Drink Thirty seconds have passed since I stepped into the Top of the Hill Tavern, and I’m already engaging in the first of the evening’s many high-fives. “What’s a Grape Bomb?” I’ve asked Mouse, the world’s friendliest bartender, in reference to the $5.75 special. “You can’t go to Top of the Hill without havin’ a Grape Bomb!” the gentleman on my left promptly enthuses before ordering one for each of us and introducing me to all the grizzled old-timers seated at the bar.   More

Books Space urination: the final frontier. These are the voyages of Mary Roach, the intrepid reporter who dares seek out the baser realities of astronaut life. For those among us more curious about the logi ...   More

Performance Portland comedy fans are legion, but until recently, they had few places to go. The first Bridgetown Comedy Festival in 2008 put our city on the map as a destination for big-name comedians. But where ...   More

Featured Stories Tucker Teutsch 3.0 is here to create a spectacle. For the past 18 months, the 34-year-old local artist has served full-time as the creative director behind the PDX Bridge Festival, a new 16-day celebr ...   More

Bar Reviews Thirty seconds have passed since I stepped into the Top of the Hill Tavern (9252 NE Glisan St., 254-1756), and I’m already engaging in the first of the evening’s many high-fives. “Wh ...   More

Featured Stories The queer revolution will not be televised. Due to successful appeals by supporters of Proposition 8, the California initiative prohibiting same-sex marriage, testimony from the ongoing federal trial ...   More

News On Memorial Day weekend, a group of six gay men left the downtown bar Red Cap Garage and were assaulted by another group of young men who hit them and yelled, “Faggots!” and, “I hope ...   More

Headout Photo Courtesy of Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Motorcycle Drill TeamThere are few conflicts in life that can’t be settled with a dance-off. And although the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police ...   More

Cheapskate Got a great deal? Email it to us at deals@wweek.com. RIDEON GOES CITYWIDE:RideOn, the nonprofit that drives your drunk ass home in your own car, has extended its range to anywhere in Portland prope ...   More