Matt Haughey @mathowie

I love Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, looking forward to standup.

Sci Fi author Adam Rakunas is on a book tour!

One of the most interesting comics in standup right now, often covering her own anxiety and mental health. 21+

One of my favorite events last year, Pop-Up Magazine is a night of true stories, films, photography, and radio—a live, touring magazine of writers, artists, and storytellers.

The McElroy Brothers return to Portland for the first live show since having tiny babies, and their first time in Portland since 2015, thanks to XOXO co-organizer @andymcmillan. This will be fun.

Mike can be an asshole on the internet, but he’s also a thoughtful writer and speaker, and I’m interested to hear what he has to say about design and its role in resistance.

“All design is politica…

Tech and pitches in Portland.

Presented in glorious 70mm!

I’m not sure if I can handle an hour of Reggie Watts remixing himself in real-time, but I’m willing to try.

It’s TRON. The original 1982 film. In glorious 70mm. It’s going to be awesome.

Cooperatives take many forms, and exist at many scales, but they are uniformly bound by principles of shared ownership and democratic governance. They are groups of people who join together to meet co…

Ellen Pao interviewing Anita Hill.

On April 25th, the Portland Chapter of the international Awesome Foundation will celebrate its 5th anniversary. Join us for presentations from past grantees, music by DJ Alex Payne, a free-entry raffl…

At Show Show, a lineup of comedians and musicians perform live with animation and visual installations — and this Design Week special edition includes a storytelling segment of Portland designers, inc…

Candy creator has got to be one of the most interesting jobs. Plus, free coffee! It’s going to be a buzzy morning.

Nice spring ride in the Willamette Valley

99% Invisible, Criminal, The Allusionist, and The Memory Palace all under one roof!

Drinks at 6, movies start at 7

Two of my favorite singer-songwriters on a single stage, a close walk from my house? Yes, please.

Hey, I’ll be chatting with Cory Doctorow about Walkaway, his first novel for grown-ups in eight years. Because there’s no better way to spend a Mother’s Day than hearing two white guys talk about DRM.…

Documentary following political satirist Baseem Youssef, referred to as the “Jon Stewart of Egypt”. Looks good!

As the release of Kamau’s second season of his hit CNN docu-series United Shades of America approaches, Kamau is back on the road doing the stand-up comedy that got him here in the first place. Kamau’…

BuzzFeed culture writer Scaachi Koul talks to Motherboard’s Sarah Jeong about her debut book, One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter, a collection of fierce and funny essays about gr…

My favorite band is coming to Portland to support their new album, Goths.

It’s more important than ever to have your own place to publish on the web. Have a blog? Want a blog? Are you building your own personal bot? Come on by and join a gathering of people with likeminded …

Maximum Fun’s annual conference in the woods is hard to describe—like a grown-up summer camp with standup comedy, live podcasts, and yes, arts & crafts. They never announce the lineup in advance, so j…

Come see the graduating class of PSU’s graphic design program, always an inspiring group of enthusiastic and creative young artists, and provide feedback on their senior portfolios. RSVP required!

The absurdly talented Brazilian singer-actor performs his Portuguese Bowie covers live on a recreation of The Life Aquatic set, with scenes of the film projected on boat sails. $35 for lawn seats, hel…

Video Chat is a pop-up conference helping video-industry professionals become better business people.

The seventh annual gathering for independent web creators of all kinds, from graphic artists, to designers, UX engineers, coders, hackers, to share ideas, actively work on creating for their own perso…

Cool weird art and computing conference.

We have monthly meet-ups with talks on tech, creativity, community, society, and the wonderful places where those things overlap. Every month we donate our proceeds to a local nonprofit. Come see some…

I first saw Ron Funches when he was an opener at Helium. The next show I went to, they’d recognized his talent and he’d been promoted to feature act. Eventually he moved to LA to be in a couple of com…

Stumble your way under the Hawthorne Bridge for three days of free, all-ages music from 35+ local indie bands, plus food carts, beer garden, record fair, and more.

California Extreme is the “Classic Arcade Games Show”. It’s an annual celebration of coin operated pinball machines, video games and other novelties you once found in game arcades. All games on displa…

I’ve always wanted to go to this impeccably-curated outdoor music festival, but XOXO prevented it. Not this time.

We all miss the old MusicFestNW, but Project Pabst’s unfocused lineup always includes some gems. Iggy Pop, Father John Misty, Beck, Spoon, Nas, and Die Antwoord headline.

Code Fellows PDX is excited to host this great event! Sign up soon to get the early bird rate. Diversity scholarships are also available, so check out the details on the website.

“Web Animation 0 …

Bringing Oregon together to celebrate, support and connect our consumer products ecosystem.

Oregonians are crafters, innovators, and collaborators. We look to redefine product categories and lead …

It’s Ben Folds! And he’s encouraging folks to fly paper airplanes to him with their song requests.

Zoe Quinn book tour for Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate

I was lucky enough to see Feist in a small club on her first tour, and nearly every tour since. Her latest albums are more challenging and less accessible, but no less moving. Excited to see her at Re…

Robin Sloan on tour with his new book Sourdough

I go to this every single year, and never regret it. Huge collection of classic arcade, console, and computer games and vendors selling my entire childhood, along with interesting talks and geeky musi…

Hodgman on his Vacationland book tour.

Touring for the first time in years on his recently Kickstarted album.

Welcome to Night Vale’s Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor headline this special Wordstock-themed edition of Live Wire, our popular running live variety/interview show.