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As the weather cools, the rains return, and the verdant hues change into crimson and gold, the restaurant industry shows no signs of slowing down itself. This month, two buzzy residencies are packing ...

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Portland horror author Keith Rosson has been turning Oregon into a horror setting for a while now, most notably with his duology of Fever House (2023) and The Devil by Name (2024) which transformed ...

A dozen candidates are running to fill three seats in Portland City Council District 4 this November. Credit: ANTHONY KEO City Council District 4 encompasses most of Northwest and Southwest Portland, ...

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On a Monday afternoon last July, Jacob Hoopes appeared in court for the first time. A few days prior, he’d woken up to find ...

Experimental clown artist Alex Tatarsky performs a devilish, existential act of Lynchian lounge singing and maniacal laughter.