TO READ

Back in Time in the NW Quadrant

Jane Comerford's "A History of Northwest Portland" shows and tells what it was really like in the early days of Stumptown.

12/10/2012 By Kristin Belz

DESIRABLES

Hometown Team Spirit

Your homies will feel the love with pillows from Schoolhouse Electric and Yellow Owl that proclaim "You are the champion...of your home."

11/26/2012 By Kristin Belz

SHOPPING NEWS

How To Spread Goodwill While You Shop

To give or not to give? Give Tokens provide an answer to the dilemma of whether you should give money to people on the street.

11/22/2012 By Kasey Cordell

PDX INDEX

PDX Index: Santa Claus

A by-the-numbers guide to Old St. Nick

11/21/2012

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Slide Show: PDX Index | Santa Claus

11/21/2012

SCENE & HEARD

Snuff Bottle Aficionados

We checked out the scene at this year's International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society’s convention at the Nines.

11/21/2012 By Jonathan Frochtzwajg

POWER RANKING

The Apocalypse

We rate the ways Portland could meet its doom

11/21/2012 By Martin Patail

TECHNOLOGY

Halo's Virtual Props

A Portland company designs and builds the stuff that fills the worlds of videogames.

11/21/2012 By Sara Gates

5 QUESTIONS WITH …

Interview with Oregon Symphony’s Sarah Kwak

Oregon Symphony’s new concertmaster talks Carlos Kalmar, Shostakovich, and Portland food.

11/21/2012 By Zach Dundas

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Oregon’s Civil War Buffs

Our historical reenactors passionately relive battles between North and South

11/21/2012 By Riley Stevenson

ONE SENTENCE STORIES

Local Time Traveler…and More!

Micro-stories about space suits, beer, and Justin Bieber's chest baring.

11/21/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas

PROFILE

The Straight Blast Philosophy

Matt Thornton has a skeptic's approach to fighting—and life.

11/21/2012 By Shane Danaher

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Perfect Party 2012

The make-believe bash that brings together Portland’s biggest 2012 newsmakers

11/21/2012 By Randy Gragg and Zach Dundas

EDITOR'S NOTE

OHSU's Commuter Science

OHSU creates connections between its doctors, campuses, and the city

11/21/2012 By Randy Gragg

FEATURE

OHSU's War on Cancer

How OHSU will use big money, brand new labs, and all-star researchers to launch bold new cancer treatments.

11/17/2012 By Jennifer Abbasi

WEB EXCLUSIVE

OHSU: 125 Years of Connection

A short history of the past and future of Oregon Health and Sciences University.

11/16/2012 By Randy Gragg Videography by Stephen Person

POLITICS + MUSIC

Q&A: NPR's Ari Shapiro

Culturephile picks the multitalented brain of NPR White House correspondent, occasional Pink Martini singer, and former Portlander Ari Shapiro.

11/15/2012 By Jonathan Frochtzwajg

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Slide Show: Light A Fire October 2012

11/07/2012

Appreciation

Gae Aulenti, RIP

This multitalented pioneer of post-modern architecture was a designing woman who defied categorization in her native Italy and beyond.

11/04/2012 By Kristin Belz

Around Town

Eco-Districts Are Us

The name may be new, but the principles are a logical evolution in the history of Portland's progressive city planning.

10/29/2012 By Kristin Belz