For those who missed Sarah’s post on the subject, Portland Parks in association with the Audubon Society, the Bureau of Environmental Services, USDA Wildlife Services, and CAREFULLY WORDED PARANOIA!!!! will be gathering up a bunch of domesticated geese and ducks early tomorrow morning (6:30 am) at Sellwood’s Westmoreland Park. BUT DO NOT PANIC, OR ORGANIZE […]
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100 Years of Splendor
Click image to zoom Just when your unwavering faith in Portland’s greatness was waning, history proves otherwise. According to a 1911 Oregonian article, Portland has always been mind-blowingly brilliant. Portland, the “meat-packing center of the Pacific Coast”, seemed to have been the best and greatest in all categories, ranging from top-notch lighting to incredible postal […]
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Pendleton’s Portland Collection: The Video
The only downside to working a fashion show (as I did last Thursday’s Fashion’s Night Out debut of Pendleton’s Portland Collection) is that I’m paying more attention to logistics than just sitting back and enjoying the show. So I’m glad that Greg Day, who works in Pendleton’s Archival Services, captured the moment in film with […]
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Hollywood Theatre Scores Equipment from the Broadway Metroplex
Ned Lannamann SPEAKERS! They sound better than they look. The last day for the Regal Broadway Metroplex was this past Monday; aside from a forlorn box of battered, free movie posters at the door, there wasn’t much fanfare about its closing. I went to see Conan the Barbarian on Sunday afternoon—partly because I wanted to […]
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Sex + Esplanade = SEXPLANADE!
Dear Portland: At around 10:15 pm last night, were you shooting a submission for our HUMP! homemade porn contest on the west bank Esplanade (more accurately, Waterfront Park)? I’m just wondering, because between the Morrison and Hawthorne bridges I saw no less than three couples in various stages of HOT ‘N’ HEAVY SEX. When I […]
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Hey Hey! It’s the MAX’s 25th Birthday!
Well, technically, the 25th anniversary of the Blue Line is on Monday. But TriMet is celebrating it today by giving speeches in Pioneer Square and putting birds on things! I happened to run into State Representative Lew Frederick at the noon time event. He was a reporter back when the line ran its first train […]
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Portlandia… Now in a Mall Near You
Hey, look what I saw in the mall: Portlandia gifts for sale! (Including Portlandia coffee mugs, coasters, nighties, and T-shirts that read “The Dream of the ’90s is Alive,” and of course, “Put a Bird on It”.) But this is what I thought was the funniest part: a placard that unsuccessfully tries to explain what […]
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Portland Ranks Above US in Wage Averages
Despite the recent state unemployment ratings, Portland’s still making bank. According to a Bureau of Labor Statistics survey, those who actually are employed in the city are making 6 percent more money than the national average. While most Americans are making an average of $21.35 an hour, we are raking in $22.58 an hour. Health […]
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Regal Broadway Metroplex to Close in September
Photo by Noah Dunham As of Monday, September 5, Portland’s Regal Broadway Metroplex will be closed, says Richard Grover, director of marketing and communications for Regal Entertainment Group. Speaking from the company’s headquarters in Knoxville, Tennessee, Grover confirmed the recent rumors that’ve been floating around Portland’s film scene, adding that during one of Regal’s “periodic […]
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Today’s Voodoo Doughnut Traffic Report
12:35 pm / August 17, 2011 Extremely light | Light | Moderate | HEAVY | Extremely heavy
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What’s Your Story?: James K.
[Editor’s Note: Welcome to “What’s Your Story?” wherein reporter Alec Quig interviews and photographs people on the street who are just like (or maybe nothing like) you.] Photography by Alec Quig Name + nickname: James K. Age: 40 Hood: NE Occupation: Filmmaker, inept teacher. Hometown: Greely, CO How fashionable are you on a scale of […]
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Hamburgers for Sisters
If you feel any hamburger cravings coming on, this is a good week to succumb to the business between the buns over at the reincarnation of Hamburger Mary’s and get a taste of the good old days. Beginning today and running through Wednesday from 3-6 pm, the Portland location of this queer-centric burger franchise is […]