Portland (Oregon)

ATTN New Bands: Chill, For These Are the Best of Times

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you ... More >>

Eight Musicians Who've Proved Themselves Damn Fine Authors

Thanks to Frankenstorm, a whole slate of concerts has been wiped out tonight and tomorrow, including this evening's Joshua Radin/A Fine Frenzy gig at Best Buy Theater--it's been rescheduled for Sunday, Nov. 4. As it turns out, Alison Sudol, the brainy beauty behind AFF, is about more than just music ... More >>

Matthew Lightner Offers an Exquisite Tasting at Atera

The counter insurgency

Q&A: Night Birds On Pizza And Bagel Snobbery, Being Fed Steak In Belgium, And Their Favorite NYC Venues

New Jersey-via-Brooklyn-DIY-periphery act Night Birds have been hovering since about 2009, but they recently soared into a higher atmosphere, packing shows here and on the West Coast and garnering slobbering reviews for their debut LP The Other Side of Darkness (Grave Mistake) and recent singles (co ... More >>

Y La Bamba+Chris Pureka

Pok Pok Ny: Bangkok Pop, No Fetishes

Andy Ricker draws Thai-food lovers to Truckland, Brooklyn

STRANGE WAYS

Unknown Mortal Orchestra 
check in at Glasslands

Empty Quarter

DJ Jonathan Toubin Injured In Freak Car Crash; Benefits For Him At Home Sweet Home And Motor City Tonight

​Jonathan Toubin, the man behind the sweaty, soul-drenched New York Night Train parties, is in a Portland hospital after a taxi crashed into his hotel room and landed on top of him while he slept yesterday. Toubin was in Portland to spin at a Thursday night party and he was staying at the Jupi ... More >>

Gus Van Sant's Teen Romance Restless: Bad Will or Just Bad Taste?

The Ace Hotel, or 'Ass Hole-tel': Free-Associations

​We thought we put this one to bed a few months ago, but as it turns out, we're talking about the Ace Hotel again. Remember how hip it is? Or "not quote-unquote hip, per se"? It's hip again, or continues to be hip, or continues to be quote-unquote not not hip. This time, the angle is that the ... More >>

Drunk Man Pees on Sleeping Girl During JetBlue Flight

Does not = "pee on chair."​Good morning. With your coffee, here's a classic What Not to Do! Do not...get on a plane and consume "eight alcoholic beverages." We're all for drinking while flying -- riding, not driving -- for the nerve-soothing purposes, but even on a flight from Portland, Oregon ... More >>

What to Drink at The Beagle: The Barrel-Aged Manhattan

Each week in The Daily Shot, we have ourselves a drink that we think you should try, too. Chantal MartineauAge before beauty​​​The drink: Barrel-Aged Manhattan The bar: The Beagle (162 Avenue A, East Village, 212-228-6900) The price: $14 Ingredients: Buffalo Trace White Dog, sweet verm ... More >>

A Minister's Journey Away From the Church in Raw Faith

James Beard's 10 Greatest Quotes

NBC via Gourmet​James Beard didn't live in Greenwich Village for nothing. Born in Portland, Oregon in 1903, his earliest culinary memories included having his mother and the family's Chinese cook make food for him when he came down with malaria at the age of three. After a stint of living in P ... More >>

Lady Chefs Rock the James Beard Awards!

​So the James Beard Foundation Awards were last night and New York City cleaned up pretty well, with Best New Restaurant going to ABC Kitchen, Outstanding Pastry Chef awarded to Eleven Madison Park's Angela Pinkerton, Outstanding Restaurant Award also nabbed by Eleven Madison Park, and Outstan ... More >>

The 2011 James Beard Award Finalists Are...

​Earlier this afternoon in Portland, OR, the James Beard Foundation announced the finalists for the 2011 James Beard Awards. So without further ado, the nominees, after the jump:

James Beard Awards Restaurant and Chef Semifinalists Announced

opentable.comThe product of blood, sweat, and tears​It's almost time for the Oscars. That is, the Oscars of the food world: the James Beard Foundation Awards. Today marked the announcement of the restaurant and chef semifinalists, who were chosen from a record 28,000 online entries. Finalists ... More >>

Mysteries Abound in the Mumble-Noir Cold Weather

tUnE-yArDs Announces New Album, Plays MHOW In May

​Merrill Garbus, a/k/a the ukulele-strumming/drum-pounding/beatboxing/growling dervish known as tUnE-yArDs, is one of the best live acts going right now, a riot of energy, color, and (most importantly) volume, a loop-building and tonsil-flaring spectacle so joyous we're willing to tolerate the ... More >>

Fred Armisen's Portlandia to Poke Fun at Food Culture in Portland

From freeganism to hyper-locavorism, food culture in Portland is like Brooklyn dining on organic housemade crack. Fred Armisen of Saturday Night Life and Carrie Brownstein write and star in Portlandia, a comedy show premiering on IFC next month that pokes fun at, among other things, food culture i ... More >>

