Books i never walked alone by Shirley Verrett (John Wiley & Sons, 336 pages, $30)Opera-diva memoirs usually fall into two categories: turgidly bleak, or turgidly Technicolor. But a new memoir by 72- ...   More

Music Stories INTERVIEWC'MON, Get MopeyXiu Xiu are your 24 Hour Arty People.BY ELIZABETH DYEXiu Xiu makes pretty business of some pretty sad shit. Taking its name (pronounced "shoe shoe") from Joan Chen's dark-an ...   More

Letters to the Editor THEY PAVED PARADISE...I was very, very upset when I read the May 28 Nose column about one of the latest proposals for Memorial Coliseum: Paul Allen placing a Costco or Home Depot on this site. I c ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERS1) We may have one of the shortest school years in the country, but "The Nation's Report Card" shows Oregon students ahead of the class when it comes to reading skills. 2) Blazer owner Pa ...   More

Rogue of the Week A wise man once said that all good things must come to an end, but here at the Rogue Desk, we think that guy was a complete jerk. Never ones to suffer an inconvenience without kicking and screamin ...   More

News ARRIVALS* On Monday, after 1,100 miles of swimming down the Columbia River, Christopher Swain finally cleared the last of the 14 dams (Bonneville) that stood between him and the Pacific. The faste ...   More

Letters to the Editor ALUM WON'T STANCH RED INK I am a 1986 alumnus of Lewis & Clark College, as well as a former employee of the college. My wife and I have in the past been financially supportive of the college ...   More

Featured Stories Kirstin and Tom Pinit. April 20 and May 25, 2003It can take some people years to find love when they search for it online. For Kirstin Kurtz, it took about two weeks. In those two weeks, this 27-yea ...   More

Winners & Losers WINNERSOregon Republicans were promised a hand--and perhaps a hefty handout--when President Bush's campaign manager, Ken Mehlman, pledged to make the Northwest a priority in the Prez's bid for re- ...   More

Rogue of the Week The Portland police have caught a lot of flak in the past few months. Some of it has been animated by real tragedy, such as the shooting of Kendra James. And some of it has been flat-out whining f ...   More