In and out…and don’t explode

30 Minutes or Less taps into the juvenile vein of humor

Nick just wanted to coast through life delivering pizzas, getting high and taking it easy. But his laid back lifestyle is interrupted when two assailants with some ingenuity, a fervor for explosives and too much spare time on their hands, strap a bomb to him and force him to rob a bank.

Where Portland laughs

Comedy Night at the Bagdad continues drawing crowds

A man walks down SE Hawthorne Boulevard. Wearing simple attire of jeans and a t-shirt, he strides quietly through the Friday night crowds who may not realize that this unassuming character will soon be on the stage and entertaining an audience filling the McMenamins’ Bagdad Theatre—taking them through a night of laughter and comedy.

Kicking off beer season

Portland International Beer Fest is this weekend

Summer in Portland is more than a break in the clouds—it is a season of beer.

One of the more prominent events centered around the region’s favorite beverage is the Portland International Beer Fest, and it lands in downtown Portland this weekend.

Release the doves

John Woo’s The Killer shows at 5th Avenue Cinemas

Few things are certain when Ah Jong enters the room—doves will scatter in flight, candles will be burning and there will be white jackets soon to be stained with blood. This weekend Portland State’s 5th Avenue Cinemas shines John Woo’s The Killer across their big screen.

Arts briefs

The face of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, announced on July 6 that new products that will be added to the social network.

Release the doves

Few things are certain when Ah Jong enters the room—doves will scatter in flight, candles will be burning and there will be white jackets soon to be stained with blood.

Feeding Portland’s soul

Sloppy Town offers good old-fashioned soul food

Amongst the cluster of Portland food carts or special diet-tailored food trendsters, finally someone has brought this town what it has been hungry for—good old-fashioned food. But a visit to Sloppy Town is more than a late-night bite, it’s a unique experience.

The times, they are a changing

Page One is much more than a year at the New York Times

Director Andrew Rossi’s documentary Page One: Inside the New York Times, spends one year observing the paper’s operations as it
tackles breaking news stories amongst the most trying times in newspaper industry history.

Feeding Portland’s soul

Amongst the cluster of Portland food carts or special diet-tailored food trendsters, finally someone has brought this town what it has been hungry for—good old-fashioned food. But a visit to Sloppy Town is more than a late-night bite, it’s a unique experience.

The Times, they are a changing

Director Andrew Rossi’s documentary Page One: Inside the New York Times, spends one year observing the paper’s operations as it tackles breaking news stories amongst the most trying times in newspaper industry history.