The Rose Defense

In 1997, a Eugene street kid named Jordan Scott Merrell, age 15, confessed to a killing. It took the jury just an hour to deliver the verdict: guilty of felony murder. But the jury didn’t hear evidence that might have altered the course of Merrell’s life. If only he’d had Portland attorney Michael Rose representing him.

By Bart Blasengame

Portland's Best Lawyers 2008

By Martha Calhoon

The Purist

When his OBT predecessor was staging edgy ballets set to pop music, Stowell was deepening his commitment to classicism. Now completing his fifth year at OBT’s helm, Stowell has remade the company in his own image.

By Camela Raymond

Hot Pursuit

Inside Andi Kovel’s St. Johns studio, a large furnace belches 2,000-degree heat while the 39-year-old glass artist prepares to transform 600 pounds of gooey, malleable glass glowing hot and bright into three-foot-tall vases.

By Martha Calhoon

In-port Ex-port

Scoring a ride in a Toyota Prius taxi: six hybrids added to Broadway Cabs’ Portland fleet
Scoring a parking place at the University of Oregon’s Autzen Stadium: 400 spots removed to make room for a new baseball field

Beer Brawl

All meteorological evidence to the contrary, Colorado and Oregon actually have much in common. We have the Cascades; they’ve got the Rockies. (And no, we don’t want to read any letters about how much more “epic” the Rockies are. Save it for the chairlift, brah.) We have Brandon Roy; they have Carmelo Anthony. But the parity ends when it comes to beer.

By Christian DeBenedetti

A Novel Affair

By Stacey Wilson

PDX Index

Par None

Who knew you could score a college sports scholarship by watching someone else compete?

By Stacey Wilson

Hedge Fund

The oak standing in front of your home offers shade—and cold, hard cash.

By Eileen Stark

Booty Call

By Anna Hirsh

Oregon’s Options

Poor Tonya Harding. First she was a lauded local superstar. Then a fallen hero and a punch line for bad jokes. In Portland this spring, she was even the subject of a musical. And now her name has been co-opted by the murky political world as a type of strategic maneuvering: “The Tonya Harding Option.”

By Kasey Cordell

Hop to It!

Step aside, people. Three-year-old Claire knows exactly what she wants—a stuffed giraffe.

By Jill Spitznass

Mighty Mom

American Gladiators inductee Monica Carlson talks about the fantasy—and the reality—of pummeling burly women.

By Sarah Skidmore

Stalk Market

When the price of wheat soars, there are winners (Oregon grain growers) and losers (you).

By Tom Colligan

Growing Pains

Does our blossoming burg still have room for the Rose Festival?

By Ted Katauskas

Proving Grounds

By Bart Blasengame

Milwaukie’s Best

By Camela Raymond

Sour Power

By David Welch

Crew Cut

By Brian Barker

The Wild Side

By David Wolman

Winter’s Repose

By Camas Davis

Bye-Bye, Biennial

By Chas Bowie