SCOOP OPEN AND SHUT: Concordia gastropub Fats and MLK wine bar Alu both closed last week; the former will become a second location of Little Big Burger, Micah Camden’s new Pearl District burger joint. ...   More

SCOOP CONFORMING TO STEREOTYPE: As if musical adaptation of Sunset Boulevard weren’t enough to attract the business of a certain sort of gay white man, Portland Center Stage is encouraging patrons (me ...   More

SCOOP BOW-WOWED: Pop band OK Go is already known for its intricate, delightful music videos, but its latest musical stunt has an Oregon link. The video for “White Knuckles,” which premiered Mond ...   More

SCOOP IT’S A STRANGE WORLD: Among the tidbits to emerge from a miniature press junket on the set of Portlandia, the improvisational sketch comedy starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein: When the ...   More

SCOOP GOODBYE TO YOU: As previously reported by WW, legendary Portland rock club Satyricon will close its doors forever this Halloween. We were told then that the venue planned some big last-gasp shows, and ...   More

SCOOP DEPT. OF SHAMELESS SPORTING SELF-PROMOTION: Congratulations, team Willamette Week! Sunday night under the bright lights at Farragut Park, WW beat defending champion the Slammer to win the 2010 Sunday ...   More

SCOOP GAGA ON WHEELS: “ I went for a bike ride today in Portland and was attacked by children in tutus who were presumably my fans, ” says the woman with the Crayola yellow curls topped with a n ...   More

SCOOP DOWN UNDERWORLD: Big names in the Aussie theater world were in town Saturday night for the premiere of the co-production of A Long Day’s Journey Into Night from Australia’s Sydney Theatre ...   More

SCOOP LET’S GET SMASHED: It kind of sounds like a joke to say that the Smashing Pumpkins are a late addition to WW’s MusicfestNW 2010 (Sept. 8-12)—we assure you that it is not. The Billy C ...   More

SCOOP GOOD NIGHT, DARK PRINCE: Satyricon, once the longest-running indie-rock nightclub on the West Coast, and one of Portland’s few all-ages venues, will close its doors for good this October. The bu ...   More