Every second Thursday the Portland Art Museum invites an artist to speak about a few pieces from the permanent collection, and this upcoming Thursday we have Matthew Stadler to look forward to! He'll be giving a tour centered around two paintings: Mark Tobey's Western Town, 1944, and Whiting Tennis' Bitter Lake Compound, 2007. Both paintings address urban environments and growth within the context of their respective time periods.
Matthew Stadler is a novelist and editor here in Portland and is known most recently to have opened up the Publication Studio, a pop-up, print-on-demand bookshop across the way from Reading frenzy. Stadler's work has also appeared in Frieze and ArtForum, among others!
Chicago's first ever Zine Fest is less than a week away! If you are even remotely in the midwestern region, I suggest high-tailing it over to the windy city for an overwhelming mix of workshops, panels and tables upon tables of self-publishing zinesters. Check out the full breadth of events on their
website!
Reading Local and the Writer's Dojo in St.Johns have teamed up to bring you a wonderful night of entertainment to benefit relief in Haiti. Kevin Sampsell and Ariel Gore, among other Portland greats, will give readings; and a few of Mercy Corps finest will also be on hand to share their experiences rebuilding Haiti. To round out the night acoustic duo Sweeter than Later will perform!
Suggested donation is $10 and includes participation in a raffle.
More information is at Reading Local.
The wondrous Dill Pickle Club has teamed up with PDX Pop Now! to present a slew of lecture series this spring, beginning March 11th with Northwest Passage. The night, hosted by the Waypost, will focus on the rich history of independent music in our region, and includes a vegetarian dinner. Later this spring we'll hear from Fred and Toody of Dead Moon and Clavin Johnson among other greats! But till then, here's the equally awesome line-up for next Thursday!
"A Life in Soul"/
URAL THOMAS/
Longtime Portland R & B and soul singer
"Rock n' Roll, Race & Poster Art"/
JOE KREGAL/
Slide lecture of 60s/ 70s Portland rock posters w/ music clips
"Hippies, psychedelics and the 60s Portland folk/ acid rock scene"/
VALERIE BROWN/
Writer and cultural historian
Guest interviewer ERIC ISAACSON/
Founder and proprietor of Mississippi Records
For more information and in-depth presenter biographies, hit up their
website! 
Amidst the First Thursday hubbub, you should definitely try to stop by the IPRC's unveiling of the Yeti Research Station tonight! Director Justin Hocking was mysteriously moving large pieces of wood into the building yesterday, and rumor has it the staff has erected a tree in celebration of the event! A slew of wonderful artists will also be showing off their own renditions of the man-beast!
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