Coffee Issue 2013: Hook It to My Veins

Portland’s best new cafes of 2013.

Food Reviews & Stories Cathedral Coffee 7530 N Willamette Blvd. 6:30 am-7 pm daily. A vibrant oasis in the subdued residential stretches of St. Johns, Cathedral Coffee is a trendy outlier in “all the way out there�� ... More

Dec 4, 2013 12:01 am by WW Staff

No Safe Harbor

An aide mayor Hales said would help lead the Portland Harbor cleanup has a conflict.

City Hall Mayor Charlie Hales was hoping to make a big splash in the Superfund cleanup of the Portland Harbor. In October, Hales announced he had lured state Sen. Jackie Dingfelder (D-Portland) to become ... More

Dec 4, 2013 12:01 am by AARON MESH

Coffee Issue 2013: Super-Hot Coffee

A fearless reporter auditions as a bikini barista.

Food Reviews & Stories There are many reasons a woman might respond to a Craigslist want ad for bikini baristas. Maybe said woman always wanted to learn a useful trade. Or perhaps she had longed for years to indulge h ... More

Dec 4, 2013 12:01 am by DEBORAH KENNEDY

Second Rodeo

Rodney Muirhead’s La Taq rides herd.

Food Reviews & Stories Grub-wise, Texas is best known for two things. First, there’s barbecue, which the Lone Star State does better than anyone. Second, there’s that vaguely defined cuisine de gringo known as “ ... More

Dec 4, 2013 12:01 am by MICHAEL C. ZUSMAN

Coffee Issue 2013: Gadget Inspector

Food Reviews & Stories A roundup of inexpensive coffee-brewing gadgets made and sold in Portland. ... More

Dec 4, 2013 12:01 am by MATTHEW KORFHAGE

Murmurs: News That Burns No Carbon.

Murmurs Portland is getting an ELF for Christmas. That’s the name of a bike-car hybrid built by Durham, N.C.-based company Organic Transit, which announced Dec. 2 it will open its third manufacturing faci ... More

Dec 4, 2013 12:01 am by WW Editorial Staff

The Broken Circle Breakdown

Belgian bluegrass.

Movie Reviews & Stories The Broken Circle Breakdown is a very American romance. It is also a very European tragedy. For Flemish couple Didier and Elise, the dream of America is that you can pick up, move on and become ... More

Dec 4, 2013 12:01 am by MATTHEW KORFHAGE

Coffee Issue 2013: Coffee Talk

A brief coffee glossary for the guilt-minded.

Food Reviews & Stories If you prefer coffee without the exploitive economic impact of, say, the cocaine trade, you might look at those reassuring labels on your coffee bag. Here’s what they mean: Fair trade: This i ... More

Dec 4, 2013 12:01 am by MATTHEW KORFHAGE

Oso Market: Bear Necessities

Bar Reviews Just down the road from Hawks PDX sex club and My Father’s Place, Oso Market + Bar (726 SE Grand Ave., 232-6400, osomarket.com) joins Enso, Clay Pigeon and Sauvage wine bars at the frontier of g ... More

Dec 4, 2013 12:01 am by MATTHEW KORFHAGE

AP Film Studies: Oh, Hi Tommy

10 Years of The Room.

Movie Reviews & Stories Tommy Wiseau is not a monster. Sure, he resembles Phil Hartman’s Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer and speaks in the kind of scattershot English that Frankenstein’s monster croaked out. But a monste ... More

Dec 4, 2013 12:01 am by AP KRYZA

Show Preview: Lorde

Music Stories [PROTO-GOTH] The latest enfant terrible climbing the charts and roiling the blogs, Lorde recorded her debut album, Pure Heroine, at the tender age of 16 and became the youngest artist to top the B ... More

Dec 4, 2013 12:01 am by JAY HORTON

Willie Weed: Weed vs. Speed

Pot: It’s not just for slackers anymore.

Culture Features Since I was very young, I’ve had a hard time focusing. My brain is like a bumblebee, clumsily flitting from place to place, picking up pollen here and there. Since the day I hit puberty, I’d ... More

Dec 4, 2013 12:01 am by WM. WILLARD GREENE

Dr. Know: Train Stains

How often are MAX cars cleaned?

Dr. Know A few weeks ago, an unusually disturbing specimen shared part of my morning commute on the MAX Green Line. It made me wonder how often the cars are wiped down and what chemicals are used, beca ... More

Dec 4, 2013 12:01 am by MARTY SMITH

Q&A: Dylan Magierek, Badman Recording Co.

How running a small label is like buying a new house—every year.

Music Stories Dylan Magierek wanted out of the independent record business. By 2004, he was five years into running his label, Badman Recording Co., in San Francisco. He’d had some successes—a few records from ... More

Dec 4, 2013 12:01 am by MATTHEW SINGER

Headout Picks: 12/4/13

Headout Picks WEDNESDAY DEC. 4 HOLIDAY ALE FEST [BEER] A quarter past noon, the Grinch paused then put his hand to his ear. And, through the streets of Portland, a sound he did hear. It started in low, then ... More

Dec 4, 2013 12:01 am by WW Culture Staff

Rodney Muirhead’s La Taq rides herd.

OHSU is using its clout to have taxpayers match a donation from Nike’s Phil Knight.

Crowning the best everyday imperial stout from the grocery-store cooler.

An aide mayor Hales said would help lead the Portland Harbor cleanup has a conflict.

A police report on Portland suicides flubs the math, and the media—including WW—miss the error.

Wilder bar and cafe in Concordia, run by former fluoride booster, opens to a rave from the former mayor

Financially troubled paper gave the county an extra $500,000 by mistake

Station now broadcasts Trail Blazers games

Cindy Parlow Cone cites family as reason for decision

Portland's best EDM options, Dec. 5-11.

Former WW editor Michael Mannheimer creates an Internet meme at last night's Blazers game. We made it, y'all!

The most emotionally unguarded MC in hip-hop turns an arena rap show into an intimate one-man stage play.

Top selling albums and songs in Portland, Nov. 25-Dec. 1

Wilder bar and cafe in Concordia, run by former fluoride booster, opens to a rave from the former mayor

And a new cidery, distillery and brewery to boot

Events for the crunk-minded and culinary-obsessed

Beaver Brand Mustard Is A National Sensation (So Maybe You Should Continue Eating It)

Laundry crunk, DeCarli crunk, Tigard crunk, Heathman sommelier crunk

OHSU is using its clout to have taxpayers match a donation from Nike’s Phil Knight.

Portland’s best new cafes of 2013.

An aide mayor Hales said would help lead the Portland Harbor cleanup has a conflict.

A police report on Portland suicides flubs the math, and the media—including WW—miss the error.

Rules of the road at six different types of Portland cafe.

A fearless reporter auditions as a bikini barista.

Crowning the best everyday imperial stout from the grocery-store cooler.

Rodney Muirhead’s La Taq rides herd.

On Dec. 6, Mayor Charlie Hales opens his Eastmoreland home to the public. Here’s what we’ll be looking for inside his “graciously decorated” abode.

Stars and stripes and spoon-fed absurdity.

Belgian bluegrass.

A brief coffee glossary for the guilt-minded.

From Crazy Heart to a crazy Woody Harrelson.

The Dismemberment Plan is back. Because why not?

10 Years of The Room.

Get Lost (Self-Release)

Monuments (SoHiTek)

Pot: It’s not just for slackers anymore.

How often are MAX cars cleaned?

Where should you get your dose of holiday theater?

How running a small label is like buying a new house—every year.