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Willamette Week Online | Editorial Archive - 2007
Issue #33.52 | Published on 2007-11-06
Max Exposure What I learned riding the late-night rails in Gresham. - BY JONAH SANDFORD
Inbox - BY WW'S BELOVED READERS
This week, the doctor is in. Randy is out. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
A Tale Of Two Stories Gov. Ted Kulongoski has a Goldschmidt problem. Powerful NW Natural exec Gregg Kantor doesn’t. Why? - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Sam’s Taxes Two-step Commissioner Adams taketh and giveth away. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Mary’s Place By buying mobile home, City tries to make peace between a North Portland church and its neighbors. - BY COREY PEIN
Downtown Shuffle Why Multnomah County may buy prime real estate—and go deeper in debt to do it. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Harry Reid Gutless Weasel - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Writers’ strike? We’re still working. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Lost in Translation A Tigard army captain creates a lifeline for Iraqi interpreters facing grave danger in the Middle East. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Q&A;: Silja Talvi What’s prison really like for women? - BY MATTHEW KORFHAGE
Hail To The Thief City foresees big bill in 2008 for presidential candidate security. - BY COREY PEIN
Starbucked Our excerpt from a new book about the coffee colossus. - BY TAYLOR CLARK
Say Anything Four authors, four perspectives on the eve of the city’s biggest literary weekend, Wordstock. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Shifting Fortunes Two fortune-tellers and a century of clairvoyance in Portland. - BY ADRIAN CHEN
Farel Dalrymple A local artist brings a comic book back from the dead—with help from some guy named Jonathan Lethem. - BY ERIK BADER
Flame On One gay firefighter blazes the trail - BY BYRON BECK
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Monster Mash Southern Belle deconstructs pop and slaughters dolls for fun. - BY NILINA MASON-CAMPBELL
All Growed Up - BY AMY MCULLOUGH
Chris Robley & The Fear of Heights Friday, Nov. 9 Robley doles out good tunes by the plateful on his latest. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Michael Dean Damron & Thee Loyal Bastards Bad Days Ahead (In Music We Trust) - BY CASEY JARMAN
Season’s Greeting - BY JIM SANDBERG
Corn Again - BY AARON MESH
Kernel Knowledge This documentary grows as high as an elephant’s eye. - BY AARON MESH
NW Film & Video Festival - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The Fall ’01 Agnieszka Laska Dancers & Las Pléyades Danza Contemporánea Agonies of Empire - BY BRETT CAMPBELL
Are You Kitchen Literate? An Oregon author wants to re-educate your pie hole. - BY MIKE THELIN
Harvest Henderson, Ogle Stitching shopping, femininity, and the human heart. - BY RICHARD SPEER
Poe Ballantine, 501 Minutes to Christ Deep-dish people-watching with Mr. Gloom. - BY ALISTAIR ROCKOFF
What Hath God Wrought:The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 A hefty new book telegraphs a vivid portrait of early 19th-century America. - BY MATT BUCKINGHAM
Notable Moments in Weed History With Devin the Dude - BY CASEY JARMAN
Project No. 11—Sock Class - BY LAYNE STRATTON
“What the hell happened to you?” - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Issue #33.51 | Published on 2007-10-31
The Giusto Report The rest of the story. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Inbox - BY WW'S BELOVED READERS
Gridiron Glee. Bernie’s Weak End. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Bad Boys City Hall has an answer to the Mean Girls of Multnomah County: It’s the Bad Boys vs. the Lame Duck. - BY COREY PEIN
Mr. Larry’s Strange Trip How a former NAACP leader beat an attempted-murder rap in rural Oregon, and what he’s doing about it. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Food Fight What is this, Wal-Mart? - BY BETH SLOVIC
Blowing Smoke About Measure 50 We read the reports so you don’t have to. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
City of Tigard A random act of stupidity. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
We feel “relevant.” - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
PDX’s Ball Bearings Trying to make sense of what’s next for the Timbers and Beavers. - BY PAUL GERALD
Oregon and D.C.: The Odds Couple Why do Oregon regulators have the pull to stop online bets in D.C.? - BY JOHN RUMLER
Distant Flame Portlanders protest the 2008 Beijing Olympics and call for the U.S. to boycott the Summer Games. - BY AMANDA WALDROUPE
Vicious Cycle Portland is not so bike-friendly—But it could be. Here’s how. - BY COREY PEIN
Where Ghosts Wouldn’t Be Caught Dead Braving the B.S. of portland’s “Beyond Bizarre” Tour. - BY MICHAEL O'CONNOR
David Briggs Portland’s mad chocolate scientist reveals his bacon-infused secrets. - BY JOANNA MILLER
Playing With Fire Chuck & Larry exposes more fears than laughs. - BY BYRON BECK
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The Who Krew? Portland hip-hop had to start somewhere. - BY CASEY JARMAN
Michele Wylen Wednesday, Oct. 31 Local songstress takes a tip from Ladytron and gets her dance on. - BY NILINA MASON-CAMPBELL
Team Dresch Friday, Nov. 2 Portland’s queercore icons are at their personal best. - BY PAIGE RICHMOND
Isaac Slusarenko (of Jackpot Records) After 10 years, Jackpot says thanks with a rad show and open doors. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Smackdown! Denzel and Russell hold a staring contest. The winner gets all the heroin. - BY AARON MESH
The Office Note to Jim and Pam: stop being such smug little jerks. - BY DANIEL CARLSON
Opera Theater Oregon/Muscle-Max Dude, Where’s My Opera? - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Linda Austin/Performance Works NorthWest Invitation to an urban circus - BY HEATHER WISNER
Food Invasion imperialism doesn’t always suck. - BY MIKE THELIN
Leisure Public House A new lazy-day destination of North Lombard. - BY LIZ CRAIN
Tara Jane ONeil at Reading Frenzy Tara Jane ONeil’s newest songs are caught on paper. - BY JIM SANDBERG
D.I.Y. Day Of The Dead - BY BYRON BECK
It’s been an odd night, man. - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Project No. 10—Part 5: Red's Urn - BY LAYNE STRATTON
Issue #33.50 | Published on 2007-10-24
Inbox - BY WW'S BELOVED READERS
For Media Advice, Governor, Call Charles Lewis. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Let’s Play Recall! As Bernie Giusto refuses calls to step down, WW offers the recall option. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Crimes and Misdemeanors Should a 1985 food stamp case for $160 stop a father from teaching after-school art in Portland? - BY BETH SLOVIC
Tre Mal Activist loses extradition appeal in Canada, but he’s still fighting return to Oregon. - BY ANDREW MACLEOD
Barbara Rommel And David Douglas A million-dollar conflict - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Q&A;: Michael Shellenberger A rogue environmentalist takes aim at the movement he says has failed. - BY JAMES PITKIN
If Dumbledore has a domestic partner, now’s the time to move to Oregon. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Dear Diary Today I went to a simulated terrorist attack. - BY JONAH SANDFORD
Broadway Bound On its 20th anniversary, PCPA’s numbers are down. Now it wants more help from taxpayers. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Endorsements Redux A recap of WW’s recommendations on state Measures 49&50 plus city Measure 26-93. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
PDX Inked The whole media universe is humping Portland. We dissect the hype, and how the hell we got here. - BY ZACH DUNDAS
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Fast, Free And In Control Two websites are changing the way Portlanders read, write and publish. - BY PAIGE RICHMOND
Katee Sackhoff The Portland-born actress talks Beaverton,Battlestarand bionic boobs. - BY WILLIAM CRAWFORD
The Secret Musical Lives Of Hipsters When did playing a cello become, well, kind of cool? - BY PAIGE RICHMOND
Known Legend Rock ’n’ roll epiphanies descend on the Keller. - BY AMY MCULLOUGH
CAVES Get On With It (Self-released) Caves does nothing new pretty darn right on its debut full-length. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
THE HONUS HUFFHINES Saturday, Oct. 27 Four grown-up guys with real jobs play Portland’s catchiest music. - BY PAIGE RICHMOND
PER SE Sunday, Oct. 28 Anne Adams would like you to pay attention to her. - BY BRANDON SEIFERT
PANTHER Tuesday, Oct. 30 Panther recounts the fruits of never-ending-tour labor. - BY NILINA MASON-CAMPBELL
Pizza Party! - BY CASEY JARMAN
Lars and the Fake Movie You’ll never believe who Ryan Gosling is dating now! - BY AARON MESH
Lake of Fire - BY AARON MESH
The Underpants (Portland Center Stage) - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Clarklewis, Reloaded A new cast and crew bring stellar starters and desserts to one of Portland’s most talked-about restaurants, but the middle act still needs work. - BY KEVIN ALLMAN
At First Bite New joints, good coffee and beach food. - BY MIKE THELIN
Tom Cramer at Laura Russo The artist treads familiar and unfamiliar ground at Laura Russo. - BY RICHARD SPEER
The Melancholy Fate of Capt. Lewis Author Michael Pritchett gets lost between Lewis past and present. - BY HENRY STERN
Exit Interview The Concierge, Portland Center Stage - BY BYRON BECK
“I’m wearing pants!” - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Project No. 10—Part 4: Red's Urn - BY LAYNE STRATTON
Issue #33.49 | Published on 2007-10-17
Hello, Readers - BY BYRON BECK
Toro Bravo: In Living Color Fresh from the Simpatica life, John Gorham shines at Toro Bravo. - BY HEIDI YORKSHIRE
Line Dance Ever wonder how your meal makes it to your plate? Here’s the steps. - BY MIKE THELIN
Six Degrees of Scott Dolich - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Hotels Check in, then check out these homey restaurants when you’re away from home. - BY JESSICA MACHADO, BECKY OHLSEN
Steakhouses Your best bets for sins of the flesh. - BY MIKE THELIN
Dessert It’s time to save room for the best part of the meal. - BY JOANNA MILLER
Markets Good taste right off the shelf. - BY KELLY CLARKE
Wine Teach yourself to tipple like a pro. - BY KERRY NEWBERRY
23 Hoyt [NEW] - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Alba Osteria & Enoteca - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Andina - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Apizza Scholls [NEW] - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Aquariva [NEW] - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Autentica - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Beast [NEW] - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
BeWon - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Bijou Cafe - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Biwa [NEW] - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Bluehour - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Broder [NEW] - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Caffe Allora - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Caffe Mingo - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Caprial’s Bistro - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Carafe - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Carlyle - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Castagna/Cafe Castagna - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Chennai Masala [NEW] - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Ciao Vito - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Clarklewis - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Clyde Common - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The Country Cat [NEW] - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Daily Cafe - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
D.F. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
El Gaucho - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Eleni’s - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Farm Cafe - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Fenouil - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Fife - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Francis Restaurant - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Fratelli - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Genoa - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Gilt Club - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Gino’s - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Giorgio’s - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Hakatamon [NEW] - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Heathman Restaurant - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Higgins - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Hiroshi [NEW] - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Hurley’s - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Il Piatto - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Jake’s Famous Crawfish - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Karam Lebanese Cuisine - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Ken’s Artisan Pizza - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Kinta - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
L’Astra Bistro [NEW] - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Lauro Kitchen - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Le Bouchon - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Le Hana Japanese Grill and Cafe [NEW] - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Le Pigeon - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
LoLo [NEW] - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Lovely Hula Hands - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Lucy’s Table - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Malay Satay Hut [NEW] - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Mark’s on the Channel - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Masu East [NEW] - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Meiji-En - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Meriwether’s [NEW - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Mint - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Morton’s, The Steakhouse - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Mother’s Bistro - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Restaurant Murata - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Navarre - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Noble Rot - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Nostrana - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Nuestra Cocina - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Nutshell [NEW] - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Olea - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Paley’s Place - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Pambiche - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Park Kitchen - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Patanegra - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Pazzo Ristorante - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Pinocchio [NEW] - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Podnah’s Pit BBQ [NEW] - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Pok Pok & Whiskey Soda Lounge [NEW] - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Portland City Grill - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Red Star Tavern and Roast House - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
RingSide Steakhouse (downtown) - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Rocket [NEW] - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Roux - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Saucebox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Savoy - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Screen Door - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Siam Society - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Silk, by Pho Van - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Simpatica - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Sinju - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Southpark - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Sungari Pearl - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Syun Izakaya - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Tabla Mediterranean Bistro - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Taqueria Nueve - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Ten01 [NEW] - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Three Degrees - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Three Square Grill - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Typhoon! - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Veritable Quandary - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Vindalho - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Wildwood - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Wong’s King Seafood Restaurant - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Yakuza [NEW] - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
City Of Lost Children Just because you’re bereaved doesn’t make us saps. - BY AARON MESH
Inbox - BY WW'S BELOVED READERS
Gordon Smith isn’t blue, but Bernie is. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Street Fight Public funds used to push a controversial plan to remake Burnside. - BY COREY PEIN
Measured Endorsements WW’s recommendations for the Nov. 6 Election. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Parking on a Platter PDC critics raise concerns about south waterfront parking deal. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
We try hard not to be ironic or arcane. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Taking a Downer Prosecutors say Portland police are relaxing drug enforcement with a DAY shift. The result? Fewer felony drug arrests. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Ed Schmitt PPS’ “boss” deal - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Cleaning Up PPS is mopping the floors with its custodians. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Hooley’s Tap Dance ACLU: Oregon congresswoman’s bill gives Bush spies a ‘blank check.’ - BY COREY PEIN
Spot The Differences! Answers:
