Portland’s do-it-yourself music scene has been part of what makes the city special for decades. Chainsaw Girl embodies this ethos perfectly. The group started when guitarists Manny and Kei met…
The Hawthorne Theatre building is being sold, again
On October 24, Willamette Week reported the iconic Hawthorne Masonic Building, located at SE Hawthorne and Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard—best known for housing the Hawthorne Theatre—was up for auction, with…
The show must go on
It’s no secret the COVID-19 pandemic has decimated the live performing arts in Portland and beyond. So much print space has been dedicated to this topic that rattling on about…