Featured Stories Last month another vestige of Portland's historic downtown core became a pile of rubble. It was no architectural masterpiece, just a nice old building that had certainly seen its fortunes fall. Bu ... More
Requiem for St. Francis
Old hotels are disappearing from Portland--the latest victim was a well-known landmark.
Featured Stories Last month another vestige of Portland's historic downtown core became a pile of rubble. It was no architectural masterpiece, just a nice old building that had certainly seen its fortunes fall. Bu ... More
MulhollandŐs Opus
David Lynch, master of the jarring movie nightmare, is up to his old tricks.
Movie Reviews & Stories In his autobiography, legendary filmmaker Luis Buñuel wrote, "Somewhere between chance and mystery lies imagination...despite the fact that people keep trying to reduce it or kill it off al ... More
Restaurant Guide 2001-- other oregon
think portland has the state title for best restaurants? watch out for the other contenders.
Food Reviews & Stories Restaurant Guide 2001 IndexThe RestaurantsWelcomeEverything looks better after a mealShop TalkSecret Seattle--six eateries up north.Year of the Frog?Thrill SeekersFor all you gastronomic snobs who t ... More
Hidden Treasures
Robert Oshatz designs some of Portland's most intriguing buildings--if you can find them.
Visual Arts For more than a decade, Portland has been accused of passing up innovative architecture in favor of urban livability. Perhaps the larger problem, however, is more universal: Good design is readily ... More
Loss Leader
Mark Eitzel, poet laureate of drunken heartbreak, wants you to know he doesn't cry all the time.
Music Stories In a scene from the classic western The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Jimmy Stewart asks a local newspaper editor why he won't expose the truth behind his town's most celebrated tall tale. "When l ... More
Steve and Stanley's Android Adventure
Two legendary filmmakers, one little boy and the consequences of playing God.
Movie Reviews & Stories There is a scene halfway through A.I. Artificial Intelligence in which a tattered group of androids is being demolished in a circus show. Orphaned robot-boy David, played by Haley Joel Osment, str ... More
He's Back--and Badder Than Ever
Ramsey Embick, a genuine musical heavyweight, finds a home for his music in Oregon.
Music Stories One Wednesday night at Berbati's Pan, with his jazz combo the Original Cats taking a break between sets, pianist Ramsey Embick sits down for a quick beer and a story. Los Angeles, circa 1990. Embi ... More
Design of the Times
Bart King's new book shows where Portland architecture has been -- but where is it going?
Visual Arts Bart King's An Architectural Guidebook to Portland arrives at a curious moment. Propelled by years of economic boom and public fervor for the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao--a reminder of great archi ... More
Sinking Arizona
Pearl Harbor kicks off the summer movie season with bombs and sinking ships.
Movie Reviews & Stories Roosevelt was right: After nearly six decades, Dec. 7, 1941, still lives in infamy. But bringing this red-letter date to the screen has always been tricky. Japan's raid on the American fleet only ... More
Our Boy Ellroy
James Ellroy releases the second book in a trilogy that slits open the underbelly of '60s iAmerica
Books They call him the Demon Dog. For two decades, James Ellroy has made his fame on superlative crime novels like Clandestine, The Black Dahlia, White ... More
Top Articles from Brian Libby
REQUIEM FOR RAMBLIN' ROD
Portland's favorite kiddie show host is dead, but not forgotten. When Camels Cry
Blending drama and documentary, The Story of the Weeping Camel captures an ancient Gobi Desert ritual. Requiem for St. Francis
Old hotels are disappearing from Portland--the latest victim was a well-known landmark. Hidden Treasures
Robert Oshatz designs some of Portland's most intriguing buildings--if you can find them. What Price Donuts?
Krispy Kreme's first donut franchise in Portland may demolish a beloved restaurant. Something Up Their Sleeve
An unheralded moviemaking trio gives Portland film a dose of magic. Our Boy Ellroy
James Ellroy releases the second book in a trilogy that slits open the underbelly of '60s iAmerica Tough Pill to Swallow
Maria Full of Grace is a simple human story surrounded by political controversy. Design of the Times
Bart King's new book shows where Portland architecture has been -- but where is it going? Gehry Gone?
Portland's favorite kiddie show host is dead, but not forgotten. When Camels Cry
Blending drama and documentary, The Story of the Weeping Camel captures an ancient Gobi Desert ritual. Requiem for St. Francis
Old hotels are disappearing from Portland--the latest victim was a well-known landmark. Hidden Treasures
Robert Oshatz designs some of Portland's most intriguing buildings--if you can find them. What Price Donuts?
Krispy Kreme's first donut franchise in Portland may demolish a beloved restaurant. Something Up Their Sleeve
An unheralded moviemaking trio gives Portland film a dose of magic. Our Boy Ellroy
James Ellroy releases the second book in a trilogy that slits open the underbelly of '60s iAmerica Tough Pill to Swallow
Maria Full of Grace is a simple human story surrounded by political controversy. Design of the Times
Bart King's new book shows where Portland architecture has been -- but where is it going? Gehry Gone?
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