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Devour 2012: Your Almanac For Edible Adventure

Devour 2012 How to shop at a modern American supermarket: Stick to the edges of the store—the produce, dairy, bulk dry goods and meat and fish departments. That’s where you’ll find whole foods with lo ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by BEN WATERHOUSE

Trying to Beat the Odds

Promoters of a private casino are betting they have a better story than in 2010.

News If insanity is repeating the same behavior and expecting a different result, the people behind a proposal to develop a private casino in Wood Village might seem a little crazy.  After all, ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by NIGEL JAQUISS

Back to the Fringe

The Experimental Film Festival reconnects Portland’s avant-cinema community.

Movie Reviews & Stories Experimental media in Portland is fractured. If that meant abstruse, mind-splattering and totally fucking bonkers, it’d be a good thing. But it’s more literal. In the last three years, the loc ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by MATTHEW SINGER

The Good, the Bad and the Odd

We review new local albums to see who’s keeping Portland the weirdest.

Album Reviews Plankton Wat, Spirits (Thrill Jockey) Weirdness scale: 5/10 What kind of weird: Watching the slow-motion moments in a David Lynch film on repeat weird. It would appear that the men of Eternal Tap ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by WW Staff

A Blizzard of Hoaxes

Documents reveal details about white-powder mailings, and how they tie up government responders.

News The return address was listed 2413 NW Burnside St., Portland—a nonexistent location. The sender was “The MIB, LLC”—a nonexistent business. The more than 100 recipients, however, were rea ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by COREY PEIN

The 10-Year Engagement

President Obama has “evolved” to support gay marriage. Oregon isn’t there yet.

News Before President Barack Obama declared his support for same-sex marriage last week, he had been talking with Terry Bean about the issue for four years.  Bean, a Portland real-estate broke ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by AARON MESH
 
 

Street: Under Her Belt

What Portland is wearing this week.

Features Street is WW's weekly snapshots of Portland's sidewalk fashion. This week: Tie one on, ladies.Photos by Morgan Green-Hopkins and Catherine Moye Click to enlarge: ... More

May 16, 2012 09:01 am by WW Culture Staff Comments 0
 

For Jefferson Smith, a Pause Before Celebrating

News State Rep. Jefferson Smith received two phone calls from businesswoman Eileen Brady tonight. Smith had been holding steady in second place in t... More

May 15, 2012 11:41 pm by AARON MESH Comments 3
 

Brady Exits Mayor's Race

For a one-time frontrunner, a long painful night

News Tuesday night's most elaborate campaign party had some of the most disappointed attendees. Mayoral candidate and businesswoman Eileen Brady strov... More

May 15, 2012 11:25 pm by COREY PEIN Comments 10
 

An Early Evening for Charlie Hales

News At about 8:20 pm, mayoral front-runner Charlie Hales gave the only speech he would give all evening. His victory celebration in tonight's mayoral... More

May 15, 2012 11:22 pm by NIGEL JAQUISS Comments 2
 

Kafoury and Shiprack Easily Win Re-Election to the Multnomah County Commission

News Incumbent Multnomah County Commissioners Deborah Kafoury and Judy Shiprack handily won re-election Tuesday night, defeating opponents that posed ... More

May 15, 2012 08:45 pm by WW Editorial Staff Comments 3
 
 

Devour 2012: Pho The Win

A visit to An Dong Market with Le Ho & Adam Ho of Luc Lac Vietnamese Kitchen.

Devour 2012 Illustrations by Kim ScafuroLe Ho first learned to cook when she just a kid; helping her mom in the kitchen of their Bac Liêu restaurant in Southern Vietnam. By age 12, she was already organizing ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by KELLY CLARKE

Devour 2012: Your Almanac For Edible Adventure

Devour 2012 How to shop at a modern American supermarket: Stick to the edges of the store—the produce, dairy, bulk dry goods and meat and fish departments. That’s where you’ll find whole foods with lo ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by BEN WATERHOUSE

Devour 2012: World Markets

Devour 2012 Top Picks: Dutch American Market for the wall of licorice. Fubonn to learn that Portland is more diverse than you think it is. H Mart because it’s a foreign country. La Tapatia for enormous ch ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by WW Staff

Devour 2012: Bakeries

Devour 2012 Top Picks: Delicious Donuts as an antidote to the Voodoo mania.Ken’s Artisan Bakery for the country brown and a fruit tart.Little T American Baker for the pretzel bread and the city’s best ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by WW Staff

Trying to Beat the Odds

Promoters of a private casino are betting they have a better story than in 2010.

News If insanity is repeating the same behavior and expecting a different result, the people behind a proposal to develop a private casino in Wood Village might seem a little crazy.  After all, ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by NIGEL JAQUISS

A Blizzard of Hoaxes

Documents reveal details about white-powder mailings, and how they tie up government responders.

