New Thermals video hits the internet

by Chris Aponick

* The Thermals unleashed a new video for "The Sunset" on the website Noisey.Vice.com. The song is on the Portland band's latest album Desperate Ground, which came out earlier this year on locally-based Saddle Creek Records. The video,  co-directed by Portland filmmaker Jeffrey Rowles and The Thermals, stars bassist Kathy Foster as a boxer in a series of training scenes and then in the ring. The video comes out hot...

 

Kobayashi Magoo

by Ryan Syrek

If modern nerd culture has a “patient zero,” it was Mr. Trekkie (or Miss Trekker, if you’re nasty). Their legendary attention to detail is exceeded only by their willingness to speak Klingon in the most intimate of settings. And they’re really, really going to hate Star Trek Into Darkness.

Director JJ Abram’s 2009 reboot got a surprising free pass from the community despite a twisted-pretzel-logic attempt to...

 

‘Family Portraits’

by Laura Vranes

It may be a surrogate for the absent human figure, but clothing is something that Christina Renfer Vogel has been mastering for years. Yet never better than in her current exhibit at Fred Simon Gallery, Family Portraits, which continues until June 7.  This show seems personal where not only her skills with painting textiles are highlighted, but also we are able to get a glimpse into her mind and thoughts of the...

 

Irish Tradition on the Move

by Paul Heft

Sullivan’s bar, a long-time St. Patrick’s Day tradition, has served the midtown community since 1954, and the current owner is planning to continue that trend in a new location across the street. Owner Dan Houlihan has managed the establishment since 2001 when the chance presented itself. Houlihan had been working his way up in bars and restaurants for years before that. “I thrive on the high energy, fast-paced...