Scoop: Robots and Books Out, Secret Concerts In

Gossip is too drunk to watch that movie.

SCOOP STOP THE ROBOTS: Steven Spielberg, once slated to direct an adaptation of Portland author Daniel H. Wilson’s Robopocalypse, has indefinitely postponed plans for the film. The 2011 sci-fi novel by Wi More

Wednesday, January 16, 2013 WW Culture Staff

Street: They’re Armed

What Portland is wearing this week.

Features Street is WW's weekly snapshots of Portland's sidewalk fashion. This week: Strolling around, hand in hand.

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013 by WW Culture Staff

Scoop: Backspace Space Safe

Gossip with the guts to go pro.

SCOOP SAVING SPACE: Our great local nightmare is over, and it didn’t even take a dramatic last-minute twist. Last month, Backspace—Portland’s only all-ages music venue—appeared to be on the ve More

Wednesday, January 9, 2013 WW Culture Staff

Headout: Gaga in History

She’s always been with us.

Headout Photomanipulation by WW StaffSEE IT: Lady Gaga plays the Rose Garden Arena, 1 N Center Court St., No. 150, on Tuesday, Jan. 15. 7:30 pm. $49.50-$175. All ages.Headout Picks THURSDAY JAN. 10 CO More

Wednesday, January 9, 2013 WW Culture Staff

Willamette Weekend

12 Things to do in Portland January 4-6.

Features Friday, Jan. 4

Don Juan Y Los Blancos
[music] Like the pre-fame White Stripes and the Stones before them, the L.A. sextet look back to the ’50s and ’60s, where the group harvests the sounds of Chuck Berry guitar riffs, doo-wop and surf, and filters them through a sieve that sounds like a mash-up of a Casey Kasem playlist, regional garage heroes and Morphine. ... More

Friday, January 4, 2013 by WW Culture Staff

Street: Mellow Yellows

What Portland is wearing this week.

Features Street is WW's weekly snapshots of Portland's sidewalk fashion. This week: Mustard’s next stand.

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013 by WW Culture Staff

Scoop: Department of Corrections

Our mistakes and regrets from 2012.

SCOOP MARTIN CIZMAR would like to correct last week’s Scoop, which said Cascade Brewing Barrel House’s 12.66 percent alcohol Bourbonic Plague is the strongest beer brewed in Portland. Turns out, T More

Wednesday, January 2, 2013 WW Culture Staff

The It List: The Top 10 Things in Portland and the World

Features Each week our culture scientists rank their 10 favorite things in the universe. The resulting list is infallible. The list is perfect. If you don't agree with the list, you are wrong. Some items may stay atop the list for weeks, others may only make a brief appearance. Some items are Portland-centric, but only because Portland is at the center of the universe. Please do not write to us, ask... More

Tuesday, January 1, 2013 by WW Culture Staff

Street: Surplus Shots

What Portland is wearing this week.

Features Street is WW's weekly snapshots of Portland's sidewalk fashion. This week: Unpublished favorites of 2012.

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Wednesday, December 26, 2012 by WW Culture Staff

The Best Thing I Ate 2012

WW writers remember their favorite dishes from 2012.

Food Reviews & Stories The Woodsman Tavern’s roasted trout in crazy water is crazy—like a fox. Chef Jason Barwikowski has created a trifecta of salty, savory and acidic that makes me want each bite more than the one More

Wednesday, December 26, 2012 WW Culture Staff