A. House 1’s owner has a rake with more teeth and a tricycle that works
B. House 2’s owner has bloodshot eyes and a dog mess to clean up.
C. Oh yeah, one more difference: House 2’s owner has a property-tax bill 3 1/2 times that of House 1’s owner. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The Art of Fake War Casey Jarman battles the ultimate foe, a Halo lead Developer, and Dies. A lot. - BY CASEY JARMAN
Dr. Oliver Sacks The renowned neurologist talks about that song playing in your head right now. - BY CLAIRE EVANS
Bear Trap Grrr-ed Up Gays Leave Old Town for NoPo X-posure. - BY BYRON BECK
Here Comes the Night Leigh Marble opens up, gets dark. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Dude, I’m In the Band! Rachel Blumberg on Bright Eyes, M. Ward & groupies - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
INTERVISION Shades of Neptune (Intervision Music) Intervision’s custom space jazz goes down smooth on its latest effort. - BY AP KRYZA
PAULA SINCLAIR The Good Horse (self-released) Sinclair’s latest pays pretty, if careless, homage to Oregon poets. - BY JEFF ROSENBERG
Moons Over My Hammy - BY CASEY JARMAN
City Of Lost Children Just because you’re bereaved doesn’t make us saps. - BY AARON MESH
Pushing Daisies The best new show of 2007. - BY DANIEL CARLSON
Note Taker Why should you care about contemporary classical music? The New Yorker’s Alex Ross explains. - BY BRETT CAMPBELL
Portland Sacred Harp Singing Attention, shoppers: Loud Protestant hymn singing in Aisle 3. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Oregon Ballet Theatre The Germanic Lands A dreamy opening for Oregon Ballet Theatre’s yearlong Grand Tour. - BY HEATHER WISNER
Kathleen Halme At The Press Club The Press Club brings writers back home. - BY MATTHEW KORFHAGE
W.W.J.D.? Portland Fashion Week - BY LAURA SHINN
“It’s OK, let me out here, I’ll find it.” - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Project No. 10: Part 3—Red's Urn - BY LAYNE STRATTON
Issue #33.48 | Published on 2007-10-10
Inbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Big Tobacco Marches On, Free Wi-fi Doesn’t. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Truth And Consequences Nothing was finer for Measure 49ers than their unusual path to the ballot. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Promise You’ll Pull Out Oregon’s pension funds help keep Iran’s government afloat. Some would like to change that. - BY COREY PEIN
Larry Craig adopts Murmurs’ approach to critics: “Screw ’em.” - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Reading, Writing, Revolvers What a Medford teacher wanting to bring her gun to class could mean for portland public schools - BY BETH SLOVIC
Skin Of A Different Color Not every skinhead in Portland this weekend was a white supremacist. - BY MARY CHRISTMAS
Oregon Employment Department The state hits a sour note. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Minority Report Is the Oregon State Bar still committed to affirmative action? - BY PAUL LEONARD
Elephant Fears What do animal-rights activists want? An offsite habitat for zoo elephants. When do they want it? Now. - BY JONAH SANDFORD
Dennis Lindsay 1918-2007 Remembering WW’s First Investor - BY RICHARD H. MEEKER
Should You Believe This Man? Greg Johnson says he knows who really killed Michael Francke, and why. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Justin Oswald The artist/inventor/entrepreneur returns to Portland, golden tits and bling in tow. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Bible Stories Answering our prayers means ignoring theirs. Amen. - BY BYRON BECK
Project No. 10: Part 2—Red's Urn - BY LAYNE STRATTON
Space Rock Backspace goes from storefront to forefront—of Portland’s all-ages music scene, that is. - BY ERIK BADER
Uncelebrated Heroes You mean Maritime isn’t one of your faves, too? - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Barry Hampton and the Triple Grip Wednesday, Oct. 10 Funk-soul brother comes into his own after a decade of supporting acts. - BY AP KRYZA
THE REVISIONS, Revised Observations (Dirtnap) Debut acoustic album from former punk rockers needs, well, revising. - BY PAIGE RICHMOND
Gejius, Saturday, Oct. 13 Local electronic artist samples from others to find a voice all his own. - BY NILINA MASON-CAMPBELL
Night Of 1,000 Madonnas, Oct. 4 at Holocene Myriad Madonnas prove underwhelming at a recent theme night. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Smooth Sailing Ahead - BY KELLY CLARKE
Innocence Abroad East meets Wes aboard an Indian train. - BY AARON MESH
Portland Lesbian And Gay Film Festival - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Into The Woods Wildwood’s founding chef has moved on, but has the restaurant blazed a new trail? - BY HEIDI YORKSHIRE
Silly Young Thing Alberta lost an oyster bar, but it just gained a tapas powerhouse. - BY MIKE THELIN
Mapping Time - BY RICHARD SPEER
I Am America (And So Can You!) Finally, a reason for America to learn to read. - BY IAN GILLINGHAM
Zach Off! WW’s Zach Randolph Bobblehead Pledge Drive - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
“Sorry for the wait, I had to take care of the cat.” - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Issue #33.47 | Published on 2007-10-03
Inbox - BY WW'S BELOVED READERS
A mixed week for petty criminals. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Horror Show Faith takes on reason in the latest anti-meth media blitz. - BY COREY PEIN
Lighting Up The Constitution On one side of Measure 50, Lance Armstrong and poor kids. On the other, Big Tobacco. In the middle? Just the Constitution. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Skin Cancer A white supremacist group comes to Portland to celebrate its 20th anniversary. - BY KRISTA STRYKER
Moaner Lisa A little commuting help for Multnomah County Commissioner Lisa Naito. - BY PAUL LEONARD
Western Oregon University A lesson in overreaction. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Blah-blah-blogging along. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Mission of Burma Far from Myanmar, refugees try to tell Portland what’s going on in their former home. - BY JONAH SANDFORD
Prescription for Conflict The State has a trio of investigations into Big Pharma. But legislators say the Justice Department blocked a better solution. - BY MIRIAM WIDMAN
The Shoe Must Go On Nike makes shoes aimed for sale to Native Americans. WW considers other niche markets for the Swoosh. - BY ETHAN SMITH
Crafty Bitches Portland’s antidote to the mythical Soccer Mom. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Jonathan Kozol Famed author on fasting, race and who’s worse for education: Bush or Gates. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Queen James Club kid-cum-kids’ author heads to town—hide! - BY BYRON BECK
“Oh, puke” - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Project No. 10—Red's Urn - BY LAYNE STRATTON
Openings, closings and dishy gossip - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Lazy Daze Graves’ Greg Olin talks fried chicken, growing up and listening to Phish. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Girl Power! Is being a woman all it takes to “rock”? - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
The Old Believers, Wednesday, Oct. 3 The Old Believers’ name belies their age—but not their souls. - BY ANNIE BETHANCOURT
LOCH LOMOND, Paper The Walls (Hush Records) The recording history of Loch Lomond is a curious thing. - BY BRANDON SEIFERT
SANDPEOPLE, Honest Racket (Self-released) Portland mega-crew finally kills ‘em...with kindness. - BY CASEY JARMAN
SCOUT NIBLETT, This Fool Can Die Now (Too Pure) Striking a balance between eccentricity and confidence. - BY PAIGE RICHMOND
The Long Goodbye Sean Penn gives Chris McCandless one last embrace. - BY AARON MESH
Lust, Caution - BY AARON MESH
Open Season Three theaters, four murders, no happy endings. - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Paul Taylor Dance Company, Wednesday, Oct. 3 White Bird marks a milestone with the company that started it all. - BY HEATHER WISNER
Cravings: Cannoli Searching Portland for an Italian pastry you couldn’t refuse. - BY NINO MARCHETTI
Public Marketing????? What’s missing from the push for a portland public market? The public. - BY MIKE THELIN
Chaos Cafe Mischief, thy name is vegan mac. - BY ANNIE BETHANCOURT
Foreskin’s Lament Believing in God can be such a bitch sometimes. - BY KELLY CLARKE
TV Roulette Rooting for the winners and nailing the losers of TV’s fall lineup. - BY DANIEL CARLSON
Last Kiss - BY PAUL DIRKSEN
WW Picks - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Issue #33.46 | Published on 2007-09-26
Extreme makeover: WW Edition Welcome to our new look. - BY MARK ZUSMAN
The Score Mayday for payday loans - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Bull Crap Critics question the green cred of NW Natural’s new “Smart Energy” program. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Driving is Lazy It’s International Walk-to-School Day on Oct. 3. So why ARE SO MANY portland PARENTS still driving? - BY DON MCINTOSH
Murmurs - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Red Light Clothing a window into a store’s soul - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Earl’s Safe Kingdom democrats angry at Blumenauer over inaction on impeachment? Yes. Any of them looking to run against him? No. - BY KRISTA STRYKER
PDX’s ROBIN HOOD tale Erik Sten wants to tap the pearl district to help east Portland’s schools. Look who’s fighting the idea. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Storm Goes Large Will drugs, sex and a “rock star” save Portland’s most expensive theater? - BY BYRON BECK
Tele-Con The city again chases a telecom for millions of dollars in overdue payments. - BY COREY PEIN
Scoop Gossip should have no friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Game On Three decades old, Atari 2600 is back, and it wants to play you. - BY AP KRYZA
SPA NA NA How far are YOU willing to go to relax? - BY LAURA SHINN
Drawn Together Local comics sketch out what makes portland an illustrated mecca. - BY BEN WATERHOUSE AND CASEY JARMAN
Ted Rall America’s sharpest pen on G.W., saying sorry and why he’s not willing to act like a pussy just yet. - BY CASEY JARMAN
Best Friends, Worst Enemies It’s the time for queers to go back in the closet. - BY BYRON BECK
I pull up to the dive bar in North Portland at 1:30 in the morning - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Project No. 9: Knit Cap... I mean, Scarf—Part 3 - BY LAYNE STRATTON
With Allah On Our Side Peter Berg unleashes violence on Saudi Arabia—and us. - BY AARON MESH
Robert Benton’s Portland Feast - BY N.P. THOMPSON
Portland Opera: Carmen - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Ghosts of Celilo - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
The Comfort Season Diy dining for fall’s cold and huddled masses. - BY MIKE THELIN
You Say You Want an Evolution - BY RICHARD SPEER
Literary Twosome - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
REPARATIONS Luther Russell returns with his first solo album in six years. - BY JAY HORTON
THE GOOD SHEPHERD Longtime artistery booker says take the plunge. - BY AMY MCULLOUGH
Old Time Relijun, Catharsis in Crisis (K Records) - BY PAIGE RICHMOND
ETHAN ROSE Sunday, Sept. 30 - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Yellow Swans, At All Ends (Load Records) - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Tractor Operator, Bleeding Hearts and Severed Legs (Jealous Butcher) - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Morrison Hotel - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Headout - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Issue #33.45 | Published on 2007-09-19
Les Little Miserables Will Northwest Children’s Theater get a fixed-up home? - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Portland Water Bureau - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Fighting Back Anti-military recruiters make the rounds outside Portland high schools before the Oct. 1 filing deadline. - BY RACHEL SCHIFF
Terry Shanley Former real-estate developer makes a SMART move to help Oregon’s youngest students. - BY PAIGE RICHMOND
Wounded Knee The Blazers have had worse days. - BY BY HENRY STERN
Law of the Land Look which lawyers have made the biggest bank on Measure 37. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Grave Decisions Sen. Gordon Smith and Steve Novick share one painful similarity. How they deal with it is another matter. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Murmurs Only eight months to the mayoral primary. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Foul or Fair Ball Is Bob Ball politically finished? Did Sam Adams use bad judgment? Read more about the story that broke on WWire. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Winners & Losers Separating star bucks from Starbucks. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Gravy Train Earl Blumenauer and the ”transportation mafia” - BY COREY PEIN
FIVE POSTS YOU'VE GOTTA READ - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Project No. 9: Knit Cap—Part 2 - BY LAYNE STRATTON
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
She’s a Maneater The ads say singer Jossie Pérez IS Carmen. They’re right. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Ten years and 10 albums as a child prodigy: What does music look like through Adrian Orange-colored glasses? - BY PAIGE RICHMOND
Pussy Lovers A gay consumer survey reveals a lot about local lesbos. - BY BYRON BECK
I turn up the stereo a little bit as his soliloquy continues. - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Dishin’ it - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Server Confidential Waiting on you ain’t easy. - BY MIKE THELIN
Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures Doctors are people, too. Taxidermy and all. - BY HANNA NEUSCHWANDER
Slanted & Enchanted Asian dance-pop band rocks anime convention, melts stereotypes. - BY JAY HORTON
I’ve Just Seen a Film - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
The Young Immortals When History Meets Fiction (self-released) The Young Immortals belie their age with an almost too mature debut. - BY JAY HORTON
MEYERCORD SUNDAY, SEPT. 23 This isn’t slit-your-wrists music. Oh, no. “It’s balanced.” - BY AP KRYZA
JUICE JAM SATURDAY, SEPT. 15 Newest downtown fest has the juice to make it happen. - BY CASEY JARMAN
My Blue Heaven - BY CASEY JARMAN
Chocolate Confessions Don’t get in the way of Joan Freed’s sugar high. - BY ANNIE BETHANCOURT
tba diary: the last hurrah The beauty and the boredom of PICA’s behemoth Time-Based Art Fest. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
A Less-Than-Torrid Affair Affair at the Jupiter Hotel titillates but misses the big O. - BY RICHARD SPEER
Under the soil of russia Viggo has a naked lunch with Cronenberg. - BY AARON MESH
In the Valley of Elah Paul Haggis preaches the Bad News about Iraq. - BY AARON MESH
2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. - BY PAIGE RICHMOND
Issue #33.44 | Published on 2007-09-12
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Winners & Losers - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Anybody But Sam? Mayor will back the “next generation” of leaders. Is Sam Adams among them? - BY COREY PEIN
Merkley’s Rental Health WW talks to Senate candidate Jeff Merkley’s other constituents—his renters. - BY PAUL LEONARD
Boon Or Boondoggle? Check out the bill for 600 rooms near the convention center. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Petraeus, schma-trayus. Our news surge works on a weekly basis. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Craig Flynn - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Hidden At Hempstalk At Hempstalk, stoners politely sneak off to the woods while organizers and police celebrate their absence. - BY RACHEL SCHIFF
Black Like We Portland’s black community has Barack Obama’s back. Or do they? - BY JAMES PITKIN
Ron Co. Taking it to the streets with Portland backers of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul. - BY PAUL LEONARD
Nydia Velázquez A congresswoman’s first trip to Portland is the latest in her long line of more important firsts. - BY HENRY STERN
Streets Of Dreams Cesar Chavez Boulevard? How about a sop to some other interest groups in Portland? - BY ETHAN SMITH
Hydro Hogs These people waste so much water, it's scary. - BY JAMES PITKIN, RACHEL SCHIFF
“He’s breathing OK.” - BY NIGHT CABBIE
gossip should have no friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Popping A Torchwoodie A gay Doctor Who hottie invades American airspace. - BY BYRON BECK
Operation Overload We sent our writers out to soak up both MusicfestNW and PICA's Time-Based Art Festival. And then their heads exploded. Here's a day-by-day, hour-by-hour account of the weekend that rocked Portland. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
FIVE POSTS YOU'VE GOTTA READ ON WWEEK.COM - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Project No. 9—Knit Cap - BY LAYNE STRATTON
The Kid Stays in the Picture Rock photog Pat Graham sheds light on his indie-rock images. - BY PAIGE RICHMOND
Neutria, Wednesday, Sept. 12 You can’t dance to Neutria, but it’ll scare you right out of the room. - BY ERIK BADER
Newspapers, Friday, Sept. 14 PDX-via-Cleveland pop outfit cleans up its act—musically and actually. - BY ANIKA SABIN
Dan Haley, Mister Casual (Sings For You) (Self-released) The ghost of Portland folk returns. - BY JEFF ROSENBERG
Lloyd & Michael, Just As God Made Us (State Rights Records) Lloyd & Michael dresses tunes in birthday suits to a beautiful end. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
NO SNOBS ALLOWED - BY AARON MESH
Stop Mumbling Quiet City should be seen—but not heard. - BY AARON MESH
My Boys of Summer - BY DANIEL CARLSON
The Lesser Magoo Defunkt theatre finishes up four years of Wellman weirdness. - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Back To School You think you know your PDX food? You have no idea. - BY MIKE THELIN
Model Behavior Organism’s sophomore show impresses with restraint. - BY RICHARD SPEER
Powers Making kids’ books grow up a little. - BY MATTHEW KORFHAGE
Issue #33.43 | Published on 2007-09-05
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Untoward Mentor A Lewis&Clark; dean steps down following a sexual harassment settlement. - BY BETH SLOVIC
The latest casualties of gentrification: roaches - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Sweat Surrender Portland’s new “SweatFree” ordinance sets a low bar. - BY COREY PEIN
Darius and Mike Mirshahzadeh - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Nearsighted Team Potter races to make visionPDX presentable. - BY COREY PEIN
A wide-stance look at news beyond the public restroom. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Carol Cushman The president of the League of Women Voters of Portland defends “voter-owned elections.” - BY JAMES PITKIN
Special Delivery Troutdale may give FedEx $4 million to do what it was going to do anyway. - BY DON MCINTOSH
Taken For Granted Portland Public Schools loses $1.1 million in federal funds. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Sonic Youth Portland’s music scene is one of the best in the country. Try telling that to its youngest fans. - BY CASEY JARMAN, AMY MCCULLOUGH
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
What A Toe-Tapper Larry Craig’s actions speak to a bigger problem. - BY BYRON BECK
"The king of the Gypsies lives right here!" - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Project No. 8: Project/Picnic Bag — Part 6 - BY LAYNE STRATTON
FIVE POSTS YOU'VE GOTTA READ ON WWEEK.COM - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Burning Down The Hizzy WW’s music editor gets down and dorky with this year’s MusicfestNW. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
The Northern Note - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Local Cut Q&As; We queried a few of this year's MFNW acts. And they answered. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Gunfight At The Moral Corral Russell Crowe dodges bullets and speeches to catch a train. - BY AARON MESH
Lights in the Dusk This is for all the lonely (and Finnish) people. - BY AARON MESH