Xocolatl de David: World's Most Expensive Caramels

​My fingers were itching to open the box and see what was inside... Fork in the Road's Lauren Shockey has already written about Meadow, the twee little shop on Hudson Street likely to be one of the foremost foodie gift destinations of the holiday season. A Portland, Oregon import, the store s ... More >>

Obama's Busted Lip, Willie Nelson's Weed Arrest & More of What You Missed While in a Food Coma

​Everyone knows Thanksgiving is a two-day holiday. The first is for eating and drinking and fighting with your family. (Maybe you go to the movies at night, that's okay too.) The second is for eating and drinking more, preferably leftovers with people you like, friends or the favorite family m ... More >>

Stumptown's Red Hook Coffee Bar Opens Today

​Although there are now relatively few places where you can't find Stumptown coffee, true caffeine fanatics will be happy to know that the Portland, Oregon-based roaster has finally opened its Red Hook coffee bar. The Times' T Magazine blog has details and a slide show displaying the bar's tas ... More >>

Colicchio, Boulud, White, Humm Big Winners in Last Night's Beard Awards

​Pomp, circumstance, product placement, and varying levels of inebriation all converged at Avery Fisher Hall last night for the 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards. Many white men were awarded large gold pendants that dangled from green sashes. It was a particularly good night for New York, wit ... More >>

Notes From the IACP Conference in Portland, Oregon

Food workers of all sorts descended on Portland, Oregon last week for the International Association of Culinary Professionals conference. Seminars were held on every culinary topic imaginable--Pacific bivalves! Oregonian beer!--a food geek's dream. You might have bumped into a recipe developer for C ... More >>

The James Beard Awards Semi-Finalists Have Been Announced

Will the spirit of James Beard smile upon New York chefs?​The James Beard Foundation announced its list of semi-finalists for the annual James Beard Awards today, kicking off the food world's very own Oscar season scrum. The semi-finalists were selected from a pool of 21,000 online entries; th ... More >>

Locanda Verde and Marea Make Yet Another Best Restaurant List

Calvin GodfreyOne of Marea's fish pallbearers.​This one comes courtesy of Forbes, who surveyed a bunch of industry folk (and, more dubiously, OpenTable ratings) to determine exactly where we should be eating right this very minute. In addition to Marea and Locanda Verde, the list included Chic ... More >>

Tony Green

Gourmet Dining at the Symphony; Brooklyn Restaurant Staffers Underpaid; the Cannabis Cafe

​Mimi Sheraton will host a series of dinners beginning early next year that combine a concert by the New York Philharmonic and a meal prepared by such chefs as Alain Ducasse, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Lidia Bastianich, and Daniel Boulud. [Reuters] More than 200 workers at 25 Brooklyn restaur ... More >>

Broadway Beauties Battle For Cutie Crown

Unlike Miss USA, the Broadway Beauty Pageant--a benefit for the Ali Forney Center, hosted by Tovah Feldshuh--didn't attract anyone who felt gay marriage was a bad idea. Even the token straight contestant--a hottie from Billy Elliot--said he's always supported the gays and added that the longest gay ... More >>

Shorty Awards Honor Marketing Miniaturists

The Shorty Awards -- not a rap thing, but a celebration by three enthusiasts to honor "the best producers of short content" on Twitter, where messages have a 140-character limit -- were held in Brooklyn last night. The awards were hosted by CNN anchor Rick Sanchez, with special appearances by Shaqui ... More >>

Bones' Beat: Are You With Me? at Small A Projects

This week Bones, intrepid art-world raconteur, does some close reading at Small A Projects's Are You With Me? This is, after all, the art world's ultra meta-question, right? People who don't like to party say that the contemporary art world is both a party and about parties. The grouch's eye cann ... More >>

Hugs and Kisses #46: Rude Mechanicals and Serpentone

You Kill Me

Following Untraceable's lame-brained logic, we're all to blame for this massively dumb movie

Intertrend Crib Notes: Tonic, Feist, and Joel Brodsky

Thermal Insulation

Sub Pop punks serve hot pop nuggets on a blustery Brooklyn night

Eulogy for Ladymen

Indie princesses dissipate; their fans' adoration does not

Mrs. Logan and Me

Her mother worked for a jewish family during the depression. Many fathers committed suicide.

Letters

Survival Course

Portland's Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls: Where outcasts are mainstream and punk is sweet

The Personals

Table Talk

Chronicle Of A Hate Crime

A Journalist Looks at Murderous Skinheads, Their Ethiopian Victim, and Neo-Nazism

The Heart Will Go On

A Powerpop Miracle Rests in Peace

Renter Be Aware

Satirical Web Site Offers to Rent Out an African American Companion

Letters

Art for Art's Sake