It's the best kind of Christmas: A Steve McQueen Christmas!

The zoo announced Wednesday that some demolition work and tree removal is expected to begin Aug. 26 in order to make way for the approximately 15,000-square-foot clinic and quarantine area

Passing through town on the way to Las Vegas, the Avett Brothers decided to stop and play a show, make it a benefit and the Terra Nova Community Farm feels like it hit a jackpot.

A retired school psychologist provides a handful of jokes that are safe to tell in any classroom.

Peter Ames Carlin is a culture writer and columnist for The Oregonian. He was the newspaper's TV critic before that, and a senior writer at People magazine before that. He is also an author, most recently, of "Paul McCartney: A...

The Northeast Portland Japanese restaurant has improved dramatically since it opened five years ago.

The ballroom dance review, presented in Portland as part of the Broadway Across America series, includes a number of performers from "So You Think You Can Dance."

An action movie inspired by a spoof movie trailer stays true to its roots.

If I had to see five films in the Portland area this week, these would be them.

Head to downtown Milwaukie Friday for free entertainment, live music, activities, art exhibits, book and poetry readings, and special deals.

Who is the group's greatest comedic inspiration? "For this show," answers co-founder Shelley McLendon, "Lionel Richie."

Pretty good Gulf Songs show at Mississippi tonight, and two others before the grand finale later this month at the Alberta Rose Theater.

If you're skipping my First Thursday show tonight, you can learn more about beer, and hoppy beer at that, from the folks at Oregon Beer Odyssey.

In a cuisine often marked by clear lines and sharp patterns, Yakuza blurs the lines and redraws the patterns.

What's playing at the area's independent movie houses this week.

Treat the family to free musical performances at the Lake Oswego Public Library.

You have to love it when people are paid to study the obvious and come to the obvious conclusions. Or not.

Is the amount of money your films take in an accurate gauge of a star's worth?

Everyone's a critic, even if the thing that's being criticized doesn't even exist....

The National Kidney Foundation is putting on a series of author luncheons in western cities.

Helen Mirren in "Phedre," Derek Jacobi in "King Lear" and Zoe Wanamaker in "The Cherry Orchard" are among the highlights in store for theater lovers.

The book that combines Zinner's photographs with essays by Lipez in an innovative design by Wakefield.

A new book sees value in making mistakes.

Want a dose of Russian rock tonight? Go see Mumiy Troll at the Hawthorne Theater.

Don't miss the Secret Asian Man salad, which has perhaps the coolest name ever bestowed on a plate of greens and goodies.

Mississippi Studios and Bar Bar add their most intimate space yet. In fact, it'll be like you're moving in with the band. Please, do your own dishes.

Treat the family to a Celebration in Boring Sept. 12 at the Boring Station Trailhead Park.

Some great new shows opening this month.

The Portland Festival Symphony summer concert series will conclude Sunday in Foothills Park.

Who says accountants aren't hilarious? We mean, besides absolutely everybody who has ever lived, of course.