As punk rock emerged in the 1970s, it was an act of defiance, rebellion, and disobedience. A middle finger to the status quo, scaring the normies. Eventually, like everything else, it got co-opted by ...

I don't want to alarm you, but autumn is almost here, people. September 15-21 is the last week before the equinox, and fortunately for us, Portland has plenty of creative and apparently candlelit ...

Hey Sellwood! Enjoying the traffic? It’s exactly what you asked for. See, 30 years or so ago there was a plan,a balanced plan to route traffic through Sellwood into Johnson Creek Blvd. It included a ...

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In the early 1970s, bike activists in Bogotá, Colombia convinced their city leaders to close two major thoroughfares to car ...

In the early 1970s, bike activists in Bogotá, Colombia convinced their city leaders to close two major thoroughfares to car ...

Portland’s biggest annual comics and pop culture show—brought an estimated 65,000 attendees to the Oregon Convention Center ...

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There is a squirrel trapped in the empty groundfloor lobby of the building on the NW corner of 11th and Lovejoy. It's empty inside, and the poor dear is franticly running back and forth in front of ...

When the city of Portland permitted Zenith Energy to continue operating its fuel transport and storage facility in Northwest ...

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