7:30 am and "Slut Pop" is stuck in my head again
I'm back writing for Oregon ArtsWatch, which sent me to Lake Oswego for The Glass Menagerie:
www.orartswatch.org/tennessee-wi...
a real LaRobyn always rises from the couch
submitting to the mortifying ordeal of being known (redoing my head shot and cover letters)
I'm freelance again, so my landlord will appreciate any and all gigs you can send my way. jankandrew at gmail dot com. will pivot to video.
*won a top national critics prize
*helped people through writing
*PDX's Finest Drag Artists, giving 6 drag queens wider exposure, and Rainbow Review covering LGBTQ+ culture biweekly
*sought new voices from historically excluded communities, blending them with an existing roster
Yesterday was my last day at Willamette Week. I accomplished a lot to be proud of* but I'm crushed. WW was my dream job and I lived it. Losing this beyond my control or fault is hard. Taking the weekend to breathe and grieve. I will miss the team a lot. (Birthday Tuesday, job loss Thursday is rough)
Spring Arts Guide 2026 is here! @wweek.com looked at how the Portland creative world works hard by playing hard:
www.wweek.com/arts/2026/02...
I adore Jamie Strickler's essay for @wweek.com's Reasons to Love Portland Issue. Trans and nonbinary folks are nearly everywhere I go around town, and I personally can't say that about recent New York or LA trips. Especially now, this is a reason to celebrate:
www.wweek.com/culture/2026...
people say culture moves too fast nowadays and yes but my brain goes “morta oo gaga” almost daily still
congratulations to @durandbernarr.bsky.social on your well-deserved Grammy win! throwback to his @wonderballroom.bsky.social show last spring: www.wweek.com/performance/...
The “Rocky Road ice cream-inspired” sandwich cookie is no Thin Mint, but it went down pretty easy.
Marks, a “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star, could have laughed her way to the bank but treated her DJ gig’s audience with respect.
The Salem-raised comedian’s emotional banishment on “The Traitors” established him as a fan favorite.
This week's @wweek.com is a Funniest Five for the books! This year's Funniest Five might not have the solutions but they are great at telling us the problems, which they'll prove Feb. 5 at Rev Hall: www.wweek.com/arts/comedy/...
Should I be worried that so many people sent me Rachael Ivy Young's highly accurate video about crying in public in Portland
Nob Hill Bar & Grill has a Festivus Pole (also look at me trying to rejoin social media again)
Protest service journalism, from @andrewjank.bsky.social www.wweek.com/culture/2025...
"Learn to code," they said
Our very own Rachel Saslow looked at how both Trump and the pandemic are affecting the brewing industry's aluminum can supply: www.wweek.com/drink/2025/0...
Summer marks the first anniversaries of both my job with Willamette Week (June) and my mom's death (August). It's a weird season and a weird time to be here but that's how it goes. I'll look back at my favorite stories later, but I'm always here for feedback: andrew@wweek.com.
my sister has chosen "play Nintendo and get shithoused" as our Mother's Day celebration this year, so if you'll excuse me I need to load up on mimosas before losing Mario Party at the last second.
if you're close to your parents, keep it that way. if you're not, do what you can while they're here. family therapy worked wonders for us. if that's not an option then you have my heart, so just take it easy.
first Mother's Day without my mom, who we lost in August. this isn't as rough as her birthday and the holidays during the first 90 days without her, but today's rough all the same.
PCC math teacher Pete Haberman executive produced the film, along with actor Jesse Eisenberg.
Robin Bacior and our creative team did a phenomenal job with this week's cover, I'm obsessed: www.wweek.com/culture/2025...
I finally saw Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul. (2022) and my Tiktok is now mostly praise mimes.
