HireLive is hosting a FREE job fair at the Portland Embassy Suites on Wednesday, May 29. The list of companies attending the fair will be announced this Friday, May 24.
It’s not too late to register for Summer in Words at the Oregon Coast! I won a scholarship for tuition, so this will be my second year attending! I’m so stoked. Can’t wait to spend the weekend in Cannon Beach, talking about writing, words, story building and character with other passionate writers and creators. As [..
What can this guy make out of junk?
Tonight's choices include lots of season finales, including "Nashville" and "Chicago Fire," and the return of "MasterChef."
Portland Real Estate update as of 05-22-2013 4:30 pm. There are 27 new homes for sale. Data sourced from the following pages: Arbor Lodge Real Estate,
The technical glitch that snarled last week's arts tax payment deadline has been fixed, the city just reported, and the deadline for paying the arts tax (remember, $35 for most income earners) has now been e
Writing about films as important as Fast & Furious 6 is immeasurably difficult—there are a lot of things to get through before you can even talk about what the film means, f
Clifford Richardson was among the multitudes who joined a 2010 march against two recent police shootings that wound its way around downtown and past the Portland Police
Oh a few days of high 70′s and low 80′s and people were half naked in Portland. The False Spring was, once again, upon us. The definition of False Spring does not do justice to the phrase. “False spring is a term used in botany (and related fields) rather than in meteorology. It refers to […]
Queen Victoria was a fan.
We'll have a month to sift through the rumors and speculation to try to figure out what's going on inside Neil Olshey's mind leading up to the NBA draft on June 27. Before we begin, we want to know where you stand. What do you want to see the Blazers do with the No. 10 pick?
We'll have a month to sift through the rumors and speculation to try to figure out what's going on inside Neil Olshey's mind leading up to the NBA draft on June 27. Before we begin, we want to know where you stand. What do you want to see the Blazers do with the No. 10 pick?
Not perfect Not brave enough Not willing to put up with your shit Not wanted Not smart enough Not heard Not loyal Not talented enough Not valued. Alone. Yeah, that’s me. That’s all of us. One day or another. Heartbroken. Colleen Sohn
COMIC BOOKS—Two of the best artists working today, Brazilian twin brothers Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon have created some extraordinary comics
"Lots of bands call Los Angeles their home, but few truly represent the city like ROTTING OUT. With members hailing from some of the more notorious parts of the storied streets everyone thinks of when they hear "LA," it's no wonder their music expresses that grit so rarely captured this perfectly.
After spending much of the last year working on behalf of other rappers, Cool Nutz gets back to his game.
Another week, another jam-packed Mercury music section that will outright ruin your teeth. No vote required. Portland's Blue Cranes (pictured above) is more than a post-jazz ensemble. It's a collection of songwriters.
Portland's do-everything musician, Lewi Longmire, debuts the first in a series of vinyl singles planned for this year.
Artichokes are ple
Another week, another jam-packed Mercury music section that will outright ruin your teeth. No vote required. Portland's
We don't get many "thanks!" submissions on the I, Anonymous Blog—but here's one, and it's
The Intermodalists: ODOT Highway Division Administrator Paul Mather and Transportation Development Division Administrator Jerri Brohard.(Photo: ODOT) The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has announced another shift in their approach to transportation planning and it couldn't come at a better time. As recent natio
Jose Canseco, who has been accused by both of his ex-wives of domestic violence in the past, was approached by police officers in Las Vegas as part of a rape investigation, according to Canseco's Twitter feed. How did Canseco respond? By tweeting the name of the woman Canseco says has accused him of rape, along with what
Wireless power standards, are consolidating, reports All Things D. Powermat, the company that last year allied with Duracell and Starbucks, is the main technology behind the PowerMatters Alliance. Today it announced that it has acquired PowerKiss, a Finnish company. Powermat has about 1,500 locations in the U.S. enabled wit
Tomorrow MONDO will be selling three prints, previously sold at this year’s Texas Frightmare Weekend: The Thing by Randy Ortiz, Son of Frankenstein by Rich Kelly, and White Zombie by Ghoulish Gary Pullin. Detail shots of each poster can be seen HERE. Please follow MONDO on Twitter for the on sale announcement. These
Dear Portlanders Against Fluoride, Fuck you and your junk-science bandwagon! Once again, Portland is the weirdest place in America, and this time it's sans naked people. Fluoride in our water making beer or coffee taste bad? Eroding teeth enamel? Poisoning our kids? Seen a dentist lately? Read a sci
“My name is General Zod.” If the early trailers for Zack Snyder’s Man Of Steel traded more on classic Superman visuals — the midwestern farmhouse, the red cape flickering in the wind, our hero gracefully looping the planet — and … Co
With art by James Hance, this Princess Leia Tank Girl is one badass blaster-wielder. Thanks to Scott Starkiller for submitting it (and
With art by James Hance, this Princess Leia Tank Girl is one badass blaster-wielder. Thanks to Scott Starkiller for submitting it (and laying out the flyer). Be like Scott—submit next week's Poster of the Week here
The Porkland City Council got their heads handed to them. After unanimously deciding to fluoridate the water supply, a hastily-formed group in opposition gathered enough petition signatures to put the matter on the ballot. That they managed to do so...
