Georgia's Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Syracuse's Michael Carter-Williams and UCLA's Shabazz Muhammad are among 18 players the Blazers interview in 30-minute sessions.

Georgia's Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Syracuse's Michael Carter-Williams and UCLA's Shabazz Muhammad are among 18 players the Blazers interview in 30-minute sessions.

Tablets of sodium fluoride, used for cavity prevention. Porkland City Council voted unanimously to medicate the pristine Bull Run waters For The Children™ - only to find citizens yelling "Hooold On Thar!" They collected more than enough signatures to put...

Some great behind-the-scenes footage from Damian Lillard's Rookie of the Year press conference in this short "NBA Rooks" clip from the NBA. I love Damian's mom saying she expected him to win Rookie of the Year because that's what he told her he would do when he was 12. Moms don't forget.

Those of us who took the whole ride through this year's four-night series of Open Season fashion shows are probably still convalescing—I know I am, and so is Marissa Sullivan, whose last recap of each night of shows over on

Those of us who took the whole ride through this year's four-night series of Open Season fashion shows are probably still convalescing—I know I a

Portland's voter owned elections died a convincing death at the hands of

Dear Scrabble players of Portland... What part of "We'll be closin

Testifying against a bill aimed at making the TriMet board of directors more accountable to taxpaying citizens, head honcho Neil McFarlane actually came out with this gem: “I would sort of ask the question,” McFarlane said, “what is broken with...

No that anyone's paying attention to the growing body of cogen

Acheson, a James Beard award winner for his cookbook “A New Turn in the South: Southern Flavors Reinvented for Your Kitchen” and as best chef, Southeast in 2012, runs two Athens, Ga., restaurants (Five and Ten and The National), as well as Atlanta’s Empire State South, which the New York Times hailed as “is one of m

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COMEDY—While he's a Tony-nominated actor (most recently for his role on Broadway in Porgy and Bess), author, and comedian, David Alan Grier w

A TV interview program airing live from the film fest in France was interrupted by the sound of shots, sending actors including Christoph Waltz scrambling for cover. Police detained a man with a starter's pistol, a knife and a plastic grenade.

The mind behind the nonprofit, Ryan Saari, calls it a "place where people know we're about something greater than just getting together for a beer"

What an interesting morning I had!  The production crew from the Alex Anderson/Ricky Tims web TV show, The Quilt Show, was here taping in my studio for about 4 hours. There was a big surprise element, as well. While I knew the crew would be here, I did not know that Alex Anderson would show up as a surprise. I think I

Recently I made a new friend (not out of playdoh!) and I was telling a straight male comedian about her and he said, "That's weird. I didn't think girl

German officials are awaiting autopsy results to find out if Japanese chef Miki Nozawa died Monday of injuries sustained during a fight with two customers who complained about his food or an existing medical condition.

Down by the river.

I’ve got a Beer & Tell to give about alembic. Alembic is a migration tool that works with SQLAlchemy. I’m using it for database migrations with PostgreSQL. So, here’s what I want to say today: Written by SQLAlchemy wiz Mike …

A long-time commenter here writes:"David, you should explain for everyone how it should be done. It is easy to criticize, but what's the solution for the communication?"I don't think it's really a pr

Dietrich is a journalist and fiction writer whose Ethan Gage series is popular around the world.

Here's a fun fact: the Mercury editorial team is leaving work early today so we can all go see Star Trek into Darkness. (We did the same thing for Skyfall, because w

Minnesota Vincent Kartheiser returns to his home state this summer to star as Mr. Darcy in Guthrie Theater's staging of "Pride and Prejudice."

Another Portland company has had a successful exit—and that also means another successful exit for the Oregon Angel Fund. Indoor mapping startup Meridian has been acquired by Aruba Networks. And it will remain in Portland as a wholly owned subsidiary. What’s Meridian do? Well, the Portland Business Journal summe

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Porkland continues to waste invest billions in tax dollars and cash borrowed from China to build little light rail and streetcar lines, but they don't have anything much that makes them worthy of the term "public transit": due to downtown...

