Welcome to the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) and Theatre Library Association (TLA) Conference

Debating the Stakes in Theatre and Performance Scholarship

Portland, Oregon November 5-8, 2015

Welcome from ASTR Graduate Student Caucus

The Conference Assistance Committee of the ASTR Graduate Student Caucus (GSC) is delighted to welcome you to ASTR 2015, “Debating the Stakes in Theatre and Performance Scholarship.” We have provided this packet to help guide you through this conference, as well as the host city of Portland, Oregon. Here you will find information on the role of the GSC and how you can maximize your involvement with the GSC, conference advice and support, and information on food and drink, travel and attractions in Portland. We hope you find this useful and look forward to meeting you all personally at the GSC events.

Connect with Us!

At the conference, you can find the GSC at a table in the conference hallway, which will be staffed by cabinet members and volunteers. Come by and meet fellow graduate students, get more conference information, and ask any questions!

Please take a moment to join our Facebook Group and connect with fellow grads from around the world to discuss ideas, generate panels, share CFPs, find a conference roommate, and ask questions of the graduate community. Don't forget to also subscribe to our list-serv to ensure you receive all GSC news and messages regarding elections, conferences, volunteer opportunities, and awards.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/astrgsc | Twitter: @ASTRGSC List-serv: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/astrgsc

For a direct line to the GSC please email: [email protected].

Feel free to contact us if you need any additional information, or if you’d like to get involved with the GSC. Click on the relevant item to automatically Table of Contents navigate to the correct page of the document!

Welcome from the GSC President……………………………………..2

What is the GSC?...... 3

Meet the GSC Cabinet……………………………………….…….……4

GSC Events……………………………………………...... ……6

Making the Most of Your First ASTR: A Five-Step Program for Grad Students………………………………7

The Ins and Outs of ASTR……………………………………………...8

Making Sense of ASTR Plenaries and Working Sessions:

A Primer for Graduate Students (& Others)……………………………9

Transportation…………………………………………………………….11

Arts and Entertainment…………………………………………………..13

Food and Drink…………………………………………………………….18

Maps…………………………………………………………………………26

1 Welcome to Portland!

The 2014-2015 GSC Executive Committee and its several committees have been hard at work organizing exciting graduate student-focused events for ASTR 2015 in Portland. A full list of these opportunities, which include networking events as well as professionalization sessions, may be found on page 6. These events, and the resources gathered in this packet, provide graduate students the opportunity to meet other grads, to find mentors at ASTR, and to learn how to make the most of the conference and the Portland area.

If you are a graduate student member of ASTR, then you are a member of the Graduate Student Caucus. I hope to see you at our annual meeting on Friday, November 6, 8:00-9:30 pm (location information may be found in the conference program). Like the several graduate student events throughout the conference, the GSC meeting offers a space for first-time attendees and returning graduate students alike. The meeting provides a space for the current elected members of the GSC to hear from you, graduate students, about your experiences at ASTR and in the field at large.

I would like to take a moment to recognize the work of my colleagues in the GSC Cabinet, and the volunteers whose time and labor made this year’s GSC events and initiatives possible. Stephanie Vella, Michelle Salerno, Sarah Campbell, and Haddy Kreie have served on the GSC as committed advocates for graduate students throughout the past year. Katie Turner and Guy Zimmerman organized the annual Welcome Mentor Breakfast, cultivating a vital space for mentorship at ASTR. Shamell Bell and Mika Lior planned and will host the several GSC Peer Networking and Mentorship events. Sara Taylor has taken lead of GSC Web Resources, keeping the GSC connected with our constituency throughout the year. A final thank you to Lauren Graffin and Shelby Brewster for organizing the Conference Assistance Packet, and to Amanda Boyle and Aaron Kelly for their contributions. We all will benefit from these passionate and engaged graduate student volunteers.

Lastly, I would like to introduce the 2015-2016 GSC Cabinet. Stephanie Vella will serve as the GSC President. The GSC cabinet consists of Vice-President/Rep. to the Annual Conference Committee, Yasmine Jahanmir; Vice President/Rep. to the Committee on Conferences, Bess Rowen; Secretary/Historian Bryan Schmidt; and GSC Representative to the ASTR Committee on New Paradigms in Graduate Education Vicki Hoskins. I am certain that they will make ASTR 2016 in Minneapolis a vibrant and transformative space for graduate students and their work.

I invite you to explore all that ASTR 2015 has to offer. I hope to see you around the conference!

Sincerely, Kellen Hoxworth GSC President and Representative to the Executive Committee Doctoral Candidate, Stanford University

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What is the Graduate Student Caucus of ASTR?

The Graduate Student Caucus represents the graduate student members of the American Society for Theatre Research, a U.S.-based professional organization that fosters scholarship on worldwide theatre and performance, both historical and contemporary. All graduate student members of ASTR are considered members of the GSC.

The GSC aims to:

● Provide a forum for early career theatre scholars to meet future colleagues and to give vital input into an organization that will be part of careers for years to come. ● Facilitate communication among geographically distant members through its listserv and social media platforms ● Encourage collaboration among those with common research interests and professional concerns, e.g. you could provide a colleague with information regarding area archives or other scholarship resources.

