Wash, Rinse, Compete

Portland stylists head to Las Vegas for the ultimate hair showdown.

Featured Stories “There’s nothing like a convention full of hairdressers. It’s like tropical fish and an orgy all in one,” says Crae Hasler-Elliot, co-owner of Portland salon Hello Gorgeous. Sh ...   More

 

Wednesday, July 9, 2008 Sara Moskovitz

Berry Good

The time’s ripe for DIY pickers.

Featured Stories The sweet allure of picking your own berries for cheap prices has dulled a bit this summer, considering that after you make the drive out to one of Portland’s neighboring farms, your gas intake ...   More

 

Wednesday, July 9, 2008 Leigh Van Der Werff

Face To Spinnaface

Who is Portland’s King of the Chrome?

Featured Stories Meet Spinnaface. An animated—and anonymous—force on the local hip-pop scene, this chromatic emcee has been performing at local venues since 2007. You can’t miss him—he’s ...   More

 

Wednesday, July 2, 2008 Sara Moskovitz

Anita Smith

Her kitchen is closed. But she’s still steamed.

Featured Stories After nearly seven years on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Hannah Bea’s Poundcake and More is closing July 3. And when the restaurant does shut down, owner Anita Smith will owe taxp ...   More

 

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 BETH SLOVIC

Pain At The Proscenium

Lord, what fools these drivers be!

Featured Stories Walk through the streets of downtown Ashland on a summer afternoon and you might just start to believe it’s 1998 again: In this Southern Oregon town Thai food is still novel, the arts are well f ...   More

 

Wednesday, June 18, 2008 BEN WATERHOUSE

Gay For Days!

We’ve got your last-minute guide to Pride.

Featured Stories So much Pride. So little time. With tons of events going on all over town in celebration of queer culture, Pride Week is more like Pride Overload. Really, how much pride can a diverse community contin ...   More

 

Wednesday, June 11, 2008 Byron Beck And Sara Moskovitz

Village People

We haven’t visited the Rose Fest’s Waterfront Village for years. So we sent our intern instead.

Featured Stories I’m being hit with culture shock in my own goddamn town. Why is that Wayne Campbell look-alike wearing two fanny packs? Should I call someone about that screaming woman dragging her toddler on a ...   More

 

Wednesday, June 4, 2008 WHITNEY HAWKE

The Trees Have Eyes

Christopher LaMarca’s camera captures the standoff over Oregon’s old-growth forests.

Featured Stories After years of backpacking through the Bull of the Woods Wilderness in the Cascades, New York- and Portland-based photojournalist Christopher LaMarca felt a personal connection to Oregon’s vast ...   More

 

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Joseph Watts

Summer Arts Calendar 2008

Where’s the Beef?

Just in time for burger season, Carin Moonin chows on PDX’s meatless options.

Featured Stories A good veggie burger is supposed to make you not miss meat. But I don’t miss meat. I had my last “real” burger in 1995, and I haven’t longed for one since. That said, I do rem ...   More

 

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 CARIN MOONIN