Food & Drink The semifinalists for this year's James Beard Awards have been announced, and the list of Portlanders eligible for the nation's most prestigious food awards looks...exactly the same as last year's. Check it out:Best Chef, Northwest (repeats in italics)2010: Oswaldo Bibiano (Autentica), John Gorham (Toro Bravo), Jenn Louis (Lincoln), Naomi Pomeroy, (Beast), Andy Ricker (Pok Pok), Gabriel Rucker (Le ...   More

News Hooray for local artists getting national attention for their work! David Biespiel, a beloved Portland-based poet and teacher, has just been awarded the Best Poetry of the Year by The Poetry Foundation. His new book of poems, The Book of Men and Women, explores the remorseful emotions of regret, longing, and loss through the complex relationships between members of the opposite gender. Biespiel, ...   More

News The Society of Professional Journalists' Oregon and southwest Washington chapter held its awards dinner Saturday night, and WW won a bunch of first-place honors for work we did in 2009. Here's what we won: In the category of large-circulation (above 8,000) non-dailies for Oregon and southwest Washington: Comprehensive coverage: Nigel Jaquiss for “Mayor Adams coverage” Environmental ...   More