Performance You should already know the rules for this Tony-winning contest: It’s a spelling bee, the winner of which will compete at nationals. A ragtag group of middle-school misfits are up for the spot, ...   More

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Okay, maybe patio-porn isn't a real term (Dwell's sure to co-opt it soon). But the prospect of lazing around and drinking a cold pint on soon-to-be-reopened Produce Row<...   More

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I want you all y'all foodies to try and stay calm. I've got a sneak peek at Plate & Pitchfork's 2010 summer dinner series schedule ri...   More

Food Reviews & Stories McMenamins seems to be succeeding in its goal to rehab every old hotel, pioneer homestead and gay bathhouse (downtown Portland’s Hotel Alma is under construction right now) in Oregon into a beery arts-and-crafts-style wonder. One of the most successful makeovers in the local chain’s hist   More

Food Reviews & Stories The leggy dancers redolent of cocoa butter, the shiny pole, the salad bar…Portland’s Acrop has become an adult institution as much for its big meal deals, in particular a $5.50 platter of juicy steak (from the owner’s family cattle ranch in Estacada) served with fries and Texas to   More

Food Reviews & Stories Think of this unassuming little bar as the mullet of Southeast Portland: a chill room filled with neighbors drinking pints of bitter Ninkasi Spring Reign up front and a raucous, divey chamber ringing with the ping of two pinball machines (Elvis and No Fear) and the sound of balls thwacking each othe   More

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Oh yes, somebody did. One of your fellow Portlanders (I'm assuming) has taken the initiative to create memorabilia for the Greatest Pig-Related F...   More

Books While most girls her age were getting ready to graduate high school, Jillian Lauren was dancing at the Kit Kat Club in New York City—working both as an escort and a theater-company intern. In th ...   More

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Still don't know what to make of the epic Cochon 555 pig fracas? A quick recap if you need one: On Sunday night, a    More

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Image: Chef Eric Bechard's and Cochon 555 founder Brady Lowe's police booking photos from early morning Monday, May 17.

•••UPDATE 6:30 pm Tuesday, May 18. Check out the full pig fight police report,    More