Features

FEATURE

Light A Fire 2010

Our annual celebration of the nonprofit community highlights the individuals and organizations that are making Portland a better place to live, love and grow.

10/08/2010 By Anna Sachse

Spirit Guide

Five Minutes With Dan Aykroyd

Comic actor chats about his Crystal Head Vodka

09/24/2010 By John Chandler

Long Story [Short]

The Trainer

In 2006, Oregon Zoo trainer Philip Fensterer took an unlikely stumble into the big-cat kingdom and never quite made it out of the den.

09/13/2010 By Lauren Fox

Stage Presence

5 Questions for Kinky Friedman

Author, politician, songwriter, and cowboy philosopher speaks up

07/27/2010 By John Chandler

Long Story [Short]

The Officer

Gregory Mack, 52

05/21/2010 By Rachel Ritchie

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Becoming Nicole

After more than 30 years of teaching high school math, Nick Kintz turned his unrealized life as a woman into his most important lesson.

05/21/2010 By Stacey Wilson

Fun 101: An Appendix

Home Economics

Welcome to bartertown! Our Clip ‘N’ Save coupons will help you navigate the trials of parenting (and win).

04/27/2010

Mudroom

Shades of Success

What does your favorite color really say about you

04/23/2010 By Kasey Cordell

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Spirit of ’70

Rocked by riots, bombs, growth, renewal, and music, Portland never recovered from 1970. (And that’s a good thing.)

04/20/2010 By Martin Patail

Advanced Parenting

Rock ’n’ Roll Mama

Pink Martini’s China Forbes talks about life as a new mom, finding the coolest diaper bag, and her choice of minivans.

04/19/2010 With Brian Barker

The Remodeler

John Kitzhaber

Complete Interview Transcript

03/18/2010

The Captain

Chris Dudley

Complete Interview Transcript

03/18/2010

The Futurist

Bill Bradbury

Complete Interview Transcript

03/18/2010

The Simplifier

Allen Alley

Complete Interview Transcript

03/18/2010

DUKES UP

Right Turn

As conservatives grow angrier and bolder, pundits and militants are using the same red-hot rhetoric to call for revolution. But what will Oregon’s uprising look like?

02/17/2010 By Bart Blasengame

Mudroom

Atheist on the Rocks

If you think Christopher Hitchens comes on strong onstage, you ought to meet him at the dinner table.

02/04/2010 By Randy Gragg

The Mudroom

Gael Force

A brief look at what the Irish have given Portland (besides churches)

02/02/2010 By Kasey Cordell

Nothing But the Truth

Call of Duty

One citizen’s service on a local jury inspires her to put the Oregon judicial system on trial

01/19/2010 By Anna Sachse

Currency

Solid Grounds

A barista school gets teens off the streets and behind the counter.

01/19/2010 By Martin Patail

Mudroom

The Perfect Party: February 2010

People we’d most like at our dinner table this month.

01/19/2010