Features

the ultimate trek

Beam Us Downriver, Scotty!

We talk with Trek in the Park director Adam Rosko about their new episode and the move to St. Johns’ Cathedral Park

08/09/2012 By John Murray

Local Royalty

Hollywood Knights

Phil Knight famously made a fortune as a founder of Nike. Now the shoe king and his son Travis are vying for a foothold in the super-competitive world of filmmaking with a cartoon girl named Coraline.

07/24/2012 By Tom McNichol

Long Story [Short]

The Diver

Lieutenant Rich Tyler

07/18/2012 By Jill Davis

Rainmaker

Virtual Vending

Paresh Patel changes the way you buy snacks.

06/22/2012 By Zach Dundas

Insider's Guide to the Gorge

How’d the Gorge Get There?

We chart the geologic evolution of the Columbia River Gorge. This may take a while.

05/25/2012 Edited by Kasey Cordell

from the songbird's beak

Getting To Know Ashia Grzesik

The cabaret cellist and soprano songwriter sits down with a Culturephile correspondent to talk about music, fashion, gender-blending, and the Polish-American experience. See her live tonight!

05/24/2012

Parks & Wreck

How John Yeon Shaped the Columbia River Gorge

One visionary Portland architect used bulldozers, Ming china, and political chutzpah to create a stunning personal landscape—and save the Gorge as we know it.

05/24/2012 By Randy Gragg

Long Story [Short]

The Refugee

Ismet Prcic, 35

05/24/2012 By Taylor Clark

Rainmaker

Tree Titan

Matt Donegan helps Oregon’s timber business branch out.

04/27/2012 By Bill Lascher

Article

Haute History

A tour through fashion emblems of the past century—and where to find them now

04/27/2012 By Eden Dawn

Long Story [Short]

The Straight Shooter

Randy Leonard, 59

04/27/2012 By Sarah Mirk

Mudroom

Hand Jive

A nonprofit aims to save endangered languages with a few simple gestures.

04/27/2012 By Will Lambeth

UFO Oregon

A Guide to Oregon’s Extraterrestrial Past and Present!

To celebrate the 62nd anniversary of the state’s most famous UFO sighting, we probed experts and skeptics for a guide to our otherworldly history.

04/20/2012 By Martin Patail

Article

It’s Thomas Lauderdale’s Universe!*

Musician, activist, raconteur—the suave Pink Martini leader sits at the center of his own cosmos of clout.

03/16/2012

Article

Where Isn’t Charles Wilhoite?

The Everywhere Man’s public roles, past and present

03/16/2012 By Amanda Waldroupe

WHO'S WHO

To Heir is Human

As five Portland power families pass the torch, can the next generation step up?

03/16/2012 By Randy Gragg and Zach Dundas

HISTORY

Defining the Decades

Portland power players of the past

03/16/2012 By Carl Abbott

Web Exclusive

The Sunday Life Line

Roberta Tyler helps others get to the church that helped her

02/23/2012 Edited by Aaron Scott With Stephen Person

Feature

Beyond the Churches

Jefferson High School & SEI

02/17/2012 By Aaron Scott

History

Black in Portland

130 years of dislocation

02/17/2012 By Randy Gragg