HOG HEAVEN

News At the Harley Rally in the South Park Blocks on Sunday, five dollars would buy you 10 minutes in the bouncy fun castle, a temporary tattoo that said "girlpower," or about a quarter of a Harley-Dav ... More

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 Jacob Fenton

Bushwhacking

Two. Four. Six. Eight. Here's where you can demonstrate.

News When George W. Bush came to Portland last August to raise cash for U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith, protesters greeted him with huge anti-war demonstrations (and got several canisters of pepper spray for t ... More

Wednesday, August 20, 2003 Jacob Fenton

Fighting for War

An Oregon National Guardsman is charged with assaulting a pro-peace demonstrator.

News As anti-war protesters made their weekly march through downtown Portland last Friday, as they have done every Friday since late 2001, they were greeted by honks, peace signs--and a water balloon ... More

Wednesday, August 13, 2003 Jacob Fenton

Lit with a Twist

Tin House magazine launches an impressive literary festival in a town that desperately needs one.

Books "Writing is just an awful thing to do," says Lee Montgomery, only half kidding. She's senior editor at Tin House magazine, a quarterly that takes its name from its Northwest Portland office's siding ( ... More

Wednesday, July 9, 2003 Jacob Fenton

SPELLBOUND

Portland Wiccans try to unhex nation's leaders.

News On Friday the 13th, roughly 100 witches, conjurors and assorted magical activists gathered on a grassy knoll outside the Western States Republican Leadership Conference in an effort to free the na ... More

Wednesday, June 18, 2003 Jacob Fenton