The GSC encourages involvement in ASTR by:

● Introducing members to opportunities available to graduate students within the organization. ● Providing friendly points of contact for the first time conference attendee; in addition to its annual meeting during the conference ● Coordinating social and networking events, both exclusively for graduate students and in coordination with the ASTR Executive Committee (EC). ● Encouraging members and prospective members to contact GSC leaders with any questions they have about ASTR throughout the year. ● Providing representation to the ASTR Executive Committee and maintaining its own separate committees specific to the interests of graduate students.

3 Meet the Team: Introducing the GSC Cabinet

Kellen Hoxworth Michelle Solerno President and Representative to Vice President and Representative to the the Executive Committee Committee on Conferences Stanford University University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Stephanie Vella Vice President and Representative to Sarah Campbell the Annual Conference Committee Secretary/Historian Graduate Center of CUNY Indiana University

Haddy Kreie Representative to New Paradigms in Graduate Education University of California Santa Barbara

4 Meet the Team: Introducing the Conference Assistance Committee

Shelby Brewster Lauren Graffin University of Pittsburgh Ulster University

Amanda Boyle Aaron Kelly

University of Kansas University of Georgia

Additional contributions by Professor Kate Bredeson (Reed College).

If you recognize any of us from the pictures above at the conference, please feel free to introduce yourselves. We are all looking forward to meeting you. You can also find members from the Peer Mentorship Committee at a marked table at the conference. We hope this will act as a meeting space for graduate students and a hub of information for GSC activities. If you have any questions, please visit the Peer Mentorship Table and we’ll try our best to assist you.

5 GSC Events Graduate Student Caucus Meeting. The Graduate Student Caucus meets annually at the ASTR conference and all current, as well as recent, graduates are encouraged to attend. It is one of the few opportunities we have together to discuss the future of the GSC and it’s involvement with the ASTR. This is the meeting you will want to attend if you want to voice your opinions and get involved with the GSC. The meeting is scheduled on: Friday, November 6th from 8pm-9.30pm. See conference program for location.

Other Events where you can connect with the GSC: We hope graduate students will connect with us at the following list of events. For your convenience, we have noted where food is provided at these events. On a broader note, breakfast is provided each morning at the conference and includes a selection of pastries and breads, as well as coffee and tea, see your full conference schedule for more information.

Thursday, November 5th • 6:30-7:30 PM: “Welcome to ASTR” GSC Opening Night Event, Truss Lounge & Bistro, Portland Marriott Waterfront Light food will be provided.

• 8:30-10:00 PM: Opening Night Reception—see conference program for location. Light hors d'oeuvres and a drink ticket typically provided.

Friday, November 6th • 7:30-8:30 AM: Mentorship Breakfast—see conference program for location. Light breakfast, coffee, and tea provided.

• 12:00-1.15 PM: Brown Bag Career Sessions—see conference program for a complete list of sessions and locations. Brown bag lunches are available for purchase through conference registration. You are also welcome to bring your own food to these sessions.

• 9:30-10:30 pm: President’s Reception for Emerging Scholars—see conference program for location. Light food and drinks at the bar are provided.

Saturday, November 7th • 12:00-2:00 PM: Awards Luncheon & Annual Meeting—see conference program for location. A banquet lunch, to be purchased during conference registration, is provided.

• 3:30-4:30 PM: GSC Peer Mentorship Coffee/Tea Break—see the GSC table for location details. Snacks, coffee and tea will be provided.

6 Making the Most of Your First ASTR: A Five-Step Program for Grad Students David Calder, University of Manchester

1. No clumping. As a graduate student at your first ASTR (maybe your first conference ever), your instinct will be to seek safety with familiar faces, the other students and faculty from your school. Resist this urge. Spend your time having meaningful conversations with scholars whose work you admire and students from other institutions with whom you can imagine collaborating. Two caveats: first, respect a scholar’s busy conference schedule. It’s probably best to introduce yourself and ask if she can spare a few minutes to chat at some point over the weekend. Don’t dive into your life story between working sessions. Second, read the room. If your academic idol appears to be catching up with an old friend, do not awkwardly insinuate yourself into their conversation. It will just make everyone uncomfortable.

2. Show up. You are at a conference. Go to the conference. Go to the plenaries. Go to the working sessions. When you apply for a research grant or a postdoc or a job, you will have to comment on the state of your field and your place within it. Conferences are where that work happens. What theoretical frameworks are being debated? What methodologies are being deployed? You may think there are only two or three working sessions that relate to your research. But a catholic attitude toward session attendance will likely reveal unexpected connections among various subfields. Follow those threads. It’s your job.

3. Really show up. Get involved! Attend the Annual Meeting of the Graduate Student Caucus. The good people of the GSC are always looking for volunteers to serve on committees and in leadership roles. By helping out, you don’t just add a line to the "Service” section of your CV, you also get to collaborate with students and scholars from other universities.

4. Pack a snack. Conference days can be long and grueling, as exhausting as they are exciting. Keep some brain food on you at all times.

5. Debrief and follow up. The week after the conference is the time to reconnect with those colleagues you didn’t see all weekend (because you weren’t clumping). It’s impossible for one person to attend all of the ASTR working sessions. So check in with your cohort to see which sessions they attended and what was discussed. Because you all attended a wide variety of sessions, you’ll be able to create a map of the field as represented at ASTR. You should also take a moment to send emails to any scholars who made the time to speak with you. A quick thank you makes all the difference.

