SCOOP PIRATE PARTY: Yo, you partying at the Waterfront Blues Festival? Look for Finger. The “partial pirate,” whom WW interviewed for a post on wweek.com, has docked the boat he lives on just offsho   More

Food & Drink Judging by the soggy snow and the barely-concealed despair in people’s eyes, it must be springtime in Portland. But there is hope for better and more delicious days ahead with the opening day of the Portland Farmers Market on the PSU campus this Saturday, March 17. Joining the ranks of the butchers, bakers and pickled-food makers will be three new vendors offering their edible wares: From Bend, ...   More

Food & Drink Huzzah! The Portland Farmers Market at PSU returns tomorrow, for its 20th year of selling locally grown, raised, baked, pickled, slaughtered, cured and fire-roasted food to the good people of Portland. The forecast is for rain (surprise!) but the market is boasting 11 shiny new vendors, many of whom sound worth pulling out the wellies and rain poncho to sample. This year’s fresh crop includes Lauretta ...   More