Scoop: Dude, Pass The Cough Syrup.

1. IT’S LIKE BUTTER: Sellwood is getting a butter bar. Owner Melinda Woller will open a small food market and counter-service spot called Buttercraft at 6664 SE Milwaukie Ave. in the former location of Norman’s Shoe Service. Along with wine, charcuterie and macarons, the shop will offer a selection of handcrafted butters, which will be made in-house. Buttercraft plans European-style butters with higher butterfat content, plus Sriracha-flavored butter, tea-infused butter, and butters with fruit flavors such as strawberry. It is projected to open in April.

1. FUTURE DRINKING: Late-night sandwich-delivery shop Devil’s Dill—savior to munchie-addled stoners, drunks and exotic dancers throughout Southeast Portland—has applied to add a bar next door to its sandwich window. The No Fun Bar will seat 45 and is scheduled to be open from 5 pm to 3 am nightly. >> Skyline Tavern, which WW previously reported was for sale, seems to have found a new owner. Scott Ray Becker—a local filmmaker whose most recent public work was Black Dog Trilogy, a series of films about depression—is listed on a liquor-license application as new owner of the bar.

1. BUDAPEST SWEEPS: Want to get a jump start on your Oscar betting pool? The Portland International Film Festival will screen two nominees for Best Foreign Language Film: Argentine social satire Wild Tales will open the festival Thursday, Feb. 5, while Mauritania’s Timbuktu—a drama about Islamic fundamentalism—plays later in the fest. The full schedule, to be released Friday, Jan. 23, will undoubtedly include many films with grizzled old people, loyal animals and plentiful nudity.

1. TRANSNORTHWESTICISM: Dave Depper has one of the most extensive résumés of any musician in Portland, including stints with Ray LaMontagne, Fruit Bats and Robyn Hitchcock. Now, he’s landed his biggest gig yet: playing guitar for Death Cab for Cutie. Last week, the emo luminaries announced a surprise show at a club in their hometown of Seattle, and that Depper would be joining the tour in place of longtime guitarist Chris Walla, who left the group last year. “This band has been a huge part of my life for a long time,” Depper wrote on Facebook, “and the opportunity to play music I love with some of the best people on Earth is basically the most exciting thing that’s ever happened to me.” Death Cab’s eighth album, Kintsugi, which features Walla’s final contributions, comes out March 31.

1. SMOKIE: Wanna have your photo in next week’s pot issue? Smoke some weed, snap a selfie, and post the photo to Instagram or Twitter with the tags #WW and #smokie.

WWeek 2015