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One of Portland's most accomplished actors takes on Shakespeare from the director's chair. Full story »

Here are some creative outlets for musicians, actors, performers and others. Contact these groups for auditions.  Full story »

It's spring, that season of wonderful, glorious rebirth, and we're here to make sure you're in the proper frame of mind. Full story »

The show is tremendously funny and the actors send up all the corny close-ups and tiresome film dialogue with deadpan earnestness. But what's really side-splitting are the spoofs on film fighting, specifically bar fights. Full story »

"Love's Labour's Lost" may not be Shakespeare's most popular work. One of his earliest plays, it certainly lacks the polish of the Bard's mature comedies like "As You Like It" or "Twelfth Night." Still, it can be lots of fun as the Northwest Classical Theatre Company makes abundantly clear in its briskly paced, imaginatively spare production directed by Michael Mendelson.  Full story »

Theatrical realism is getting pummeled within an inch of its life at Imago Theatre, where the boldly energetic troupe Pelu Theatre is taking audiences on a swift fantasy-fueled ride called “A Suicide Note From a Cockroach …” Full story »

Mo Willems’ popular kids’book “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!” so inspired the folks at Northwest Children’s Theater that they’ve fleshed it out into a zany, sparkling musical for kids three and up, with Latin-flavored music and lyrics by Ezra Weiss.  Full story »

Sasquatch hangs out (briefly) at the Portland Indie Industry Day Party, and, is that GWAR across the street? Full story »

Conductor Huw Edwards presents a typically ambitious pairing worthy of any major orchestra – Béla Bartók’s Third Piano Concerto and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony, the powerful "Pathétique." Full story »

From vintage bumper cars to cotton cancy, families flock to the tourist town for a familiar mix of kitsch and merriment. Full story »

The Relief Pitcher is a roadside cafe that locals like, but great for tourists, too. Full story »

"Section III: The Foreign Birds" is by Allison Cobb, who has worked for more than a decade for a national environmental nonprofit. Her writing confronts issues of landscape, ecology and politics.  Full story »

Hammond reads from "Seeing Stars" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing. Full story »

Mark Spragg's latest novel, "Bone Fire," is set in Wyoming. Full story »

Norwegian writer Jo Nesbo' s "The Devil's Star" is a prime example of the crime fiction coming out of Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland that has become so popular in America.  Full story »

The book strands rock musician Brain Tedesco in Tokyo. His band Agenbite isn't doing very well, but he consoles himself with Miho, a part-time prostitute. Full story »

In "Bite Me: A Love Story," Christopher Moore brings back to life his two young lovers, Tommy and Jody. Full story »

Upcoming literary events in the Portland-Vancouver area include poetry, readings, book signings and more. Full story »

Clilffhangers in Ron Rash's beautiful, haunted 'Burning Bright' take readers to the brink in tales set in the rural, meth-addled hills of North Carolina.  Full story »