AltWeeklies Wire
Making Fun of Martha Stewart? It's a Good Thingnew
Up the satellite dial is Whatever with Alexis & Jennifer, the yack fest on Martha Stewart Living Radio with Alexis Stewart (daughter of you-know-who) and Jennifer Koppelman Hutt (daughter of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Chair Charles Koppelman).
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
09-10-2008 |
Media
Do We Really Need the Gay Olympics Anymore?new
One organization might become obsolete thanks to the new queer visibility at the Olympics—a sporting event called the Gay Games. Every four years a cluster of queer folk gathers for the world’s largest LGBT-inclusive sporting event.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
08-13-2008 |
Sports
Southern Bon Mots From Leslie Jordannew
Not only has he written books since Will & Grace wrapped, he's also appeared onstage and on TV shows (Ugly Betty) and will soon star in the Logo network's Sordid Lives with Olivia Newtown-John and The Golden Girls' Rue McClanahan.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
06-25-2008 |
Theater
Tags: gay, homosexuality, comedy, Cowboys, theater, LOGO, My Trip Down the Pink Carpet, Will & Grace
Google's New Server Farm Comes to Oregonnew
A quiet Oregon town will host the servers crucial to Google's physical network.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
06-04-2008 |
Tech
Goodwill Huntingnew
Welcome to Southeast Portland's Goodwill Outlet, a.k.a. "The Bins." One of the region's most unusual shopping meccas, the Bins attracts a cast of international characters all here to dig through giant mountains of what some call treasures and others consider trash.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
04-16-2008 |
Shopping
Lean Cuisinenew
Has Portland lost its insatiable appetite for its restaurant scene?
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
03-19-2008 |
Food+Drink
Lifestyles of the Rich & Fame-ishnew
Exposing the secret lives of Portland’s celebrity kinfolk.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
01-30-2008 |
Culture
Will Drugs, Sex and a Rock Star Save Portland's Most Expensive Theater?new
Portland Center Stage gambles on Storm Large -- of Rockstar Supernova fame -- to star as the lead in Caberet. PCS needs it to work; the company is deep in debt thanks to its newly renovated space.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
09-26-2007 |
Theater
Tags: theater
Your Horn-Rimmed Glasses Will Not Save Younew
Found: Anti-hipster screed in Portland.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
04-04-2007 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
NBGAY: Playa' Hatersnew
When the Miami Heat's Tim Hardaway said he "hates gay people," he was saying what almost any player might say in the locker room, even when their sportswriter acolytes are around.
Willamette Week |
Byron Beck |
02-21-2007 |
Commentary
Tags: John Amaechi, Man in the Middle
What I Did On My Summer Vacationnew
So long to cliched basketball day camps and church sleepovers -- Portland's newest kids camps are niche-marketed to urban activists.
Willamette Week |
Elianna Bar-El, Byron Beck, Ap Kryza and Ethan Smith |
08-16-2006 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
