News [Scroll to the bottom for live puppy-cam action!] Amid the host of historic statements made during President-elect Barack Obama's acceptance speech last night, one sentence rang out above the rest: "I love you both more than you can imagine," Obama told his daughters, Sasha and Malia. "You have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House." Which, of ...   More

News Ten days before the opening of Twilight , and almost nobody has seen it. Press and preview screenings are being held back nationally until the relatively late date of next Tuesday—probably to avoid any backlash from the overly emotionally invested —so we critics have to wait with everybody else for the big preview. (Turn in your fan fiction by 5 pm if you want a prime spot in line! ...   More

News Ignite Portland 4, which took place last night, Thursday, November 14, is a free event, but nonetheless you need a ticket to get in. I had nearly forgotten mine, and so was pushing hard against the 6:15 deadline, at which point they were going to give my ticket away to the hundred-thick throng of hopefuls waiting at the door of the Bagdad Theater. As it turns out, all 550 available tickets had ...   More

News This—and by "this" I mean the press release I've pasted below—is the only thing that has paused our office's ongoing, day-long conversation about Twilight and the very real possibility that we may be trampled to death by howling, lustful, bite-craving teenaged girls this evening at Portland's only sneak peek screening of the film: On Friday, October 3, 2008, Audrey DeKam of Albany, ...   More

News It's been a little over a year since Portlanders banded together to protest Hammerfest, a conference for white supremacists. But it appears that the neo-Nazi movement is alive and well in Pennsylvania. A recent report on Yahoo! News detailed the troubles experienced by the proud parents of 3-year-old Adolph Hitler Campbell when they attempted to get his first and middle names on his birthday cake. For ...   More

News There has been a lot of media talk recently about families with inordinate numbers of children. And that's a personal choice. If you can properly care for 18 kids, Mr. and Mrs. Duggar in Arkansas , who am I to judge? But it does seem that some couples are incapable of handling large amounts of children traipsing through the house on a daily basis. Last week a Salem couple got in a lot of trouble ...   More

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News Locals have been buzzing about Julian Kreusser's excellent TV program Big Kitchen With Food since last summer. At an age when I was still savoring the fine taste of Play-Doh, this five-year-old foodie launched his own cooking show (with the help of his parents and baby sister) on Portland Community Media. It's awesome. That's really the only word for it. But the local homeschooler's hit the ...   More

News Being broke sucks. However, it does give one more impetus for seeking out free stuff. Our most recent find for the financially challenged is free admission to the Oregon Zoo on Monday, Jan. 19, in honor of MLK Day. Just when you were wondering what to do with the kids on their day off, take ‘em to see the baby elephant and swear that you will throw them in the lion exhibit if they misbehave. ...   More

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