A former Portland Monthly editor in chief, Zach Dundas is the author of the The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes. 

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The Perfect Party: April 2012

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

03/23/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas

WHO'S WHO

To Heir is Human

As five Portland power families pass the torch, can the next generation step up?

03/16/2012 By Randy Gragg and Zach Dundas

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Do This Now! March 2012

Sample the pinots at the Classic Wines Auction, get a new workout manual, or take a melodic trip to the Magnetic Fields this month.

02/24/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas

Trail of the Month

Fort to Sea Trail

Hiking & Whale Watching | 13 Miles, Round Trip | Rating: Moderate

02/24/2012 By Brian Barker Edited by Zach Dundas

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Five Questions For Hometapes

A wife-and-husband team’s homey approach to the record business

02/24/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas By Robert Ham

Scene & Heard

Dress Diplomacy

How Jackie O., People, and Portlandia took a local vintage find to the White House.

02/24/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas By Natalia Grozina

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Word on the Street

A Portland glossary

02/24/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas

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Kick Starters

Four diagrams, three pundits, and one Scot preview the 2012 Timbers.

02/24/2012 By Zach Dundas and Martin Patail

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The Perfect Party: March 2012

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

02/24/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas

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Brazil Bonanza

For many Portland businesses, a vital new frontier dances to a samba beat.

02/24/2012 By Zach Dundas

Plantwise

Spring Ahead!

02/24/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas By Kate Bryant

Rise & Dine!

Portland’s Battle for the Best Fried Chicken & Waffles

It’s brawn against brine.

02/23/2012 By Zach Dundas and Martin Patail Edited by Rachel Ritchie and Karen Brooks Illustrations by Dan Gay

RISE & DINE!

Best Family Breakfast Spots

Where to haul the restless brood when they rise

02/23/2012 By Zach Dundas and Karen Brooks Edited by Rachel Ritchie Illustrations by Dan Gay

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PDX Index: March Madness

02/23/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas By Will Lambeth

Rainmaker

Raising the Barre

A new fitness player exports ballet bodies and Portland principles.

02/23/2012 Edited by Zach Dundas By Ramona DeNies

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Five Questions For… David Wolman

The Portland author’s new book, The End of Money, argues that cash should vanish.

01/26/2012 By Zach Dundas

NYC to PDX

Empire State of Mind

Portland’s food scene takes Manhattan (and Brooklyn).

12/23/2011 By Zach Dundas

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The Shape We're In

In modern Portland’s power structure, there’s a hole where the center used to be.

12/23/2011 By Zach Dundas

PEOPLE

The 50 Most Influential Portlanders

Who will define Portland in a new era? We asked around (and around some more) to discover this inspiring collection of movers, shakers, rising stars, and established figures with fresh ideas who are already changing the city.

12/16/2011 With Sarah Mirk, Kasey Cordell, Brian Barker, Rachel Ritchie, Martin Patail, Benjamin Tepler, Randy Gragg, Ramona DeNies, Ashleigh Westmoreland, Meghan Ratliffe, Derek Pettie, Kate Moening, Carl Abbott, and Amanda Waldroupe Edited by Zach Dundas

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Lasting Legacies

From an iconic statesman to a beloved publican, the year’s lost shaped the city.

11/23/2011 By Zach Dundas and Meghan Ratliffe