Food Reviews & Stories Chef Troy MacLarty may have walked the streets of Kolkata to research the food for his new Indian bistro Bollywood Theater, but in feeling his restaurant is pure Portland: upscale street food amid More
Bollywood Theater
Indian street food that's pure Portland
Food Reviews & Stories Chef Troy MacLarty may have walked the streets of Kolkata to research the food for his new Indian bistro Bollywood Theater, but in feeling his restaurant is pure Portland: upscale street food amid More
Wide of the Net
With the Timbers’ offense gone sterile, fans debate John Spencer’s future.
Sports The chants rose from Jeld-Wen Field’s Section 107 like steam. On the field, an amateur soccer team from California had come to town and was in the process of beating a Major League Socce More
It’s Bill Plympton Day!
Celebrating Portland’s master of grotesque.
Movie Reviews & Stories Even in a town known for incubating distinctive animation talents, Portland-born Bill Plympton is special. Not only is he one of the most iconic animators currently working—his work is recogniza More
The Black Lizard (Imago)
Die young, stay pretty.
Performance Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima’s work is filled with seeming contradictions: the confluence of sex and death, the modern grotesqueries that result from the unremitting pursuit of t More
The Raven
I gave her my heart, she gave me a pendulum.
Movie Reviews & Stories The most interesting thing about history is always the “what if.” What if, for example, Edgar Allan Poe were actually a dashingly romantic, goateed action hero shaped like John Cusack, who g More
Anna Karenina (Portland Center Stage)
PCS’s new adaptation is pretty but forgettable.
Performance Tolstoy’s masterpiece Anna Karenina is a uniquely difficult novel to adapt into a play. It is a long and somewhat baggy affair that constantly swings between two contrasting main plots stitche More
How The Timbers Lose
The late collapses of last season return, dimming Portland’s hopes for a winning season.
Sports After an optimistic start this season, the news is grim: The Portland Timbers have staked undisputed claim to Major League... More
Drink 2012: High Culture, Low Places
Drink 2012 You don’t have to be a whorehouse Henry Miller or Dylan Thomas souse to know that literature and debauched penury often coincide. Tony’s Tavern and Joe’s Cellar—a pair of the diviest of Port More
There’s a Bowl For That
Boke Bowl is a polished, pragmatic take on ramen.
Food Reviews & Stories With its clean lines, design-conscious self-branding and techy iconography, Boke Bowl’s interior looks more than anything like an Apple store. More
In a Heartbreaking Loss, Bright Signs for the Timbers
Five Encouraging Things About Saturday's Last-Minute Loss to Real Salt Lake
News Obviously, few people in Portland are happy with the final result of the game, so it may be easy to overlook that the Portland Timbers’ gut-punching, literally last-minute 3-2 loss to Real Salt Lake at Jeld-Wen Field this past Saturday was perhaps the best all-round game of soccer that the Timbers have played this season.
And they played it against one of the toughest opponents in the lea... More
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This 82nd avenue joint is delicately Chinese and discreetly Korean. The Tooth of the Matter
A new call to put fluoride in the city’s water raises old fears. Mari-Wanna?
Oregon and two other states are huffing and puffing toward legalizing weed. But don’t buy that bong just yet. Jonathan Bloom American Wasteland
Fine foodstuff is a terrible thing to waste. Paul Collins Murder of the Century
Dying to be famous. Portland's Goose Hollow Tracy J. Prince with Bud Clark
A Fine Show
Tony Demes is back with Noisette. Restaurant Guide 2012: Off the Hook
The secrets of good sushi. Drink 2012: High Culture, Low Places
Driving After the Influence
If Washington legalizes dope, driving there could become risky for tokers.
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