House&Garden; Artists Rep delivers two! Two! Two plays in one! - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Robert’s Table Getting basic with Mr. Reynolds. - BY MIKE THELIN
TearDrop Cocktail Lounge An exacting mixologist teases palates in the Pearl. - BY JESSICA MACHADO
Issue #33.42 | Published on 2007-08-29
Willamette Week’s MusicfestNW Guide Editor’s Note - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
HOLDING OUR OWN LocalCut.com’s music writers curated three local showcases for your Musicfesting pleasure. Here’s who they booked and why. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
SOUND ADVICE Pick the brains of music industry masters and mavericks at MusicfestNW’s panelpalooza. - BY ETHAN SMITH
GIVE IT UP Good is the new bad. Huh? - BY ETHAN SMITH
Listings Thursday, September 6 - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Spoon 10 pm, Crystal Ballroom - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Aesop Rock 11 pm, Roseland Theater - BY JOSEY DUNCAN
Aqueduct Midnight, Doug Fir. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Roky Erickson & The Explosives Midnight, Berbati’s Pan - BY JAY HORTON
Listings Friday, September 7 - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Tiny Vipers 10 pm, Doug Fir - BY CASEY JARMAN
Rilo Kiley 11 pm, Crystal Ballroom. - BY CASEY JARMAN
Grizzly Bear Midnight, Doug Fir. - BY DEVAN COOK
Floater 11 pm, Roseland Theater - BY CASEY JARMAN
The Fucking Champs 1 am, Dante’s - BY ERIK BADER
Listings Saturday, September 8 - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The Brunettes 9 pm, Crystal Ballroom
- BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Girl Talk 11 pm, Roseland Theater. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Dirty Projectors 11 pm, Satyricon. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Clipse Midnight, Roseland Theater - BY CASEY JARMAN
The Obituaries 1 am, Ash Street Saloon. - BY JASON SIMMS
Okkervil River 12:30 am, Berbati’s Pan. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Listings Sunday, September 9 - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Wolf Parade 11 pm, Crystal Ballroom. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The Mexicans said, “Let my people go,” and, behold, the next morning brought locusts. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Oregon Pubic Broadcasting A naked documentary hits the small screen, skin and all. - BY AARON MESH
Unwired and Unloved Negotiations with power company stall the expansion of free wi-fi. - BY COREY PEIN
Black Power-less Will it take a lawsuit for Portland to elect a black mayor? - BY HENRY STERN
Gonzales resigned for his meddling; we’re already resigned to ours. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Kari Chisholm - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The Wedding Crashers A bride and groom say they took a beating from McFadden’s bouncers. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Second Line An Oregon musician who took his skills—and his instruments—to the Crescent City two years ago is still holding the line. - BY BILL SASSER
The Day the Music Died A karaoke bar eighty-sixes a customer for photographing women. One month later, he’s still there. - BY RACHEL SCHIFF
Touchdown, Jesus Who says you can’t worship God in between wings and a beer on a Sunday? - BY PAUL GERALD
Think Your Job Sucks? Our Labor Day look at Portland's real crap jobs. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Barbara Ehrenreich The Nickel and Dimed author wrote the book on lousy jobs. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
FIVE POSTS YOU'VE GOTTA READ ON WWEEK.COM - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Time Bandits Steering you through Portland's fifth Time-Based Art Festival, one stereotype at a time. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
FREE TBA Art’s always better when it don’t cost a thing. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Not So Common After All Clyde Common sets the high-ceilinged bar for creative gastropub fare. - BY HEIDI YORKSHIRE
Tongue Lashing A preacher’s son is “putting the disco back in discomfort.” - BY BYRON BECK
"Are you all right?" - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Project No. 8: Project/Picnic Bag — Part 5 - BY LAYNE STRATTON
Staying Enthused Cutting back and moving forward with Halleluwah, Part II. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Deer or the Doe, Go to Sleep Quit Listening (self-released) Local indie rockers find tension on their debut, but don’t release it. - BY ANIKA SABIN
Power of County, Thursday, Aug. 30 Punk-country great Hank III teaches local boys the rules of the road. - BY JAY HORTON
Joe McMurrian Quartet, Live at the White Eagle (self-released) McMurrian proves he’s not just another Portland bluesman. - BY JEFF ROSENBERG
The Soda Pop Kids, Saturday, Sept. 1 For glam-pop enthusiasts the Soda Pop Kids, every day is S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y. - BY PAIGE RICHMOND
Rhythm of the Night - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
DON'T RESPECT THIS COCK The Pickup Artist fashions his empty clones. - BY DANIEL CARLSON
Balls of Fury Jokes? Who needs jokes? They’ve got ping-pong! - BY AARON MESH
Jun Iwasaki & the Oregon Symphony A new town, a new sound and a big raise for this young violinist. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
OBT Exposed Savor the sight of pointe shoes in the Park Blocks. - BY HEATHER WISNER
El Gaucho - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
A Vegan We Can Trust Nutshell treats a carrot like a carrot. - BY MIKE THELIN
Flying Under the Radar Derli Barroso and Elise Wagner sneak up on Portland gallery-goers. - BY RICHARD SPEER
Heartsick Hannibal Lecter visits Sauvie Island, dressed in drag. - BY ALISTAIR ROCKOFF
Ovenman The pipe dreams of a pizza guy. - BY ANNIE BETHANCOURT
Issue #33.41 | Published on 2007-08-22
Fall Arts Calendar - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Student Lives Five not-so-typical Portland college kids - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Old Town Education The University of Oregon’s move to West Burnside is bigger news than you think. - BY MIKE THELIN
Course Catalog Suffering from diploma deficit? We're here to help. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Schooled! Willamette Week's Guide to Adult Education - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
School's Out Forever Exploring Portland's less, uh, conventional education institutions. - BY ETHAN SMITH
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Mayor Tom Potter swears he always hated wearing that badge. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Russian Roulette The man convicted of scamming Portland’s public campaign finance system fires off his own accusations. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Sit. Lie. Roll Over. Street Rootsvows that a $30,000 city grant won’t soften its views on “sit-lie” ordinance. - BY COREY PEIN
Skeptic’s Corner A so-called “9/11 truth activist” sets up in PDX as the anniversary of the terror attacks approaches. - BY DON LIEBER
Anybody got a vision yet? - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
David Wu - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
A Slap from the Past The DA’s office in the butt-slapping case has been criticized before for withholding police reports. - BY PAUL LEONARD
Burning Green Portland’s “Burners” drive hundreds of miles into the desert to attend this year’s “green” Burning Man. - BY RACHEL SCHIFF
Rep. Brian Baird A Democratic congressman who opposed the Iraq War now supports the surge and thinks discussing withdrawal is stupid and irresponsible. What the...? - BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS
Let My People Kvetch! Last week, we bitched. This week, your turn. - BY ETHAN SMITH
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Brian. Psychologists say 16-year-old Brian Scibetta has ADD. New Age spiritualists say he’s an Indigo Child with psychic powers. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The Kenton Club Bombshell Portland remembers when Raquel Welch came to town. Well, we almost remember. - BY AARON MESH
A Hot Mess Brother to Brother is letting a sister run the show. - BY BYRON BECK
FIVE POSTS YOU'VE GOTTA READ ON WWEEK.COM - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Project No. 8: Project/Picnic Bag—Part 4 - BY LAYNE STRATTON
"I'm just not too jazzed about the thought of dying" - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Babes in Boy-land Is there a place for women in metal, grindcore and punk? - BY PAIGE RICHMOND
Idol Worship - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Renegade, Wednesday, Aug. 22 Local A/V mastermind makes geeky cool with rockin’ weird theater. - BY TRAVIS RITTER
The Dimes, Friday, Aug. 24 The Dimes craft pop songs about real tragedy—and get away with it. - BY AP KRYZA
Kurt Hagardorn, Ten Singles (Bladen County Records) Local roots popper makes classic effortless on his full-length debut. - BY CASEY JARMAN
Punching His Weight Josh Hartnett resurrects his acting skills. - BY AARON MESH
The King of Kong Beware the Competitive Video Game Mafia! - BY AP KRYZA
Monty Python’s Spamalot Forget tragedy—bring on the silly! - BY RICHARD TOPPING*
The Local Beet Even more low-key pub grub on Alberta. - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Joe Thurston at Elizabeth Leach Channeling Paul Bunyan, Sam Francis, Roy Lichtenstein—and Britney Spears? - BY RICHARD SPEER
Issue #33.40 | Published on 2007-08-15
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Putin meets Santa Claus at North Pole, says, “Old elf ess veek.” - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Bamboo-zled? Portland pushes its “sustainable” businesses without knowing what that means, exactly. - BY COREY PEIN
Bald-faced Conflict How can columnist John Canzano work for Paul Allen while covering the Blazers for the O? - BY COREY PEIN
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Two Oregon lawmakers try to revive the investigation into an alleged coverup at the Port of Portland. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Lights out at the White House, goodbye Turd Blossom. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Peninsula Drainage District No. 2 - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Waiting in Vain Woman alleges her mom died because her emergency call was routed to an empty office. - BY RACHEL SCHIFF
Putting the “OR” in “Pork” WW sniffs out which Oregon lawmakers bring home the most bacon. - BY IAN DEMSKY
Kvetchfest We bitch because we love. - BY ETHAN SMITH
Friendly Fire Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden takes heat at town hall on Iraq. - BY PAUL LEONARD
The City and the Giant Hempstalk Portland won’t bogart its parks; it will share them with a hemp fest. - BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS
Elaine Calder New Oregon Symphony president sounds off on classical vs. gospel and fundraising. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
gossip should have no friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Fastest Kids Alive Seth Rogen shares the McLovin. - BY AARON MESH
FIVE POSTS YOU'VE GOTTA READ ON WWEEK.COM - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Project No. 8: Project/Picnic Bag — Part 3 - BY LAYNE STRATTON
The young woman in the red sundress is gorgeous. - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Purple Reign 1984 was the coolest year ever, and Matt Sessler knows it. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Something to Believe In - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Leviethan, Monuments in Memory of Nothing So Far (Emeritus Records) H&V; bassist goes it alone with an adventurous solo debut. - BY CASEY JARMAN
Dan Jones and the Squids, Friday, Aug. 17 Eugene’s Dan Jones finally makes an honest band of the Squids. - BY JEFF ROSENBERG.
Mirah, Sunday, Aug. 19 Indie stalwart and Jewish folkie Mirah goes bigtime by getting small. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Oakhelm, Aug. 10 at Kelly’s Olympian To Oakhelm: Thanks for making black metal fun, sweethearts. - BY JASON SIMMS
Debatable Honesty Rocket Science is a contest between truth and cuteness. - BY AARON MESH
Cathouse: Happy Hookers? - BY DANIEL CARLSON
William Byrd Festival The Applegates: Byrds of a feather who sing together. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Beyond IKEA Broder is better. - BY MIKE THELIN
Dishin' It - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Fighting For Paradise The sordid military past of the wimpiest city in America. - BY MATTHEW KORFHAGE
Issue #33.39 | Published on 2007-08-08
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Breasts, Bras and Videotape A pair of lawsuits target Portland police for alleged civil-rights violations. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Stevie thinks he's in Seattle, so be cool. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Park Place Snazzy parking meter upgrades show a Catch-22 in transit funding. - BY COREY PEIN
Uno If By Land, Dos If By Sea If Paul Revere were alive and a member of the Constitution Party... - BY BETH SLOVIC
Compliance Documents LLC - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
We don't need steroids to set our records. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Clash Of The Titans Can Qwest really be the good guy when it comes to lower cable TV rates? - BY DON MCINTOSH
Sitting Ducks Employee safety complaints mount against an ATM service company. - BY DON MCINTOSH
Alan Espasandin and Darrin Taylor Double shot: Two longtime OLCC officers are now consultants to bar owners. - BY COREY PEIN
Pee-Town The latest leaks at City Hall. - BY PAUL LEONARD
Jackpot A bar owner who sold coke and a mom who sold meth are two of the lucky few to get a pardon from the governor. - BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS
"Don't you have to be at work?" - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Project Z: Banana Bread-Bread Pudding - BY LAYNE STRATTON
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
FIVE POSTS YOU'VE GOTTA READ ON WWEEK.COM - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Pretty Green The organizers of Miss Earth USA want to make Portland a pageant destination. What planet are they on? - BY JESSICA MACHADO
Cravings: Fried Chicken The search for perfect deep-fat-fried nostalgia. - BY IVY MANNING
The Black Eye Of The Storm Isn't it time we all got along on Southwest Stark Street? - BY BYRON BECK
Fear, Loathing And Heat Prostration In Chicago A Portland expat reports on this year's Lollapalooza. - BY JAY HORTON
Gingerbread Patriots Wednesday, Aug. 8 Local space-poppers come together over Mexican food and "your mom" jokes. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Pseudosix Friday, Aug. 10 Folk-pop outfit loves basketball, avoids music—conversationally, at least. - BY DEVAN COOK
Eskimo & Sons, How Does It Feel... (Boy Gorilla) Eskimo & Sons' second EP lulls, comforts and ultimately tramples. - BY CASEY JARMAN
The Shiny Things Sunday, Aug. 12 Local four-piece kicks listeners into motion with a brand new pair of feet. - BY JASON SIMMS
They Do Quagmires, Don't They? Here, finally, is a chart of where Iraq went wrong. - BY AARON MESH
The Muppet Show: Season Two Revisiting Jim Henson's brain-melting plush absurdity. - BY AP KRYZA
No Way to Treat a Lady What would you do for a mention in the Times? - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Theory: 1 Dance Presents Cocoon Bird Tracy Broyles dances all up in your house. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Bakery Bar >> Leonardo's >> Metropolitan Tower >> Bailey's Taproom - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Moxie's on Main Vancouver's got a real soda mecca. - BY LIZZY CASTON
Crust Matters New pie-in-the sky favorites. - BY MIKE THELIN
The Desoto Building A building, a cross-pollination and a life-changing journey into basket weaving? - BY RICHARD SPEER
Issue #33.38 | Published on 2007-08-01
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
So, Oregon timber industry, about those owls... - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Canned Heat Randy Leonard's anti-graffiti plan might play on TV, but it's unlikely to deter taggers. - BY COREY PEIN
Birth of a Problem College students face huge short-term price hikes for birth control. - BY BETH SLOVIC
The Odd Couple John McCain's "Straight Talk Express'' campaign has supporter Gordon Smith tied to its tracks. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Portland Parks and Recreation - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Hands off, Murdoch. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Bone of Contention Why are more dogs being euthanized at Multnomah County's animal shelter? - BY DAVE MAZZA
Who Let the Dogs Out? New bill letting cougar hunters use dogs has enviros howling mad at the governor and other D's. - BY CARLA AXTMAN
Red, Black and Blues Portland may be saying farewell to one of its "People's Republic" icons. - BY DON LIEBER
A Bridge Too Far Condo owners threaten to hold up proposed Sellwood Bridge fixes. - BY JONATHAN FROCHTZWAJG
Oy, Gays! Local conservative Jewish congregation makes bold step with gay marriage ceremonies. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Paul Swangard Despite dogfighting, steroids and suspect refs, a UO sports marketing expert says the games will go on. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
SEE ME, FEEL ME, TOUCH ME, HEAL ME Star Trek tests, rainbow footbaths and infrared spinal scans in Portland's world of weird alternative medicine. - BY JAMES PITKIN
The old drunk is, well, drunk. - BY NIGHT CABBIE
FIVE STORIES YOU GOTTA READ ON WWEEK.COM - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The Comic-Book Critic Douglas Wolk wants you to take your comics seriously—but not that seriously. - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
King of Beers A new Laurelwood in Mike DeKalb's brewpub kingdom. - BY AP KRYZA
All About Steve A lifelong bachelor acts more gay than most gay guys, but don't call him a metrosexual. - BY BYRON BECK
Project 8: Project/Picnic Bag - Part 2 - BY LAYNE STRATTON
Humans' Night Every Monday A new weekly declares Monday the night for non-gender-specific noise. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Nudity, The Pink Snowflakes, Bonanza City July 27 At Towne Lounge Psychedelic tunes from three area bands rock hipsters, give warm fuzzies. - BY ANNIE BETHANCOURT
Pickathon Friday-Sunday, Aug. 3-5 Jackstraw's Darrin Craig sings the praises of a premier roots music fest. - BY JEFF ROSENBERG
PDX Pop Now! Friday-Sunday, Aug. 3-5 WW's Casey Jarman expounds on what makes PDX Pop Now! so effin special. - BY CASEY JARMAN
A Place Where Nothing Changes The Obituaries are back—with a decreased risk of suicide. - BY JASON SIMMS
Mad Men - BY DANIEL CARLSON
Liberty, Equality and Torture The church is bringin' it back for Milos Forman's latest triumph. - BY N.P. THOMPSON
Streets of Flamenco Campallo breaks out, and the people say, "Alé!" - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Jáce Gáce Waffles and beer: Great idea, sloppy execution. - BY JESSICA MACHADO
Do Believe The Hype Checking in with a trio of new big-city food imports. - BY MIKE THELIN
Sel Gris >> 23Hoyt - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Brandon Graham & Corey Lewis It came from Seattle: anime at Floating World. - BY BRANDON SEIFERT
Eeeee Eee Eeee The way of Tao Lin. - BY MATTHEW KORFHAGE
Issue #33.37 | Published on 2007-07-25
Best of Portland - BY BYRON BECK
Arts - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
City Life - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Eats - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Games - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Local Color - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Media - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
People - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Pets - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Places - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Politics - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Readers Poll - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Sex - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Style - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Chop Stop After the June immigration raid at Fresh Del Monte, production halted, then continued. WW revisited the St. Johns plant. Here's what we found. - BY RYAN WHITE
Nike just does it to dogs, Clackamas hates booze, everyone loves IKEA - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Real Deals The Portland Business Alliance's new chairman has a flair for real estate. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Bridge Bidding Sam Adams wants to do what with the Sauvie Island Bridge? - BY PAUL LEONARD
The Sounds of Silence The media storm over a Jefferson High YouTube video appears to have blown over now that students are fighting the charges. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Tour de Farce Lance is gone and Portlanders don't seem to care anymore about bicycling in France. - BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS
Portland's own two-part Axis of Evil - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Unlike perhaps one NBA ref, we always call 'em like we see 'em. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Call To Arms OHSU resident heals himself—and others. - BY JOHN RUMLER
Connie Van Brunt The new executive director of the Portland Schools Foundation talks about her race—to help kids. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Paper Trail While "street paper" pros converge in Portland to brainstorm, the homeless stick to the streets. - BY RACHEL SCHIFF
"Can I just say something, since you don't know anyone and don't care?" - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
FIVE POSTS YOU GOTTA READ ON WWEEK.COM - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The Big Chill Where can you get a good scoop of homemade ice cream in Portland? - BY JOANNA MILLER
S'wishful Thinking How long will my love affair with the new IKEA last? - BY BYRON BECK
Project No. 8: Project/Picnic Bag—Part 1 - BY LAYNE STRATTON
Beck Meets Beethoven Buoy LaRue makes classical crossover sexy, and not too catchy. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
You-zak - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
The Watery Graves, Wednesday & Saturday, July 25 & 28 The Watery Graves go from end-table to centerpiece in honor of PDX Pop Now! - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Hillstomp, After Two But Before Five (Fuzzmonster Records) Hillstomp's first live release glorifies the magic of after-hours. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Phantom Lights, Chordae Tendinae (Hovercraft Productions) Phantom Lights isn't breaking new ground, and that's just fine by us. - BY DEVAN COOK
Saving Parker Posey Broken actress gets vulnerable—and gets it right. - BY AARON MESH
Sunshine Goodness gracious, great ball of fire. - BY ALISTAIR ROCKOFF
Mamma Mia! IKEA isn't the only Swedish phenom to hit town today. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Valentine's >> Deep - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Missi-sippin' Winos, boquerones and Cowboy Junkies in North Portland. - BY MIKE THELIN
Glittery Mirrors and Party People Artists explore gender and the Gay '90s. - BY RICHARD SPEER
ANXIOUS PLEASURES Novelist Lance Olsen casts an eye on Kafka's insect. - BY MARK CUNNINGHAM
Issue #33.36 | Published on 2007-07-18
Grapes of Trash How regulators favored a rogue dump operator over a landmark winery. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Joey "Jaws" Chestnut and some park-goers overdo it on the pork. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Music Millennium's Long Goodbye WW goes all Raymond Chandler to sleuth who killed the Northwest 23rd landmark. - BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS
Shock and Law Add PacifiCorp to the list of utilities overcharging ratepayers and pocketing the money. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
"S.O.B." lawyer sues clients. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Houston, Do We Have Your Problem? Critics of Portland Public Schools fear Texas transplant Cathy Mincberg. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Noticias at 11 Now your local TV news about loose cows is in Spanish. - BY BETH SLOVIC
A muggle-friendly news summary. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Summer Schemes The May 2008 City Council race begins now. - BY PAUL LEONARD
Matthew Rothschild One man's peace and impeachment recipe for progressivism. - BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS
Traveling Man When it comes to privately funded travel, let Rep. Earl Blumenauer be your tour guide. - BY CARLA AXTMAN
The customer's not always right. - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Real Open Sourcery As Portland gears up for two mega techie conferences, WW takes a look at the city's own open source wizards. - BY CLAIRE EVANS
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
FIVE STORIES YOU GOTTA READ ON WWEEK.COM - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Stage Fight Local b-boy Huy Pham brings the breaks to the big stage. - BY CASEY JARMAN
I of the Mourning - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Juicy, Every First and Third Friday Bi-monthly DJ night heats up for July. - BY CASEY JARMAN
Cicada Omega, Sunday, June 22 Hellfire and salvation with one hard-to-pigeonhole Portland band. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Portugal. The Man Monday, July 23 Getting circular with one of Portland's most oddly named bands. - BY BRANDON SEIFERT
What Kind of Show Has it Been? Studio 60 is dead. It's too late for therapy, so here's an autopsy. - BY DANIEL CARLSON
Joshua And you thought Damien was a little hellraiser. - BY ALISTAIR ROCKOFF
Hamlet Something rotten in Denmark? Look in the prince's satchel. - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
The Occidental Tourist Braving blood and "oil-fried bastard" with my friend Chino. - BY MIKE THELIN
Thirteen The creator of Takeshi Kovacs returns with something old, something noir. - BY MATT BUCKINGHAM
Issue #33.35 | Published on 2007-07-11
Sicko And The Senator Michael Moore and Sen. Ron Wyden want to fix a broken system. Who's got the right plan? - BY BETH SLOVIC
Multiple Diagnoses What else is being proposed to fix health care in the presidential race and in Oregon? - BY PAUL LEONARD
"Premiere" Coverage - BY CARL KOZLOWSKI
A Passage To India One Oregonian had to fly 7,000 miles to New Delhi for an affordable angioplasty. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Back From The Dead? - BY PAUL LEONARD
May The Force Be With Us - BY BETH SLOVIC
Braking The Fixie After the Legislature failed to fix the "fixies" law, the tickets continue to fly in Portland. - BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS
Start the summer-camp songs. And if you're on the Clackamas, make them drinking ones. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Mail Trail Look who knows you've forwarded their email. - BY PAUL LEONARD
In Cold Blood A dead boyfriend, a frozen body and a murder trial for a brutal killing. - BY JAMES PITKIN
License To Tattle To report or not to report rabies vaccinations, that is the question. - BY RACHEL SCHIFF
Peter Courtney and the No-Bid Capitol Makeover - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Sunday School Reading, writing...and, on Sunday, religion in Portland Public Schools. - BY DON MCINTOSH
Bush League Commutation plus eternal war still equals a safe presidency. - BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS
Hot weather, hotter news. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Hala Gores A Palestinian activist in Portland takes on media bias and the pro-Israel lobby. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
"Oh, you're a cab," she says - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The Word Made Flesh Multnomah Bible College reverses its ban on tattoos. Christians rejoice. - BY PAIGE RICHMOND
Division's Division Portland's crazy quilt of design review plays out on one street. - BY MIKE THELIN
The Death Of Sex Why PDX's gay scene will never be the same. - BY BYRON BECK
Five Posts You Gotta Read on WWeek.com - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Pure Awesomeness Jonny Ragel may not dunk, but he's conquered his inner Satriani. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
The Rainy States, Wednesday, July 11 The Rainy States' positive outlook predicts sunny skies ahead. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
PONDEROSA, PONDEROSA (self-released) Local banjo-'n'-cello duo beckons Portland to take its pants off. - BY CHELSEA MORRISEY
Fist Fite, Friday, July 13 Hitting fast-forward with Portland's next big thing. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
The Truly Me Club, Popstar On The Lam (Sonic Boom) The Truly Me Club's debut is laced with love. - BY TRAVIS RITTER
The Trouble With Harry Is that evil inside the boy wizard, or raging hormones? - BY AP KRYZA
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman Timothy Spall has another good cry. - BY AARON MESH
Portland Int'l Piano Festival: Jeremy Denk Meet the thinking-man's pianist with an iPhone. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Red & Black >> Le Pigeon >> Blueplate - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
¡Viva Las Patatas! Local eateries wear their politics on their wrappers. - BY MIKE THELIN
First Thursday: A Tale of Two Davids David Eckard and David Geiser effuse and eviscerate. - BY RICHARD SPEER
The Back Room The literary bacchanal changes hands and releases a new anthology. - BY WAYNE BUND
Diana Abu-Jaber Wed., July 11 at Powell's Books The author trades an Arab-American experience for the myth of fingerprints. - BY KELLY CLARKE
Issue #33.34 | Published on 2007-07-04
There Goes the Neighborhood Race, real estate and gentrification on my block. - BY NANCY ROMMELMANN
Smoked Out Have bar with patio? Call RJ Reynolds ASAP. - BY AARON MESH AND RYAN HUME
No Twosomes Columbia Edgewater takes a mulligan on gay rights. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Hold the Line Randy Leonard wants no 911 calls on hold. A WW records review finds that's a tall order. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Twin Piques Opposition to new ethics law comes from two very different quarters. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Grapes of Cash Lewis & Clark College owns thousands of acres in Eastern Oregon. If you think that's odd, read what the school might do with them. - BY BETH SLOVIC
When Vice President Dick Cheney and his Oregon pals go fishing, no limits apply. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The sweetness of Californication, the bitterness of corruption. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Bush to Libby jury: I'll respect you in the morning. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Vicki and Me Taking a ride on Portland Public Schools Superintendent Vicki Phillips' farewell tour. - BY BETH SLOVIC
The Big Rubdown Why are Mike Jones' hands all over my body? - BY BYRON BECK
Space Oddity Rocket's American-food revolution isn't off the launch pad just yet. - BY HEIDI YORKSHIRE
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
FIVE POSTS YOU'VE GOTTA READ ON WWEEK.COM - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The middle-aged gay bartender and I have a nice conversation - BY NIGHT CABBIE
The Rules of Winning Morgan Grace gets idyllic, whether she means to or not. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Out of the Blue - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
The Robot Ate Me, Saturday, July 7 TRAM takes listeners on a long, strange trip through its creator's life. - BY BRANDON SEIFERT
Gouseion Laptop guru breathes life into mashups, and you thank him for it. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Alela Diane, June 27 at Holocene A sad farewell for one of Portland's finest folk talents. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Bad Toys II The movie that's kind of awesome until your head starts to hurt from all the Michael Bay-ness. - BY AARON MESH
The Browncoats are Coming! What's the big deal about Joss Whedon? - BY BRANDON SEIFERT
Singin' in the Rain Starved for entertainment? Go West, young man. - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Spanglish Toro Bravo cements the PDX-Spain connection. - BY MIKE THELIN
Tin House New Voice Series and Writers Workshop Helping Portland wordsmiths save money on New York apartments. - BY MATTHEW KORFHAGE
Issue #33.33 | Published on 2007-06-27
Get Out! Willamette Week's go-to guide for the great outdoors. - BY BYRON BECK
These Forests Ain't Virgin Anymore A guide to doing it in the backcountry. - BY ETHAN SMITH
Over the Edge Sam Drevo will paddle yr ass. - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Doggin' It What happens when a Portland running club jogs with pooches from the pound? - BY ETHAN SMITH
The Franken-Bike Ten components. Ten local shops. One monster of a touring bike. Mary Shelley, get ready to ride. - BY BRADLEY CAMPBELL
Cycle Tour 101: Your on-bike guide to Highway 101 To ride the greatest bike route in Oregon, you need to get out of Portland. - BY BRADLEY CAMPBELL
The Coast The beaches are public. You own them. Go play—hike in the old-growth forests. - BY BRADLEY CAMPBELL
Stumptown Tons of public parks, an extinct volcano and nude beach volleyball to keep you jolly. Get out and collect those merit badges, without leaving the city. - BY BRADLEY CAMPBELL
Willamette Valley Monks, tracks, tubing and wine make the fertile strip a virile place to play. - BY ETHAN SMITH
Great Cascades/Columbia Gorge With plenty of room to roam—and hot springs for your weary feet—it's the place to ramble and relax for the weekend. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Central Oregon/High Desert No rain, plenty of snow, obsidian flows and great local beer. The folks from the real eastside know how to unbend outside. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Oregon's Outer Edges Crater Lake. Hell's Canyon. Wallowa and Steens mountain ranges. Hell, yeah. - BY ETHAN SMITH
Washington State The Canada of Oregon has it all—a Stonehenge replica, a longboarder's concrete wet dream and dark, damp underground lava caves. Vive les rocks. - BY GREG HUNTINGTON
The Collector Portland investors trusted Wes Rhodes with millions. The feds say he used that money instead to buy muscle cars and sports memorabilia. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Zahra Hamid Sultan One Iraqi refugee among 2 million—and counting. - BY JULIE SABATIER
If Guantanamo closes, can Wapato open? - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Joe DiNicola The president of Oregon's second-largest union wants an extra $110,000. Union officials say his bill is bull. - BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Dirt, Cheap A property deal brokered by state Sen. Betsy Johnson was sweet for the developer. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Canadian Bakin' Our neighbors to the north are making Portland a hotbed for big pot grows. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Pulling gallbladders through the mouth and a penis through the courts. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Courting Success WW injects a few final questions into the Oden-Durant debate. - BY CASEY JARMAN
Friendly Fired Portland welcomes an unlikely "rock star'' for its progressive set. - BY PAUL LEONARD
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Hot Girl-On-Grill Action Carin Moonin gets baptized by fire. - BY CARIN MOONIN
Market Value Instant-gratification grazing at your local farmers market. - BY IVY MANNING
"Yeah, gentrification is totally the story of what's big in Portland right now." - BY NIGHT CABBIE
FIVE POSTS YOU CAN'T MISS ON WWEEK.COM - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The Making of an International Incident - BY BYRON BECK
Joey B. Goode Shake Appeal Records just wants Portland to rock. - BY PAIGE RICHMOND
Dear and Far - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
The Porch Every Last Thursday Last Thursday's alternative destination for loud rock and BYO mayhem. - BY AP KRYZA
DJ Ravi Friday, June 29 Longtime house DJ Ravi fibs a little, spins a lot and comes out on top. - BY JOSEY DUNCAN
Storm Large & The Balls, Ladylike, Side One (self-released) Storm uses her rock powers for (mostly) evil on her latest release. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Charmparticles Friday, June 29 Lead Charmparticle talks growing up and career-appropriate eyewear. - BY CASEY JARMAN
Physician, Heal Thyself A kinder, gentler Michael Moore still stings a little. - BY AARON MESH
Ratatouille Another incredible movie from Brad Bird. - BY AP KRYZA
Chuck Mee Challenge: Chapter Two So, these three llamas are doing some blow... - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Alter Egos Online gamers have dual identities at Portland Art Center. - BY RICHARD SPEER
Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations Why being dirty is a good thing. - BY MATTHEW KORFHAGE
Issue #33.32 | Published on 2007-06-20
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Next: Oregon bans drinking in bars. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The Chopping Block WW's May 2 story about the Del Monte plant goes under the spotlight after last week's immigration raid. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Holy Alliance! Conservative churches may make common cause with liberal Portland pols. - BY DON MCINTOSH
Sounding the Horn A Portland woman fights to focus Americans' attention on her native Ethiopia. - BY DON LIEBER
Pizza Hut - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
...And Let the Raccoon God Sort 'Em Out Maybe they're not so cute after all. - BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS
No migrant labor was used in this report. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
A Leg Up Need prosthetic. Will sell T-shirt for money. - BY JOCELYN BRADY
Arianna Huffington She came from the right to take over the left and, oh, how she loves her BlackBerry...and Barack Obama. - BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS
Women Gone Wild WW—and the law—catch up with two once-prominent Oregon women. - BY PAUL LEONARD
Urban Indian A tight-focus lens on Portland's invisible minority. - BY BETH SLOVIC
The Top Five WWeek Posts You Just Gotta Read - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Mr. Portland Taking stock of pride celebrations and newsie conventions. - BY BYRON BECK
Toon Town The Platform International Animation Festival is this city's latest cartoon landmark. - BY AARON MESH
Screen Shot While MTV withers, local music-video directors are making the genre sing again. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
My one and only goal for the night is to find a unique and appropriate gift for a good friend - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Misty River, Stories (self-released) & Flat Mountain Girls, Idle Talk & Wicked Deeds (self-released) Two groups of old-timey gals go their own ways with new releases. - BY JEFF ROSENBERG
Ali Wesley, All Things (My Two Fish) (self-released) Wesley focuses on love, and gets a little dirty in the process. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Matt Mccormick, Very Stereo (Marriage) Local filmaker gets appropriately atmospheric on his sonic debut. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Goregon Massacre Festival, Friday & Saturday, June 22 & 23 PDX's second annual blood summit marks it capital of the undead nation. - BY JASON SIMMS
Let It Be Heard - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
A Great Place To Leave Alaska to Portland may be the great music migration. - BY BRANDON SEIFERT
Jolie War Waiting—bored and anxious—for Daniel Pearl's second death. - BY AARON MESH
The Wendell Baker Story Oh, those lovable, lazy Wilson brothers. - BY AARON MESH
Show Me the Body Life, etched in flesh and always moving. - BY HEATHER WISNER
PastaWorks - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Belmont Station Biercafe Big on beer, sparse on food. And that's OK. - BY AP KRYZA
