Picture books, a new frontier for top novelists like Jane Smiley
At a reading in New York last month, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jane Smiley faced an unruly crowd as she read from her new book,...
Carrie Fisher receives comic book tribute from Portland publisher
She was a beloved actress, a best-selling author, a high-profile advocate for those struggling with addiction and mental illness....
Pacific University graduate writes about ‘men in pain’ with sympathy, humor
Timothy O'Leary, a part-time Columbia Gorge resident and a Pacific University graduate, pokes about in the nooks and crannies...
Pink Martini’s van stolen from downtown Portland, band says
Pink Martini's colorful van has been stolen and is on the loose in Portland, the local music icons announced...
Mumbai’s red light district subject of one-woman show in Jersey City
The Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC) continues its Borderless series with HONOUR: Confessions of a Mumbai Courtesan -- an...
Boulder and the Beautiful: Statement jewelry
Every day that you walk out the door is a march. How you act tells the world what you stand for, and everything you...
Sword breaks off Civil War memorial; vandalism suspected
CaptionCloseBOSTON (AP) — A sword has broken off again from a memorial depicting the famed 54th Massachusetts Civil War regiment, featured in the Denzel...
How good is the dancing in ‘La La Land’ and does it matter?
“La La Land,” an odds-on favorite to win best picture and a whole batch of other categories at Sunday’s Academy Awards, opens with a...
It’s a ‘Big Band Blowout’ for the Newport Beach Jazz Party
Get ready to be blown out by some of the greatest big bands in the U.S. – or, perhaps, to be blown away.That’s the...
Theatre troupe raises the spiritual at New York’s La MaMa | Faith Matters
The last time I saw Jesuit Father George Drance almost three years ago, he was performing a one-man, tour...