I remember reading Joel Schalit's columns in Punk Planet as a teenager. A longtime writer for zines and independent magazines (he was editor of the great zine Bad Subjects), Schalit has moved on to author and edit books, including Jerusalem ...Read More
a short list of some happenings around town in the coming weeks: 1. Noam Freakin' Chomsky is speaking at the First Unitarian Church in Portland, Friday, October 2, as part of EcoNverge, a conference exploring solutions to the global financial and ...Read More
1. One of my favorite stores in the entire world, Shop Golden Age, now has Tough Stuff from the Buff DVDs in stock. The store is run by Marco Kane Braunschweiler and Martine Syms, two amazing proprietors from the windy ...Read More
Ariana Jacob has initiated a new poster campaign and seeks your participation. The project poses open ended questions displayed as posters in public windows. The first installment asks: How much is the fate of this place all ours? Respond by ...Read More
This Saturday, August 22, Loren Sonnenberg will be at the Waypost in Portland to screen URFest, a 97-minute program of activist-inspired documentaries from Buffalo, NY. The films highlight Buffalo's urban issues such as sustainable housing, community building projects, cooperative ownership ...Read More
Bill Brown is one of my all-time fave filmmakers. I first met him when I set up a screening of his work @ the WOW Hall in Eugene, with Casiotone for the Painfully Alone and S.M. Gray. I can't remember ...Read More
Last night at the First Thursday art walk, the Scion car company, a division of Toyota, hosted "Installation 5," a traveling art show at three galleries in the Everett Station Lofts. The company has rented out three galleries for the ...Read More
Glad to be back in Portland after three weeks of biking around and showing films in 100 degree weather. Tour was fun but exhausting. Be sure to check out the site blog, which we'll be updating with some reflections and ...Read More
Today I leave for a two and half week biking jaunt through the great Pacific Northwest, showing movies about Buffalo and the end of capitalism. Hooray! Be sure to check out the blog/ site for the tour, as we'll be ...Read More
In May, when Portland City Council extended the Sit/Lie ordinance for 5 months in order to hold community dialogues around the issues raised by the Streets Access For Everyone (SAFE) committee, Commissioners Amanda Fritz and Nick Fish promised discussions in ...Read More
