Extended Play: Annie Rupp of Shady Lady
As promised, here’s the second of a series of longer Q&As with the designers featured in this week’s fashion issue. More to come! SHADY LADY by Annie Rupp, 31 Continue reading
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Extended Play: Moria Wheeler of Jaunty Designs
As promised, here’s the first of a series of longer Q&As with the designers featured in this week’s fashion issue. More to come! JAUNTY DESIGNS by Moria Wheeler, 24 What kind of clothes do you focus on? I focus on clothes mostly for 16-mid-20some girls. Really bright colors, flashy patterns — clothes that are fun. Continue reading
An Extra Reason to Go to the Bijou: ‘City of Lost Children’ returns
You could — and should — go see Winter’s Bone at the Bijou. But this weekend there’s an extra-special reason to get over to the theater: Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro’s incredible, whimsical, strange, dark and lovely The City of Lost Children is playing. Why? “Just a wild hair,” says the Bijou’s Louise Thomas. Works for me. Continue reading
The Good, the Bad, the Weird: Movie trailers
The really, really, good (via everyone and their mother on Twitter): Continue reading
I Do Not Drink Your Milkshake. I DO NOT DRINK IT UP.
Via Portland Mercury via Towleroad via Buzzfeed via OH PLEASE MAKE IT STOP. Continue reading
It Ain’t Happening (Plus Bonus YouTube Shenanigans!)
A rash of cancellations came in after deadline this week. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s NOT happening: • Shooter Jennings is NOT playing the WOW Hall tonight. • Bitch is NOT playing the OUT/LOUD Queer Music Festival on Friday, May 21, at the WOW Hall, though the festival will otherwise go on as planned. Continue reading
Upcoming: Henry Weintraub’s ‘The Darkest Corner of Paradise’
‘I, Zombie’: The undead roam Eugene in a new comic series
The first words on the page in the new Vertigo comic I, Zombie are “Eugene, Oregon.” The setting is awfully familiar: Hello, Pioneer Cemetery! (To the best of my knowledge, until now, the only zombies roaming the cemetery have been those taking part in one of the zombie walks — or perhaps starring in a Henry Weintraub movie.) Continue reading
Cinema Pacific Preview: The Best of the 36th Northwest Film and Video Festival
This well-ordered and wisely chosen selection of shorts from Portland’s Northwest Film and Video Festival is a promising overview of Northwest short film. Most of the selections are smart, spry and inventive — and a surprising number are animated, all in different styles and with wildly varying subject matter. “The Mouse That Soared,” which opens the program, is a playful, vividly colored short that aspires to be one of the brief, wordless pieces that preface Pixar films. The animation is a little high-gloss, but the characters are charming. Continue reading
Pickathon 2010: Full lineup announced!
Pickathon is not your average summer festival. I’d heard that, before I went last year, but you have to experience it for the difference to really be clear. It’s not small — it sprawls over 80 acres of Pendarvis Farm, outside Portland — but it feels small, intimate and unexpectedly comfortable. It’s not crowded. It’s laid-back, but not super-hippie. You don’t go to get all jacked up on cheap beer and fast food; you go to nibble ice cream and maybe find a shady corner of the beer garden to enjoy a microbrew. Continue reading