Good Slop/Bad Slop Anna Fidler finesses the line while others falter. - BY RICHARD SPEER
ALARM Not your grandma's book on tape. - BY LANCE KRAMER
Soon I Will Be Invincible The pros and cons of the superhero life. - BY WAYNE BUND
Issue #33.31 | Published on 2007-06-13
The Good, The Bad and The Awful... WW's biennial ranking of metro-area legislators. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
June Madness This weekend, Portland becomes high-school hoops central. - BY ETHAN SMITH
Daniel Bernstine PSU's soon-to-be ex-president doubled enrollment and raised big cash, but angered many students and faculty. Why? - BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS
Conventional Wisdom WW's kith and kin arrive for some licentious carousing. How do they compare with past party animals? - BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS
Fleet Meat The Navy says Portland is its favorite port of call. Hint: It ain't the food. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Shhh. Nobody tell Paris Hilton what happened on the Sopranos. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Rights of Passage As Juneteenth and Gay Pride converge, a comparison of the civil rights and gay rights movements. - BY JULIE SABATIER
The People vs. The People - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Horse Play Portland Meadows places its bets on new video gambling machines. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Party like an alt-media star WW hosts this week's annual Association of Alternative Newsweeklies shindig. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Parks Blocked Oregon's biggest political money man in a new role: fighting developers over land he wants to become a state park. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The guy's on crutches - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Queer Window's Pride-Meter WW's resident homo and snarky lesbian intern rate Portland's queerest weekend ever. - BY BYRON BECK AND CHELSEA MORRISEY
Just Boot It Portland's Timbers face off against Italy's Ronaldo-worshiping, ex-prime minister pets AC Milan. - BY ZACH DUNDAS
Critical Ass On bikes, in bars or on beaches, Portlanders love to get nude. Here's the naked truth why. - BY BRANDON SEIFERT
Gossip should have no friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Five WWeek Posts You Just Gotta Read - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Joey Porter's Tribute to Sly & the Family Stone, June 9 at the Goodfoot An ex-Portland mainstay brings a thick dose of classic funk to town. - BY AP KRYZA
Luni Coleone & Cool Nutz, Every Single Day (Always Hustlin' Records) Coleone and Nutz take a tip from the good doctor—Dre, that is. - BY CASEY JARMAN
Gulls, Eats and Opus (Sonic Lozenge) Gulls' debut casts local everyman Jesse Johnson in a leading role. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Old Growth - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Rad Begets Rad Tender Loving Empire brings a special brand of awesome to the NW. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Triad Election Johnny To's Far East Coast gangsta shit. - BY AP KRYZA
Drive-In-And-Out An al fresco theater gets tangled in red celluloid. - BY AARON MESH
Portland Gay Men's Chorus A bunch of gay guys singing the words of Jesus, Gandhi...and Mother Teresa? - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Floyd Collins Never go caving alone. No, seriously, never go caving. - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Cat Fancy Country Cat gives down-home vittles the city treatment. - BY MIKE THELIN
Dishin' It - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
First Thursday in review: Art-chitecture? Did you hear the one about the architect, the painter and the curator? - BY RICHARD SPEER
DIVISADERO Michael Ondaatje's latest is a lovely mix of supple poetry and observational magic. - BY MARK CUNNINGHAM
Bad Lands: A Tourist on the Axis of Evil Wisdom and warning from America's tourism shock trooper. - BY ZACH DUNDAS
On Chesil Beach Booker Prize winner Ian McEwan's newest depicts the tragedies hidden in restraint. - BY MATTHEW KORFHAGE
Issue #33.30 | Published on 2007-06-06
Summer Arts Calendar - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Naked Ambition Two tales of strip city. - BY ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG MOORE
Betsy's Flight Connections Who else would benefit by a senator's already-controversial airport bill. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Read It and Reap What does Beth Slovic have in common with Brandon Roy?! - BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS
Marvin Ricks The last survivor of a historic Portland strike fought scabs, beat a murder rap and made history. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Cain Remains Able With new baseball ownership in Portland, an old face remains. - BY PAUL GERALD
All That Fusion Jazz Backers of fusion voting race the legislative clock. - BY DON MCINTOSH
Message in a Bottle SOLV gets in bed with the grocers on bottle-bill changes. - BY MELISSA L. JONES
Seven days for us, 30 months for Scooter. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Portland Tribune owner Robert Pamplin - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Fired Up Again Signature gatherers hit Portland streets with a new pot initiative. - BY JAKE THOMAS
Downward Bound Low-income teens may be left in a lurch by changes to federal PSU program. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Drunken Brawl Multnomah County chair blinks in fight between county and the City of Portland over who should fund the drunk tank. - BY JAMES PITKIN
If the Rose Festival had balls, we'd call it "Rose Festicle." - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Gabbing With Gay-prah Meet Kendall Clawson: Portland's new queer queen. - BY BYRON BECK
Bring Out Your Dead OMSI explores Body Worlds 3. - BY ALISTAIR ROCKOFF
Carnie Knowledge Fried dough, gunshots and...civic unity? You think you know the people behind the Rose Festival Carnival. You have no idea. - BY ETHAN SMITH
One of my greater flaws - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Gossip should have no friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Five WWeek Posts You Just Gotta Read - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Left and Leaving Longtime Portland booker Chantelle Hylton graduates to NYC. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Laura Veirs, Saturday, June 9 Portland receives one the region's best—demons, dreams and all. - BY JEFF ROSENBERG
Blitzen Trapper, Wild Mountain Nation (self-released) Blitzen Trapper reaches for renown, but comes up a tad shy. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Various Artists, Grown Zone (States Rights Records) Local mail-order label States Rights asks artists to get shameful. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
The Hugs, May 31 at Dante's Portland's next big thing looks the part, and kind of plays it, too. - BY CASEY JARMAN
Kremlins 2: The New Batch Putin on the ritzy effects in a vampiric Russia. - BY ALISTAIR ROCKOFF
Day Night Day Night Suicide bombing in the name of...something. - BY AARON MESH
Good Sojourn asks, "Baby, can you buy my car?" - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Portland Symphonic Choir Beethoven's Ninth: Kubrick loved it, and you should, too. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Kettleman Bagels & Bakery Boiled and baked N.Y. style stays afloat in Southeast Portland. - BY LIZ CRAIN
GET BENTO A new teriyaki operation isn't paradise in a box just yet. - BY JESSICA MACHADO
A Thousand Splendid Suns The author of The Kite Runner compares wars civil and domestic. - BY MATT BUCKINGHAM
Issue #33.29 | Published on 2007-05-30
Help With The Ron-Around How to distinguish Portland's Ron Paul from GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul. - BY WILLIAM CRAWFORD
Heavens To Betsy A rising star in the Legislature faces mounting ethical problems. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
The Fifth Wheel Mayor Tom Potter didn't promise details in his campaign. And he hasn't delivered many, either. - BY HENRY STERN
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
We're #1! We could be...Cleveland. How lucky did the Blazers get? - BY CASEY JARMAN AND AARON MESH
Debt Recovery Solutions LLC - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Natural Disaster Out-of-court settlement resolves what's believed to be Oregon's first naturopath-caused death. - BY JAMES PITKIN
It ain't easy being green. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
I'm waiting for a call in the parking lot of the Chevron at MLK & Fremont - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Cindy Sheehan has quit, but we go on. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Flash Hawk Parlor Ensemble, Plastic Bag In The Tree (Hush) Decemberist Chris Funk strikes and gets wasted (in a good way). - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
LKN, Postulate II (Greyday) LKN's fifth release comes closest yet to capturing its creator. - BY JASON SIMMS
Gerald Collier, Saturday, June 2 A new release of outtakes proves Gerald Collier doesn't die easy. - BY JEFF ROSENBERG
Dried Out Drunken Boat sobers up in the name of fans and goodwill. - BY JASON SIMMS
Lessons from the Sasquatch - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
A QDoc Is Born Portland's queer cinema is about to get real. - BY WAYNE BUND
Paris, Je T'aime Gus Van Sant tumbles down the Champs-Élysées. - BY N.P. THOMPSON
OB/GYNIUS The uncertain feelings of Judd Apatow's babymakers. - BY AARON MESH
District Come for the drinks, but skip the snoozy food at this new Pearl address. - BY ASHLEY GRIFFIN
Blazermania Books Two new books reveal Blazers lore, for better and worse. - BY HENRY STERN AND CASEY JARMAN
Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States Meet Pete Jordan, modern-day folk hero. - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Issue #33.28 | Published on 2007-05-23
Drink 2007: Introduction Portland. The city that drinks. - BY BYRON BECK
Drink 2007: Stumbling Through History A squiggly timeline of Portland's love of booze - BY AP KRYZA
Drink 2007: Beer, Beer & More Beer - BY JESSICA MACHADO
Drink 2007: Time To Shake Your Booty - BY JESSICA MACHADO
Drink 2007: Hotel...Motel...Holiday Inn - BY JESSICA MACHADO
Drink 2007: Put A Cork In It Where to find the red and white. - BY MIKE THELIN
Drink 2007: The List Part 1 (Aa-La) - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Drink 2007: The List Part 2 (Le-Za) - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Rural Oregon strips down and goes commando. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Unreleased Rage Before leaving to work for the competition, better make sure you can. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Space: Cyclists' Final Frontier Providence employees say hospital gives no love to bike commuters. - BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS
Hoarding Schools If you're a charter school, good luck renting space in Portland Public Schools. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Cyber-Scrivener Steve Sargent - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Post Stress Syndrome An impending postage rate hike means headaches for Portland's small-press hub of niche publications. - BY JULIE SABATIER
Robert King The head of the Portland police union talks about last week's election and what it means for one ex-cop: Mayor Tom Potter. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Average may be OK in Oregon. Just not here. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Caged Fury Local fighters like Eddie Dahlen duke it out in the growing world of mixed martial arts. - BY DAVID WALKER
Mobile Army The Salvation Army is making major changes in the Portland area. - BY MIRIAM WIDMAN
Blow Back Cocaine was Portland's "It" drug in the 1980s. Guess what? It still is. - BY JAMES PITKIN
It's one slow-ass Tuesday night - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Gossip should have no friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Small World Portland's unlikely connection to Japanese video-game hit Katamari Damacy. - BY CLAIRE EVANS
Jack Malebranche is Totally Not Gay The world according to an "androphile." - BY BYRON BECK
Clit Ripper, In Front Of The Kids (Torn to Pieces) Clit Ripper's latest is right on—except for those poorly chosen names. - BY JASON SIMMS
Pierced Arrows, May 18 at Ash Street Old Coles do new tricks at their first show post-Dead Moon. - BY JASON SIMMS
Mic Crenshaw, Saturday, May 26 Hungry Mob's Mic Crenshaw and Dead Prez get global for a good cause. - BY CASEY JARMAN
Fist of Dishonor, Saturday, May 26 FOD's musical ninjas give average rock shows a swift kick in the nuts. - BY BRANDON SEIFERT
The Man Who Knew Too Much - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Back to the Future Strategy moves ahead of his time thanks to his musical past. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
The Wind That Shakes The Barley One of the year's best movies, full of passionate intensity. - BY N.P. THOMPSON
The Afterlife Aquatic Death can't stop the Pirates franchise—or make it any good. - BY AARON MESH
Uncommon Women And Others "We're Saving Ourselves for Yale" meets The Feminine Mystique. Oh no! - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
L'astra Grows Up A neighborhood bistro comes of age in a fast-changing area. - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Lupa & Sadie's Hot Spot - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Round Up: Wine Sans Gas - BY MIKE THELIN
Mao Meets Anime Highlights from the waning merry month of May. - BY RICHARD SPEER
Issue #33.27 | Published on 2007-05-16
Not Enough If you think Jane and Jill now have equal rights, think again. - BY BYRON BECK
The Blog Fog Does Oregon's media shield protect bloggers? - BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
A Mighty Wind Look which utility is blowing its influence into the renewable energy bill. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Pimpin' ain't easy, but it beats the job market. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Missile Misdeal A Portlander charged with shipping weapons to Iran says he's an unwitting dupe in a Homeland Security sting. - BY JAMES PITKIN AND JOCELYN BRADY
Up In Smoke So much for state Sen. Rod Monroe's anti-tobacco cred. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Soldiers of Fortune The U.S. Army still wants 84-year-old Nestor Perala. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Port of Portland - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Tattoo Redo A tattoo-removal program may be nice, but there's no follow-up to see if it helps the people who pay for it. - BY PAIGE RICHMOND
If an ATV falls in the forest, how many trees will be killed to tell the rest of us? - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Grayson Dempsey A self-proclaimed pro-choice extremist on the morality of abortion and what makes her allies nervous. - BY BETH SLOVIC
The End Is Nigh (sort of) If a local conference on the Mayan calendar isn't New Age hippie tripe, there might not be a 2013. - BY PAIGE RICHMOND
A Spooky Tale The CIA wants Portlanders. Just don't expect it to tell you what you'll do if you work there. - BY JOCELYN BRADY
Get Smart Portlanders want to keep learning, and we want to do it on the cheap. - BY JULIE SABATIER
The Parsons Project How a family of berry-farming firefighters from Sauvie Island ended up becoming Gus Van Sant's latest muses. - BY BYRON BECK
Post-Modern Zoo What happens when local artists commandeer a 32,000-square-foot abandoned warehouse? - BY RICHARD SPEER
Gossip should have no friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The guy strikes me as being familiar - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Menomena, The Thermals, The Bustling Townships, May 11 at Cleveland High School Benefit proves that schools can still rock 'n' roll. - BY JASON SIMMS
Richmond Fontaine, Thirteen Cities (Union Records) Willy Vlautin's words inspire Richmond Fontaine slash fiction. - BY JEFF ROSENBERG
The Crosswalks, New Ghost Lights (Self-released) The Crosswalks' debut delivers on the promise of its songwriters' parts. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Travis Wiggins, 4 TRACK SOUL (Love Harder) The PSOOTV frontman shares pages from his audio autobiography. - BY CASEY JARMAN
Visions Of York The Blue Monk may be jazz history, but Dusty York's making his own. - BY JASON SIMMS
Postcard From Hollywood It's always sunny for this Tigard girl made good. - BY STACEY WILSON
An Evening With Laura Di Trapani Big Bird meets John Callahan for a surreal party. - BY AARON MESH
Grease Brunish-bashing or not, Corey ain't no John Travolta. - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Attack of the Kids' Choirs! PDX young'uns sing it up, duke it out for attention. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Dishin' it - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Outside The Bento Box Biwa is the real noodle deal—most of the time. - BY MIKE THELIN
Chiaroscuro, Saturday, May 12 The Cascade AIDS Project scores a hit. - BY RICHARD SPEER
How Sassy Changed My Life: A Love letter To The Greatest Teen Magazine of All Time Two writers pen a mash note to the mag that made them the women they are now. - BY CLAIRE EVANS
Miranda July, No One Belongs Here More Than You Former Portland ingenue trades moving pictures for moving words. - BY PAIGE RICHMOND
The Ministry of Special Cases A first novel about lost identity also loses readers. - BY MATT BUCKINGHAM
The Last Chinese Chef Local author explores Chinese customs--and chow. - BY LIZZY CASTON
Issue #33.26 | Published on 2007-05-09
Shields up How will the Northwest’s federal lawmakers vote on protecting reporters’ notes? - BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS
Show us your guns Gun turn-in is this weekend in Northeast Portland. But after Virginia Tech, why not a turn-in at PSU? - BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS
Randy Rapaport High-profile developer on celeb architects, music and stealing back the Schnitz. - BY MIKE THELIN
The Persian version A little global advice on Iran from a local professor. - BY JAKE THOMAS
Associated Students of PSU government - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
A news feast fit for a queen. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The village people Portland’s homeless camp may be spawning imitators. - BY JULIE SABATIER
A dick move Public defenders and investigators blast the state for refusing to pay their bills in death penalty cases. - BY JAMES PITKIN
A real break Real-estate agents want to widen an unusual tax benefit. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Election 2007 A review of WW’s endorsements. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
If fish don't have feelings, why do they need Prozac? - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Raw deal The city is paying millions to get out of the porn business. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Clean bills of stealth Law firm payments raise questions in Portland Public Schools. - BY BETH SLOVIC
I'm happy that a woman comes out of the strip club. - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Gossip should have no friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Ace's high What does “the country’s most original new hotel” say about its host city? - BY MIKE THELIN
Wild kingdom Dr. Jonathan Balcombe thinks animals just wanna have fun—and get high and get laid. - BY LANCE KRAMER
Where the boys are Men’s Wellness Center helps save lives, one line at a time. - BY BYRON BECK
Joy in mudville Mighty Casey Neill’s long-awaited album finally rounds home. - BY JEFF ROSENBERG
Naysayers and the Land of Curious Georges - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Eskimo & Sons, Friday, May 11 Eskimo & Sons keep it like a secret—but not for long. - BY CASEY JARMAN
Benefit for ? of the Mysterians, Saturday, May 12 Nuggets tribute benefits the mysterious, homeless and oblivious. - BY JASON SIMMS
Redray Frazier, Thursday, May 10 Local soul man gets to the heart of things on his long-awaited solo debut.
