SCOOP TRUNKS 1, DRUNKS 0: The Oregon Zoo’s annual beer festival, Zoo Brew, has been trampled by elephants. Scoop has learned the zoo will discontinue the annual beer fest because the space where it wa   More

SCOOP LOCAL BOUNTY: Last week, Gov. John Kitzhaber broke news of a TNT pilot starring Geena Davis to be shot in Oregon. Now, more details about the show, in which Davis plays a bounty hunter: The pilo   More

SCOOP CAPTURED BY BUREAUCRATS: Earlier this month, Captured by Porches Brewing Co. suspended operations at all of its Portland locations because of licensing issues with the City of Portland regarding   More

SCOOP CURTAIN CALL MAY NOT COME: Last week, Portland’s theater community reeled from news that Southeast Belmont Street’s venerable Theater! Theatre! would be shutting its doors this summer. But now t   More

SCOOP PIZZA SQUABBLE SETTLED: Two local pizzerias have settled a beef over pizzaiolos. Stephen Ferruzza, owner of Al Forno Ferruzza on Northeast Alberta Street, was upset when some of his employees were   More

SCOOP BIBI BOWL: Portland guitarist Bibi McGill will play for an audience of more than 100 million Sunday, Feb. 3, when she takes the stage with Beyoncé during the halftime show for Super Bowl XLVII in   More

SCOOP MCMOVIES: Dueling biopics are in the works for Portland newcomer John McAfee. Canadian production company Impact Future Media, which owns the rights to the life story of the software millionaire w   More

SCOOP STOP THE ROBOTS: Steven Spielberg, once slated to direct an adaptation of Portland author Daniel H. Wilson’s Robopocalypse, has indefinitely postponed plans for the film. The 2011 sci-fi novel by Wi   More

SCOOP SAVING SPACE: Our great local nightmare is over, and it didn’t even take a dramatic last-minute twist. Last month, Backspace—Portland’s only all-ages music venue—appeared to be on the ve   More

SCOOP MARTIN CIZMAR would like to correct last week’s Scoop, which said Cascade Brewing Barrel House’s 12.66 percent alcohol Bourbonic Plague is the strongest beer brewed in Portland. Turns out, T   More