Adapted from a post that originally appeared in 2013 in advance of the conference in Dallas, available here: www.astr.org/blogpost/984587/171758/Making-the-Most-of-Your-First-ASTR-A-Five-Step-Program-for-Grad-Students

7 The Ins and Outs of ASTR: Typical Components of an ASTR Conference Schedule

Plenaries. The program committee blind reviews abstracts for the plenary sessions, selecting contributions that constitute original and interesting research, and significant interventions into the conference theme or our discipline’s discourse at large. The selections are made without regard to seniority or rank. Presentations are given before a plurality of conference attendees, and a Q&A after the presentations allows the audience to engage with the presenters directly. One of the recurrent panels is “The State of the Profession” where the current situation of our field is discussed. This year’s State of the Profession Discussion, “What Stakes? What Futures?” will take place Saturday, November 7, from 4:45-6:45 pm.

Working Groups. Working groups are focused around a subject. A call for papers is announced months before the conference, 10-20 participants are selected, who are then asked to share their papers and provide feedback in the time leading up to the conference meeting. At the conference, working groups discuss major points and conclusions. Moderators determine how and if non-working group members can participate. If not specified, you may watch the proceedings as an observer. You may enter and leave working groups at any time in order to attend all sessions of interest. Obviously, be quiet and courteous if entering/leaving while a group is in session.

Career Sessions. Workshops or discussions on a subject related to our work as researchers, educators, and scholars. You may attend even if you didn’t sign up and are encouraged to participate actively. Often these sessions occur during meal breaks so feel free to bring your lunch or a snack!

Opening Night Reception. The evening includes opening remarks from conference leaders and other important information about the conference. Usually there is a complimentary glass of wine, appetizers, and a cash bar. This is a great time to meet and mingle.

Coffee and Breakfast Breads and Exhibit Hall. Begins on Friday morning and features free coffee and pastries, as well as the opportunity to network. Additionally, publishers present their books for purchase— sometimes at discounted prices.

ASTR Awards Banquet and Business Meeting. A nice lunch that you already paid for with your conference fees. Stay to cheer during the awards, followed by the Business Meeting, a great way to get to know the organization and the state of the profession.

GSC Meeting. The annual meeting of the Graduate Student Caucus. The GSC unites the graduate-student community within ASTR and helps members take advantage of the opportunities already available to graduate students within the organization. If you are looking for a way to get more involved, the GSC meeting is a great opportunity. Each year there are numerous positions that need to be filled, so if you are interested in service, this is the place to be. Feel free to ask questions. Anyone can join!

Excerpted and adapted from “Demystifying the ASTR Schedule,” prepared for the 2013 conference by the Peer Support Program. Full document available here: www.astr.org/members/group_content_view.asp?group=116724&id=299449

8 Making Sense of ASTR Plenaries and Working Sessions: A Primer for Graduate Students (& Others) Sam O’Connell, Worcester State University

Hello, and welcome to ASTR’s annual conference in Portland. By now the opening plenary and reception is probably over and you’re wondering to yourself and the three other grad students crammed into your double hotel room:

What the heck do I do with these working sessions? Do I go to them? If I go, do I dare speak? I haven’t read any of the papers, but Old So-and-so Senior Scholar will be there, and I really admire her or his work. And then there is this other one that sounds like it would really inform my dissertation project. Ooh, and look at this one over here that’s on Saturday at 8:30am. I don’t have anything to do with the topic of the session in my own work, but this session participant is at Suchandsuch Research 1 that is hiring a tenure- track position this year. It’s my dream job. If I go to that one and look really sharp and sound even sharper (if I speak) I’m bound to get a phone interview, right?

These may not be your questions or thoughts about working sessions at ASTR, whether it’s your first year or not, but they are all things that I thought at one point or another at ASTR over the years. To spare you some of the anxiety, here’s some advice on how to handle plenaries and working sessions:

Plenaries Go to the plenaries. They are an awesome chance to hear new research and get a sense of where the field is and where the field is going. They are also one of the only times that the majority of the scholars in our field gathers together in one space to share works-in-progress, near-completed works, or completed work. Even if the topic of a plenary does not resonate with you, they also effectively model how scholarship in Theatre and Performance Studies is conducted and presented.

Working Sessions If your abstract was accepted to a working session, go to your working session and participate following the instructions, prompts, etc. outlined by your session conveners. In my experience, they often run like seminars in which everyone has done the reading and comes in with questions and ideas to help shape the conversation. A mistake I feel that I made early on was to take a predatory approach to working sessions that I was a participant in. I was largely self-interested in the ideas that other participants had about my work. I was not as engaged or aware of how my work was contributing to a larger conversation that we were all equally engaged in. Once I realized working sessions were not about me, I actually began to get more out of them.

For all other working sessions that you want to attend, here are some rules of thumb that inform my own decision making process of which sessions to go to and what to do when I’m in the audience:

9 Choosing a session • Does the topic relate directly to anything I research or teach? Or, am I vaguely interested in it? If it answers any of these questions, I go. • Is there a participant in the session whose work I am particularly interested in hearing? Or a paper title that really resonates? If so, I go. • Does the session have any conflicts with any of my other goals for the conference? These goals could be: grabbing a coffee or drink with an old friend who is also at the conference, checking out the exhibit hall and press offerings, prepping for my own session later that day, attending one of the offsite events, etc. If there are no conflicts, then I go. • Do I need to rest? Conferences can be exhausting. Sometimes you just need a break in your hotel room, in the hotel lobby, or away from the conference site, just to relax. If I don’t need a rest, I go.

