Mar 10, 2010Examiner.com
In the tradition of the midnight book release party, Borders is hosting parties nationwide for the DVD release of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" -- the second movie adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's best-selling book series. The parties get underway...
Feb 25, 2010Portland Mercury
The Slingshot Lounge moves beyond the borders of bar food.
by Patrick Alan Coleman
YOU WOULDN'T THINK you'd be plucking delicate rounds of squid from a bed of greens and olive oil in a place like this. Instead, you'd expect the calamari deep-fried in a cocoon of panko and week-old grease, accompanied by some kind of condiment with a vague resemblance to cocktail sauce. Happily, this isn't the case. In front of me is a decidedly lovely plate of calamari with tiny blossoms of tentacles. It's flavorful. It's tender. It's understated. It's not bar...
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Feb 1, 2010Portland Architecture
image courtesy Architects Without Borders-Oregon The Oregon chapter of Architects Without Borders first was established about five years ago, following two back-to-back natural disasters: the tsunami that devastated Southeast Asia and Hurricane Katrina's destruction of New Orleans and the Gulf...
Feb 22, 2010Flickr photos tagged 'pdx'
LaValle PDX posted a photo:

This purple borders on blue. She was quite spritely as she waited for the No. 15 bus.
Feb 11, 2010Jeff Fisher Logomotives
The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) is proud to announce the release of "Coming Together", a font created exclusively for Font Aid IV to benefit the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti. The font consists entirely of ampersands, to represent the idea of people coming together to help one another. Nearly 400 type designers, graphic designers, and other artists from 37 countries around the world contributed artwork to the font.

The ampersand contribution of Jeff Fisher LogoMotives (above right) was inspired by traditional Haitian art hand-cut from discarded steel drums. The vines and leaves coming from the roots in the art, signify regrowth; while the bird taking flight represents hope for the future.
The font is being be sold for $20US and is available through font distributors Ascender Fonts...
Jan 28, 2010KGW Business News
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) ? Bookseller Borders Group Inc. is laying off 164 staffers in an effort to cut costs amid slumping sales.
Feb 23, 2010PORT - Portland art + news + reviews
Chris Chong Chan-Fui, still from "Block B," 2008
In conjunction with PIFF, Cinema Project is presenting a series of short experimental films,
Short Cuts V: Resilient Structures--Asian Film & Video, which includes "Lumphini 2552" by Tomonari Nishikawa, "Shinonome Omogo Ishizuchi" by Shiho Kano, "Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis" by Daïchi Saïto, "Block B" by Chris Chong Chan-Fui, and "Empire's
Borders I" by Chen Chieh-Jen.
Film screening • 6pm • February 25 • $10
Portland International Film Festival @ PAM • 1219 SW Park • Whitsell Auditorium
PIFF schedule and ticketing information here.
Feb 13, 2010Powell's
From acclaimed author David Corbett comes
Do They Know I'm Running? (Ballantine), a stunning and suspenseful novel of a life without loyalties and the borders inside ourselves.