Brew Views “Don’t be creepy, don’t be creepy, don’t be creepy,” the lovesick zombie in Warm Bodies begs himself as he stares, slack-jawed, at the very blond, very alive object of his affection. He�   More

Movie Reviews & Stories “Don’t be creepy, don’t be creepy, don’t be creepy,” the lovesick zombie begs himself as he stares, slack-jawed, at the very blond, very alive object of his affection. His name is “R   More

Movies & Television The cruel wait for this year's hotly anticipated (ha) release is over—and so is the Twilight series. Thank the Mormon heavens. Breaking Dawn Part 2 screened after WW press deadlines, but vampophile Kelly Clarke was there to endure the carnage.
Critic's Grade: C-
The first Twilight hit theaters in 2008, a gentler time when fans of supernatural ro...   More

Restaurant Guide If you want to catch Trent Pierce, you’ve got to know your tide tables. The chef behind Southeast Division Street ramen go-to Wafu has been spending at least a day a week at the Oregon Coast, lo   More

Devour 2012 Illustrations by Kim ScafuroLe Ho first learned to cook when she just a kid; helping her mom in the kitchen of their Bac Liêu restaurant in Southern Vietnam. By age 12, she was already organizing   More

Food Reviews & Stories “We felt sorry for Portlanders because they don’t have good falafel,” says the tall, trim man with a smile. “So we had to come here.” That’s Sam Hazza, a Palestine native who moved   More

Arts & Books Sitting through Yasmeen Godder’s dance piece Love Fire last night at PSU’s Lincoln Hall I felt a sensation welling up inside me: a profound sense of shrugging WTF. The Israeli-American choreographer’s duet with dancer Matan Zamir centers on an exploration of romance and our desire to be “transformed and taken by passion.” That translates to a cavalcade of sexual ...   More

Movie Reviews & Stories A few assurances for anxious Hunger Games book fans: Actress Jennifer Lawrence doesn’t ruin bow-wielding heroine Katniss. Death still comes by genetically engineered dog, spear and swarm of ha   More

Movie Reviews & Stories Movies made by women are not the same thing as “chick flicks.” That’s made refreshingly clear from the roster of the fifth annual Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival, which pinballs from   More

Food Reviews & Stories In most every language, “sandwich” is a synonym for delicious. Case in point, Las Primas, a new Peruvian joint on North Williams Avenue next to the Box Social, which ditches ceviche for stre   More