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Reggie Houston with guest Bobby Torres at Eat Oyster Bar Jazz Brunch - 5-31-26 - Photos
Featuring Steve Cleveland, Patrick Harry, Reinhardt Mel, Russ Miller, Evan Shlaes. This Jazz Brunch is a wonderful intimate music experience, happening every Sunday 1-3pm at EaT Oyster Bar Southern Kitchen, 12-3pm.

The 2026 Stars On Ice tour mesmerized Portland audiences at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on May 24, bringing together Olympic medalists and world skating champions from the 2026 Winter Games. The evening delivered a more relaxed and entertaining atmosphere than Olympic competition, allowing the skaters to showcase both their athleticism and personalities in a fun, theatrical se...

Saxophone Colossus Sonny Rollins died yesterday. I'm a guy who's kind of skeptical of celebrity eulogies, but in my orbit, Sonny Rollins was more than a celebrity; he was an ascended master, perhaps a saint. I know I'm not alone in regarding him in this exalted category. If you follow the trajectory of his music you will understand what I'm talking about, especially if you fi...

Pride Month isn't celebrated in Portland until July. But if you're looking for an alternative to hectic summer music festivals, and an experience right in your own backyard, then mark your calendars for Punk Rock Pride. On Saturday June 20th, not_a_phase_pdx has produced anothe...

If you've ever seen Walter Hill's 1979 film The Warriors, you know of its portrayal of futuristic street gangs spread across the New York City underground. And now almost 50 years later, in a future Hill could not have foreseen, Portland's Triple Lutz have taken up this same aesthetic to condemn religious hypocrisy in the new video "Don't Wake Daddy." The vid...