One day you’re hiking Dog Mountain in short shorts, hitting Sugar Pine and the Sandy River on the way back into town. The ...

I’m a gay 35-year-old guy in the San Francisco area. I’m heading on a weekend getaway with my boyfriend and two other gay couples. We’re all solid but purely platonic friends — at least so far — but ...

Portlanders took to the streets en masse on April 5 to participate in the local “Hands Off” mass mobilization, with thousands ...

Portlanders have until April 14 to apply to serve on the city’s new Community Board for Police Accountability. The new board ...

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There’s been a tectonic shift in the world of cafe build-outs the last few years that, in my opinion, is an extremely welcome ...

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HOWDY DO, BRAINY BOTTOM? It's time once again to put your brainy-brain to the test with this week's edition of POP QUIZ ...

Heys Fam, This is your friendly neighborhood buzzkill here, just popping in to remind you, that while "medicines" have their time and place, we may soon be entering a period where it'd be great to ...

One of the brightest lights in Portland’s music constellation has gone out. It was announced this past Thursday that Michael ...

An enormous stuffed Pikachu hanging from a pole—like Christ at Golgotha—lords over the Portland Ballroom at the Oregon ...