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The Lost City of Portlandis

Our world, underwater, starring the Timbers Navy, hipster halibuts, and paddle-fixies

05/01/2013

PDX INDEX

PDX Index: Cinco de Mayo

A by-the-numbers guide to Latinos in Oregon

05/01/2013 By Gino Cerruti

NEWS

The Perfect Party May 2013

A made-up mash-up of the month's most fascinating people (and shrubbery)

05/01/2013

NEWS

A New Future for Oregon Forests

How innovative loggers and environmental capitalists are redefining timber.

05/01/2013 By Zach Dundas

PORTLAND GLOSSARY

Word on the Street: Yawn Voyage

What Portlanders are saying—or should be.

05/01/2013

BUSINESS

What's Better: Real Crab or Real Krab?

In the shadow of a booming Oregon seafood industry, our taste test pits genuine crustacean against the sushi substitute.

05/01/2013 By Allyson Reedy

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Hello, Dalai

As His Holiness rolls into Portland this month, we ask the most urgent spiritual question: what will he wear?

05/01/2013 By Rachel Rasmussen

FEATURE

Pushing Boundaries

Four decades ago, Gov. Tom McCall asked the Willamette Valley's citizens how they wanted Oregon's heartland to look in 30 years. We may need to ask again.

05/01/2013 By Randy Gragg

MUSIC

Video Stars

Dustin Morrow, curator of the second annual Portland Music Video Festival, picks three local clips that capture Portland’s anti-MTV video aesthetic.

04/12/2013

FEATURE

Ocean Alchemy

Great artisan salts are made across the world—but not much in the United States. From the mucky shores of Netarts Bay, Ben Jacobsen wants to change that.

04/12/2013 By Benjamin Tepler

SPORTS

Soccer Gala Deep-Dives into the Timbers' History

Hollywood Theatre hosts “Beating Seattle Never Gets Old,” a gala benefit that includes super-fans, the swinging ‘70s, and a soccer barnraising on April 4.

04/02/2013 By Zach Dundas