What to do in a session • Do the session conveners make any obvious signal to the audience that they will be invited into the conversation? If not, I don’t speak. Also, if not, sometimes I will politely and quietly step out to find another session. Some sessions are more open than others for the audience. Not all, though, are meant for the audience. Sometimes you don’t find this out until you’re already in the room. • If the session does invite participation and questions from the audience I speak if I have something to say that engages with the questions asked and the conversation being had in the overall session. I try not to showcase my own research that no one in the room has read. Instead, I become involved in the conversation that is already in progress. • If there is a direct connection I want to make between my research and one or more of the papers/participants, I approach them after the session to chat. • Try not to speak just to be seen speaking. And, try not to grad-splain. This is the graduate student version of “man-splaining.”

At the end of the day, working sessions are where works-in-progress develop. They give you a chance to hear what other people are working on and meet the other people that are working in an area similar to your own work. Future ATHE panel proposals and future ASTR working sessions can come out of the unanswered questions and social connections that develop in a working session.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me: [email protected]. I’ll also be the tall-ish, bald-ish guy with glasses floating around the hotel bar between sessions and plenaries.

10 Transportation and Surrounding Areas

The Conference Hotel Portland Marriot Downtown Waterfront 1401 SW Naito Parkway, 97201 | +1 503 226 7600

Airport • Portland International Airport – PDX | http://www.flypdx.com/PDX • Airport Phone: +1 877 739 4636 • The conference hotel does not provide shuttle service to or from the airport.

o Blue Star Bus | http://www.bluestarbus.com/airport-shuttle.php Fee: 14 USD (one way), scheduled. o Estimated taxi fare: 50 USD (one way)

Other Transportation Around Portland • Trimet | http://trimet.org o Buses serve the Portland metro area. The Light Rail connects downtown with other Portland areas. o Fares for Trimet are 2.50 USD one time (2.5 hours) and 5 USD for a 1- day pass. • Portland Streetcar | http://portlandstreetcar.org o Operated by Trimet, connects downtown and other major neighborhoods of Portland. o Fares 2.00 USD one time (2.5 hours) and 5 USD for a 1-day pass (Trimet passes can be used on the streetcar.) • Stations near the hotel o MAX Light Rail ! City Hall Stop—SW 5th and Jefferson ! PSU Urban Center Stop—SW 5th and Mill

o Union Station (Greyhound bus and AMTRAK) th 800 NW 6 Ave, 97209 | https://www.travelportland.com/article/union-station/ o Car Rentals (Parking fee at hotel is 37 USD per day) ! Hertz: 330 Southwest Pine Street 97201 ! Enterprise Rent-A-Car: 445 SW Pine Street 97204

11 MAX Light Rail Map

Portland Streetcar Map

12 Arts and Entertainment

PERFORMANCES: Portland has a very active small theatre scene, with far too many shows playing in smaller venues during the conference. The following is a list of some of what is showing in larger venues, as well as a bit of a taste of Portland’s unique theatre offerings. For a complete list of local theatres, see the blog listed at the end of this section.

Portland Center Stage | www.pcs.org Portland’s first and largest equity theatre house, Center Stage was originally started by alumnus of the nationally and internationally renowned Oregon Shakespeare festival. It continues to produce high quality work in a well-appointed old Armory in Portland’s Pearl District.

Playing: Ain’t Misbehavin’ - A musical on the life of jazz great Fats Waller graces PCS’s main stage during the days of and surrounding out conference.

Artist’s Repertory Theatre | www.artistsrep.org Portland’s second equity house, housed in a facility just east of downtown, near the Max blue line, with a couple of intimate stages - one larger and one very intimate.

Playing: Cuba Libre - A large musical with book by Carlos Lacámara, this production features the live accompaniment of multiple Grammy-nominated band Tiempo Libre, and Broomstick - A solo performance following the life of an Appalachian witch.

Teatro Milagro/Miracle Theatre | www.milagro.org The Portland area’s Hispanic theatre is running its annual original, bilingual Dia De Los Muertos show during ASTR convention weekend in the East Burnside neighborhood. This year’s title is La Muerte Baila and is sure to provide lots of dancing and physical theatre fun as well as a great cultural experience.

Stageworksink | www.stageworksink.com You can’t have a listing of Portland theatre without nerd theatre. Local interactive fringe theatre group Stageworksink returns their wildly popular Flash Ah-Ahhhhhh: The Rock Musical to their East Burnside stage during the ASTR convention weekend. This parody/homage to forgotten comic book hero Flash is also probably the only show this weekend with Queen songs performed live. Since this is the kind of show that tends to sell out in Portland, you might want to get tickets in advance.

