SCOOP LAUGH RIOT: Mock Portlandia all you want—the joke’s on us, really!—but Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein’s new poking-fun-at-stereotypes comedy show received a rapturous recep ...   More

SCOOP HE IS THE FUN BLAME MONSTER: After 10 rocky years in the band, Menomena multi-instrumentalist and co-founder Brent Knopf is leaving the acclaimed experimental-pop trio to pursue other projects. Knopf, ...   More

SCOOP BEAN GEEKS: After creating the latest must-have coffee-geek gadget last year with its reusable, stainless-steel pour-over coffee filter, the “Kone,” inner-Southeast coffee bar and roaster ...   More

SCOOP BOOZE BLURBS: PlayDate PDX, a large indoor playground in Slabtown, has applied for a limited liquor license, presumably to serve parents. This is an excellent idea. The recently deceased Krakow Koffee ...   More

SCOOP WE HAVE OUR INVALID: Portland Center Stage has announced that David Margulies, the very talented character actor who stole the show in last season’s The Chosen (and played the mayor in Ghostbust ...   More

SCOOP BRINGING SEXY BACK: Turns out Oregon’s Pennie Lane isn’t the only world-famous band-worshipper in the Portland area. VH1’s new rockumentary, Let’s Spend the Night Together: Con ...   More

SCOOP REEL BEER: Add the Hollywood Theatre to the ranks of arthouses serving suds: The 1927 movie palace, run by the nonprofit Film Action Oregon, has applied with the Oregon Liquor Control Commission for a ...   More

SCOOP THE BREEDERS: One of the most promising (and fun) dance bands in Portland, O Bruxo, is calling it quits. We are mega-bummed by this news. The band, whose live shows were spontaneous, pulsing, sweaty a ...   More

SCOOP SON OF BROMDEN: Although Portland Center Stage has yet to make an announcement, we have it on good authority the company has cast actor Tim Sampson as Chief Bromden in its upcoming production of One F ...   More

SCOOP PICK A MOON DOG: Today in awesome bar names: Jacob Carey has applied for a liquor license for the space at 736 SE Grand Ave. (formerly Niki’s Restaurant) under the trade name Dig a Pony. THE WIS ...   More