If I had to see five movies in Portland-area theaters this week, these would be them.

Oliver Stone's muddy guide to a new generation of South American political leaders.

The Grindhouse Film Fest's '70s Italian Crime Series kicks off this weekend, and I've got a pair of tickets to the first screening, Wipeout (AKA The Boss), which goes down Saturday at 7:30 at the Hollywood. Here's what Ned had

Before there was Stephenie Meyer, there was Anne Rice, the Vampire Chronicles matriarch who years back quit being a blood-sucking, homoerotic-espousing scribe to focus on her newfound faith. The author revealed yesterday via Facebook that she was abandoning Christianity because of several personal conflicts with the church&

Portland native Brendan Robinson plays "nerd hottie" Lucas, on the hit ABC Family show, "Pretty Little Liars."

Gorillaz aren't coming to Portland on the North American tour, but NPR Music lets you hear them live from Damascus.

Today I got the treat of all treats.  My friend Linda, from Vegas, visited with me for a few hours.  I’ve known her since we were 13.  It’s a long time.  There’s something that happens when Linda and I get together.  It’s a sort of ease and understanding.  I love this girl, more than I [...]

Looking good, Animal Collective I can't vouch for how reliable the

Release from pac-10.org: Defending Pac-10 champion Oregon narrowly edges out USC as the choice to win the 2010 Pac-10 Conference football title in a preseason poll of West Coast media members who regularly cover the league. The Ducks were listed in the top spot by 15 of the 35 voters participating in the poll and are [...]

The lineup also includes Soul Vaccination, Latin music and The Essentials.

I moved to Portland from Catalina Island in part because of Powell’s Books. I applied for a job at Powell’s Books for Home and Garden before I even got to town. Once I’d been here for a few weeks I interviewed at downtown’s Powell’s City of Books. I think you already know that I didn’t [.

In the first such sale in seven years, clothing from decades of past productions will be available for as little as $1.

He was referring to Step Up 3D, ju

Former Blazers Assistant Joe Prunty Joins Cavaliers Staff The Cleveland Cavaliers have officially announced head coach Byron Scott's coaching staff. Former B

forgot how to make the face, so i looked it up and realized it was actually rather obvious. i hate it when i miss something that seems obvious.

For years, Frank Miller spoke of a Gotham City graphic novel that would be like no other — for the 120 bone-crunching pages of “Holy Terror, Batman!” Miller — arguably the most important comic book artist of the last 30 years — envisioned a story in which the Caped Crusader went on a blood ques

Expecting anything more than a dollop of substance from a movie like "Charlie St. Cloud" is a fool's errand.

National Weekend of Prayer and Action for Immigrant Justice, will take place July 29- August 1 Church World Service reacted yesterday to the injunction placed on certain parts of Arizona's immigration law. Other Christian bodies are also commenting, including national...

Remember that survey that the Portland Development Commission was running? The second survey of the Portland software community? Well, time is running out for you to respond. Like really running out. Like it closes today. So if you’re interested in responding, I highly suggest you hop on over to the PDC survey and com

9:00 LIFETIME PROJECT RUNWAYSeason Premiere! From Marjorie's interview with Runway contestant and Portland designer Gretchen Jones: "I think what really surprised me is how I was able to adapt," she

Is Nanobrewing Portland's Future?

This comes as huge surprise: one in five Californians say they need mental health care. Results were probably skewed by San Francisco, where 99% need mental health care.

In an interesting move, outspoken vampire author Anne Rice, who has recently written extensively about her refound Christianity, has now announced that she no longer considers herself a Christian. From her

Sigmund Romberg (1887-1951)Charles Farncombe (1919-2006)Avet Terterian (1929-1994)Mikis Theodorakis (1925)Peter Schreier (1935)Bernd Weikl (1942)Olga Borodina (1963)andAlexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859)Stanley Kunitz (1905-2006)Paul Taylor (1930) T.J. Stiles (1964)

By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor Fashion is hooking up with rock ‘n roll (it’s hard to keep those two apart) once again for Semper Fashion’s fifth annual killer style event, Rock the Runways V.5 Fashion Show. This time around the good times will be rolling at Portland’s famously... Go to pdxneatsh

The age of the renter is upon us and is expected to create opportunities for owners of apartments/multifamily properties in select Portland sub-markets. With a consensus for a return to job growth in 2011, investors are starting to gear up.

