Headout Picks IMAGE: chrisryanphoto.comI’ve found dessert heaven, and it tastes like pig fat. Buried on the bottom of the menu at the Fishwife, a two-decades-old family seafood restaurant on a stretch of Nort ... More

Headout Picks WW Collage, Photo: Scott Green/IFCPortlandia, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein’s making-fun-of-Portland TV series that perhaps you’ve heard about, debuts on cable’s Independent Fil ... More

Headout Picks IMAGE: Dave MeadAs if Portland weren’t already in the running for honors as the Beard Capital of the U.S.A., Texas-based photographer Dave Mead brings his ode to the beard, Magnificent Specimens ... More

Headout Picks Click to zoom on the image below for a helpful decision making guide to whether or not this show is for you! ILLUSTRATION: Adam Krueger GO: Hair at the Keller Auditorium, 222 SW Clay St., 241-1802 ... More

Headout Picks Another Gray Christmas 4($5 donation to P:ear at anothergraychristmas.bandcamp.com) I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Holiday music sucks. And yet, for the fourth consecutive yea ... More

Headout Picks PHOTO: Matt WongThanks to Paxton Gate, consider the natural-history enthusiast, Edward Gorey fan and edgy interior designer on your Christmas list checked off. The taxidermied bear cub in the front di ... More

Headout Picks ILLUSTRATION: wardjenkins.comCinema begins at home. That’s the motto of NW Documentary (it is not actually its motto, but maybe it should be), the local nonprofit that teaches Portlanders to tel ... More

Headout Picks POLAROIDS: Elizabeth SouleEvery December, the entire city of Portland magically morphs into one giant Saturday Market, teeming with tiny craft fairs and cheap art shows, all designed to tempt you to p ... More

Headout Picks Pumpkin by JecoboWhat is it about this time of year that compels every eatery in the country to serve up seasonal specials crammed with pumpkin (or at least pumpkin flavoring and FD&C Yellow No. 6 foo ... More

Headout Picks ILLUSTRATION: Adam KruegerTom Waits and fine dining: With his Cookie Monster voice and propensity to chain smoke, mumble and down bourbon like a fish, Waits has a catalog that isn’t exactly a re ... More