Question from Lenora May 20, 2013 at 8:20am Richard, I defaulted on a loan from my 403 b accout. I paid the taxes on the distribution. I am 64 years old & still working. Do I still have to pay...
Hugh Jackman will return for his sixth appearance on the big screen as Logan this summer in The Wolverine and in preparation for the film, he will appear on the cover of Entertainment Weekly’s “Summer 2013 Calendar” issue. The magazine also spoke with him about working on this film as compared to his first
ThinkProgress.org grimly illustrates what happens when state and local municipalities lose revenue and have to slash vital services, like law enforcement, primarily at the e
Please join us for an evening in the Discovery Museum after hours! The World Forestry Center Discovery Museum is opening its doors for a special Museum by Moonlight event dedicated to Ansel Adams.
As mentioned in Good Morning, News!, today I am admittedly suffering from a case of SOUR GRAPES after last night's fluoridation defeat—but I swear I'm trying to be cool about it! Unfortunately today we'
Mike Mitchell just announced an upcoming show at G1988 (West) that he’ll be curating. The show will celebrate the past, present and future of space exploration and the awesomeness that is the universe. Scott. C, Daniel Danger, Olly Moss, Ken Taylor, Kevin Tong and many more artists will showcase their work. Bobak Ferd
Question from Michael May 16, 2013 at 6:32am Richard, I am retired,with my pension and Social Security , I will bring in $25,341.00 for 2013..My wife is still working and her's should be about $16,000.00---This is already Taxed,Marreied filing jointly,Bringing...
The past year in the local fashion event industry has been playing out like a game of musical chairs, and not to be left out, the Portland Fashion & Style Awards—
The past year in the local fashion event industry has been playing out like a game of musical chairs, and not to be left out, the Portland Fashion & Style Awards—which I criticized at length for
Oregon author Michal Ann McArthur has had big success with new book Choking on a Camel. The Kindle version went up for free Monday (May 20). By Tuesday, it had hit #1 in literary fiction, #1 in Christian fiction, and #1 in Christian books. Yowzer! The book is still free today, but this is the [...]
YOUTH LAGOON, SWAHILI(Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell) Read our article on Youth Lagoon.
Research shows that the three-day Mountain Bike Oregon event pumps $1.2 million into the Oakridge economy.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Where timber once ruled the economy, mountain biking is providing new hope. That's the story for a growing number of rural communities throughout Oregon. The trend isn't new; but it's m
Based on limited time with the device, the Xbox One feels like an improvement over its predecessor. But it fails to include features some fans have demanded, including the ability to play games bought for the existing Xbox 360 system.
A Russian mixed-martial arts fighter, being questioned by FBI agents in Orlando, Florida regarding his association with the Boston bombers, allegedly became suddenly violent; injuring an agent before being fatally shot. "The agent, two Massachusetts State Police troopers, and other...
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Officials at Oregon State University-Cascades aren't sure yet what infrastructural form a four-year university will take. They just know that they want $16 million in state capital construction money to either build new buildings or use existing ones.
As I sit here typing this, I must admit I’m wearing one of my Sassy must-haves: the ultra comfy and warm
There's plenty of time between now and the NBA draft (Thursday, June 27), so there will be plenty of speculation, rumors, mock drafts, guessing and second guessing at what Neil Olshey and the Blazers will do with their No. 10 pick. Here's the first run.