Q & A Tree-humping dendrophiliacs aside, few interpret the mantra “Love the Earth” literally. Leave it to Annie Sprinkle, the porn star-turned-performance artist, to take it as far as anyone. Best   More

Food Cart Reviews Clam chowder generates strong opinions. Adding tomatoes to clam chowder in place of cream (making it “Manhattan-style”) was at one point so contentious that, in 1939, the Maine state Legislatu   More

Arts & Books Kickstart my Heart is a semi-regular blog series on Portland Kickstarter projects we don't hate.If you’ve ever considered constructing the realm of your favorite childhood video game out of your favorite childhood toy, Portland artist Zach...   More

Headout Apes seem like hairier versions of ourselves—playful, inquisitive and quick to throw feces when angered. For decades, we’ve been dressing them as bellhops, teaching them to ride tricycles an   More

Drink 2012 Spanish coffee does not seem like a particularly cool cocktail, especially in a town like Portland where career bartenders are continually concocting new variations of the tasty and bizarre. But   More

News You may not be Mitt Romney rich—using $100 bills to polish your solid-gold doorstops—but let’s say you’re finally at a point in your life where you’ve saved a little nest egg. What kind    More

Drank The bubblegum-pink wax seal on Alameda’s Bad Bunny Easter-themed spring seasonal should have been the tip-off. But the concept of an imperial cream ale was just too interesting to pass up. Cre   More

Headout If Ally McBeal taught us anything, it’s that unisex public restrooms would not lead to total social degradation, but rather to zany plot twists and dance numbers. Yet for all of our societal p   More

Food & Drink Judging by the soggy snow and the barely-concealed despair in people’s eyes, it must be springtime in Portland. But there is hope for better and more delicious days ahead with the opening day of the Portland Farmers Market on the PSU campus this Saturday, March 17.

Joining the ranks of the butchers, bakers and pickled-food makers will be three new vendors offering their edible wares:
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Food Reviews & Stories The aroma inside Mi Mero Mole is like entering the kitchen of a Mexican grandmother—a heavenly blend of freshly made corn tortillas and simmering spices. She would insist you stay for dinner and   More