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For vinyl enthusiasts, record shows are like Christmas. The conventions provide an opportunity for near-endless crate-digging, with wax junkies hoping against hope they’ll find some long-lost Bo ...
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ILLUSTRATION: johnmartz.comFor the past five years, the Portland Retro Gaming Expo has gathered old-school gaming geeks around town to celebrate all things Sega, Nintendo and Atari. Meanwhile, also fo ...
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Celebrate suds, wieners and lederhosen this September.
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ILLUSTRATIONS: Adam KruegerIt’s September in Portland, and that could mean only one thing: Oktoberfest. We’ve decided it’s best not to question why there are so many Oktoberfest cele ...
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ILLUSTRATION: Luke RamseyVideo games have a shelf life. After spending 40 hours with Metal Gear Solid or Grand Theft Auto, most gamers are about ready to move on. But some games last longer. Some game ...
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Why head to the Oregon State Fair this year? One giant oinker.
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In 1960, Tom Beimborn quit his job as a USDA meat inspector, bought a giant steer (a 6-foot-4, 3,400-pound red-and-white Holstein, to be exact) and entered the business of exhibiting exotic animals. & ...
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Who should be Lady Gaga’s next fashion muse? Portland’s junk to funk.
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IMAGE: chrisryanphoto.comImitation is the sincerest form of flattery, which is why WW went hunting for the most outrageous outfit we could find this week in honor of batshit-crazy performance juggerna ...
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It’s kind of refreshing, actually: We finally live in a society where dudes are objectified out in the open—and male-fronted bands, even “punk” bands, are forced to doll themse ...
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Oregon’s creepiest amusement park meets Portland’s hippest bands.
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IMAGE: Adam KruegerWhen Roger Tofte finished building Enchanted Forest in 1971, he probably never imagined that nearly 40 years later his family amusement park would host a music festival featuring a ...
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It’s like Disney on ice, only funkier and with more llamas. And no ice.
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Remember how last week we told you all about the best weird and wonderful bands, dancers, circus performers and llamas in Portland? Of course you do. Well, this week you can see all (well, most) of th ...
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ILLUSTRATION: Lloyd Eugene Winter IVIt’s summer in Portland, that time of year when we pack up our lawn chairs and head outside to watch a movie in a graveyard. What’s that, you say? Movie ...
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