The Best Of Portland

Get your printable ballots here for Sunday, 2/22/09's Oscar Awards Ceremony... and be the star of your very own red carpet.

And the nominees are?

Click Here for your very own Offical (printable) Oscar Ballots.

Who says you can't be passionate about work? Check-out this adorable heart-shaped USB memory covered in Swarovski crystals.

Demonstrate your affection for technology by investing in this fabulous USB Swarovski encrusted USB memory.

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Does someone tickle you pink? Let the "apple of your eye" know this Valentines Day with something decadently sweet from Mrs. Prindable's.

Open your heart and theirs when you present this precious box of chocolate delights to someone special. Contains one Triple Chocolate petite apple, one Milk Chocolate Walnut petite apple and a 4.5 oz. Classic Caramel Vanilla Gift Bag.

Click Here to peruse all of Mrs. Prindable's objects of affection.

2/7-5/17, 2009 - The Portland Art Museum presents La volupté du gout: French Painting in the Age of Madame de Pompadour.

Until her death in 1764, Madame de Pompadour was one of the most celebrated and active patrons of the arts. La volupté du gout (voluptuous taste), comprised of paintings created by 24 of the era’s most important artists patronized by Pompadour during an age that witnessed the birth of a public discourse in aesthetics and art criticism, reveals her legacy as the royal tastemaker of the time.

Experience some of the most sumptuous paintings ever made when the Portland Art Museum and Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tours, bring La volupté du goût: French Painting in the Age of Madame de Pompadour to Portland for its exclusive U.S. presentation. Gathered from the collections of 22 international lenders, the 54 paintings in this exhibition define an era of peace, prosperity, and aesthetic pleasure for French society.

Click Here for a link to The Portland Art Museum for details on this exhibition as well as the others currently featured.

2/22 thru 3/22/09 - Portland Center Stage presents | The Importance of Being Earnest

“Gwendolen, it is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth. Can you forgive me?” - Jack Worthing

How do you have your cake and eat it too in Victorian England? Well, if you are an attractive man of means like Jack Worthing, its pretty simple: create a double life. Mr. Worthing’s double life (he is known as Jack in the country, but “Ernest” in town) unfolds without a hitch until he decides to come clean and propose to the love of his life, one Gwendolen Fairfax.

Click Here for a link to Portland Center Stage for more detailed information regarding this play as well as other venues playing at this fabulous Portland landmark.

2/20/09 - Join over 2,000 people as they gather at The Portland Showcase of Wine & Cheese. Taste over 250 varieties of wine, dozens of cheeses, hot hors d'oeuvres and specialty foods at The Oregon Convention Center

Guests receive a complimentary wine glass, and a tasting book to guide them through the wide selection of wines and provide a place for them to rate each wine they taste.

HOURS:
6:30 - 10:00 pm


PHONE:
(503) 232-0077

ADMISSION/TICKETS:
www.bgcportland.org

February 13 thru 15, 2009 Keep your game on the fairway by attending Portland, Oregon's 16th Annual Golf Show at The Oregon Convention Center.

 

• Over 70,000 square feet dedicated to golf
• Try & Buy the latest clubs from the industries finest manufacturers courtesy of Fiddler's Green
• Area golf retailers will be on-site include Fiddler's Green, Smitty Golf, Red Tail Golf, Pro Golf, Jorgensen & more!
• Over 80 exhibitors
• Interactive games to test your golf skills and win great prizes
• Up to 75% off at the Clearance Center

More Info:
Adults - $10, Seniors/Students (13-17) $9
Children 12 and under - FREE!

HOURS:
Friday 11am to 6pm • Saturday 9am to 5pm • Sunday 9am to 4pm

PHONE:
(206) 367-2420

ADMISSION/TICKETS:
Adults - $10, Seniors/Students (13-17) $9 Children 12 and under - FREE!

January 31 - May 3, 2009 Omsi presents DaVinci: The Genius. Explore and experience the art and science of Leonardo da Vinci, one of the greatest minds the world has ever known. - Portland, Oregon

Da Vinci: The Genius brings to life da Vinci’s amazing contributions to the worlds of art and science. See on display oversized reproductions of his most famous art and full-scale displays of his machine inventions including a glider, parachute, helicopter, tank, and more. Discover 25 startling revelations about the Mona Lisa in the Secrets of Mona Lisa gallery.

Click Here for a link to detailed showing information.

"Coraline" the movie's future is so bright, Portland, Oregon's "LAIKA" is going to need shades!

Coraline tells the story of a young girl (voiced by Dakota Fanning) who unlocks a mysterious door in her new home and enters a parallel reality.

On the surface, this other world eerily mimics her own life, though it is much more fantastical. It is inhabited by such off-kilter characters as the morbidly funny Miss Forcible and Miss Spink (Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders), as well as a counterfeit mother (Teri Hatcher) who attempts to keep her.

Ultimately, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination and bravery to get back home. Coraline, produced over the last three years by animators, artisans and puppet fabricators at Portland’s LAIKA, is the first stop-motion feature shot in stereoscopic 3-D. (100 mins.)

Click Here for a link to local theater information and show times.

Reviews:

Hollywood.com Says - "A visual stunner that takes animation to thrilling new heights."

The New York Times Says - "Coraline is an exquisitely realized 3-D stop-motion animated feature directed and written by Henry Selick (“The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “James and the Giant Peach”) has a slower pace and a more contemplative tone than the novel. It is certainly exciting, but rather than race through ever noisier set pieces toward a hectic climax in the manner of so much animation aimed at kids, “Coraline” lingers in an atmosphere that is creepy, wonderfully strange and full of feeling. A must see!"

Variety Says - "Eerily inhabiting the netherworld where a young girl’s wildest dreams become her cruelest nightmares, “Coraline” is a dark delight. Although it coarsens some of the details in Neil Gaiman’s popular 2002 children’s horror novel, this eccentric and deliriously inventive fantasy finds stop-motion auteur Henry Selick scaling new heights of ghoulish whimsy, buoyed by a haunting score that works its own macabre magic."

 

Feb. 5-21, 2009 - Get Ready For Lights, Camera & Action At Portland, Oregon's 32nd Annual International Film Festival

This year’s Festival has its share of new works by established masters—ZhangKe Jia, Peter Greenaway, Andrzej Wajda, Jan Troell, Terence Davies, Doris Dörrie, Majid Majidi, Raymond Depardon, Agnès Varda, Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, to name but a few—all of whose films have been featured in past Festivals. But if you are looking toward the next generation, these intriguing new works by 19 first-time feature filmmakers reveal a wealth of new interna-tional talent.

Click Here for a link to detailed information on this year's submissions.

Founded in 1977, the Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) now draws an audience of more than 30,000 attendees, making it the biggest film event in Oregon. More than 100 films — including features and international shorts — will premiere at this year’s festival.