Who is Lord Dying?They are the doomy Portland metal band who recently signed with Relapse Records. When does their first full-length album come out?July 9, 2013 in the year of our dark lord. What is it c

As is often the case, the hullabaloo following a paper about climate is more enlightening than the paper itself.I've noticed two things since Cook et al Environ Res Lett.:1. Everyone is expected to be on one side of the

Tesla Motors Elon Musk's electric ride for the rich has the stock market in ecstasy; in the last month alone, Tesla's stock price has shot up to around $90 a share. But you probably shouldn't break out the celebratory champaign...

Only 14.3 million viewers tuned in to see Candice Glover win, a 33 percent drop from last season's finale.

"We really do not have a problem with mountain biking at all. In fact, we would affirmatively support mountain bike access on Mt. Hood and we'd love to build allegiances with those folks, but we just don't believe this is the proper place for this development."— Rhett Lawrence, Conservation Director, Sierra Club (Oregon C

Politicians in general, and Obama in particular, toss around terms like "accountability" and "responsibility" all the time. Obviously, they live in an alternate universe in which the words have no meaning whatsoever. Hillary "took responsibility" for Benghazi, whatever that means;...

Opening tonight over at the CoHo, a show about a mom and kid who move to a conservative small town, called Crooked, co-produced by local theater power couple Philip Cuomo and Maureen Porter. I've found myself prioritizing seeing shows at the C

This week's choices include a party to benefit a new location for Reading Frenzy, "Portland's Funniest Person," "The Office" trivia, the 24 Hour Comics Portland Edition and "True Blood: The Complete Fifth Season."

The country music star wants to block the release of a patrol car video related to his 2012 drunken driving arrest, when he was found naked by the road near his wrecked Trans Am.

It's Day Two at the NBA Combine in Chicago, and we learn from The Oregonian's Jason Quick that the Trail Blazers, after conducting interviews yesterday with UCLA's Shabazz Muhammad, Indiana's Cody Zeller, Syracuse's Michael Carter-Williams and San Diego State's Jamaal Franklin, will interview Georgia shooting guard Kentavio

This time, Bray's body of work is inspired by Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film, "Blow-up."

The Los Angeles writer's dark comedy deals with people struggling under the weight of secrets.

In addition to the bird festival and young artists concert, there is a family fun day at Rice NW Museum of Rocks & Minerals in Hillsboro, a bonsai demonstration in Beaverton and benefit concert in Sherwood.

It tends to keep a low profile, but never forget: Odessa is—and has been for longer than most—one of the most sophisticated boutiques in the city. They recently put together a lookbook for the spring season featuring stunning new pieces from Tsumori Chisato and Isabel Mara

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Need a little perk in your beauty routine? Well you are in luck, because Blush Beauty Bar is celebrating it's 9th birthday this weekend with Beautypalooz

The thieves ripped a wall safe out of a hotel room and made off with high-end jewelry from Chopard, which lends to stars strolling the red carpet. It also manufactures the crystal and gold Palme d'Or trophy, which it swears is safe and sound.

“Nothing greys the hair quicker than compassion.” –Dr T, to me via text message. The problem with free and easy relationships is they rarely stay that way. What starts as casual ends up serious. It turns from “That was fun, want to get something to eat?” to “Where the fuck you been?”

Armed Forces Day occurs annually on the third Saturday of May and celebrates  our nation's brave soldiers. To celebrate, Oregon Red Cross SAF Managers Donna Winker and Linda Jager wrote a blog post about the Oregon Red Cross' Services to Armed Forces program. We would also like to thank Donna and Linda for thei

Adidas is set to release a special edition set of sneakers to honor Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard's

"I asked her to turn it off. She answered: 'So don't look'."

This turned up in the ol' feedbag—I mean letterbag. (Christ, what did I just eat?)I have been searching for weeks for an exclusive hip hop club Saturday nights here in PDX. No luck. Jones had a West Coast '90s hip hop for a while and then poof it's over. Crown Room is gone now. Where do you recomme

Tell us how you would continue to shape the Trail Blazers roster and build a winner.