Dude, it's meltdown time again on "The Real World: Portland," as the previously level-headed Anastasia gets hysterical when a visit from her boyfriend doesn't go so well.

Last week, owner Courtney Sproule debuted daytime service -- 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays -- with a "fee fee" menu including Sterling coffee, housemade pastries, ham and Camembert sandwiches and French lentil and chicken and Pastis aioli salads.

It's a crowded tour market and everyone is competing for your entertainment dollar: Kid Rock, Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift, Kenney Chesney, Paul McCartney, One Direction, Bob Dylan, Beyonce, Rihanna and more.

Join Cinema Project at the Experimental Film Festival Portland for their curated program of 16mm surreal cartoons. From Sally Cruikshank's Quasi at the

This post is from staff writer Kristin Wong. “If they cleaned this place up, it could be pretty nice.” –My mom’s take on NYC. This week my mom was kind enough to take some time off work and accompany me to New York, where I was a guest on one of her favorite shows, “Fox [...]

With both sit-down and drive-through service,Taco Del Sol is fast food with a slow-cooked soul.

Despite a superficially eco-friendly message and an engaging female lead, 'Epic' is bogged down by a formulaic story and an over-reliance on celebrity voice talent.

Today's Lunchtime Laugh should serve to fuel speculation with a mini-skit featuring three of the former "Friends" stars in a preview for the "Ellen" show.

Taste some great beers from the portfolio of the Vanberg & DeWulf, the Belgian beer specialists...

I loved Frances Ha, the newest from director Noah Baumbach. (You can read my at-length gushing about it here, if you like.) The film stars and was co-written by Greta Gerwig, who just might be the most l

You've likely invested time and money to generate an identity for your brand and to trademark it, but the reality is, no one is going to protect it for you. You are required to police the use of...

Pipeline is once again giving away many Portland event tickets this weekend including the Counting Crows w/ The Wallflowers, Randy Newman, wine tasting & more!

The Blue Cranes take the wraps off 'Swim' on Friday at Mississippi Studios.

Backspace–The Greys, Wow & Flutter, Shahman, Conference, 8 pm, $7, all ages Crystal Ballroom–Devendra Banhart, Rodrigo Amarante, 8 pm, $

Attorneys handling Katherine Jackson's suit against AEG Live say that there is more evidence of AEG's disdain for Michael Jackson.

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The weekend is here and there is plenty to do from the Portland Rose Festival to the Multnomah County Fair, as well as the Beautiful Bearded Lady Competition, Memorial Day wine tasting and the Compound Fracture Movie Tour!

This week's letters to the editor are a little, mmmm, I'm gonna say "eclectic." —First

A necklace worth $2.6 million was stolen from a French Rivera hotel after a party for festival attendees.

Trey Smith When Confucius was away in the west visiting the state of Wei, Yen Yuan said to the Music Master Chin, "What do you think of my master's trip?" Music Master Chin said, "A pity! - your master will most likely en

Spending time with my nieces’ and nephews visiting my grandmother!

Old Light releases cassette No. 3 (which you can hear online): Yes.

Musical instrument app company Smule has launched a new app called Guitar, which lets you strum along to pre-recorded songs recorded through its Sing application, which is a socially connected vocal recording app. At present, the company has hand-picked a dozen or so singers for the Guitar app, letting you play along. ̶

A manuscript by the late Pulitzer Prize winning author was discovered in storage in January. "The Eternal Wonder" will be released this fall.

Nostrana is holding its annual Negroni Social on June 3 to benefit a nonprofit that helps homeless youths and others. But if you can't score a ticket, you can still enjoy a tasty Negroni and help out a good cause. Selected bars and restaurants around Portland have joined the cause this year and will be serving up special Ne

Why hello there, you hunk of burning love. Are you feeling shy today? No reason to hide. No one’s going to hurt you. There now, that wasn’t so bad, was it? I think I saw a pair of blue suede shoes over by all the used sneakers. Katy Wolk-Stanley “Use it up, wear it out, [...]

McClenahan Bruer recently earned two awards in the prestigious Summit Creative Awards. There were over 5000 submissions from 25 countries, so the McBru team is proud of the accolades received from the distinguished panel of judges. The silver award winning video, titled The Ultimate Data Center Challenge, was written and

KmikeyM PSA on how to live a better life.

If you haven't noticed, the Scientologists have a brand new storefront in downtown Portland and it's awesome. If you'd like to watch promotional DVDs while feeling like the men in suits who w

They're coming, millions of cicadas intent on ... well, we're not sure, but in case they're after us, here are some quotes from our favorite bug movies so you know what to expect.

Local nightlife impressarios John Janulis (Northeast Portland's Bye and Bye, Southeast's Sweet Hereafter) and Jake Carey (Southeast's Dig a Pony) are teaming up to open the Jackknife, a bar and lounge in the lobby of the Governor Hotel.

I'm posting this for no other reason than that Peter Gabriel's third album was released on this very day in 1980. Here is a "demo" version of "And Through the Wire," perhaps the least known song on that record and probably my favorite as well. I don't think this is a "demo" at all, but r

The All Access service represents Google's attempt to grab a bigger piece of the digital music market as more people stream songs over mobile phones.

Portland Trail Blazers All-Star forward LaMarcus Aldridge was not named to one of the three 2012-13 All-NBA Teams but he was listed in the "other players receiving votes

It's amazing how all the GOP outreach to women... ...can be undone by one Republican representative at a just-us-boys congressional hearing on abortion.

In the most exciting day ever since Sam Elliott visited the Mercury o

The actress, who was friends with Liberace, plays his mother in HBO's "Behind the Candelabra."

The story has friends Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms volunteering to drive odd hanger-on Zach Galifianakis to a sanitarium. The result is an almost laugh-free comedy with nothing approaching a comical or original situation. By the time the whole cast is back in Vegas -- again -- you can smell the desperation.

I am almost-certainly way late on the Monkey Light Pro, but have you all seen this? Who among us hasn't dreamed of an animated goldfish, futilely attempting to escape its crystal prison on our bike wheels? Or hamste

Hang on to your mobile phones, Portland retailers, because thieves may be casing your shop with an eye on your iPhone. Several shop owners have reported that either their iPhones or employees'...

Trey Smith A 21-year-old university student who was taken hostage in her apartment and then shot to death during a police standoff with an armed robber on New York's Long Island was killed by a bullet fired from an officer's gun, investigators said on Su

Here's something that Pope Francis said yesterday: The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! ‘Father,

A few things to do close to home this weekend in Northeast Portland.

Hey, gang. Barack here. Look. It seems our drones have actually killed four Americans without due process. And, well, we're now going to limit who we kill with aerial drones and let the military r

Parade catches up with Stephen King, the rare author who has succeeded across genres—he has written best sellers as well as literary fiction—whose books have made the leap to film, TV, and the stage, and who has become a celebrity in his own right. King, 65, continues to write accessible stories at a remarkable rate. [&

You're clueless. Talk about clicking with someone - this hasn't happened in a long time for me. We start talking, texting every day. Seeing each other as often as our schedules allowed us and just as things got really amazing and a sleep over was inevitable you disappeared on me. Not a text back. Not a call b

VAMPIRE WEEKEND, HIGH HIGHS(Keller Auditorium, 222 SW Clay) Nobody expected Vampire Weekend's third album to be this good, especially with the title Modern Vampires of the City. Yet