News So tomorrow's the big day, huh? Where we all celebrate Barack Obama's victory and say goodbye to the Bush years for good (well, there's always Jeb in '16 or the twins in '28, but here's to hoping those days never come). But whatever happened to Joe Biden? We haven't seen much of his big ol' white teeth lately. And come to think of it, I haven't heard from Dick Cheney in like two years! Did he ...   More

News As things continue to slip through our fingers in these dire times—money, jobs, houses—there is one thing that can be counted on through thick and thin: beards. Though not a beardie myself (being a woman who does not take testosterone), there appears to be quite an audience for all things beard related. Just a few weeks ago WW Arts editor Kelly Clarke blogged about Portland Monthly's ...   More

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News We give Portland Monthly a lot of crap, mostly due to its obsessive use of numbered lists and the word "Top" (Top Dentists, Top Doctors etc.). But the local magazine's January issue has scored a direct hit on the heart of the Willamette Week staff with a photo essay on the bearded men of Portland—especially the over-the-top face-huggers of 30-something "creative classers." Even better, ...   More

News Graham Wiklund doesn't just want to know how many hipsters are in a given area. He wants to know exactly how much hipster funk they're giving off. Wiklund is a biochemistry student at Portland State University. And when confronted with the “most hipster-dense place in PSU” he'd ever seen, he decided to work out his frustrations with an equation that would measure the hipster concentration ...   More

News Beards and mustaches have always been the lazy man's best accessory, but facial sprouts have achieved a new level of clout. On Saturday, June 5 in Bend the first ever Beard Team USA National Beard and Moustache Championships will determine who's facial fuzz is best in the categories of: Freestyle (anything goes facial hair), best full-beard (this allows for styling aids), best partial-beard (which ...   More