Portland, Oregon-based Rachel Hanke is a structural engineer by day and an illustrator/concept artist by night who creates beautifully realistic portrait art. “I grew up drawing anything and everything (a lot of Sailor Moon fanart over the years) and it’s been very exciting to start turning that into something more as I’ve started to take … Continue reading
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Sallie Ford’s Got to Get Out.
Portland musician Sallie Ford has released a new single. ‘Get Out’ is a venting of insecurities. Ford says it is about “how my insecurities of my music are related to the insecurities I feel about me in general. I tend to want to give up or easily feel overwhelmed and want to escape.” The song … Continue reading
A Gesture for VÉRITÉ.
VÉRITÉ creates airy tracks with sparse instrumentations and repetitive lyrics. Her songs are atmospheric and her star is rapidly rising. The enigmatic artist sold out her first ever headlining tour last year, and included festival debuts at SXSW, Lollapalooza and Firefly in her list of achievements. She just dropped her new EP Living and already her singles ‘Constant … Continue reading
The LIST: April 27-May 2
Free Movies at the West Wind Sacramento Drive In On Thursday, April 28, starting at 6 PM, the West Wind Sacramento Drive-In Theaters (9616 Oates Dr) will be holding a Free Movie Night! This is their 22nd time around showing free movies, and they’re as prepared as ever with fun activities like music, games, face … Continue reading
Five to Watch: Painted Lives
John Wentz Wentz is a painter who navigates the waters between “rigid technicality and honest expression” according to his website. He works with a limited palate of blue-greens and reds, exploring the emotive power of such colors while experimenting with compositional concepts. While working mostly within the confines of the human form, he gives his … Continue reading
Five to Watch: Life Through a Lens
Amy Leibrand Leibrand is an environmental researcher from Ohio who uses her iPhone to create surrealist self-portraits. A highlight of her work are some of her photo collages, which inspire the title “traveling legs”, and seem to show an independent woman who strides around the Earth with ease and confidence. Her yellow heels and blue suitcase make … Continue reading
When All Maps End in California.
The Lower 48 blew into the West Coast on the cold winter winds from Minneapolis, fresh-faced and ready to play. The band settled in Portland in 2009, with the exception of their percussionist, who migrated a year later, and they have been living there ever since. The Lower 48, whose name is an Alaskan slang … Continue reading