Scoop: Openings, Closings and Gates (not that one) on the Future of Music

RIP Jobs, Welsh, Shuttlesworth, Davis, Qwikster.

SCOOP THE NEXT LITTLE BIG BURGER? Old Spaghetti Factory President Chris Dussin has finally given up hope of reviving Lucier...   More

 

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 WW Culture Staff

Scoop: A Bissel Movie and an Amelia Memorial

I can has gossip.

SCOOP NOPE, CHUCK TESTA: On Saturday, Oct. 1, people who are important on the Internet met in real life in Portland for ROFLCon Summit (a spinoff of the larger ROFLCon event that takes place in Massachusett   More

 

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 WW Culture Staff

Scoop: Your Own Private Liquor Cart

Start campaigning and stop camplaining

SCOOP COCKTAILS. FROM A CART: Forget beer carts, Portland now has a cocktail cart. To promote the second annual Portland Cocktail Week (Oct. 20-23), the Oregon Bartenders Guild is operating a cocktail cart   More

 

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 WW Culture Staff

Scoop: Currying Favor and Tender Loving Expectations

Gossip that’s on a magical mystery tour.

SCOOP LIKE A THAI-GER: Thai restaurant tycoon Andy Ricker (Pok Pok, Ping, Whiskey Soda Lounge) has announced he will be opening a third eatery on Southeast Division Street.   More

 

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 WW Culture Staff

Scoop: Armisen Sightings and Return of the Kimchee

Gossip that looked good on the dance floor.

SCOOP ARMISEN WATCH CONTINUES: We weren’t actually going to mention that Portlandia’s Fred Armisen...
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 WW Culture Staff

Time After Time

Our top picks for the second week of PICA’s Time-Based Art Festival.

Arts & Books Stories Mike Daisey, All the Hours in the DayMike Daisey is, at various times, an improvisational storyteller, a big-hearted observer, a lonely expositor of self or a sweat-drenched haranguer from the stage   More

 

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 WW Culture Staff

Scoop: Pok Pok Empire and FU MFNW

Gossip that's saying goodbye, Netflix.

SCOOP POK POK, N.Y.: It looks like Andy Ricker’s vagabond shoes are longing to stray. New York magazine’s Food blog Grub Street reports this week that the Pok Pok chef is “aggressively” scouting spa   More

 

Wednesday, September 7, 2011 WW Culture Staff

Time of Your Life

Our top picks for the first week of PICA’s Time-Based Art Festival.

Arts & Books Stories This Thursday marks the beginning of Portland Institute for Contemporary Art’s ninth Time-Based Art Festival, a 10-day rush of dance, theater, comedy, music, film, visual art and other assorted w   More

 

Wednesday, September 7, 2011 WW Culture Staff

Scoop: New Bars, New Carts and a Gotta-Have App

Gossip That Draws Faces In Latte Foam.

SCOOP FUTURE DRINKING: Prost! owner Dan Hart is teaming up with Tasty n Sons and Toro Bravo chef John Gorham and prolific restaurant investment firm Chefstable (whose portfolio includes Ping, St. Jack, Gr   More

 

Wednesday, August 31, 2011 WW Culture Staff

Gossip That’s A Sad Sign Of The Times.

SCOOP FUN ON SANDY: With a capital T, that rhymes with P, that stands for...putt-putt? Polly Bangs, founder of the at-risk youth job-skills program Urban Opportunities, and Tres Shannon, co-owner of Vood   More

 

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 WW Culture Staff