[July 19th 2:15pm] Trailer of the Week: The Last Mistress

Asia Argento rotates her feral persona by 90 degrees for a supine exercise in period kink. The French do this kind of thing better than anyone, non? The Last Mistress is rated R and opens next month at Cinema 21 Image: Asia Argento in The Last Mistress

[July 18th 8:52pm] Making Babies: Never Forever and Brick Lane Reviewed

Ed. Note: We’ve been keeping WW Finder co-editor Saundra Sorenson plenty busy the last week with film reviews: She’s taken sneak peeks at Never Forever (which opens today at the Hollywood Theatre) and Brick Lane (which starts its second week at Fox Tower). Here are her takes: Never Forever A timeless tale of the lengths some will go to in order to secure a baby. Well, the aesthetic is timeless—from Sophie (Vera Farmiga), the perfectly coiffed, retro-fabulous lawyer's wife,...

[July 18th 6:44pm] Portland's Next Food Star: Greg Oden?

Does Portland Trail Blazers phenom-to-be center Greg Oden know his new hometown or what? In this interview with The Associated Press, we learn that Portland's foodie culture may be getting a 7-foot addition, albeit one badly in need of some help in the kitchen: According to AP: Oden plans to pursue a degree during his offseasons. He's undecided on a major, but he wants to do something with food. "They don't have a culinary degree at Ohio State, so I figure nutrition and then try...

[July 18th 3:51pm] Want to Build a Police Training Center ... and Build a Relationship with Sen. Betsy Johnson?

Here's your opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a potential $120 million project in Scappoose, and build a relationship at the same time with both the Portland Police Bureau and powerful state Sen. Betsy Johnson (D-Scappoose). In the waning days of Portland's annual budget process, funding to begin preliminary work on a proposed police training center got cut from about $2 million to about $250,000. Nonetheless, Mayor Tom Potter and Police Chief Rosie Sizer remain big fans of...

[July 18th 3:10pm] UPDATE The Gay Bachelor: He's #2.

7/18/08: Another note from the confirmed bachelor. Soclosetowinningthiswholething "Uncle Timmy" came in second. I guess he's going to help the winner, some dude named Able Lima from Rhode Island, promote the fact that there are still a few good gay guys left in the country. If you want to read more about the winner (before he won, that is) here is a story about...

[July 17th 6:15pm] Updated Birth Canal Control: A New Rule Would Protect Anti-Abortion Physicians

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has drafted a new federal rule that would block clinics, hospitals and other medical facilities getting federal grants from turning down physicians and nurses who won't perform abortions or dispense the morning-after pill. As with all matters related to abortion, debate on the proposed change is already sharply divided. A spokesman for the federal agency characterized the proposal, still just a draft, as an effort to curb discrimination...

[July 17th 4:59pm] TWATCH 2008: Twilight takes a bite out of Big Apple magazine

New York, welcome to your new vampire overlords. As noted in New York magazine, perhaps the best magazine to steal ideas from in the country, Twilight fever is spreading. Heaven help those who don't get it.

[July 17th 3:47pm] Live Review: The Izzard Has Landed

It’s strange to see Eddie Izzard out of make-up, in a pair of jeans. The English comedian’s built a reputation based almost as much on his cross-dressing as on his Monty Python-esque non-sequituring all over the place. But that’s how he greeted the crowd at the Schnitzer Concert Hall on Tuesday, July 15: In jeans and a tailcoat. No heels, no make-up, and none of the fake boobs from his last US tour, 2003’s “Sexie.” It was a surprise to those in the audience who didn’t...

[July 17th 2:17pm] Expose Yourself: Mortified Taking Submissions for PDX Show!

"The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free" —Oprah Winfrey As always, Oprah is right. Everywhere you look, people are hiding the truth. Why? Because they're scared, and they should be. What they're hiding are embarrassing experiences of pissing themselves in public, getting shot down by a college crush, and short stories they wrote as 13-year-ods. All people have these stories, and Mortified is giving...

[July 17th 2:08pm] Explode La Mode fashion show and benefit for p:ear

In typical wonderful Portland fashion, a hearty cornucopia of local designers and deejays has collaborated to host a lovely show that conveniently raises money and awareness for a heartfelt organization. Saturday, Aug. 9 from 9 pm - 2am at Someday Lounge (125 NW 5th Ave.), Dervish Girl, Frock, Garnish, Idom, Tumbleweed, Pin Me Apparel, Phlox, Dragonlily, Blue, Mabel and Zora, Oh Buggy and Seaplane along with melodies provided by Portland's own deejays Kassette, Josh Jones, Joee Irwin and...

[July 17th 12:30pm] Feds Raid Portland Charity That Sponsors Kids in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan

A charity set up to sponsor poor children in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Indonesia and the United States had its computers seized by federal agents in a raid Tuesday on its downtown Portland office. The web site for the charity, Child Foundation, says it was founded in 1994 and has a five-member board of directors. All the directors have Iranian names and their web site bios say they live in Portland, Seattle, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Indonesia. The raid occurred on Tuesday morning in...

