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Mod Night

Music seen at the White Heart, January 29, 2008
Mod isn’t always mod. My mod isn’t necessarily your mod, or their mod.
By TODD RICHARD | February 06, 2008

Decisions, decisions

Where to go, what to do
Portland’s club scene is diverse enough to be almost confusing.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF | January 30, 2008

Dance, Monkey: Gary Petersen

We put a comic on the hot seat
I’m predicting I’ll die as the villain in the remake of Wild Hogs .
By SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | January 29, 2008

MC Homeless

Music seen at the White Heart, October 9, 2007
MC Homeless has a lot on his mind, and he was more than willing to share
By TODD RICHARD | October 17, 2007

Evangelicals are speaking in bubbles — and fighting God’s war on pop culture
Young Laurel Templeton spends her summer vacation “kidnapped by five cyborg flies and shrunk down to insect size so [she can] travel back in time with them to save the world from an evil spider.” You know, typical stuff.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | October 10, 2007

Readers' picks 2007: Arts and Entertainment

Best bar, best gallery, best jukebox, best happy hour, and more
SPACE Gallery, Dock Fore, the White Heart, and more.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF | April 27, 2007

Dead End Armory

Music seen, February 17, at the White Heart
Don’t you love it when an already solid band just gets better?
By IAN PAIGE | February 21, 2007

H++L

At the White Heart, January 14
Purists often debate the definition of “DJ.”
By SONYA TOMLINSON | January 17, 2007

Local motives

Wishes for the year in local music
As is tradition (well, four years old, anyway), I’ll sum up my wishes from last year before I get to wants for 2007.
By SAM PFEIFLE | December 27, 2006

Esther’s Mixtape Collective

At the White Heart Sunday November 5
Congress Street was empty of people, and the White Heart had but a half-dozen patrons at 8:30 on Sunday. Perhaps these few were pondering the same question: who is Esther, and what’s up with this mixtape business?
By TODD RICHARD | November 08, 2006

Who is that girl?

Petra Haden, Museum of Fine Arts, October 25, 2006
Petra Haden is making a career out of covering the un-coverable.
By BRETT MILANO | October 26, 2006

Aging warnings

It's not just you who's getting old
Each night smiles three times, the aged and jaded Madame Armfelt (Maggie Mark) tells her young granddaughter Fredrika (Hannah Forsley): first for the young, who know nothing; second for the fools, who know too little; and finally for the old, who know too much.
By MEGAN GRUMBLING | September 20, 2006

Portland scene report: August 4, 2006

Sibilance
Longtime Portland music-scene staples John and Ally Althoff seemed to have a good multi-generational thing going with the White Heart.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | August 02, 2006

King of Kingpins

The Wrecking Crew’s Abolition Strategy sounds like a winner
Kingpin Wrecking Crew are set to release their sophomore album and label debut, Abolition Strategy , so it’s worth writing about how they are and are not just like all the other bands in town.
By SAM PFEIFLE | June 28, 2006