News & City Life

DISPATCH

Let Us Now Praise Famous Dead Readers

The Personal Libraries Library (Portland’s most unusual literary collection) re-creates bygone bookshelves.

03/03/2014 By Marco España

CULTURE SHOCK

Why So Glum, Wolfgang?

Grumpy Austrians put grinning Oregonians in their place.

03/03/2014 By Madeline Stone, Ryan Bakken, Sam Poloway, Dash Paulson, Adam Vaughn, Darcy Walker, Victor Flores, Mia Schauffler, and Nickolaus Schwarz

PDX INDEX

Portland Art Museum's Bacon Bonanza

A by-the-numbers look at PAM's showing of the most expensive work of art ever sold at public auction

03/03/2014 By Alexandria Bordas

MOVERS & SHAKERS

The Perfect Party: March 2014

A made-up mash-up of the month's most fascinating people, from Ursula K. Le Guin to the Portlandia statue.

03/03/2014 Illustrations by Matty Newton

SPORTS

PTFC 303: Advanced Timbers Study

By now, you probably know something about the Portland Timbers, like it or not. (Try to go to a public event without seeing Timber Joey, the happy-go-lucky, chainsaw-wielding mascot.) But can you ascend from novice to master?

03/03/2014 By Marty Patail

Q&A

How to Eat Like a Pro Athlete

Portland cyclist Brianna Walle shares her pre-race nutrition plan (hint: it includes baby food).

03/03/2014 By Zach Dundas

HELLO, MUDDAH!

Pick the Right Portland Summer Camp for Your Brood

Portland’s plethora of day camps could give your kids the skills to do just about anything.

03/03/2014 By Margaret Seiler

VENTURES

Taking the Start-Up Scene from PDX to Gaza

Pierced, tattooed, and driven, Tom Sperry goes rogue in the world of Portland investing.

03/03/2014 By Randy Gragg

STYLE

Portland Fashion's Mini-Mogul Cassie Ridgeway

How the 26-year-old designer and owner of SE Hawthorne boutique Mag-Big nurtures Portland's local style scene

03/03/2014 By Eden Dawn

LONG STORY SHORT

Kristen Murray: Dessert Whiz

The makings of the sweet chef behind Maurice—downtown's new "pastry luncheonette"

03/03/2014 Photography by Nicolle Clemetson By Marnie Hanel

NEWS

Legal Weed is Coming! Are We Ready?

Oregon may vote to legalize recreational marijuana in 2014. As the drug war winds down, we explore Oregon's current cannabis landscape.

03/03/2014 By Doug Fine

LIGHT A FIRE

Game-changing Project

Recognizes an innovative collaboration that generates a transformative impact for one or more nonprofits

02/17/2014

VOX POPULI

Take our Real Estate Survey!

It's free, anonymous, and you can win $100 to spend at Doug Fir.

02/13/2014 By Marty Patail

LIGHT A FIRE

Caring for the Planet

Awarded to an organization working in the fields of sustainability, conservation, or natural resources protection

02/03/2014

LIGHT A FIRE

Most with the Least

Awarded to an organization effecting significant change with minimal resources and fewer than five paid staff members

02/03/2014

LIGHT A FIRE

Extraordinary Executive Director

Awarded to the chief executive officer of a nonprofit whose work transforms his/her organization and the larger community.

02/03/2014

LIGHT A FIRE

Extraordinary Board Member

Awarded to a person whose services as a member of a nonprofit organization’s board enhances that organization’s operations and improves the greater community.

02/03/2014

LIGHT A FIRE

Keeping Us Healthy

Awarded to an organization that helps us take care of ourselves—mentally or physically

02/03/2014

LIGHT A FIRE

Best New Nonprofit

Awarded to an organization incorporated after January 1, 2012

02/03/2014

LIGHT A FIRE

Lifetime Achievement

Awarded to a person who shows tireless commitment to the nonprofit community over a lifetime of service

02/03/2014