Shakespeare outdoors -- louder, often trimmed down and broadly acted -- can be easier to digest than more formal productions indoors. Plus, you can picnic.

From "Troilus and Cressida" in a cemetery to "The Winter's Tale" in a winery, these are hot tickets.

Beavers. Tigers. Oh my. It all goes down at 12 PM PT today on ESPN. On the verge of today’s big contest against LSU,

All the best concerts on the way, from Roger Waters to Ziggy Marley.

What's new for home viewing on video-on-demand and Netflix, Amazon Prime and other streaming services.

Oregon could see its first 100-degree days of the summer this weekend. You can beat the heat with dishes that can be grilled outside, or don't require turning on the stove or oven.

Carl Reinecke (1824-1910) Mieczyslaw Horszowski (1892-1993) George Russell (1923-2009) Adam Faith (1940-2003) James Levine (1943) Nigel Osborne (1948) Nicholas Cleobury (1950) Sylvia McNair (1956) and Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) Michael Shaara (1928-1988) David Leavitt (1961)

Straight from the epic movie blockbuster, Justice League, and zooming into kids’ hands everywhere is the awesome Elite-Tek Batmobile styled just like the one in the film! The iconic Batman vehicle roars into New York Toy Fair and comes to life in epic scale with remote-controlled functionality. Check out the cool features

Almost built up. Only a few things remain to be done to this machine:

by Arthur Bradford The Trailblazers added two new big men to their roster via the NBA draft: 7 foot center Zach Collins of Gonzaga and 6 foot 9 bruiser Cleb Swanigan from Purdue. Here they are:

The Red Storm takes Safeco by... well, storm. Andrew Moore

My latest print article for the Bulletin is out—Bend brewers go for the gose, featuring Silver Moon Brewing’s new Salty Bog Cranberry Gose. Silver Moon’s head brewer Jeff Schauland is a fan of the style. “I actually really do like goses if they are made the ‘proper’ way,” he said …

The big man drafting parade continues in Portland. The Por

Joseph and Betty Hofman are an American couple who love traveling and documenting everyday life of people through their lenses. And theses wonderful Kodachrome slides they shot Alaska scenes when they were there in 1955.

The Gonzaga big man will try to block shots and stretch the floor in Portland. The

Track every pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, especially from the Portland Trail Blazers. Welcome to the live thread for the 2017

The Portland Trail Blazers have traded 15 and 20 to the Sacramento Kings for No. 10 and selected Zach Collins. The

Won’t Somebody Please Think of the Children? reviewing The Commune.  It don’t work. Freedom of Information — what the FBI has to say about Dungeons and Dragons. White Supremacist Youth. Turkish Guards Charged Over Violent Embassy Protest in Washington. Jon Ossoff tacking to the Center. Threats to both can

Several players and picks are rumored to be on the move today. Here’s the complete rundown. The 2017

Trump was already in the film, but after Election Day the punishing jury award against Gawker took on new meaning

Track every pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, especially from the Portland Trail Blazers. Welcome to the live thread for the 2017

The indie singer describes the influences on her fiercely political 20th album, "Binary"

Stefanie Martini fails to be stirring as a youthful, profoundly plain Jane Tennison

Jordan Schultz of Yahoo Sports suggests that the Trail Blazers like Harry Giles in the 2017 NBA Draft. The

I was home on break from college the first time my dad told me, "There were times when I wasn’t fully rational”

In a report that has national implications, almost half of the illegal immigrants held in Oregon jails in May faced serious sex crimes including rape, abuse and sodomy. About 83% are Mexican nationals. It must be just another "cultural misunderstanding",...

Living on the west coast, the origins of the country have always felt bloodless and distant. My impression when I come to D.C. is one of wondrous, tangible incoherence. You walk around the city and you see a country that mythologized its founders as near godlike figures, wreathed in the regalia of Ancient Greece. But wa

Jabari Young indicates that the Portland Trail Blazers may be interested in trading for LaMarcus Aldridge. UPDATE:

Finally, the FCC is getting around to doing something - like enforcing our law. The agency on Thursday proposed a $120 million fine against Adrian Abramovich of Miami, Fla., alleging his operation, doing business as Marketing Strategy Leaders, made 96...

Percussionist Patti Niemi talks about enduring anxiety, rejection and how to handle failure and not fall apart

The hacking of state and local election databases is more broad than previously thought, officials say

by Dan Savage I’m a queer mother to a very liberal, accepting family but I’m freaking out a bit and I need your help.

Come July 1, the minimum wage for the Portland metro area will go from $9.75 per hour to $11.25. Everybody open your mouth, everybody just say "ah". Everybody turn and cough, this won't hurt at all. Did your pay jump...

by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Note to Portland Business Alliance: NOBOD

A new study finds an increase in accident insurance claims in three states that have approved the sale of marijuana for recreational use. Oregon, Washington, and Colorado. Dang, the stoners told us there was no way that would happen. Personally,...

Media Monarchy plays CocoRosie, Arthur Verocai, Trumpwave and more on #PumpUpThaVolume for June 22, 2017. ♬

This week on the New World Next Week: King Salman rejiggers the Saudi succession plan; things heat up in Syria once again as the US shoots down a Syrian jet; and (who would have guessed it?) CRISPR genetic mutations are already happening.

The Beatles - Revolution I quit listening to the Beatles many years ago. Oh, i thought they were great when they first came out but after ten or twenty years I think I got kind of burned out on them. When John Lennon got killed, that kind of put a nail in that coffin. Or may it was just a coinci

This week on the New World Next Week: King Salman rejiggers the Saudi succession plan; things heat up in Syria once again as the US shoots down a Syrian jet; and (who would have guessed it?) CRISPR genetic mutations are already happening.

That's great — but also, hunh?

At least four conservative Republican Senators have already announced their opposition to the Senate GOP's bill

Most illegal immigrants who pay taxes have stolen someone else’s legal identity, and the IRS doesn’t do a very good job of letting those American citizens and illegal immigrants know they’re being impersonated, the tax agency’s inspector general said in...

The Ankeny Apartments project’s tortured path through the Portland City Council took another turn Wednesday that left developer Landon Crowell’s proposal still in limbo.

If, as Emerson said, language is the archive of history, then U.S. soldiers in Vietnam are writing history with words as well as weapons.So many slang terms, Vietnamese words and specialized usages are used by U.S. soldiers in Vietnam that language poses a bit of a problem to the new man coming over. Until he picks

by Ciara Dolan GLASYS Hunter Paye Last month, Portland musician

What's Hollywood's excuse now?