You can also check out “Portland Theatre Scene” which is “a curated view of what’s interesting in Portland performance -- mainly via the blog. It does not provide a comprehensive list of what’s on in town.” http://portlandtheatrescene.com/

They also provide a list of all the theatres in town: http://portlandtheatrescene.com/portland-theatres/

13 Recommended: Liminal Theatre Reed College Theatre Dept. Publikumsbeschimpfung Exile (after Peter Handke’s By Nastaran Ahmadi Offending the Audience) Directed by Catherine Ming T’ien Duffly Devised, written and directed by November 6 & 7 | 7:30 pm Misha Neininger and John Berendzen Theatre Vertigo 11/6-11/22 http://academic.reed.edu/theatre/productions/schedule.html Action/Adventure Theatre liminalgroup.org

Third Rail Repertory Wordstock: Portland’s Book Festival The Realistic Joneses Portland Art Museum By Will Eno November 7 Directed by Rebecca Lingafelter http://www.literary-arts.org/what-we- 10/23-11/14 do/wordstock/ Imago Theatre http://thirdrailrep.org/

Muddy Feet Contemporary Dance Carrie Brownstein Side by Side: an evening of duet works Powell’s Books by Rachel Slater, Luke Gutgsell, Eliza November 5, 7:30pm Larson, Carla Mann, Franco Nieto, and Newmark Theatre at Portland Center for Tracey Durbin the Performing Arts 11/5-11/7 http://www.portland5.com/newmark- Studio 2 theatre/events/carrie-brownstein http://www.muddyfeetcontemporarydance.com

14 Other Offerings:

Stumptown Stages Theatre Vertigo Carrie: The Musical The Drunken City Book by Lawrence D. Cohen By Adam Bock Music by Michael Gore Directed by K.L. Cullen Lyrics by Dean Pitchford 10/23-11/21 Directed by Kirk Mouser Theatre Vertigo 10/22-11/8 http://theatrevertigo.org Brunish Theatre, Portland’5 Centers for the Arts http://www.stumptownstages.org

Post5 Theatre Profile Theater Equus Orlando By Peter Shaffer By Sarah Ruhl 10/16-11/14 Directed by Matthew B. Zrebski http://www.post5theatre.org 11.5.15 – 11.22.15 Alder Stage at Artists Repertory Theatre http://profiletheatre.org

Coho Theater Defunkt Theatre Remme’s Run Cock By Wayne Harrel By Mike Bartlett Directed by Jamie Rea Directed by John Kretzu world premiere 10/9-11/15 10/16-11/7 Defunkt Theatre http://www.cohoproductions.org http://www.defunktheatre.com

15 Area Museums:

• Portland Art Museum - http://portlandartmuseum.org/ Tuesday-Thursday 10am-5pm | $15 admission fee

• Oregon Maritime Center and Museum - http://www.oregonmaritimemuseum.org/ Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday 11am-4pm | $7 admission fee

• Oregon Museum of Science and Industry - http://www.omsi.edu/ Everyday 9:30am-7pm | $13.50 admission fee

• Oregon Historical Society Museum - http://www.ohs.org/ Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 12pm-5pm | $11 admission fee

• Museum of Contemporary Craft - http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/ Tuesday-Saturday 11am-6pm | $4 admission fee

• Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education-http://www.ojmche.org/ Tuesday-Thursday 10:30am-4pm, Friday 10:30am-3pm, Saturday and Sunday 12pm-4pm | $6 admission fee

• Portland Institute for Contemporary Art - http://pica.org/ Tuesday-Friday 11am-6pm

16 Other Activities of Interest:

• Portland Japanese Garden - http://japanesegarden.com/ Monday 12pm-4pm, Tuesday-Sunday 10am-4pm | $9.50 admission fee

• Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area - http://www.fs.usda.gov/crgnsa

• Portland Farmer’s Market - http://www.portlandfarmersmarket.org/our-markets/psu/ Produce, flowers, baked goods, food carts, music, and more. Located near the conference hotel. Saturday mornings, 8:30am-2pm.

• Chinese Garden- http://www.lansugarden.org 7 days a week, 10am-5pm | $9.50 admission fee, $7 student fee with ID

• Powell’s City of Books- http://www.powells.com New and used books since 1971.

• Living Room Theatres-http://pdx.livingroomtheaters.com/ Movie theatre with foreign and indie films, recliners, cocktails, and a bar.

• CC Slaughters- http://ccslaughterspdx.com/ Nightclub in Old Town. Dancing, disco balls, screenings of RuPaul’s Drag Race.

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Food and Drink

It is impossible to list all the food options in Portland, which is truly a world class food city, despite its smaller size. While the area near the hotel has some of the least good values in town (You pay for location with bigger prices and/or lower quality.), those willing to venture outside the downtown/waterfront area will find much to be pleased with.

Downtown in vicinity of the hotel. (Check for exact distances, as some are closer than others.)

• Luc Lac | http://luclackitchen.com/ Vietnamese. Lively. Bar/Restaurant. Pink Parasols hang from the ceiling. Vegan, gluten free options. Great happy hour. • Veritable Quandry | http://www.veritablequandary.com/ Intimate restaurant with Pacific NW cuisine. Flower lined patio. Old style bar. • Departure | http://departureportland.com/ Bar/Restaurant atop of The Nines Hotel. Blue faux Miami-esque interior. Rooftop balcony that overlooks the city with views of Mount Hood and Forest Park. Separate gluten free and vegan menus. East Asian-inspired food. Strong cocktails. • | www.clydecommon.com/ Large open Euro-style dining area with killer cocktails and good food. Adjacent to the Ace Hotel and Stumptown Coffee. Great location right downtown by Powell’s. • Stumptown Coffee | http://www.acehotel.com/portland/dining-and-drink/stumptown- coffee-roasters Before it was in Brooklyn, it was in Portland. PDX’s original coffee. • | http://laughingplanetcafe.com/ All over Portland. One is a seven min. walk from the conference hotel. Great for a quick lunch. A local casual place with bowls, burritos, and quesadillas. Tons of gluten free and vegan options. You can order online (especially good for groups) ahead of time. • Whole Foods | http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/pearl Want granola bars and oatmeal packets for your hotel room? Go here. • Little Bird http://www.littlebirdbistro.com/ French upscale bistro. • Prasad | http://www.prasadcuisine.com/ Super casual, located in a yoga studio. Fresh juices, bowls, all gluten free and almost entirely vegan. • Dar Salam | http://downtown.darsalamportland.com/ Absolutely excellent Iraqi food. Lunch buffet. Dinner menu. Casual. Fantastic vegan and gluten free options.

