Ok ok ok, not everyone is aware of this, but Portland has a thriving hardcore punk scene—and it’s (finally) getting the national attention it deserves. Not for lack of punks, the city’s scene saw ...

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When Jamie Dunphy pulled up to our meeting in his beater ’90s Ford Ranger, wearing a flannel, it was clear that his roots as ...

The restoration of Claude Monet’s Waterlilies wasn’t met with hushed reverence, but with an audible thrill. The Portland Art ...

Patricia Váz-quez Gómez has worked closely with youth and families in Oregon’s Mayan Indigenous diaspora. A multidisciplinary artist and educator based in Portland and Mexico City, she collaborated on ...

Biofuels, created from organic matter like crops, garbage, vegetable oils, and human and animal waste, are often heralded as ...

Between repeatedly streaming the viral, politically-minded hit “HGT (Hostile Government Takeover),” and that soul-shattering, mind-altering performance by Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande that opened ...

Let's celebrate, because... IT'S BACK! The biggest night of Portland comedy is returning to Revolution Hall next Thursday, ...

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Portland General Electric (PGE) has the green light from a city hearings officer to go ahead with a plan to build a new ...