Art News

Art To Go

Can’t afford that contemporary masterpiece? Rent it instead.

05/19/2009 By Peter Beland

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PDX Index

05/19/2009

Treasure

Booty Call

Mount Hood’s disappearing snow reveals a trove of lost goodies. Cell phone, anyone?

05/19/2009 By Anna Hirsh

Nature

Hedge Fund

The oak standing in front of your home offers shade—and cold, hard cash.

05/19/2009 By Eileen Stark

Cool Jobs

A Novel Affair

Media guide Sandra Rafalik ensures visiting authors have what they need—like socks.

05/19/2009 By Stacey Wilson

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In-port Ex-port

Scoring a ride in a Toyota Prius taxi: six hybrids added to Broadway Cabs’ Portland fleet Scoring a parking place at the University of Oregon’s Autzen Stadium: 400 spots removed to make room for a new baseball field

05/19/2009

Gloves Out, Bottoms Up

Beer Brawl

All meteorological evidence to the contrary, Colorado and Oregon actually have much in common. We have the Cascades; they’ve got the Rockies. (And no, we don’t want to read any letters about how much more “epic” the Rockies are. Save it for the chairlift,

05/19/2009 By Christian DeBenedetti

Mudroom

The Perfect Party

Celebs we'd most like at our Portland dinner table this month.

05/19/2009

Mudroom

Five Reasons: Why Portland Kicks Seattle’s Ass

After _Seattle_ magazine printed the reasons not to move to Portland, we couldn't help but fight back. Here's why Portland--not Seattle--is the Northwest's best city.

05/19/2009 By Bart Blasengame

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PDX Index: Barbecue

The skinny on Portland's BBQ scene.

05/19/2009 By Kaitlin Johnson

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PDX Index: Green

05/19/2009 By Kaitlin Johnson

Back Talk

Powering Down

Retiring PGE chief Peggy Fowler on evil CEOS, science, and the inevitable perils of being green.

05/19/2009 By Bart Blasengame

Hit List

Say Spaaah

Prime places for a springtime reawakening.

05/19/2009 By Kasey Cordell and Kaitlin Johnson

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Feliz Cumpleaños, Rudy!

The all-rookie dunker turns twenty-four this month and it can't be easy for the six-foot-six Spanish wonder to be more than five thousand miles away from home on his birthday. So to help make the transition we've assembled this basket of our favorite Spai

05/19/2009 By Benjamin Golliver