SCOOP CHARGER? I HARDLY KNOW HER: When Chrysler hired Portland ad agency Wieden+Kennedy to launch a new campaign for the Dodge Charger at the Super Bowl, the bailed-out car company was looking to make a sta ...   More

SCOOP TENDER LOVING MOVERS: After nearly three years occupying a shoebox-size storefront on Northwest 18th Avenue and Lovejoy Street, local record label/handmade-craft boutique Tender Loving Empire is upgra ...   More

SCOOP HOT NEWS: Lucky Strike, the beloved Szechuan restaurant on outer Southeast Powell Boulevard whose pepper-bath chicken (see photo) is responsible for the majority of the city’s heartburn, has app ...   More

SCOOP CALLING ALL GOONS: The hero of the TNT series Leverage is played by Timothy Hutton, but the Portland-based show still needs its tough guys and hard cases. That’s why local company Lana Veenker C ...   More

SCOOP RADIO HIMALAYAS: From high dive to high frequency? Portlander Tom Haig was a former circus performer and extreme athlete who traveled the globe jumping off tall things until a 1996 bike accident left ...   More

SCOOP CRAZY, AGAIN: When Storm Large’s Drammy-winning one-woman show Crazy Enough, which premiered at Portland Center Stage last March, hits the New York stage, the production will not include Crazy d ...   More

SCOOP PANTS OFF, AGAIN: Last year, about 50 exhibitionists dropped trou on public transit to celebrate Portland’s No Pants on MAX event. This year, they want your pants, too, on Sunday, Jan. 10. &ldqu ...   More

SCOOP SWEDE SHOP: HM, the Sweden-based, designer-y retailer that promises fashion and quality at a cheap price, is coming to Portland. WW’s Retail Therapist received confirmation from a Seattle HM emp ...   More

SCOOP NOT-SO-STARK STREET: The blossoming Montavilla ’hood boasts all the community staples these days—including the Academy Theater, meat place Country Cat and neighbors determined to rid the a ...   More

SCOOP CARGO STARS: Portland’s high-end cargo bike operation, Metrofiets, is getting some major media love. First, a crew from the Discovery Channel’s tech-culture show Daily Planet flew in last ...   More