Q & A Farmers markets throughout the metro area—from PSU to Hillsboro to Milwaukie—may tout local produce, but how many can trace their green beans to the corner of Southeast 33rd Avenue and Div ...   More

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Would you rather pay $27 per hour to bowl or buy a $15 ticket that not only gets you three hours of bowling but throws in billiards and live music? How about if 100 percent of that ticket goes to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation? Yeah, I thought so. Slip into your bowlin' shoes and chalk up those pool cues: CFF has teamed up with   More

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Robopocalypse Comics Collective, a group of nine Portland comics artists, has released its latest group effort—a group effort that extends beyond the collective and into the lives of all readers. That's because Operation: R.O.B.O. Rescue is a comic book and a coloring book! In this merry melding of two literature for...   More

Featured Stories IMAGE: Kim ScafaroThe couch has something of an unfortunate reputation. Associated with slackers, gamers and potatoes everywhere, the couch is, for all of its cushioning and utilitarian value, maligne ...   More

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Yes, we now live in a world where hip music venues host bumpin' birthday parties for the president of these states united. The Democratic Party of Oregon hosts OBAMA'S BIRTHDAY BASH! at Backspace tonight. "Come celebrate our 44th President on his 48th birthday," all for the uncharacteristic...   More

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You might still be hung up on the fate of the much-harangued Made in Oregon sign, but the fine folks at the White Stag building (aka the University ...   More

Books “This, my friend, is a pussy-eating swamp panther.” So the wide-eyed, clear-skinned reader is introduced to the world of tattoo in Jeff Johnson’s Tattoo Machine: Tall Tales, True Sto ...   More

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If you aren't Scottish enough for the Portland Highland Games, perhaps you're plenty Neanderthal for the third annual Neander Games and Stone Worker's Picnic. This Saturday, Rocky Butte Park will take a joyride in a time machine—landing somewhere circa 60,000 BC—for this so-called "Caveman Olympics." A...   More

Headout IMAGE: Hawk KrallThe Portland Highland Games promises it is “so authentic, you’ll think you’re in Scotland!” And because the casual American observer considers Sean Connery&rsq ...   More

Headout IMAGE: Dennis CulverIt’s true: Blowing shit up on the Fourth of July expresses solidarity with our Founding Fathers. But on this holiday, WW would like to remind Oregonians that our kind of fire ...   More