Where else but Portland? Last night (May 20), Kevin Morby played the Oregon capitol’s Revolution Hall, where he was joined onstage by a certified local hero: Portlandia star and Sleater-Kinney founder Carrie Brownstein. Together, they performed the band’s 2005 classic “Modern Girl,” a track so essential within Sleater-Kinney’s enduring catalog Brownstein named her 2015 memoir
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Filmmaker David Rodriguez pushes independent horror to dangerous new heights with Psycho Night. The brutal, stylish urban horror-thriller is now streaming free on Tubi and Sling TV. It is also available on DVD for collectors and horror fans alike.Praised by viewers as “a bold, bloody masterstroke,” Psycho Night blends psychological horror, hip-hop culture, grindhouse energy,
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AAPI Heritage Month is a chance to celebrate the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities that shape culture in ways both obvious and overlooked. That includes the queer founders, artists, drag performers, and entrepreneurs building brands that feel personal, specific, and very much worth knowing about. Some of the businesses below are rooted directly in AANHPI
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Tokyo supports one of the densest record store ecosystems in the world. Across the metropolitan area, roughly 250 record stores continue to operate, ranging from major chains to tiny genre-specific specialists occupying upper floors and basement rooms near train stations. In many Western cities, this kind of retail infrastructure largely collapsed decades ago. In Tokyo,
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Science fiction legend Adrian Tchaikovsky is making his graphic novel debut with the upcoming Salvation’s Child. The book, released through Amazon’s Comixology, will serve as a prequel to Tchaikovsky’s The Final Architecture series that began with 2021’s Shards of Earth​​​​​​. Given the critical and commercial acclaim of Tchaikovsky, fans of science fiction have every reason
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Loukeman is celebrating the recent end of his SD album trilogy with a tour spanning both sides of the Atlantic. Although the trek launches in the United Kingdom in June, the majority takes place this fall. The producer, real name Luke Fenton, will travel to Chicago, Brooklyn, Paris, and Berlin in his travels during sweater
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Learn about the winner of the 2026 International Booker Prize, AI allegations against short story prize winners, a new partnership between the StoryGraph and Kobo, and more in today’s round-up of literary headlines. The 2026 International Booker Prize Winner is Taiwan Travelogue Taiwan Travelogue, written by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translated by Lin King, is this
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Poker on Screen Is Never Just About Cards The strongest poker movies are rarely about gambling alone. They are about psychology, pressure, deception, ambition, and risk. Poker creates natural cinematic tension because one decision can change a character’s future in seconds. A single bluff can destroy trust, build fortune, or end a career. Audiences are
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Alia Bhatt attended the opening ceremony of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, wearing a custom Tamara Ralph Haute Couture gown that delivered a soft, sculptural take on red carpet dressing. Screenshot The Bollywood actress wore a bright coral silk crêpe marocain corseted column dress featuring a structured neckline, a graphic plunging cutout
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Students aren’t taking it quietly, either. Like their peers in Central York High School–a 40 minute drive south of Elizabethtown–students have been protesting the board’s censorship agenda. The protests began in the dead of winter, the weather far from amenable for being outside. But students showed up, their voices and beliefs in an education free
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Colorado Police last Thursday arrested Hunter Rivera, the 24-year-old now-former chairman of the Weld County Republican Party, for allegedly trying to arrange a sexual encounter with a child. Rivera resigned immediately following his arrest. Agents from the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office posed online as minors offering sexual acts for sale. Investigators charged Rivera with soliciting
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