Upcoming Central European Events in Portland, Oregon
Music Kafana Klub When: Tuesday, June 5, 8-10 p.m. Where: Al Forno Ferruzza Pizzeria What: Kafana Klub’s monthly performance of Balkan music (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Bosnian, etc.) How much: $3...
View ArticleAshia & The Bison Rouge Records an Album
For one more day you can support the effort of Portland’s and Poland’s own Ashia Grzesik to raise money for the recording of her debut album with Ashia & The Bison Rouge. The project’s “meat and...
View ArticleThe Twin Peaks Project: The Strange and Twisted Dream of Twin Peaks Nostalgia
This blog post is part of a series of essays by writers and other artists about the influence of Twin Peaks on their work. Writer Shya Scanlon is collecting the essays in the Twin Peaks Project. ***...
View ArticleHeaven at home: Finding the best Oregon pilsner
This report is cross-posted on the Where Is Your Toothbrush? blog. * * * When I moved to the U.S. in 2003 I was skeptical about microbrews. Having been raised on Czech/Slovak lagers of the pilsner...
View ArticleWelcome Home, Newcomers
Last July, when I returned from 13 months of traveling to Portland, Oregon, I found my adopted home town a different place than I had left. The place was overrun with newcomers clogging surface roads...
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