News By now you've heard that over 80,000 people gathered this Saturday on the banks of the Willamette River to watch Red Bull Flugtag. And those 80,000 souls witnessed some impressive feats of gravity. One after another, outsized roller skates, Chinese Dragons and hand grenades plummeted unceremoniously into the murky water. (Click here to learn more about the event.) Photos by WW's Jennifer ...   More

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News Updated with event photos from WW's Jennifer Newsted: I suppose I represent the approximate target demographic for the Dew Underground action sports tour/contest/festival, hitting Portland this weekend. I'm white, educated, and youngish (28), with the scarred elbows and shins of a lifelong BMX rider. The amount of action sports media that I consume is enough to annoy my wife. And yet, when ...   More

News Watch out Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart, here comes Stephanie Stricklen. As first reported here, KGW has announced it's launching a new show called "The Square Live at 7pm." According to KGW President and General Manager DJ Wilson the show will broadcast from KGW's new HD Studio at Pioneer Courthouse Square. Produced by KGW's news department, Wilson says don't expect it to look anything ...   More

News Photos by CaroleZoom. 4 pm Sunday, Sept. 14: "Are you allowed to do that?" asked an incredulous young man leaning on a concrete ledge at downtown Portland's Keller Fountain as local dancer Jim McGinn performed a perfect cannonball into one of the fountain's upmost pools. "I mean, can I go do that?" Many of the hot, sweaty crowd gathered for one of TBA 08's last hurrahs, the huge City Dance ...   More

News (2007 Santacon images taken by this Flickr photographer) Just as the Portland Police pledge to be better prepared to handle several thousand stinko paralytico Kris Kringles marching through downtown, the Portland Cacophony Society has apparently pulled the rug out from under them: WW and other local media outlets (or at least the Merc) have received notice that Santacon is moving to suburbia. You'd ...   More

News At the risk of being asked to turn in my laminated "I'm a native Oregonian and lovin' it" card, I'll admit that I don't know jack about skiing or snowboarding. I've never even sledded down Mt. Hood. I know, it's pathetic. But, I do enjoy watching people risk bodily harm and am currently engaged in a long-term relationship with the movie Better Off Dead. So I think I'm allowed to go check out the ...   More

News I'm obsessed with holiday lights. Every year I make my husband crank up the Carpenters '78 classic Christmas Portrait on our car stereo and cruise around town gawking at Portland's bacchanalia of light displays. I sing along with the cd and wave at passerbys who do not know me. I am possessed by the Christmas spirit. And it's not pretty. But, really, my mania is small compared to the collective ...   More

News Yes, yes: Portland has once again been ranked in the top ten fittest cities in America by Men's Fitness, an honor that is growing downright dull in its regularity. This year we're ranked number six, one spot worse than last year. This drop in stature doubtless will inspire some of you to put in an extra 15 minutes at the gym tonight. But what's most interesting about this announcement is seeing ...   More

News You know what sucks? A two-and-a-half hour "bus and on foot odyssey" through snow-screwed Portland just to make it from Northeast Portland to WW Headquarters in Northwest. You know what's awesome? Sharing snowflaked horror stories about your two-and-a-half hour "bus and on foot odyssey" and other other tall tales of SNOWPOCALYPSE 2008 with your numb-fingered co-workers. Here's what I've gathered ...   More