News & City Life

Q&A: JOE SACCO

Behind the Lines

Disillusioned by the American media’s coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, JOE SACCO went to the Gaza Strip to see things for himself. In the process, he invented a new kind of journalism.

11/09/2009 By Randy Gragg

Mudroom

Unspoken Word

A Portland native pieces together an anthology of second chances

11/09/2009 By Rachel Ritchie

Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show

Pedal Power

Two-wheeled innovations abound

11/05/2009

FEATURE

Light A Fire 2009

The winners of our annual nonprofit awards are making Portland a better place to live. We tell you how you can help them.

10/09/2009 Edited by Kasey Cordell By Meghan Hilliard, Elizabeth Buelow, and Kelly O'Brien

RIP CITY

Game On!

We look at five members of the reinvented and reimagined Portland Trail Blazers who are ready to answer the call of "Rip City" and lead the team to their ultimate mission: a world title.

10/09/2009 By Benjamin Golliver

Mudroom

Toll Position

Why we should care about Vancouver’s mayoral race

10/09/2009 By Zach Dundas

Mudroom

Running in Space

A local design firm gives astronauts an athletic edge.

10/09/2009 By Kasey Cordell

Article

Pimp My Ride

A team of gearheads unlocks your car’s hidden potential.

10/09/2009 By Vanessa Chang

30 Seconds With…

Jesse Katz

[Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter, author, and son of former Portland Mayor Vera Katz]

10/09/2009

The Blazers

Sounds Like Team Spirit

Blazers chat with the media

09/30/2009 By Robert Runyon

Hit List

iPhone Home

These four locally produced apps will make you fall in love with your 3GS all over again.

08/18/2009 By Lucy Burningham

Mudroom

Trophy Lives

Your first step to going pro? Attend Jesuit High School

08/18/2009 With Brian Barker

Slideshow

Slide Show: Fruitful Fete

08/12/2009

Music

The Ballad of Fred and Toody

Fred and Toody Cole, Portland's rock lifers, reflect on making music and staying in love after 40 years of marriage and life on the road.

07/21/2009 By Bart Blasengame

Mudroom

Light Show

Traffic signals keep rhythm with the city’s new MAX lines

07/20/2009 By Kasey Cordell

Mudroom

30 Seconds with... Greg Craven

[science teacher, YouTube sensation, author]

06/23/2009 By Kaitlin Johnson

Saving for the Future

Seed Saviors

When civilization coughs up its final death rattle, one of the last bastions of mankind’s survival will lie near Corvallis behind a modest sign touting a simple mantra: "Preserving plant genetic resources for all time."

05/26/2009 By Rebecca Clarren

Mudroom

Shortcut to Heaven

The path to the Pearly Gates just got a little smoother.

05/26/2009 By Sam Holder

Mudroom

Hot-Rod Hybrid

Forget puny econo-size electric cars. Portland’s latest hybrid is sex on wheels.

05/26/2009 With Brian Barker

Mudroom

30 Seconds With: David Moen

The Oregon Zoo's David Moen talks California condors.

05/26/2009 By Peter Beland