The 50 Most Influential Portlanders

The 50 Most Influential Portlanders Every city has its power players—and Portland is no exception. After extensive (and exhaustive) research we've pinned down the 50 people who make the moves and broker the deals that keep the Rose City growing. Also in this issue, our 2012 Top Doctors list, and Portlandia stars Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein do some wardrobe globetrotting on our behalf.

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

Mudroom

Word on the Street: a Portland Glossary, January 2012

Miser Chic (n)

12/23/2011

Vox Populi

Vox Populi: We Asked 100 People at the Holiday Ale Fest…

We poll the locals at the Holiday Ale Fest about beer, politics, and baby names.

12/23/2011

Mudroom

Do This Now! January 2012

We've sniffed out soul music, cyberpunk, and savvy canines this month.

12/23/2011

Mudroom

Fantasy Mayor 2012: Silvio Berlusconi

Who should really run the city? We're wondering about the viability of a certain disgraced Italian leader.

12/23/2011

Article

Five Questions For…Ancient Portland

The 1,700 followers of the Twitter wit known as @ancientportland know the Rose City goes back thousands of years. For everyone else, we probed the basics.

12/23/2011 By Martin Patail

Rainmaker

Mobile Mappers

A navigation firm charts an ambitious future.

12/23/2011 By Ramona DeNies

Scene & Heard

Lucky Monday

The event: Bingo & Bourbon night at the Woods

12/23/2011

Long Story [Short]

The Blacksmith

Darryl Nelson, 58

12/23/2011 By Paul Lindholdt

Now Read This

Crazy Enough

By Storm Large

12/23/2011 By Anne Adams

Now Hear This

Music Review: La Grande by Laura Gibson

12/23/2011 By Kate Moening

Mudroom

The Perfect Party: January 2012

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

12/23/2011

Culturephile

Avant Bard

Portland Center Stage’s Chris Coleman reinvents a little-known Shakespeare work

12/23/2011 By Martin Patail

Eat & Drink

IN THE KITCHEN

Video: In the Kitchen with Tony Meyers

Watch as Tony Meyers, executive chef at Serratto Restaurant, shows us how to make his venison osso buco.

12/16/2012 By Benjamin Tepler

NYC to PDX

Empire State of Mind

Portland’s food scene takes Manhattan (and Brooklyn).

12/23/2011 By Zach Dundas

Introducing

Introducing: Chop

Dig into one of Portland's brand-new secrets.

12/23/2011 By Benjamin Tepler

Cellar Notes

Cellar Notes: Keeping Wine Weird

12/23/2011 By Condé Cox

Review

Littlest Italy

With European kitchen finds and dishes of rustic authenticity, Luce is the new mom-and-pop shop.

12/23/2011 By Karen Brooks

Pour

Balance Bar

Oven and Shaker's enterprising bartender shares a refreshing winter cocktail.

12/22/2011 By Rachel Ritchie

RECIPE

The Wild Side

Serratto chef Tony Meyers teaches us to embrace big game with a hearty winter dish.

12/16/2011 By Benjamin Tepler

Editor's Note

EDITOR'S NOTE

The 99 Percent Solution?

Has Portland's plan for the future gotten lost in the consensus?

12/23/2011 By Randy Gragg

Health & Wellness

WHAT'S UP, DOC?

Portland’s Top Doctors 2012

312 of Portland's best physicians

12/16/2011 Edited by Martin Patail

VELO

True Grit

Local cyclocross racers relish the rare chance to compete on a world stage.

12/16/2011 By Shoshanna Cohen

Home & Real Estate

Mudroom

Winter Gardens

Inspired ideas for winter work in your hibernating garden aren't in short supply.

12/23/2011 By Kate Bryant

Habitat

Life Style

A Portland couple proves that accessibility and high design can coexist.

12/23/2011 By Amara Holstein

News & City Life

LIVING HERE

Nimby Nation

Neighborhoods are PDX’s secret superpower.

03/16/2012 By Amanda Waldroupe

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

NOSH

Power Breakfast

Portland movers' morning meals

03/16/2012

HISTORY

Defining the Decades

Portland power players of the past

03/16/2012 By Carl Abbott

Mudroom

The Shape We're In

In modern Portland’s power structure, there’s a hole where the center used to be.

12/23/2011 By Zach Dundas

PEOPLE

The 50 Most Influential Portlanders

Who will define Portland in a new era? We asked around (and around some more) to discover this inspiring collection of movers, shakers, rising stars, and established figures with fresh ideas who are already changing the city.

12/16/2011 With Sarah Mirk, Kasey Cordell, Brian Barker, Rachel Ritchie, Martin Patail, Benjamin Tepler, Randy Gragg, Ramona DeNies, Ashleigh Westmoreland, Meghan Ratliffe, Derek Pettie, Kate Moening, Carl Abbott, and Amanda Waldroupe Edited by Zach Dundas