnum opus, promising to break you open and rebuild you like boot camp. But what if it’s Sunday and I’m not willing to […]
Lily Hope, Honoring Our Teachers Portland Art Museum Chilkat and Ravenstail weavings are two of the most complex art forms in North America—and also two of the most underappreciated. The opening of Interwoven Radiance, a new exhibit at the Portland Art Museum’s Center for Contemporary Native Art, aims to change that, by finally shedding some […]
Courtesy of the Society Hotel I often wonder what it would be like to view Portland through fresh eyes again. My first night in town, which was nearly 10 years ago now, my aunt took me for sushi on the top floor of the Big Pink. It was dark out, so I failed to take […]
A new exhibit celebrates the Native women artists of the Northwest Coast.
With new work from Ben Glas, the space makes the medium accessible.
Warning: Do not eat it.
The Portland International Raceway has all of the lights.
Intisar Abioto Photographer, dancer, and writer Intisar Abioto is a Tennessee native who moved to Portland in 2010 with her mother and sisters (one of whom is singer/songwriter Amenta Abioto). Abioto loved what Portland had to offer in terms of food and bike culture, but found herself wondering where all the Black people were—that’s partly […]
Intisar Abioto’s latest exhibition affirms Portland’s diverse Black community.
Quick quiz: Why did the dog cross the road?To get to the barking lot!! If canine humor like that is pawssibly your thing [DEAR KATHLEEN, PLEASE STOP—editors], I’ve got just the ticket for you on the cover this week to remedy this dog eat dog world [NOPE, NOPE, NOPE.—editors]. Carefully woodcut by Brooklyn (NY) artist […]
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