UP & COMING

Video: Poetry Smackdown

In preparation for Portland’s first citywide poetry slam on April 25, watch several Madison High School contenders perform their poems

03/23/2012 Edited by Stephen Person

Vox Populi

Vox Populi: We Asked 100 People at a Timbers Game…

03/23/2012

Now Hear This

Music Review: A Wasteland Companion by M. Ward

Part-time Portlander M. Ward makes his way through the wilderness in "A Wasteland Companion".

03/23/2012 By John Chandler

Now Read This

Glamour in Glass

Magic meets Jane Austen in a new novel by award-winning fantasy author Mary Robinette Kowal—reviewed by award-winning fantasy author Jay Lake!

03/23/2012 By Jay Lake

Culturephile

Bump & Rhyme

A high school librarian launches DIY literature into a citywide competition.

03/23/2012 By Aaron Scott

Mudroom

Do This Now! April 2012

Develop a taste for bikes, beaters, coffee, and culture during the month of April.

03/23/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas

Mudroom

Five Questions with… Radiolab

Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich bring their hit public radio program Radiolab to the stage.

03/23/2012 By Aaron Scott

PORTLAND GLOSSARY

Word on the Street: Jerrymandering

Do the French love Portland more than we do?

03/23/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas

Mudroom

The Cleary Century

Happy 96th to Portland’s epoch-spanning kids' author

03/23/2012 By Will Lambeth

Mudroom

The Perfect Party: April 2012

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

03/23/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas

Mudroom

Ink City

How Portland became the comic book industry’s city of superheroes!

03/23/2012 By Marty Patail

VIDEO

In the Kitchen with Tracy Oseran

Watch Urban Gleaners founder Tracy Oseran walk us through her simple and delicious recipe for a seasonal fava bean bruschetta

03/23/2012 Edited by Benjamin Tepler

Introducing

Aviary Returns Bigger and Better Than Ever

The up-and-comer restaurant was damaged by a Fourth of July fire last summer. Now it's back.

03/23/2012 By Benjamin Tepler

Pour

Going Green

The Bent Brick’s bartender meddles with nettles.

03/23/2012 By Rachel Ritchie

Cellar Notes

Wine & Dine

The Willamette Valley’s best meals to pair with your local bottles

03/23/2012 By Condé Cox

RECIPE

Think Avocado Toast Is Good? Try This Springtime Fava Bean Bruschetta.

Urban Gleaner Tracy Oseran shares her simple recipe for the fleeting green treat.

03/23/2012 By Benjamin Tepler

Restaurant Review

Decadence Returns

In a city of casual gastronomy, fussy french cuisine looks fresh.

03/23/2012 By Karen Brooks

Scene & Heard

Munch Monster

WHERE: The Goldsmith Building, Old Town | WHEN: Snack Time

03/23/2012 By Roxanne Myslewski

Mudroom

The Contenders

Which cities want to steal Portland’s culinary crown?

03/23/2012 By Will Lambeth

Mudroom

Buzz Kill

A price spike on beans puts coffee drinkers in a black mood.

03/23/2012 By Cari Hachmann

IN THE KITCHEN

Video: In the Kitchen with Tracy Oseran

Watch Urban Gleaners founder Tracy Oseran walk us through her simple and delicious recipe for a seasonal fava bean bruschetta.

03/23/2012 By Benjamin Tepler

Editor’s Note

Ready, Aim, Grow

03/23/2012 By Randy Gragg

Feature

Neighborhoods by the Numbers: Real Estate 2012

03/23/2012 Edited by Martin Patail

Cover Story

The Quintessential Portland Gardener

50 plants, tips, and secrets for beauty and bounty in your backyard

03/23/2012 By Kate Bryant

Mudroom

PDX Index: Gardens

Business & Science

03/23/2012 By Roxanne Myslewski

Feature

Running in Place

Three contenders vying to be Portland’s next mayor pick spots in the city that reveal the souls of their campaigns.

03/23/2012 By Zach Dundas

Mudroom

Odes to Crash

Local poets pay tribute to Gerald Wallace, the Blazers’ departed heart and soul.

03/23/2012

SPRING FASHION

Video: Spring Fashion Behind-the-Scenes

See our Spring Fashion feature come to life in this behind-the-scenes video bouquet.

03/23/2012

Living Color

Spring Fashion 2012

From flirty dresses to cute cardigans and power blazers, this month’s Spring Fashion feature blooms with color.

03/23/2012 By Eden Dawn

Mudroom

Young Gun

A talented teen fashion photographer graduates from yearbook to runway.

03/23/2012 By Eden Dawn

Rainmaker

True Calling

Ruby Receptionists lets small business outsource — to the Pearl.

03/23/2012 By Zach Dundas

Beyond the Bridges

Spring Bounty

A posh new hotel and a burgeoning foodie scene beckon in the southern Willamette Valley.

03/23/2012 By Kasey Cordell

Trail of the Month

Stacker Butte/Dalles Mountain Ranch

Hiking & wild-flower viewing | 6.2 miles, round trip | Rating: Moderate

03/23/2012 By Brian Barker