Ever wondered how far you’d have to travel to legally wed your partner — without leaving the country? (Iowa.) Or which Oregon lawmakers stand in against marriage equality? (Rep. Greg Walden.) StatesThatAllowGayMarriage.com provides an interactive map tracking the status of same-sex marriage across the country an

As the Washington Times reports, we have an international reputation now. We're clean, we're green, we're "sustainable" as all get out. Our politicians divert millions from basic services to bike paths and trails. We have light rail and streetcars, and...

These guys had a car.

Steve asked you to caption a photo of a decomposing cat, and caption a photo of a decomposing cat you did, you sick fucks. After minimal consideration, the winner has been determined to be

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Leigh sent out his weekly email of Portland weekend events earlier today. It is mostly reproduced below with some additions by Pipeline. You can get the email and your chance to win hookups for shows and deals by emailing leighfeldman3 @ gmail and asking to join There are many listings so we have put events [...]

Legacy physicians and researchers hope to determine if Vitamin E and Trental can lessen complication rates when radiation is used in conjunction with breast implant reconstruction. Women are candidates if they have had a mastectomy with expander or implant reconstruction after a diagnosis of breast cancer and are receiving

Designer “Clare Bare” is a Parson’s graduate with a self-confessed vintage fabric hoarding problem (a condition I can sadly relate to). After college she decided to take advantage of the situation, and her lingerie line was born. Mixing in e

Note: I'm away from my computer for a while, so I'm re-posting some of my favorite items from the past years. Enjoy--I finally got my hands on Bud's American Ale, which seems simultaneously to be: 1) over-compensation for a company that's no longer American, 2) an acknowledgement tha

As a Motorola Droid user who chose the platform in part because I found the iron fist of Apple to be a tad unacceptable, I LOL'd after reading this from the Washington Post: The rise of

Austin is known for great music – and not just of the country/western variety you might expect from elsewhere in Texas. The youthful, progressive city of Austin is home to the SXSW festival, and it plays host to the annual Austin City Limits Festival, which began in 2002. This year’s festival will take place [.

By Bob Hicks Mr. Scatter doesn’t watch much television (especially since the Mariners have taken a dive into baseball’s primordial ooze of futility: where are you now, Edgar and Buhner and Big Unit?), and he doesn’t really go in for the American Idol model of determining cultural “winners.” Sho

July has five Fridays this go around. It also has five Thursdays and five Saturdays. What does it all MEAN? Your guess is as good as ours, but on thing’s for sure: Red Cap Garage/Boxxes is seizing the opportunity by engaging in a two-day onslaught of live performance, Burlesque, dancing, and all things five (5). Start

Thanks to Portland blogger extraordinaire and Just Out contributor Byron Beck for a heads up on the following. Per an Eater PDX post by Erin DeJesus, Looks like the swirling rumors surrounding the location of the reborn Portland outpost of Hamburger Mary’s — a California-based chain of LGBT-friendly bars — can fin

A few test shots of cherry tomato & cayenne pepper plants, taken with a 70's-era

EvidentiaBy the end of this year, Portland hopes to have its first

A Vancouver man is in custody after he assaulted a Vancouver Police Officer. Reubin Buelna was contacted on a traffic stop in the parking lot of the Wells Fargo Bank call center located at 521 SE Chkalov Dr on July 28th. Buelna refused to comply with the officer’s commands and attempted to restart his vehicle [...]

Planar Systems reported its first profitable quarter in 18 months this afternoon, along with sales slightly ahead of the Hillsboro company's forecast.

Ray LaHood portrayed himself as a Republican for years, but there's a good reason why the Bama selected him as secretary of transportation: both want to get you out of your car, and by any means necessary. Evidently unfamiliar with...

Local four-piece the Rainy States has come a long way since its first release, In the Basement Air, three years ago. Singer Betsy Johnson’s smooth, sexy, sultry vocals are still the act’s biggest drawcard, but the band as a whole has refined and polished its bluesy, R&B-inspired indie sound with clean, cruis

If you worked at Tamiya, the Japanese model-kit company, you’d have the chance to hand out the coolest business-card ever made. At first glance the letters on the “card” look like a stencil cut into plastic. Peek a little closer and you see that it is itself a tiny model kit. Break the letters from [...]

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