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Like sands through the hourglass, these are the stars of our lives…”—Nostradamus Ours is an unprecedented time in astrological studies. Astrologers are setting themselves on fire in the streets.

T here are few things in this life that motivate me as much as a good breakfast sandwich. In my 20s, it was the only way to get me anywhere before noon. Ever since Portland’s be ...

What does it mean to write in space? At Reed College’s Cooley Gallery, new director and curator Derek Franklin thinks about ...

Michael Ellsworth wants to make the often-opaque world of graphic design accessible and collaborative. The co-founder and creative director of Seattle-born studio Civilization, Ellsworth has spent his ...

HELLO AGAIN, SMARTY BOTTOM! It's time to put your brainy-brain to the test with this edition of POP QUIZ PDX—our local, sassy-ass trivia quiz. And this week we'll see how much YOU know about the ...

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Tony Ventura, the main character of Kevin Sampsell’s surreal novel Baby in the Night, doesn’t have the words or the context to understand his surroundings; he’s only two years old after all. “It was ...

Even if you live in a city as queer-friendly as Portland, being a trans person is a political act. In many ways, trans people in the Rose City exist in rarefied air, insulated from the cruelties and ...

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