Even Though I was Happy, I Felt Anxious

The past, present and future according to writer Kevin Sampsell.

Featured Stories “In August 2008, I had a panic attack that forced me out of my home naked. It was three thirty in the morning. I was startled awake with the feeling of something holding me down in bed. I was in ... More

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Luke Baumgarten

A Ducked-Up Day

I nearly killed a middle-aged woman in Pasadena, and 11 other things I’ll always remember about the 2010 Rose Bowl.

Featured Stories PASADENA, Calif.— When I boarded my early-morning LAX-to-Portland flight with dozens of other subdued Ducks fans the day after Ohio State beat Oregon 26-17 in the Rose Bowl, I was disappointed b ... More

Wednesday, January 6, 2010 HENRY STERN

2010

The year we make New Year’s contact in Portland.

Featured Stories Illustrations by Kim ScafuroWho would have guessed it? Turns out 2010 isn’t going to be a lot like Arthur C. Clarke predicted when he wrote 2010: Odyssey Two back in 1982. We don’t co-own ... More

Wednesday, December 23, 2009 India Nicholas

12 Jesuses

Everywhere she turned, she found Jesus—a dozen Jesuses, in fact.

Featured Stories Photos by Betsy RothsteinWhen I moved to Portland this summer, I began to see Jesus. I don’t mean in the spiritual sense, as in I found religion. I mean literally—I saw Jesus everywhere. I ... More

Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Betsy Rothstein

War, Ink

Joe Sacco, the father of comics journalism, returns to Palestine.

Featured Stories There’s a crowd of frenzied Palestinians running through a labyrinth of armed Israeli soldiers. The refugees’ arms are up in surrender; their faces are frozen in fear—some screaming ... More

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 CASEY JARMAN

Cheap Week

There’s more to local happy hours than bargain beer.

Featured Stories Although we live in a city where beer flows freely and happy hours are abundant, man (or woman) cannot live by cans of PBR alone. As holiday bills rack up, the icy wind howls and seasonal affective di ... More

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 Heather Logue

Don’t Be Home For Christmas

Cooped up with your entire family? Distract them with a plethora of holiday happenings.

Featured Stories Illustrations by Hawk KrallPerformanceNov. 20-Dec 20. Holidazed (Artists Repertory Theatre). Alder Stage, 1516 SW Alder St., 241-1278, artistsrep.org. 7:30 pm Tuesdays-Saturdays, 2 pm and 7:30 pm Sund ... More

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Kate Williams

Tough Crowd

Odds are, any one of these women could kick your ass.

Featured Stories Tucked behind a grove of trees along Interstate 205, Fuller’s Farm is little more than a football field, a grandstand a few rows deep and a gravel parking lot. The setting would be a beautiful ... More

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 JONATHAN CROWL

Hot Pursuit

WW’s finest patrolled the streets this Halloween. And then it got weird.

Featured Stories On All Hallows’ Eve, the streets of Portland are overflowing with vermin. Three-year-old witches. Hannah Montana clones. Balloon boys. And, of course, slutty nurses—armies of slutty nurses ... More

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 WW Culture Staff

Fear Factories

There are seven haunted houses in the Portland area, and we braved them all.

Featured Stories SHOCK & MAW: FrightTown’s Jason Wright, dressed as a deranged clown, startles Katie Manwell and Lindsey Murphy. IMAGE: Darryl JamesVII Deadly Sins/Alice’s Dark Wonderland1434 NW 17th Ave., ... More

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 WW Editorial Staff