- BY DAVID WALKER
Pink Martini, HEY EUGENE! (Heinz Records) Pink Martini’s latest nears perfection, save one popular mistake. - BY JAY HORTON
Zombies flambé A sadistic firestorm scorches the fun of the undead. - BY AARON MESH
Zoo The sex-with-horses movie no one will admit is funny. - BY AARON MESH
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Dance group balances between two worlds: past and future. - BY HEATHER WISNER
Tiga A wine bar expands to a good square meal. - BY LIZ CRAIN
Heart of glass Andy Paiko deconstructs beauty and function using coyote skeletons. - BY RICHARD SPEER
Attack of the Local-Eating Food Memoirs Two books, two families eating from the land, plenty of stomachaches. - BY MINDY DILLARD
Issue #33.25 | Published on 2007-05-02
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Stop the owl-on-owl violence. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
A distant vision Mayor Tom Potter's vision for Portland is late, light and over budget. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Report card This is going in your permanent file, Vicki Phillips. - BY BETH SLOVIC
An army of complaints "Major" gripes follow a Salvation Army official. - BY MIRIAM WIDMAN
Rogue of the Week U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales & District Director for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services William McNamee - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Suicide solution? Lincoln High's high-profile cocaine overdose may have been no accident. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Everything's here except Fidel. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Jerry Glanville PSU's new football coach isn't "young," but he's plenty "creative." - BY PAUL GERALD
High-barb diets WW's calorie-counting suggestions for other Oregonians. - BY ETHAN SMITH
Chop shop In a town that cares about food and human rights, WW finds a hidden world of illegal immigrants. On this May Day, something's rotten in St. Johns. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Behind the bars Testes trump titties in the quest for new queer clubs. - BY BYRON BECK
Close encounters of the hipster kind With business booming and young'uns snatching up homes, the heat is on in FoPo. - BY JESSICA MACHADO
Burger wars Spendy burgers screw your wallet, make love to your mouth. - BY MIKE THELIN
Gossip should have no friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
"Scanning..." - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Day of Lions, Wednesday, May 2 Day of Lions' frontwoman talks idols, new albums and OC aspirations. - BY BRANDON SEIFERT
The Ones, The Ones (Wax Vaccine) The Ones elicit love, hate and something in between. - BY JASON SIMMS
Yacht, I believe in you. Your magic is real. (Marriage Records) YACHT sets a fuse with its latest, but doesn't light it just yet. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
I'm a Zydeco Hog - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Sound and spirit Larry Crane on standing in for Elliott Smith. - BY CASEY JARMAN
Killer of sheep Ghetto life like you've never seen it. - BY DAVID WALKER
The devil in Peter Parker Spider-Man finally gets mean. Well, kind of. - BY AARON MESH
Oregon ballet theatre Sex sells with a stand-out couple, a Greek god and horny sailors. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Tango Conan? Attila? Alaric? Sorry, not here. - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Third Annual Indie Wine Festival The backyard barbecue of wine galas is back. - BY MIKE THELIN
The Yiddish Policemen's Union The Messiah tarries in Michael Chabon's Alaska. - BY AARON MESH
Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey Chuck Palahniuk gets cine-man-tic, again. - BY KELLY CLARKE
Issue #33.24 | Published on 2007-04-25
Best New Band 2007 Portland's music insiders choose this year's Top 10. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE, CASEY JARMAN, AMY MCCULLOUGH, ANIKA SABIN & JASON SIMMS
Jefferson County commissioners Bill Bellamy and Mike Ahern - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
To have and have not Why is Portland swimming in dough while Multnomah County staggers on Skid Row? - BY JAMES PITKIN
Radio daze Musical chairs at OPB. - BY JULIE SABATIER
The art of a good vent Disabled activist on a roll against PDX's art community. - BY KYLE CASSIDY
Ted Wheeler Multnomah County's supremo talks budget cuts and defunding the drunk tank. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Topic of cancer A WW price survey for a new cervical cancer vaccine. - BY JOCELYN BRADY
Yeltsin departs. Gonzales won't. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Vote, dammit WW's endorsements for the May 15 election. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Terrorists are among us—don't waste your ammo on sea lions! - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Doctor gone Doc who treated Lance Armstrong is out at OHSU. - BY HENRY STERN
Double-dipping lobbyist Look who else a key small-business lobbyist is working for in Salem. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Rogue of the weak Confessions from the "most unpopular gay guy" in PDX. - BY BYRON BECK
Refresher courses Our critics revisit two American classics: Roux and Red Star. - BY HEIDI YORKSHIRE & KEVIN ALLMAN
The kindness of strangeness Author/musician Willy Vlautin checks into Motel Life. - BY BECKY OHLSEN
Gossip should have no friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
I'm about to start my shift... - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Get Used To It This year's best new bands take Portland one step closer to utopia. - BY JASON SIMMS
Life's a bitch Molly Shannon barks up the wrong trees in a search for love. - BY AARON MESH
Have you seen me? - BY AARON MESH
PDX FILM FEST Propaganda to drive you crazy. - BY AARON MESH
Dayton Contemporary Dance Co./White Bird 2007-2008 Sky's the limit for Rennie Harris and White Bird's next season. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
They Came from Way Out There Stop the planet, please—we'd like to get off. - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Turn-around artist Meriwether's brings a rock-star chef aboard, but do we hear a single? - BY IVY MANNING
Foster & Dobbs and Pinocchio's - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Dish Roundup: Cart Love - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Invisible.other at New American Art Union Daniel Barron's digital dreamscapes are cool, but they're not the real deal. - BY RICHARD SPEER
Einstein: His Life and Universe E = MC squared—sweaty feet and all. - BY HENRY STERN
Boomsday Christopher Buckley advocates for the final Big Chill. - BY KEVIN ALLMAN
Real fun Life from the rock 'n' roll road in glorious red and yellow. - BY CASEY JARMAN
Issue #33.23 | Published on 2007-04-18
Letters to the editor - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Dudley do-wrong Was Leon Dudley the best principal candidate for Jeff? Documents obtained by WW suggest not. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Bloodied church, sweaty riders and a tearful Pearl. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Basic Rights Oregon and Rep. Tina Kotek - BY BYRON BECK AND HENRY STERN
Access denied A Beaverton woman's fight for her dead son's website ends in a first-of-a-kind lawsuit against Facebook.com. - BY JAMES PITKIN
The reach to impeach An Oregon lawyer won't stop until his mission is accomplished. - BY WILLIAM CRAWFORD
A Rove-ing mystery What was "Bush's Brain" doing in Tigard anyway? - BY JAMES PITKIN AND JOCELYN BRADY
Heaven forbid what Imus would say about Virginia Tech. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Sam Adams Sam is silent no more on charter reform, Mayor Potter and much more. - BY HENRY STERN AND MARK ZUSMAN
Charter-house five Portland's time-traveling, rhetoric-thieving pols. - BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS
Looking up What's new this soccer season? Better video, a buttoned-down army, a "Beckham Factor" and oh yeah, maybe a better team. - BY PAUL GERALD
Zach of gold or Zach of...? Should Zach Randolph stay or should he go? - BY CASEY JARMAN
PDX Fresh The new and recycled ways Portlanders are making a greener future. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
How green is Portland? - BY MIKE THELIN
Sustainable food Is it, or isn't it? Digesting Oregon's green-menu movement. - BY WILLIAM CRAWFORD AND STIV J. WILSON
Q&A;: Marco Shaw Slow Food isn't just escargot. - BY STIV J. WILSON
Sustainable art Cannibals: Objects for the art-hungry. - BY MIKE THELIN
Sustainable wedding threads Old, new, borrowed and...green? - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Sustainable kink A local couple explores the last eco frontier: sex toys. - BY ETHAN SMITH
Earth Day Events - BY WILLIAM CRAWFORD
Sustainable mud Green pioneers are unearthing an old flooring idea: dirt. - BY LAURA SHINN
Sustainable funeral How do you say goodbye in a socially conscious fashion? - BY LAURA SHINN
Sustainable wheels Mitch Shults bikes to Hillsboro and back every day, packing heat. - BY MIKE THELIN
Sustainable sink Eleek makes household hardware that's not so hard on the environment. - BY ELIANNA BAR-EL
From the mouth of babes... ...spew hate, intolerance and misunderstanding. - BY BYRON BECK
The kids is a'ight Hip-Hop 101 is in session. - BY CASEY JARMAN
Gossip should have no friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
I'm not a saint - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Sons of K Records Calvin Johnson's latest puts his K Recs kin to good use. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Shut the Hell Up, Portland - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Valet, Blood is Clean (Kranky) Valet's debut elicits chills of the best and most timeless sort. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
FAILING RECORDS: A Compilation of Portland Music Volume 4 (Failing Records) Failing's fourth comp earns your trust and then tests your limits. - BY JASON SIMMS
Starfucker, April 13 at Towne Lounge Amid dance-tastic beats, Starfucker's voice finally gets heard. - BY CASEY JARMAN
Village Green Devastation Society Edgar Wright thumbs his nose at his elders. - BY AARON MESH
Fired! Docu-comedy shows the hilarity of getting canned. - BY AP KRYZA
Fences A powerful play about the African-American experience—for white folk. - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Pizza Fino Kenton gets a dose of Northeast Alberta-bred pizza fever. - BY LIZ CRAIN
CITY HALL ART SHOW When comics and politics collide. - BY CASEY JARMAN
Perfect From Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life John Sellers' life as a rock-'n'-roll musical. - BY MATTHEW KORFHAGE
Issue #33.22 | Published on 2007-04-11
HABITAT: The Plunge Buy a house? Here's why you should stop worrying and become your own landlord. - BY CHRIS LYDGATE
HABITAT: Become Donald Trump in One Day! Or, just know what your real-estate agent is talking about. - BY DAVID SHAFER
HABITAT: A Renter's Survival Guide Tips to remember if you're not ready to buy. - BY JULIE SABATIER
HABITAT: I'm Buying a What? A field guide to Portland's vintage architecture. - BY ADRIAN CHEN
HABITAT: Way of the Ninja Secret tactics for stealthy househunters - BY LIZZY CASTON
HABITAT: Guns for Hire How to find a kick-ass Realtor. - BY LIZZY CASTON
HABITAT: Cracking the Code What real-estate ads really mean. - BY LIZZY CASTON
HABITAT: What the Hell Does $250K Buy, Anyway? Maybe more than you'd think. - BY CHRISTIAN GASTON
HABITAT: The Final Frontier Three local living spaces that redefine "home." - BY BECKY OHLSEN
HABITAT: Sweat Equity? Fixing up your broken home can pay off—sort of. - BY DAVID SHAFER
HABITAT: Armed & Dangerous Once you have your piece of the rock, you'll want to get to work on it. - BY WILLIAM CRAWFORD
Letters to the editor - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Start stockpiling ammo for Water Wars. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Death Tax Your money is paying for a bloody war. Theirs isn't. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Paper or Plastic? Sam Adams is becoming Portland's bag man. - BY DON MCINTOSH
Gossip Should Have No Friends Singing like a Soprano. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
A Wyden-ing Rift Look which U.S. senator Portland protesters are targeting now. - BY WILLIAM CRAWFORD
David Rogers A Measure 11 critic thinks the time's ripe for a second look at mandatory sentencing for juveniles. - BY JAMES PITKIN
As the buffalo roams A $9,500 buffalo painting, the son of a jailed Native American activist and a big tax debt intersect in a Portland art gallery. - BY JULIE SABATIER
Minor leagues, major superstiton Very superstitious...the Beavers are on the way. - BY PAUL GERALD
Brother in arms Jeff Kaer got a 2 am call from his sister. Fifteen minutes later, there was a man shot down in an '85 Cutlass Supreme.
- BY JAMES PITKIN
Against the grain How international anarchist Pietro Ferrua found Portland. - BY ELIZABETH LOPEMAN
Spank my Astoria? Castro North lies at the mouth of the Columbia River. - BY BYRON BECK
Readers, meet your new Night Cabbie! - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Living on the fringe Hand2Mouth and Liminal prove cheap theater doesn't have to suck. - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Cavalcade of BEAUTIFUL Losers Taking opera to the People—the Drunk People—at Someday Lounge - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Mixed p:ears Good intentions and bitchin' cover songs unite! - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
636 Miles, $1,000, 70 Records - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
31Knots, The Days and Nights of Everything Anywhere (Polyvinyl) 31Knots gets fancy on its latest, but doesn't lose the point. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Break Character Saturday, April 14 One of Portland's most engaging new projects steps back and fuses together. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Rabbits, April 8 at Tube Christ returns to Tube to wreak vengeance with vorpal Rabbits. - BY JASON SIMMS
LOL. WTF? RIP. The Internet makes a stupid reporter even stupider. - BY AARON MESH
Star-crossed Virgo and Pisces' menu and décor are as peculiar as its name. - BY ASHLEY GRIFFIN
Issue #33.21 | Published on 2007-04-04
Rocky Horror This 16-ton chunk of space metal sets off a weird fight in the Leg. - BY JULIE SABATIER
John Perkins An evangelical civil-rights activist brings his message of community and conservative family values to our liberal city. - BY PAIGE RICHMOND
Hail Mary Does a certain vegetarian, anti-abortion, antiwar, former TV personality from Oregon want to be president? - BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS
Kerry On From the 2004 presidential campaign to Portland's Bagdad Theater for John and Teresa. - BY DON MCINTOSH
Letters to the editor - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Carlos' Next Step Two top regional colleges accept Portland's "Illegal Scholar." - BY BETH SLOVIC
KUFO and CBS Radio This week's scalding brand of shame lands on radio station KUFO and its CBS Radio parent. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Courting Disaster The latest lawsuit against the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office suggests you might not want one of its deputies for a neighbor. - BY AMYJO BROWN
Remembering Ben The notorious killing in Nicaragua of an engineer and clown from Portland still resonates after 20 years. - BY KYLE CASSIDY
Death and a salesman An insurance agent and his well-connected pals want your money now and your body later—no strings attached. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Hot gas blues Oregon joins a nationwide consumer revolt against Big Oil. - BY JAMES PITKIN
An elephant with a dental plan—in your face, poor people. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Gossip Should Have No Friends Others take flight. We're grounded at home. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Dry-cleaning Diaries Paige Richmond gets down and dirty with delicate fabrics so you don't have to. - BY PAIGE RICHMOND
Factory Boy Is Philip Iosca Portland's next big export? - BY BYRON BECK
People often hesitate to open the door when you have a trainee on board - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Paradise City The Shaky Hands talk salami, GNR and all things "jangle." - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Scout Niblett Vs. My Last Cigarette - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Hooliganship, Wednesday, April 4 Portland's own ambiguously gay duo rocks your cell phone. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Musee Mecanique, Thursday, April 5 Local rummagers pick up curious sounds and subjects as they go. - BY ANIKA SABIN
Clorox Girls, J'aime Les Filles (BYO Records) Clorox Girls' latest release uses covers to get you under theirs. - BY JASON SIMMS
The Shaky Hands, The Shaky Hands (Holocene Music) The Shaky Hands' debut delivers the goods promised by live shows. - BY CASEY JARMAN
Watch for Exploding Heads Don't go into the Grindhouse without this guide. - BY AARON MESH
So Longbaugh, farewell Please don't jump the festival director. - BY DAVID WALKER
The Light in the Piazza This Met-meets-Broadway show is all about lush music. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Minh Tran and Company Forgotten Memories puts you at the center of one of Cambodia's grimmest historical moments. - BY HEATHER WISNER
Dishin' It - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
High Low Brow Pause Kitchen proves there's life beyond tater tots. - BY LIZ CRAIN
The Intelligent Universe Local science guy takes on Life, the Universe and, well, Everything. - BY CLAIRE EVANS
Issue #33.20 | Published on 2007-03-28
CHEAP EATS: Breakfast & Brunch Hooray for lazy, hangover-conquering breakfasts and brunches. Here are five faves—and how long you'll wait during prime hours. - BY KELLY CLARKE
CHEAP EATS: Pizza Places Whether you have it delivered or pick it up yourself, the holy 'za is dinner (or lunch or breakfast) on your terms. - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
CHEAP EATS: Square Deals - BY ELIANNA BAR-EL
CHEAP EATS: Free Eats - BY SHOSHANNA COHEN
CHEAP EATS: Restaurants from A-M - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
CHEAP EATS: Restaurants from N-Z - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
CHEAP EATS - BY BYRON BECK
CHEAP EATS: The Perfect Portland Takeout Plate - BY MIKE THELIN
CHEAP EATS: Hot Chefs, Cheap Eats - BY KELLY CLARKE
Felled timber's crack, and "bereaved" Blazer Zach. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Roll Film A must-see documentary kicks off WW's 2007 Longbaugh Film Festival—and opens David Walker's eyes in the process.
