News State Rep. Mary Nolan (D-Portland) has pulled even in her challenge to City Commissioner Amanda Fritz with less than two weeks to go before the May 15 primary election.

A new KATU poll conducted by SurveyUSA shows Nolan with 34 percent and Fritz with 31 among likely v...   More

News Portland is known as a livable city where artists flock to precious sidewalk cafes to discuss Culture vs. Commerce, and where bands that make Important and Influential music replicate at a rate of ...   More

Books john gielgud by Sheridan Morley (Simon and Schuster, 528 pages, $30)When Sir John Gielgud died in 2000 at the age of 96, a substantial lot of theater lore and history was buried with him--for Giel ...   More

Winners & Losers +27% Anti-Tobacco Inc. [BREATHE] This penny stock soared when a Multnomah County jury slapped Philip Morris with a stunning $150 mill ...   More

News * Word at Multnomah County HQ is that two top mental-health officials are being investigated. Sources say county employees have complained that Peter Davidson, the recently appointed medical direc ...   More

Music Stories Seven years ago, the people who run Willamette Week had an idea: "Hey, gang!" [Paraphrasing here.] "Let's have a big-ass music festival! We can get our friends ...   More