18 • Voodoo Donut | http://voodoodoughnut.com/ Cash only. Vegan and non-vegan donuts of all kinds (from chick-o-stick topped donuts to large donuts shaped like anatomical parts....) Open 24/7. Long lines. You can get married here too. The Portland Creme donuts are a particular favorite, and the Voodoo Doll donut is a legend. • Barlow | http://www.barlowpdx.com/ Fab, Gatsby-esque bar downtown not too far from the conference hotel. The cocktails are the point here. • Multnomah Country Whiskey Library http://www.multnomahwhiskeylibrary.com/whiskey/ A gorgeous whiskey library. At peak hours the lines are awful, and people with memberships get in first. But during off peak hours it’s worth the gamble to try to get in. The whiskey selection is astonishing. • Pepe le Moko | http://pepelemokopdx.com/ Tiny adorable underground French speakeasy-style bar with dreamy cocktails. Adore. Reservations accepted and recommended. • Petunia’s | http://petuniaspiesandpastries.com/ All vegan, all gluten free. A sweet little bakery. With ice cream, all manner of towering cakes, weekend donuts, and savory dishes from mac n’ cheese to pizza. Get the apple cider donut. • Alder Street Food Cart Pod At Southwest 10th and Alder Street. The city’s largest pod of food carts. Perfect for lunch. Everything from Thai to Ethiopian to Mac and Cheese to Polish • Los Gorditos | http://www.losgorditospdx.com/ Taqueria with cult following. Amazing vegan options (entire separate vegan menu). Terrific rice and beans. • Vtopia Vegan Cheese Deli | http://vtopiancheeses.com/ Off the charts vegan cheese. At a vegan cheese deli! • | http://www.tastynalder.com/ John Gorham is a Portland institution, and this is his downtown restaurant, a modern steakhouse with legendary family style meals. The brunches are especially popular. • Blue Star Donuts | http://www.bluestardonuts.com/ Portlanders are freaking out for these brioche-style donuts. Vegan options. • Merriwether’s | https://www.meriwethersnw.com/ Farm-to-table restaurant. Very Portland. PNW cuisine. Vegetarian options. • St. Jack | http://stjackpdx.com/ Lyonnias-style bistro. Très French. • Mother’s Bistro | http://www.mothersbistro.com/ American cuisine. Upscale comfort food. Big brunch.

19 • Virginia Café | http://virginiacafepdx.com/ Historic downtown dive bar.

Multiple Locations • Pastaria A Portland area chain for Italian fare elevated beyond the usual chain store level. Quality, fairly affordable food, classic décor, and good service. Locations in in the Lloyd Center area, • A local fast casual chain featuring not-too-large grass-fed beef burgers, truffle fries, and canned local microbrews in sleek modern reclaimed wood, steel, and glass architecture. Those wishing to really get a taste of Oregon should try the blue cheese burger, featuring uniquely smoky Rogue River blue cheese. Everything here is delicious and affordable. Locations everywhere. • Dick’s Kitchen Portland has many health-oriented eateries, but Dick’s Kitchen is somewhat unique among them. Created by the owner of the local restaurant chain Rice Junkies, this restaurant’s two locations serve classic American diner food based on an anti- inflammatory diet. (No fried food, all grass-fed meat, agave sweeteners, etc.) Tastes good and makes your body feel good. • Salt and Straw | http://saltandstraw.com/ Ice cream. Unusual flavor combos like Garam Masala and Cinnamon Cauliflower, Chocolate Caramel Potato Chip Cupcake, Balsamic with Black Pepper, and Pear and Blue Cheese. Great vegan Petunia’s option.

Sellwood • Jade Restaurant and Patisserie Jade is a French-influenced Vietnamese fine cuisine casual restaurant and French/Vietnamese bakery, as well as a teahouse with a large array of offerings. Truffle fries feature here alongside delicious Bahn Mi sandwiches (Try the Vietnamese meatball sandwich. You won’t regret it.), an award-winning classic chicken yellow curry and other elevated Vietnamese food. (The French chef/owner of local restaurants such as Carafe and Milwaukie Kitchen calls this his favorite restaurant.) It also features an array of delicious baked goods, from amazing steamed buns and red bean sesame balls to macarons (and macaroons), and a wide array of well-selected loose-leaf tea by the cup or pot. • Sabura Sushi • Milwaukie Kitchen Technically not in Sellwood, but further south just into Milwaukie, and thus on of the few places in Portland still best accessed by car. Serves classic French and French- inspired food, alongside a wine shop and deli. Affordable lunches include delicious French style open-faced sandwiches, including options for vegetarians and vegans – a rarity at most French restaurants but a commonplace practice in Portland. The

20 dinners feature superb course dinners and individual entrees in a more formal dining room setting, though there’s no need to break out the white or black tie unless you wish to. (This is Portland, after all.) • Bob’s Red Mill Store and Café Also in Milwaukie, this is the headquarters of healthy baked goods and baking supply company Bob’s Red Mill. Serves affordably priced and delicious breakfast food (including excellent gluten-free pancakes), lunch, and baked good made with their flours. Also a great place to get their entire range of baking goods in bulk, including hard-to-find specialty products.