- BY DAVID WALKER
Friendly fire Financial flashback from Iraq: An Oregon guardsman faces a $4,000 bill for missing gear. - BY BETH SLOVIC
The green machine Industrial customers say proposed new renewable energy requirements are a rip-off for all of us. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Carrion baggage Dead cows, roadkill and North Portland. Oh my. - BY WILLIAM CRAWFORD
Logan Kleier Frustrated with the city's free wireless? Portland's wi-fi man explains why you should be patient. - BY LANCE KRAMER
Letters to the editor - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Field of schemes Longstanding Little League field vs. nature. And the winner is... - BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS
Expressing themselves Nursing-moms bill appears on smooth path in Salem. - BY JULIE SABATIER
The taxman cometh And the survey says... levies and bonds are coming in 2008. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Going postal Look what's in an already-controversial mail delivery contract. - BY CHRISTIAN GASTON
As yet nameless narc of nonelection-year nefariousness From the shadowy reaches of futuristic-sounding "robo calls" springs this week's Rogue - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Gossip Should Have No Friends More energetic than Lonnie Roberts. More accurate than Tajuan Porter. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The Quitter Why Portland's most prolific punk would rather play the suburbs than become a star. - BY JASON SIMMS
The 34-year-old itch Old dreams don't die, they just take forever to happen. - BY BYRON BECK
"How did you get this gig, anyway?" - BY NIGHT CABBIE
We are family How Foureveryoung's family ties allow it to cut the crap. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
The Builders and the Butchers, Friday, March 30 The Builders and the Butchers give PDX a dose of acoustic punk rock gospel. - BY BRANDON SEIFERT
Pure Country Gold, Pure Country Gold (Empty Records) Pure Country Gold's debut pairs wisdom with gut-wrenching rock splendor. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Hey Lover, Hey Lover (Hovercraft Productions) Hey Lover's all fun and games until somebody plays Kill the Arab. - BY JASON SIMMS
Metal, The Silent World (Artistery Recordings) Metal's latest gets poignant, if preachy, with Cousteau samples. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Modernstate, March 22 at The Artistery Modernstate rocks the Artistery in the form of a six-armed monster. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Ain't that a brick in the head Life gives Joseph Gordon-Levitt some Luvlee Lemons. - BY AARON MESH
Voices of the (Queer?) Spirit In the closet of the Schnitz, queer voices emerge. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Mix up A very odd—and oddly likable—show from Imago. - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Dishin' It - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Lost at sea Bay 13 needs to steer toward bolder waters. - BY HEIDI YORKSHIRE
Ian Boyden at Augen A former landscape artist tickles us with abstracted feathers. - BY RICHARD SPEER
The Secret of Lost Things A lost manuscript reveals a fantastical world of books. - BY LISA HOASHI
Issue #33.19 | Published on 2007-03-21
Letters to the editor - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The Anti-Protester WW tests the limits of Portland's tolerance by sending a reporter posed as a war supporter to last week's antiwar rally. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Lisa Shannon How can a Portland woman help women and kids in war-torn Congo? - BY LANCE KRAMER
Primary news in a secondary state. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Not-so-twilight zones Wanna kill an enterprise zone? Better bring a pipe bomb and Freddy Krueger's glove. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
The claim game Could a seemingly obscure insurance fight cause taxi rates to double or kill small cab companies? - BY CHRISTIAN GASTON
Phone home - BY KYLE CASSIDY
House Minority Leader Wayne Scott (R-Canby) - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Long Shots You can't get any farther from March Madness than the Portland Chinooks. - BY PAUL GERALD
Tre's latest call Tre Arrow seeks bail help from a Canadian who's familiar with being falsely called a terrorist. - BY ANDREW MACLEOD
Spreading the Good News Portland Public Schools takes a "Paige" from the Bush administration. - BY BETH SLOVIC
No. 1 for protests, dead last in primaries. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
WELCOME TO THE 'COUV - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Undoubtedly there are many unsung, Uncapitalized Cabbies out tonight - BY NIGHT CABBIE
In the company of men Five guys giving Portland a good fashion name. - BY ELIANNA BAR-EL
ROLL CALL Come game time, the Rose City Rollers fashion weapons of mass distraction. - BY LAURA SHINN
New Blood Our homegrown fashion industry is starting to grow up—here are three labels that prove it. - BY LAURA SHINN
Gossip should have no friends. What's this? This American Life goes boob tube. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Thread Heads WW checks in with three local fashion mavens to discover what they buy for their stores...and what they really buy for themselves. - BY ELIANNA BAR-EL
Austin City Limits Exhausted Portland bands share stories from SXSW. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
the bugs the bugs (Hovercraft) Daniel Johnston-ish vocals + British punk = "flying fucking shit." - BY JASON SIMMS
Ocean beach friday, march 23 Ocean Beach embodies the momentum of collaboration. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Shoeshine Blue Friday, March 23 Shoeshine Blue takes a stroll through the country and finds the blues. - BY ANIKA SABIN
The Places' Amy Annelle Saturday, March 24 Nomadic ex-Portlander Amy Annelle finds home in her music. - BY CASEY JARMAN
Jefrey Leighton Brown Change Has Got to Come! (Community Library) Jef Brown's debut steps out of the basement and into the light. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Radio on the TV It's Showtime for This American Life. - BY AARON MESH
Lights, Camera... Longbaugh! David Lynch crossed with Monty Python on LSD—plus PEZ. - BY DAVID WALKER
The Flying dutchman Christopher Alden strips down Wagner to chilling effect. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Dishin' It - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Best Baguette Big flavor in tiny Asian sandwich packages. - BY BRIAN PANGANIBAN
Gaya Gaya The soy-honeyed, Iron & Wine-loving Mel's Diner of sushi restaurants. - BY MIKE THELIN
Fat Chick Self-portraits at rake, and other highlights Photographer Alisha Berry's delicious critique of overeating. - BY RICHARD SPEER
His Tongue is His Choir Former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky is a real kick in the pants. - BY AARON MESH
Christine Falls A Booker Prize winner writes a smart, if predictable, crime novel. - BY MATT BUCKINGHAM
Issue #33.18 | Published on 2007-03-14
Justicia Deferred One Oregon woman's 13-month plight in a Mexican prison. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Temporary Insanity A proposed city charter change on temps has drawn little notice on the May ballot but could have an outsized impact. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Winners & Losers Roughriders charge. Criminals retreat. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Raed Jarrar This speaker at the downtown antiwar rally this Sunday knows more than most about Iraq. He lived there, so listen up. - BY JULIE SABATIER
Peace Out Dovish signs at Wilson High School opened the window to a hawkish administrative response. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Murmurs We're never in a pardoning mood. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Other March Madness What the antiwar movement has learned as it gears up for its big Portland rally Sunday. - BY DON MCINTOSH
Plaid Pantry - BY JAMES PITKIN AND KYLE CASSIDY
Betting Both Sides Now State Rep. John Lim hates the lottery, he loves the lottery. Let us count the ways. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
You've Got Mail But it isn't always the U.S. Postal Service delivering it. - BY CHRISTIAN GASTON
Portland's March Sadness Oregon just had one of its hottest high-school hoops tournaments ever. Too bad it wasn't in Portland. - BY IAN RUDER
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble Who's stopping Renaissance lovers from dressing up and jousting in the summer? - BY AMYJO BROWN
Let The Sunshine In How Oregon's reps are voting on key freedom of information bills. - BY ISAAC KAPLAN-WOOLNER
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
"When are you guys going to start driving hybrids?" - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Follow The Leader Now is the time for Senate President Peter Courtney to push forward on two queer bills. - BY BYRON BECK
Bouncing Off The Walls Conny Janssen Danst makes its leap to the U.S. with help from White Bird and local set builders. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Sham-Rocked Going Irish and guzzling the Northwest's strongest brews. - BY AP KRYZA
Gossip should have no friends. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Fucked Up And Beautiful Living history and moving on with Modest Mouse. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Ferocious Eagle the sea anemone inside of me is mighty - BY JASON SIMMS
Dat'r,Turn Up The Ghosts (Hush) Dat'r delivers an unexpectedly restrained and likable debut. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Dolorean, You Can�t Win (Yep Roc) Dolorean's Al James proves sad bastards can win after all. - BY CASEY JARMAN
The Decemberists: A Practical Handbook (Kill Rock Stars) - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Gussied up A first-time director transcends Van Santism. - BY AARON MESH
mex appeal Los Baez dishes up classic Mexican-American combos. - BY SHOSHANNA COHEN
Mel Katz At Laura Russo Hoo-ah! Mel Pacino-or is it Al Katz?-pushes the envelope. - BY RICHARD SPEER
World Leader Pretend His novel might take place in a made-up world, but Portland's James Bernard Frost is the real deal. - BY PAIGE RICHMOND
Poor People Ultimate experientialist William T. Vollmann gets into character, again. - BY CLAIRE EVANS
Issue #33.17 | Published on 2007-03-07
Happy Birthday, War! As the Iraq conflict approaches its fourth anniversary, not everybody's a loser. Here are five of Oregon's hidden winners, even if most are reluctant ones.
- BY JAMES PITKIN
"So these gas prices, they must really hurt you cabbies?" - BY NIGHT CABBIE
The Plane Truth With maintenance problems and cost overruns, Portland's police airplane program may be a lemon - BY JAMES PITKIN
Winners & Losers The princesses and the P.C. crowd. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Mailbox - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The New Bully Pulpit The Internet means school taunting has gone high-tech. But does the Leg need to do something about it? - BY JAKE THOMAS
Cowboy Up, Portland PSU football-and Portland-get a handful with the Vikings' outspoken new gridiron coach.
- BY NATE SMITH
Kate Brown Checks in midsession with the top-ranking woman in the Leg about taxes, ethics, civil unions and her political future.
- BY HENRY STERN
Changing Horses How 9/11 skeptic Mary Starrett caused a mini-uproar at Laughing Horse Books because she's also against abortion and gay marriage.
- BY JULIE SABATIER
5th Element Artists Inc. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Murmurs March Madness - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Recovering From Storm, Large Hurricane Katrina relief efforts live on in Portland through the arts. - BY KEVIN ALLMAN
Party On, Party Off The latest battle between Secretary of State Bill Bradbury and Dan Meek rages over voter registration cards.
- BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Relatively Dangerous Read your auto-insurance policy carefully. Your family members aren't as covered as you think. - BY LANCE KRAMER
Anna's Labyrinth The distant Iraq war hits home for a local boutique owner. - BY KYLE CASSIDY
Chemistry Class The latest fallout from high carbon-dioxide levels at East Sylvan Middle School. - BY BETH SLOVIC
The Naked Truth In 1945, Charis Wilson stopped posing for Edward Weston's iconic photographs. Half a century later, Portland filmmaker Ian McClusky has revealed her again. - BY AARON MESH
Star Power Can Tony Starlight shine up Sandy Boulevard's darkest corner? - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Doggie Style A fashion show gets on all fours for a worthy cause. - BY BYRON BECK
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Broken Record Riot Cop finds itself in bad company on a new punk comp - BY JASON SIMMS
Local News & Reviews - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The Spartans On The CGI-Wet Rock Thermopylae is sacrificed to special effects. - BY AARON MESH
The Long And Shorts Of Longbaugh Thermopylae is sacrificed to special effects - BY DAVID WALKER
Billum Bay Where did all the children go? And who cares? - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Sydney Dance Company/stephen Petronio Ballet's bad boy loves himself a little Nick Cave. Awesome. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Past, present, future lunch Blueplate dishes a slice of yesteryear - BY MIKE THELIN
The Side Door Come in for a casual bite—hold the fries. - BY SHOSHANNA COHEN
Odessa's Cafe These Chicago natives like it sweet and saucy. - BY LIZ CRAIN
First Thursday: The Wild, Seedy West Matt McCormick shows us where he gets his kicks - BY RICHARD SPEER
A Grey Moon over China Post-apocalyptic energy crises and robots—what quality SF is made of. - BY CLAIRE EVANS
Small Town Punk John Sheppard remembers a Lost Generation sprinkled among the Lacoste generation. - BY KEVIN ALLMAN
Issue #33.16 | Published on 2007-02-28
RON PAUL The Portland Public Market's biggest fan tells his fellow foodies not to give up their dream project after seven years and counting. - BY MIKE THELIN
Where There's Smoke, There's A Contest Win fabulous prizes. Enter this photo contest! - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
TRUCK YOU Darius Hardwick wants his rig to nauseate and offend. It's working. - BY KYLE CASSIDY
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 2/28/2007 - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Gimme Shelter Got 9 million square feet lying around? Portland may be in the market for space to evacuate 150,000 people in case of emergency. - BY BETH SLOVIC
We'd like to thank Freddy Jones' agent and Fred Meyer's manager... - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Shakedown Dues Will the Leg reform one major piece of campaign finance abuse? - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Flu Flap Two high-level Oregon policy makers war over the state's preparations for a flu pandemic. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Air Supply Carbon-dioxide levels at East Sylvan Middle School exceed the recommended norm. What now? - BY BETH SLOVIC
Do clothes make a candidate? - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Wheels of Justice State penalties for drunken bicyling are the same as for drunken driving, but local arrest rates aren't. - BY JULIE SABATIER
The Price Is Right - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The Hit Squad WW revisits the city's plan to improve flophouses, and finds it's working. - BY ISAAC KAPLAN-WOOLNER
I was delivering a box of blood to Kaiser Sunnyside. - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Lax Jax The LumberJax hope hosting the National Lacrosse League All-Star Game next week will kick-start their second season. - BY PAUL GERARD
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
No Sleep Till Ashland WW floors it down I-5 for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's opening weekend. - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
LIFE AFTER ZEFIRO Forget nostalgia, 23Hoyt builds its own Northwest legend. - BY HEIDI YORKSHIRE
THE COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S PARTNER City Commish turns private life into politic action. - BY BYRON BECK
C'mon, Feel The Hair Revisiting Copy on the eve of his sophomore release - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Local News & Reviews - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Off The Chain Christina Ricci meets Samuel L. Jackson's radiator—and the blues. - BY AARON MESH
Countdown To Longbaugh 2007 Step into the sunshine of WW's film festival. - BY DAVID WALKER
The Christopher Stowell Show Sneaking a peek at OBT's winter program and 2007-08 season. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Ingredient Envy Filbert's offers Northwest standards with a sure hand. - BY ANGELA ALLEN
Dishin' It - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
New and Used Revealing the secret lives of books and records. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Issue #33.15 | Published on 2007-02-21
Spring Arts Calendar Get a jump on the season's hottest stage, dance, classical and words events. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 2/14/2007 - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
North By Northwest Is Scott Caplan a cloak-and-dagger Portland lawyer, or did the CIA fool him into helping torture accused terrorists? - BY JAMES PITKIN
Where "Year of the Pig" finds new meaning. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Silence of the Sam Will Commissioner Sam Adams let us know what he thinks about charter reform before the May 15 vote? - BY HENRY STERN
Splitting Headache The legal fight for same-sex benefits enlists a high-profile plaintiff: City Commissioner Sam Adams. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Surge Protection Brigade Do these women look like Islamo-fascists? We don't think so, either. - BY LANCE KRAMER
No locators needed for good gossip. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Gifts That Keep On Giving Senate bill to milk school funds straight from corporate teat. - BY CHRISTIAN GASTON
Oregon Department of Transportation - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
War of Words Thom Hartmann's flunked physical in 1968 has Lars Larson ramped up. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
HOME ALONE They watch your grandparents. Who's watching them? - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
"Oh for god's sake, get a room!" - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
NBGAY: Playa' Haters Have any of our Blazers ever played for the other team? - BY BYRON BECK
The Good, the Bad and the Funny Michael Rockstar gives silliness a good name. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Local News & Reviews - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Oscar For Dummies Haven't seen the nominated movies? Not to worry—we've got your spoiler-filled cheat sheet right here. - BY AARON MESH
