Culture It’s dark here. This far north, your commute is guaranteed to happen in the dark from the fall to the spring equinox, and our dismal weather makes for less-than-ideal visibility much of the rest   More

Culture It may seem overwhelming at first, but the decision to commute to work by bike isn’t one you’ll regret. Maybe you’ve thought about it but haven’t figured out exactly how it’d work. Well,   More

Culture If your bike is making ominous clicking, scraping or creaking noises—or, worse, if you can feel the equivalent of those sounds while pedaling—you need to take your bike into a shop immediate   More

Culture When it comes to switching from cars or public transit to bicycling, actual pedaling is only half the battle. Unless you’re funemployed in July and your only cargo is the precious U-Lock in yo   More

Culture Americans are disgustingly fat. I’m allowed to say so because not long ago, I was disgustingly fat. Three years ago, I weighed close to 300 pounds. I would like to tell you being a big, lazy s   More

Culture Why are Portlanders so drawn to therapies outside the medical mainstream? Maybe it’s our general love of deviance, or just because we’re broke, unemployed and can’t afford a trip to Kaiser   More

Culture So you’ve resolved to join a gym. Good for you! But how do you choose which is right for you? Here are the essential facts.   More

Culture Like so many others, this voyage of discovery begins with a game of Ms. Pac-Man. I’d lost, again, and decided to regroup by ridding my body of the PBR that was surely affecting my game. Instead    More

Culture We've compiled a Harper's Willamette Week Index of fascinating Portland facts and stats from 2011.
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Culture In a mere 10 days, 2011, with its awful progression of disasters and revolutions...   More