[July 16th 6:46pm] MultCo Facilities Director Doug Butler Resigns

Doug Butler, Multnomah County's embattled facilities and property management director, resigned from his job today. The move was announced by Chairman Ted Wheeler at a meeting this afternoon on the troubled East County Justice Center project. Butler was the subject of this WW story last week that detailed his staff's doubts about Butler's leadership. Still, word from inside county HQ is that Butler's resignation -- shortly after his return from a four-week motorcycling vacation -- came...

[July 16th 1:33pm] Up on the Roof: Gilt's Twilight Treetop Dinner Damn Near Perfect

It's not every night that you get to dine in the middle of downtown, on top of a building, with 50 new friends. But that's exactly what happened last night as the increasingly high profile Gilt Club laid out a fancy feast on the tippy-top of the DeSoto Building in the first event of the "Rooftop Summer Dining Series." For this benefit for the Museum of Contemporary Craft (located on the first floor of the DeSoto), Chef Pete Gadd whipped up a perfect summery meal of halibut with morels,...

[July 16th 1:03pm] Today on the Randy Leonard Show / Nick Fish Comedy Hour

Portland Commissioner Randy Leonard, who's already talking like he's running the Police Bureau, made police union honcho Robert King happy this morning with a resolution that allowed officers to continue to take short-notice vacations. Leonard's measure, which passed unanimously, took $511,000 from the city's new rainy day fund to cover police overtime costs (historically a big drain on the city's budget). Since much of the rainy day fund came from unfilled vacancies in the Police Bureau...

[July 16th 11:39am] Roadside Attraction: Tee Up at the Tik Tok Drive-In Reunion

Portland's first drive-in burger joint, the Tik Tok Drive In—not to be confused with the greasy spoon serving up meals on 82nd Avenue that goes by a similar name—served its last milkshake in 1971. But this weekend you can relive those "Happy Days"at the Tik Tok Reunion Cruise-In. The oldtimer's confab will take place on the same spot where the Tik Tok once stood, the corner of Southeast 12th Avenue and Burnside Street, 9 am-2 pm on Saturday, July 19. Amid classic cars and greaser...

[July 16th 9:57am] Video: MTV Kicks It In Portland, Releases Long Montage About It

MTV finally released its much-ballyhooed "scene report" on Portland, and the results—despite the usual Utopian synopsis of our fair city and the mislabeling of two-thirds of Starfucker (which has an unreleased tune called "Pop Song" playing during the outgoing credits)—isn't as horrible as one might imagine it to be! Plenty of vertical representation here (everyone from basement favorites White Fang and Southern Belle to scene staples Colin Meloy and Stephen Malkmus is interviewed), if not...

[July 15th 4:50pm] Cool Down On A Hot Day: Mio Gelato Practically Giving It Away Today.

In honor of its 5th Anniversary, Mio Gelato is offering EVERY ONE of its gelatos for just a buck a scoop. That's right, just a buck. So if your willing to stand in a bit of a line (don't fret, it's nothing like the one that wraps Ben & Jerry's on Free Cone Day) then you'll be rewarded with a very sweet and refreshing treat. Mio Gelato is located at 25 NW 11th Avenue. Hurry, Mio is only scheduled to be open until 10 pm.

[July 15th 1:41pm] SPY VS. SCI: The latest Scientology protest

"They’ll probably tell you they have a 50 percent attendance rate—that is important for them to tell you because that helps them keep their brand as the fastest growing minority religion," Jacob Mercy told WW Saturday morning. “This brand makes numbers seem so large people wouldn’t possibly think it could be a cult.” Mercy was talking to WW at the sixth monthly Anonymous protest (see what happened in May here) in front of Portland’s Church of Scientology. As at previous...

[July 15th 11:30am] UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Road Rage 2 - Car v. Bike

UPDATE—Here's the video of the cyclist clinging to the hood of the speeding car: [vimeo 1345931] Wow. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and last week's battle between a motorist and a cyclist may turn into an all-out war. This just in from the Portland Police: On Sunday, July 13, 2008, at 7:11 pm, Southeast Precinct officers arrested 21-year-old James F. Millican on one count each of Attempted Assault in the Second Degree, DUII, Criminal Mischief in the Third Degree and...

[July 14th 8:17pm] Disjecta Returns—Again

The multimedia arts center known as Disjecta has had more lives than most cats—and now it has another. Founder/director Bryan Suereth (pictured) has announced the opening of a new venue where Disjecta will mount visual arts programming as well as music events, dance, and performance art. The 12,000-square-foot building at 8371 N Interstate Ave. will be the nonprofit's third location, after an inaugural stint (2000-2004) at the Northeast Russell Street building (116 NE Russell St.) now...

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