AltWeeklies Wire
Oregonians Want Green Energy at Any Pricenew
There are a variety of explanations for the lack of outcry about Oregon's subsidies for wind farms. But perhaps most important, the idea of subsidizing renewable energy has the strong support of Gov. Ted Kulongoski, other political leaders and -- if polls are correct -- a large portion of Oregonians.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
03-11-2009 |
Environment
'Gomorrah' Recognizes the Mob for What It Is: A Quiet Scourgenew
The real-life Neapolitan crime organization, known as the Camorra, is depicted here as a hovering presence above the locals, dropping down into ordinary lives only as sudden flashes of death, but otherwise reigning from above, its fearsome presence unseen but influencing every action.
Willamette Week |
Andy Davis |
02-25-2009 |
Reviews
A Well-Meaning Bill Would Strengthen Anti-Bullying Rules in Oregon Schoolsnew
A new bill in the Oregon Legislature would require that public schools report to state officials what groups of students are being targeted by bullies.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
02-25-2009 |
Education
The Killing in Room 515new
Three weeks after fatally stabbing his neighbor, Melvin Earl Parker is back in his apartment.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
02-25-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Behind Every Great Man, There Are Often Several Womennew
It is Frank Lloyd Wright's tumultuous romantic life that T.C. Boyle re-animates in his novel The Women: Wright married three times, rebuilt a house for each new love and lost a mistress to murderous fire.
Willamette Week |
Matthew Korfhage |
02-18-2009 |
Fiction
One Woman Vows to Fast to the Death to Keep 2,600 National Guard Members at Homenew
As if holding a round-the-clock vigil on the steps of Oregon’s Legislature weren’t enough, Michele Darr is also in the midst of her third fast.
Willamette Week |
Dan Green |
02-18-2009 |
War
One Woman Challenges Oregon’s Rollover for a Health Insurernew
When Karen Kirsch’s health-insurance premium jumped from $444 a month to $559 a month in one year, she called bullshit on Oregon's State Insurance Division by challenging a rate increase it approved.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
02-18-2009 |
Economy
Oregon Rep. Takes Aim at State Insurance Divisionnew
Oregon Rep. Chip Shields plans to introduce a bill in the coming weeks that would tighten procedures and encourage more public input in the State Insurance Division's rate-approval process.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
02-18-2009 |
Politics
He Joined the Gang When He Was 13, Now He Can't Get Outnew
Membership in one of the nation's most notorious criminal gangs can have its benefits: money, girls and a ready cadre of friends. But it may also be a dead end with no easy exit.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
02-18-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Breedlove the Beautiful Boynew
Artists know the long tradition of the Beautiful Boy, the male Lolita whose siren song has transfixed sculptors and painters for millennia and led many a hapless older man (and more than a few women) astray.
Willamette Week |
Richard Speer |
02-04-2009 |
Art
Petite Movies With Hearts Big Enough for Oscarnew
For all their brevity, the short films nominated this year for the Oscar carry as much invention and feeling as any feature-length movie from last year.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
02-04-2009 |
Movies
Mudhoney Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary With a Pub Crawlnew
While grunge died in the ’90s, Mudhoney lives on, adding subtle melodic elements to its arsenal but never gunning for a more commercially viable sound.
Willamette Week |
Michael Mannheimer |
02-04-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Some Portlanders See a Double Standardnew
A city leader loses his job when the public learns embarrassing details of an affair he’d cultivated in his past. Portland Mayor Sam Adams’ current predicament? No. It’s the situation faced in 2006 by then-Police Chief Derrick Foxworth.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
02-04-2009 |
Politics
Laika Launches 'Coraline,' and Its Creators Wonder: What Now?new
There are fewer than 1,000 people in the world who specialize in stop-motion animation. Many of the 30 animators who worked on Coraline, as well as the more than 250 technicians and designers who labored alongside them, came to Portland with the hope that Laika represented something more stable.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
02-04-2009 |
Movies
Portland Experimentalist Finds Inspiration at the Skating Rinknew
Portland musician Ethan Rose is a geek for antiquated instruments. His latest effort is made chiefly from an 86-year-old Wurlitzer organ at Oaks Park Skating Rink.
Willamette Week |
Robert Ham |
01-21-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
