Portland’s premier restaurant and cart owners hype up the local food and chefs they love! by Andrea Damewood [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or if you like physical, paper-y things, you can find it in more than 50 locations all around the city!—eds] Community over competition is a phrase you hear a lot if you spend time in the Portland restaurant scene. For the most...
A former Portlander returns to survey the city’s damage—and rebirth. by Ian Karmel [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or if you like physical, paper-y things, you can find it in more than 50 locations all around the city!—eds] I sat in my car outside of the Mercury offices. It was the beginning of March and I was afraid to open my door. It was raining—the kind of rain...
It’s time to take Portland back from the buttholes. Here’s how. by Wm. Steven Humphrey [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or if you like physical, paper-y things, you can find it in more than 50 locations all around the city!—eds] First of all, thanks to everyone who’s been saying nice things about Portland! And to those who’ve been spreading all those bad vibes? Hello YOU...
Let’s say nice things about the city’s most adorable critters! by Elinor Jones [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or if you like physical, paper-y things, you can find it in more than 50 locations all around the city!—eds] Tired: Portland is weird. Wired: Portland is sexy! Inspired: Portland is CUTE! Sure, we’re a messy collection of normies, snobs, and freaks, but you...
Things have changed since the early 2000s (not to mention 1896), but biking in Portland is still magical. by Taylor Griggs [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or if you like physical, paper-y things, you can find it in more than 50 locations all around the city!—eds] Portland has been a bike city since the 1890s, just after the invention of the modern bicycle. By 1896, the...
Portland, Ore. — The Port of Portland has announced the closure of container operations at Terminal 6
Norris will become the club’s technical director; General Manager Karina LeBlanc promises “global search” for new head coach. by Abe Asher Mike Norris is out as Portland Thorns head coach just four games into the 2024 NWSL season, the club announced on Tuesday. Norris, who served just over a year as head coach, is being moved into a new role as the club’s technical director. Rob Gale, one of Norris’ assistants, will take over...
Portland Trail Blazers center Deandre Ayton (back) is questionable for
Portland, Ore. — Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has announced the appointment of Bob Day as the permanent
Founder LaQuida Landford shows up for Oregon’s most vulnerable ‘round the clock. by Donovan Scribes (fka Donovan Smith) [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or if you like physical, paper-y things, you can find it in more than 50 locations all around the city!—eds] Before I get started, (and piss people off), I should start by saying this: “house keys not handcuffs,” “care...
Whether you’re into sci-fi, romance, or weirdness, Portland has a bookstore for YOU! by Lindsay Costello [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or if you like physical, paper-y things, you can find it in more than 50 locations all around the city!—eds] As someone who briefly braved the trenches of bookstore work (I was a “generalist” at Powell’s during the pandemic), my...
We don't recommend knowing much about Nassim; if you haven't read the other reviews—don't. by Suzette Smith It's not possible to perform Nassim the same way twice, but it's all too easy to spoil the show for those who haven't seen it. We're reminded of a challenge Artists Repertory Theatre laid down when they staged Red Rabbit White Rabbit, which is also by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour: "We dare you not to Google for...