News The return address was listed 2413 NW Burnside St., Portland—a nonexistent location. The sender was “The MIB, LLC”—a nonexistent business. The more than 100 recipients, however, were rea ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by COREY PEIN

The 10-Year Engagement

President Obama has “evolved” to support gay marriage. Oregon isn’t there yet.

News Before President Barack Obama declared his support for same-sex marriage last week, he had been talking with Terry Bean about the issue for four years.  Bean, a Portland real-estate broke ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by AARON MESH

Murmurs: Foodie Fisticuffs—The Lawsuit

A pig fight in court, and a watchdog ascends.

Murmurs What began two years ago as a passion-fueled street brawl involving two foodies and a foreign pig has moved to an only slightly more civilized venue: the county courthouse. WW first reported the por ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by WW Editorial Staff

Scoop: Van Halen Ain’t Gluten-Free

Roth-Era gossip (without Wolfie).

SCOOP WHY CAN’T THIS BE LOVE: Last week, someone dropped what we thought was a box of Voodoo Doughnuts at the WW office. Naturally, it sat for a few hours before anyone opened it. But in the box was s ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by WW Culture Staff

Headout: Willy Wagon

Your neighbor’s car, in Pinewood Derby form.

Headout Sometimes you’re toast before the green flag falls. We couldn’t compete with the swell of creative force fueling the Stumptown 40 adult Pinewood Derby. Past races have seen models made to lo ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by MARTIN CIZMAR

What Hearts: Sunday, May 20

A journey from old-timey Americana to pop that would rather not be called cute.

Music Stories [HOMEMADE POP] Julie Vitells grew up in what she calls “a pop-culture vacuum.” With hippie parents and a natural proclivity toward “old-timey stuff,” the young musician—who spent her ear ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by CASEY JARMAN

The Good, the Bad and the Odd

We review new local albums to see who’s keeping Portland the weirdest.

Album Reviews Plankton Wat, Spirits (Thrill Jockey) Weirdness scale: 5/10 What kind of weird: Watching the slow-motion moments in a David Lynch film on repeat weird. It would appear that the men of Eternal Tap ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by WW Staff

Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival

A little bit country, a little bit glam rock.

Movie Reviews & Stories It’s fitting that the flagship offering of the sixth annual Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival is Jeffrey Schwarz’s Vito (7 pm Sunday, May 20), a eulogy for the man who documented the depi ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by SAUNDRA SORENSON

Back to the Fringe

The Experimental Film Festival reconnects Portland’s avant-cinema community.

Movie Reviews & Stories Experimental media in Portland is fractured. If that meant abstruse, mind-splattering and totally fucking bonkers, it’d be a good thing. But it’s more literal. In the last three years, the loc ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by MATTHEW SINGER

Velo Cult: Biker Bar

Bar Reviews I dunno, man, it’s hard to explain. If you ride, you get it. But if you’ve never shown up to work late and dripping, your teeth tingly from some potholed street, you won’t understand. For ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by MARTIN CIZMAR

Fried Egg I’m In Love

Food Cart Reviews Which comes first, the pun or the menu? “We knew we wanted to do breakfast,” says the guy inside the bright-yellow Fried Egg I’m in Love cart on Hawthorne. “We thought about something NP ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by MARTIN CIZMAR

Bernie

Texas is the reason the old lady’s dead.

Movie Reviews & Stories Richard Linklater’s new movie contains all the “outrageous” elements obligatory to deadpan, small-town true crime. Nice-guy killer? Meet Bernie Tiede, hymn-singing assistant mortician with ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by AARON MESH

The Black Lizard (Imago)

Die young, stay pretty.

Performance Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima’s work is filled with seeming contradictions: the confluence of sex and death, the modern grotesqueries that result from the unremitting pursuit of t ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by MATTHEW KORFHAGE

Dr. Know: A Swarm of Choppers

Why are there so many helicopters around the new light-rail bridge?

Dr. Know Lately, I have noticed an increase in helicopters around the new light-rail bridge. The cops suggest asking the news stations, but no big news stories correspond to the time and place. Any idea ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by MARTY SMITH

James Bernard Frost, A Very Minor Prophet

Too Portland for Portland?

Books James Bernard Frost’s new zine-style novel, A Very Minor Prophet, couldn’t be any more Portland if it were topped with bacon and served at a food cart by a man wearing an ironic T-shirt. This ... More

May 16, 2012 12:01 am by PENELOPE BASS

Willamette Geek: The Week in Geek

Eight awesomely nerdy things to do in Portland, May 14-20

Features WW's weekly round-up of the nerdy events happening around Portland over the next seven days:Tuesday,... More

May 14, 2012 02:45 pm by Ruth Brown
 
 

The It List: The Top 10 Things in Portland and the World

Features Each week our culture scientists rank their 10 favorite things in the universe. The resulting list i... More

May 14, 2012 04:00 pm by WW Arts And Culture Staff
 
 
 

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