East Burnside • This cajun and creole inspired restaurant serves safer fare such as their classic béchamel sauce mac-and-cheese (ask for the Spold, a mixture of their spicy and regular mac-and-cheese) and items such as fried frog legs and alligator bites for the more adventurous. Excellent and well-priced oyster shooters are also a must-try for any oyster fan. (Oregon’s Willapa Bay provides some of the best, freshest oysters in the country.) Diners are served family-style alongside fellow diners at long tables under dim light and loud punk and rock music, surrounded by décor that ranges from taxidermy to a painting of the last supper focused on the foodstuffs and served by cheeky wait staff. It’s a location both for great, affordable food and a unique restaurant experience. (Staff wrap up leftovers in tin foil sculptures of various figures, from squirrels to dragons.)

Pearl District • Piazza Italia The Italian couple that owns this hole-in-the-wall hires mostly Italian expatriates to staff this restaurant. Between this fact, the jerseys of their favorite Italian “football” teams hanging from the ceiling, and the made-from-scratch authentic Italian comfort food, stepping into Piazza Italia is like walking into a bistro in Italy. Every item on the menu is excellent, and well worth the fairly reasonable prices. • | http://www.andinarestaurant.com/ Peruvian. Downtown. Very lively. Good for groups. Separate vegan and gluten free menus. North/Northeast • Tasty and Sons | http://www.tastynsons.com/ Another John Gorham restaurant with famous brunches and epic family style meals. Located in a sweet stretch of shops and cafés on N. Williams Street, and a short walk from N. Mississippi. • | http://www.beastpdx.com/ Naomi Pommeroy’s award-winning intimate restaurant tucked away in NE Portland. Set menu. Six courses with pairings. Not for vegans.

21 • . http://www.nedluddpdx.com/ Very Portland-style American Craft Kitchen where some of the food comes on planks of wood. Super local. • Bye and Bye | http://www.thebyeandbye.com/ All vegan bar. Drinks in Mason Jars. Vegan versions of favorite bar snacks. • | http://screendoorrestaurant.com/ Local, organic southern cuisine. Hushpuppies, breakfast corndogs, chicken and waffles, shrimp and grits, po boys, pulled pork. Popular for brunch. • | http://grilledcheesegrill.com/ Eat 20+ kinds of grilled cheese (served with a pickle spear and potato chips) inside an old school bus. Vegan and gluten free options. There is a bus-less outpost at the Alder food carts downtown. • The Secret Society | http://www.secretsociety.net/ Certainly one of Portland’s best bars. Thursday night swing dancing, incandescent libations in the cocktail bar. • | http://blpdx.com/ All vegan. Many gluten free options. One of the best weekend brunches for vegans or non-vegans in town. Happy hour M-F from 3-6pm. • The Sudra | http://www.thesudra.com/ Casual vegan and gluten free Indian inspired restaurant with famed happy hour. • Hanoi Kitchen | http://www.hanoikitchen.com/ Stunning authentic Vietnamese food. Ample vegan options. • | http://hopworksbeer.com/eat/bikebar/ A bicycle bar. Even the furniture is in part made from bikes. Local beer. Good pizza. Help power the pub by pedaling one of the on site bikes that generates energy. • Noi | http://www.pokpoknoi.com/index.php?id=94 Northeast smaller branch of Andy Ricker’s famous SE Pok Pok restaurant. Thai street food. A very few very good vegan options. Notable cocktails. • | http://www.torobravopdx.com/ Spanish tapas. Good for groups. Part of John Gorham’s empire. Next to The Secret Society.

Southeast: • The Farm Café | http://www.thefarmcafe.com/ Farm to Table. Great food. Very Portland. In a cute converted house. Always one reliable good vegan option. Reservations recommended. • Langbaan | http://langbaanpdx.com/ Akkapong Earl Ninsom’s secret Thai speakeasy in SE PDX. Reservations required. Prix fixe. Not for anyone with dietary restrictions. 8 weekly seatings.

22 • Portobello Tratorria | http://portobellopdx.com/ All vegan Italian. Consistently voted one of the best restaurants (vegan or non vegan) in Portland. The gnocchi amazes. Kombucha on tap. Fresh, beautiful food. Reservations recommended. Gluten free options. • Ava Gene’s | http://www.avagenes.com/ Roman inspired rustic Italian. Family style. Highly rated. • | http://kachkapdx.com/ Russian. Lots of vodka. Meat-heavy menu. • | http://www.yelp.com/biz/portland-mercado-portland-2 Over a dozen Latino/a businesses: chorizo, tortas, pupusas, candy, fruit and veggies, tamales, burritos, and more. Business represent countries and culinary approaches including Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, El Salvador, and Colombia. • Bete Lukas | http://bete-lukas.com/ Smashing Ethiopian food. Make a reservation. • Lauretta Jean’s | http://www.laurettajeans.com/ All pie bakery. • Woodsman Tavern. http://woodsmantavern.com/ 5-7pm M-F oyster hour. American ham, deviled eggs, gourmet corn dogs, fried chicken, seafood hot pot. • Sapphire Hotel | http://thesapphirehotel.com/ Sexy cocktail bar at the base of Mount Tabor. Order the Room Service. • | http://hereafterpdx.com/ Portland’s second vegan bar. Great drinks, rice/veggie bowls, wraps, appetizers. • Ken’s Artisan Pizza | http://kensartisan.com/ Famed thin crust pizza. • Trifecta | http://trifectapdx.com/ Run by Ken from Ken’s Pizza. Close to Milagro Theatre. Great bar. Tavern food. • | http://apizzascholls.com/ Handcrafted thin crust pizza. The people making the pizzas will yell at you. • Bamboo Sushi | http://bamboosushi.com/ The first certified sustainable sushi restaurant in the world. Good vegan options too. • Pok Pok | http://www.pokpokpdx.com/index.php?id=home Andy Ricker’s insanely popular Thai street food emporium. Go with a group of six or more and make a reservation otherwise you’ll wait in line for upwards of three hours. Order the Khao Soi. Limited, but good, vegan options. • Food Fight/Sweetpea/Herbivore | http://www.foodfightgrocery.com/ The world’s only vegan mini mall. Four shops (bakery/café, clothing/goods store, grocery shop, tattoo parlor) all in a row.

