Robert Frank: Quick & Dirty at Blue Sky Gallery
byDespite a perpetual belief in the universal importance of art, it is not common to find an art exhibition with something for everyone. Robert…
Arts & Culture
Aging Gracefully in Indie Rock
byLess than a year after releasing their fifth album, “Heartworms,” Portland-based indie rock band The Shins have returned with a new LP titled “The…
Jukaisploitation
byYoutuber Logan Paul rang in 2018 by posting a vlog of a suicide victim’s corpse in Japan. Aokigahara, known as “Jukai” or “Sea of…
The Same Old Apocalypse
byCharlie Brooker’s “Black Mirror” has always been well-paced, pointed, and gorgeous to look at. The new season boasts the same high production value and…
The Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made with Friends
byWhen Greg Sestero spoke at Cinema 21 on Dec. 8, he told the audience that a review of the very first Portland screening of…
The Princess Without a Voice
byOn paper, “The Shape of Water” sounds like a chaotic and inexplicable fever dream: a woman (Sally Hawkins) who is unable to speak and…
The Rebellion Against Sci-Fi Precedent
by“Star Wars” is a huge influential American movie franchise, reaching audiences across the world. The new movies have been wildly successful, building on the…
Chicken Soup for the Book Nerd’s Soul: A Dispatch From Wordstock—Portland’s Very Own Book Festival
byOregon’s largest city is a publishing hub and touts a city-block-sized bookstore a premier attraction. In other words, Wordstock belongs here. “It would be weird…
Animating Life
byThroughout 2017, the Portland Art Museum has offered engaging and exciting exhibits from Andy Warhol to Rodin. Now that the year is wrapping up, the…
Farewell Hef
byThe founder of Playboy died of natural causes in his home, the Playboy Mansion, on September 27, 2017 at the age of 91. Hefner’s…