Stand-up meets performance in Now Then.
Visual Art
There’s Still Time to See That Gigantic Cat Painting at PAM!
The ur-Lisa Frank. Carl Kahler/Portland Art Museum Our petty rivalry with Seattle over cat dominance may be over (for now!) but Portland’s love of cats is never out of style, so it’s with glee that I remind you that there’s a giant fucking cat painting up at the Portland Art Museum, and deliver the good […]
Kids in Love: Photographer Olivia Bee’s Interior Universe
Bee’s images are beautiful, evocative of everything from David Lynch to Francesca Woodman, in shades of pink, purple, and red. Polaroid by Lou Bedlam Olivia Bee is 22. But all of the photos collected in her first book, Kids in Love, were taken when she was a teenager, mostly between the ages of 15 and […]
Straight to Video (Tonfa!)
Seven years of Tim Goodyear’s movie zine.
The Youth Culture of Kids in Love
Photographer Olivia Bee’s interior universe.
Prison Obscura Shines a Light on Art Behind Bars
Capturing the prison industrial complex at Newspace.
Portland’s Pretty
Clocking the St. Johns demographic at Jay Howell’s art show.
How We Made the Design Issue
One of my favorite things about process is being able to share it with other people, especially when things get really hairy for awhile, but we’re able to save the day at the last minute. This week was not one of those stressful weeks, however, and I am all the more thankful for that. Jordan […]
A Master Class in Wedding Calligraphy and Hand-Lettered Logos
Precious Bugarin and Bryn Chernoff will help you make your own font!
How to Design Week
An illustrated introduction to Design Week Portland.
Portland(s) of Tomorrow in Futurelandia
What will the city look like in 50, 100, 200 years?
Equity and Aesthetics Should Mix
Historian Reiko Hillyer talks density, affordable housing, and equal access to public space.
