Arts and Culture

  Based in Portland, The Nib is a publisher of political comics and graphic journalism founded in 2013 by cartoonist Matt Bors.  Originally appearing on the online platform Medium, The Nib has managed to stand out from the field of webcomics publishers by paying fair-ma... Read more

Blue Note Records is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year. Founded in 1939 by a German Jewish refugee from the Holocaust named Alfred Lion, Blue Note is by far the most respected record label in jazz history. On Saturday August 10, jazz critic and radio programmer ... Read more

  "In this memoir, Brandon Shimoda, an American poet of Japanese descent, tells the story of his family, starting with his grandfather, who was transformed into an 'enemy alien' by World War II; and in doing so, tells a universal story of the horrors of war both physica... Read more

You’d figure that bringing together books and beer would be a slam dunk, especially in Portland. But we didn’t get our first official bookstore/bar until November of last year. The Rose City Book Pub, located at 1329 NE Fremont, is a godsend for those of us who love to ... Read more