23 • Harlow | http://www.harlowpdx.com/ All gluten free. Mostly vegan. All vegetarian. Juices, smoothies, bowls, salads on Hawthorne Blvd in the middle of a great row of vintage shops, cafés, and record stores. • Bar Avignon | http://www.baravignon.com/ Simple fresh French food, good bread, and good wine. • Aalto Lounge | http://www.aaltolounge.com/ Great midcentury bar. Good things happen here. Outdoor patio. Strong drinks. Beer A Note on Portland and Beer: Portland was recently given the title of “Best Beer City in the US,” and for good reason. Dozens of microbreweries create amazingly specialized and high quality beers, with new breweries opening every month. This includes some breweries with close to national distribution such as Widmer Brothers, Rogue (probably the weakest Portland brewery quality-wise), Deschutes, and Bridgeport. Many Portland breweries, however, only distribute their beers at their associated brewpubs – which increasingly dot the urban landscape. Portland is the best place in the country to take in as many brewpubs as you can, and the beers make it totally worth the effort. From fans of IPAs and award-winning pilsners to dark or even sour beers, Portland has it all, just waiting to be quaffed. These listings are meant to be a starting point, not an ending point, in your Portland beer explorations.

Multiple Locations: • Hopworks This newer arrival to the Portland beer scene has seen huge growth, and for good reason. It is known both for its environmental commitment (its building are carbon neutral and patrons receive cheaper beer if they come by bicycle) and an excellent slate of beers inspired by German beer-making excellence, if not always in German styles. Their offerings include one of the best classic Czech-style pilsners in the world (It won Silver at the 2008 World Beer Cup.), an even better slate of seasonal beers, and forays into Belgian style beers. (They also make a cider.) For food, huge twisted pretzels with grain mustard and cheese sauce accompany specialty pizzas and other hearty pub fare. Even though it’s not always listed, ask for the Radler if you want something lighter, a combination of their award winning lager and house made lemonade that’s crisp and refreshing.

• Laurelhurst Brewery This solid brewery has several locations featuring food alongside their classic beers, including two locations at the Portland Airport. The food is mostly standard pub fare, though of the nicer variety. Their Workhorse IPA and Free Range Red are both longstanding classics, with their new Red Elephant IRA (India Red Ale) splitting the difference and quickly become a classic in its own right. Try one, or all, of them.

24 East Burnside • Burnside Brewery A step about many of the more mainstream local breweries in both beer and food. Among their many excellent brews is the Sweet Heat, a wheat beer made with apricot and scotch bonnet peppers, for those curious about a spicy beer. Among a wide variety of gourmet food well suited to eating with beer is the playful Cohiba, a Cuban pork wonton wrapped in collard green with a dab of bacon ash on the end in order to appear like the famous cigars. (It tastes pretty good, too.)

Lloyd Center • Widmer Brothers Gasthaus Pub Distributed throughout the western US and beyond, Widmer is Portland’s most major brewery. True to the brewery’s German inspirations, this brewpub serves up gourmet German fare alongside general pub food. (The schnitzel, chicken or beef, is worth a try.) Their more widely distributed beers such as the Hefeweizen and Drop Top Amber Ale are poured alongside even more intriguing harder to find brews, such as their Blacklight Black IPA, and seasonal selections.

Pearl District • Deschutes Brewery Though they are headquartered in Bend, OR, Deschutes operates an excellent brewpub in Portland. It is most notable for very fine pub food, often utilizing their beers in the recipes. This includes a sizable gluten-free menu and elevated pub favorites, such as their garlic rosemary fries, which come covered in Manchego cheese served alongside garlic rosemary aioli. Brews include their flagship Black Butte Porter - a roasty, chocolatey porter with very complex flavors - and their speciality Zarabanda, a Spanish influenced saison developed along with chef Jose Andres.

• Bridgeport Brewing One of the more widely distributed Oregon beers and the state’s oldest brewery, Bridgeport runs a brewpub in a beautiful old converted warehouse the Pearl District neighborhood of Portland. Their most well known brew, an imperial IPA (India Pale Ale) called Hop Czar, is poured alongside limited release beers often only found at this location. This is complemented by a wide variety of food that goes well with beer, far beyond the usual pub favorites. While it may have a more limited or less adventurous selection than some other Portland breweries, anyone interested in history, architecture, or hoppy beer should check it out.

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