AU REVOIR, LE PIFF Treasuring the last nights of international moviegoing. - BY AARON MESH
So Much So Fast Racing the clock—and disease—to start a life. - BY DAVID WALKER
The Pillowman Martin McDonagh is all right; the kids are anything but. - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Key Turn Project Free eats and cheap drinks can't save a free-falling new dance company. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Dishin' It - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Black Sheep Bakery and Cawffee Cyclists flock to a baked goods fueling station. - BY SHOSHANNA COHEN
Coffeehouse NW We know who has Northwest Portland's best coffee—it's in the name. - BY MIKE THELIN
The Preeminents Old-guard sculptors come out of hiding—and kick ass. - BY RICHARD SPEER
Lost City Radio Daniel Alarcón channels South America, but won't pinpoint it on a map. - BY LISA HOASHI
Issue #33.14 | Published on 2007-02-14
Holy Hedonism, Batman! In the name of safe sex, PDX prepares to be dominated by passionate perverts and latex. - BY KYLE CASSIDY
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 2/14/2007 - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
As the Charter Turns Don't change that test pattern. The wonky topic of charter reform actually has a lot of soap-opera twists. - BY HENRY STERN
We give love a bad name. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
March of the Principals Portland Public Schools is paying $3,400 to put a principal in a penguin costume and buy books about "melting icebergs." - BY BETH SLOVIC
Oregon Department of Human Services - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Uh, Houston, we have a problem. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Ishmael Beah An ex-child soldier's trip from Sierra Leone's war to a Starbucks bookshelf. - BY JAMES PITKIN
Fee Fi Fo Dumb An Oregon congressman smells the blood of a federal recreation fee. - BY PAUL GERALD
House Divided Legislature wrestles with evictions in rehab group homes. - BY JULIE SABATIER
Singled Out Back off, Cupid. Ten solo locals told us what it's really like to be single in Portland. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN, KELLY CLARKE, MARY CHRISTMAS, LANCE KRAMER, PAIGE RICHMOND AND ETHAN SMITH
I'd been on autopilot for days. - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Feast of Love Portland chefs, bartenders and bakers share their ultimate "get laid" dishes. - BY MIKE THELIN
Local News & Reviews - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Love Is On The Air Local DJ comes out of the closet and onto a new stage. - BY BYRON BECK
Eurocool Portland Jazz Festival and ECM Records give Portland a dose of old-school cool. - BY BRETT CAMPBELL
For the price of a cup of coffee... Meet John Barrios, the Sally Struthers of local music. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
PIFF's Week Two Zoo Falcons, sheep and ill-used horses—it's a menagerie at the Portland International Film Festival's second week. - BY AARON MESH
Music Art Resource Collective Body Art Benefit A music benefit celebrates bare vampire breasts—and painted human ones. - BY JASON SIMMS
A Plague on All Your Houses! What's up with all the Romeo and Juliets on Portland stages?" - BY AARON MESH
Albuquirky New Mexi gets sexy at Encanto. - BY LIZ CRAIN
Weihong at Ogle Performance artist/photographer Weihong makes a case for equanimi-tea. - BY RICHARD SPEER
Power, Faith, and Fantasy In the beginning, for America, was the Middle East. - BY MATT BUCKINGHAM
Issue #33.13 | Published on 2007-02-07
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 2/07/2007 - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Dump Luck Why is Oregon letting its largest waste hauler toss 7,500 tons of glass into a landfill instead of recycling it? - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Cool ads, hot globe. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
God, Gays & Glasnost The Oregon Citizens Alliance is back, and banking on Soviet émigrés for its revival. - BY KYLE CASSIDY
Ralph Nader He's been a consumer-advocate legend and a political pariah. And now for something completely different— a book on parenting. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Cliff Hangar Oregon's odd foray into aircraft maintenance is still losing millions. - BY IAN DEMSKY
Medical marijuana abusers - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Sure hope Joe Biden thinks we're articulate. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The Supreme Courts The Trail Blazers' only native Portlander rates his favorite places in town to ball. - BY CASEY JARMAN
Sign of the times Here's a different Rosa Parks protest during Black History Month. - BY ISAAC KAPLAN-WOOLNER
Hurricane Vicki Portland Public Schools Superintendent Vicki Phillips has huffed and puffed for nearly three years now. Will she blow the city's schoolhouse down? - BY BETH SLOVIC
Some folks take their jobs a little too seriously. - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
SAY UNKL Local toy designers make art for grownup playtime. - BY ETHAN SMITH
Hooked on Sonics Author Daniel Levitin gets inside the song inside your head. - BY BECKY OHLSEN 243-2122
Courting the Wombstretched Investigating the dating allure of the most vulgar rap duo in Portland, Wombstretcha the Magnificent. - BY JASON SIMMS
THE RUSSIANS ARE UNBECOMING A new Cold War's blowing in courtesy of some old "friends." - BY BYRON BECK
Friends in High Places How Portland helped All Smiles' Jim Fairchild find his voice. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Local News & Reviews - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Hitchhiker's Guide To The Festival The good, the bad and the bloody of the Portland International Film Festival's first weekend. - BY AARON MESH
ACT A LADY Let's hear it for funny-type, local-type theater. - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
When Divas Collide Four divas duke it out for opera-loving audiences. Sweet. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Gentrification Sensation Francis cements fine dining on Northeast Alberta. - BY SHOSHANNA COHEN
Vino Vixens Love means never having to say pass the "wine bong." - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
First Thursday, Hail Satan! Dark metal lights up Sugar Gallery; Damien Hirst celeb death match. - BY RICHARD SPEER
Issue #33.12 | Published on 2007-01-31
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 1/31/2007 - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Red Light District Portland seeks to double its cameras at traffic lights, but the company holding the city's no-bid contract has some legal troubles of its own. - BY IAN DEMSKY
If you don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try and try again. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Just Say Go Portlander establishes a new Mexican connection for ibogaine, a controversial drug that some say can help addicts. - BY JULIE SABATIER
Underhand Serve? Allegations surface that another Multnomah County sheriff's employee intervened in legal matters for personal reasons. - BY IAN DEMSKY
Plastic Bottle Manufacturers - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Food Fights A tasty history of other cuisine battles before trans fats. - BY MIKE THELIN
Is that a 60-pound pipe, or are you just happy to see me? - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Kevin Holtzman Going tram-surfing with an operator for Portland's newest transit option. - BY CHRISTIAN GASTON 243-2122
Family Feud An odd budget battle takes shape in Salem. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
IF I RAN This Oregon Democrat knows Sen. Gordon Smith can be beaten. Now he tells you how he'd do it. - BY STEVE NOVICK 243-2122
"Dahlia," I say. "They're a local band." - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Super Cheesesteak Bowl Portland's best cheesesteak joints go head to head in honor of man's favorite sporting event. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Coffee Talk "Live Journalism" finds a home at Portland's Waypost. - BY LANCE KRAMER
Looks: 10, Food: 01 The Pearl's new Ten 01's visuals are stunning, but its menu needs a big tuneup. - BY HEIDI YORKSHIRE 243-2122
Hiro Worship We need another kind of hero on this season's best TV show. - BY BYRON BECK
Rebirth Of The Cool A trio of new owners brings the rock back to Slabtown. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Local News & Reviews - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
24-hour Party Pooper Watching Jack Bauer in real time leads to an overwhelming question: When does he take a leak? - BY RYAN HUME 243-2122
Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story A Japanese girl is spirited away—but not by friendly gods. - BY AARON MESH
Dishin' It - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Hula Hand-over New digs, new chef, same warm and fuzzy feeling. - BY IVY MANNING 243-2122
CHAPEL PUB Newest McMenamins undertaking brings a mortuary back from the dead. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
About Alice Calvin Trillin says goodbye to our national den mother. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Issue #33.11 | Published on 2007-01-24
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 1/24/2007 - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Artless Changes Despite bulging budgets, the city continues cuts to community sites. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Trams Across America Get ready, tram haters: Some locals want more—lots more. - BY KYLE CASSIDY
Wham, bam, thank you, Sam. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Scoring Controversy State contract prompts protests over bidding and judging practices. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Weak In Review Why'd the mayor take a pass last week on one of his top priorities? - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Portland Public Schools, Beaverton School District - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The weekly state of our union. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Jerome Lentini "Botox Doc" says in pre-prison interview that if he's wrong, so are a lot of other doctors. - BY ISAAC KAPLAN-WOOLNER
Awake and on a mission MC Sleep brings the Save Darfur Tour to Portland. - BY ISAAC KAPLAN-WOOLNER
"Hey, we've got a girl cab driver! Are you the Night Cabbie?" - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Garden of Weedin' Oregon's medical marijuana growers want to win respect, help the sick...and grow the kindest bud on the planet. - BY ZACH DUNDAS
The Flicker-down Effect Hollywood's biz and buzz come a-calling for Portland's film professionals. - BY JAMES BOYDA
My Bodyguard Something to watch over me, literally. - BY BYRON BECK
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
If this ain't the blues.. Local legend Sonny Hess gets a dose of real-life inspiration. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Local News & Reviews - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Pocket Rockets There's no guilt—just pleasure—in Smokin' Aces. - BY DAVID WALKER
Venus Peter O'Toole in the age of drool. - BY KATE LEBO
Vanya Hurt's great, but what's this Aussie doing in Alberta? - BY Ben Waterhouse
Altar Boyz All genuflect to the catholic tastes of a cult musical hit. - BY Stephen Marc Beaudoin
Dishin' It - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Hiro's Welcome Hiroshi redefines sushi as it floats from Lake O to the Pearl. - BY HEIDI YORKSHIRE
Band-aids, Mao and Dirty Hippies Wrapping up an eclectic month in visual arts. - BY RICHARD SPEER
Sacred Games Indian novelist Vikram Chandra shows the West how to write a crime thriller. - BY Matt Buckingham
Issue #33.10 | Published on 2007-01-17
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 1/16/2007 - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Spin City The revolving door stays ajar for ex-bureaucrats. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Break out your surge protectors. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Snow Job Why did the area's two largest school districts wait so long to shut down? - BY BETH SLOVIC
Voyage Of The Trammed Before you get on the tram, a quick reminder of how it got to be so expensive. - BY CHRISTIAN GASTON 243-2122
Herding Katz Ask ex-Mayor Vera Katz what she'd say in this week's "State of the City," and prepare for an earful. - BY HENRY STERN
Multnomah Athletic Club - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The six pillars of Murmurs. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Lovable Losers A midseason check on the Trail Blazers: likable guys who actually show some promise. - BY CASEY JARMAN
Sitka Spruce If a tree falls in the forest...save this "pre-obituary." - BY KYLE CASSIDY
Djimet Dogo An African man who stood up to his own government now helps African refugees in Portland. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Clown Girl Portland-penned and Chuck Palahniuk-approved—we've got a sneak peek at a Monica Drake's debut novel. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
"I'm going to 'Sinferno.'" - BY NIGHT CABBIE
Here There Be Monsters Spain devours its children in Pan's Labyrinth. - BY AARON MESH
Dressed For Success WW's legislative fashion critique: The Dems in Salem are image-conscious...in a good way. - BY LAURA SHINN 243-2122
Spread Eagle The war over a word heats up (again) in P-town. - BY BYRON BECK
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Oh, Opulent World The Shins' James Mercer counts his blessings, including Portland. - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Local News & Reviews - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
I Like Killing Flies A surly cook finds meaning in his marinara sauce. - BY AARON MESH
Misalliance Chris Coleman and George Bernard Shaw: a marriage made in hell. - BY JAMES WALLING
Mt. Sinai: Frontier of Byzantium and Smorgasbord Colin Currie and Cappella Romana burn up a chilly Portland weekend. - BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN
Dishin' It - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
MEAT MANNA Podnah's Pit is smokin' good. - BY LIZ CRAIN 243-2122
Second Skin Portland Art Center kicks butt and takes NoPo names. - BY RICHARD SPEER
Cartoon Workshop/Pig Tales Too bad for Beck, Paper Rad saves its finest head trips for print. - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Issue #33.09 | Published on 2007-01-10
Money For Something One Portlander tries to re-energize a local currency movement. - BY KYLE CASSIDY
Street Of Dreams A pioneering business owner on MLK worries about the street's fate. - BY BETH SLOVIC
Berbati's Pan - BY MICHAEL BYRNE
Ramona Kenady WW finds one Oregonian who loves the Legislature. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 1/10/2007 - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Loopy Laws WW presents some screwy laws the state Legislature should fix in 2007. - BY IAN DEMSKY
And they're off in the Legislature, but you knew that already. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Shots, minus the melons. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Plugging Leaks A troubled contractor's continued work on Macy's rehab angers a union and sets up a legislative showdown. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Give!Guide Final Report Thank you, readers! - BY RICHARD MEEKER
Buy The Book? WW's comparison shopping for history textbooks finds lies, misrepresentations and omissions. - BY BETH SLOVIC
No Exit Former jarhead Anthony Swofford's Army memories take a fictional turn in Exit A. - BY JOHN FREEMAN
Q Is For Quality Quality Pictures, the Pearl's newest blue-chip gallery, raises the art bar. - BY RICHARD SPEER
An Open Letter To Jeff Merkley, Oregon's New Speaker Of The House. - BY BYRON BECK
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The Running Man Fans of an obscure video blogger take a UO student on a roundtrip cross-country relay. - BY BRADLEY CAMPBELL
The (Other) Piano Man Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet is set to conquer Portland with virtuoso playing—and a sapphire earring. - BY STEPHEN BEAUDOIN
Shanghaied A visit to Portland's shady places with Kiss Bank and company. - BY JASON SIMMS
Local News & Reviews - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
The Emperor Of Ice And Screams David Lynch loves him some hallways. - BY AARON MESH
Reel Music, Take 2 Searching for the divine in the festival's second week. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Number Three Third Rail meets third child. - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Gina Gibney Dance Thoroughly modern Gina hotwires live art. - BY TIM DUROCHE
Dishin' It - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Hammy's Clinton Street's late-night pizza savior wants to make a pig out of you. - BY JESSICA MACHADO
We Appeal to Heaven Taking a stroll through Storm Tharp's one-note freak show. - BY RICHARD SPEER
Zoli Colum McCann captures a wanderer's song pitch-perfectly. - BY KARLA STARR
Split Creek V.O. Blum's latest work is weird, and not in a good way. - BY PAIGE RICHMOND
Issue #33.08 | Published on 2007-01-03
"There's lesbian porn made for men, and lesbian porn made for women." - BY NIGHT CABBIE
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 1/3/2007 - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Double-bunk Jeopardy New anti-jail-rape regulations put 200 Multnomah County jail beds at risk. - BY IAN DEMSKY
Portland Trail Blazers - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
If They Build It, Will Shoppers Come Back? Macy's downtown closes for construction. - BY ALICE JOY
New year, better dirt. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Tearing It Up What you should know about the upcoming transit mall rip-up. - BY ISAAC KAPLAN-WOOLNER
Tom's Pain Charter reform poses a major test for Mayor Tom Potter midway through his term. - BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Trial Lawyers and Firefighters (Taking What They Can Get) - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Hell of a Year! It's a skewering look at the defining words of 2006 in our Devil's Dictionary - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Three Dicks In A Box The network for women and gay men hits an all-time low. - BY BYRON BECK
Gossip Should Have No Friends - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Natural Born Liar Singer-songwriter Jon Itkin redefines what's "real." - BY AMY MCCULLOUGH
Local News & Reviews - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Oh, Play That Thing! Five high notes from the first week of Reel Music. - BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Mid-Season Stage Roundup The good, the bad, and the yet-to-be-determined. - BY BEN WATERHOUSE
Mekong: A Vietnamese Grill Mekong brings clean cuisine to a 'hood hungry for Vietnamese fast food. - BY ANGELA ALLEN
Ziba's Pitas A tasty Bosnian cart turns the American idea of flatbread on its head. - BY LIZ CRAIN
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