First Friday!

It’s the first Friday in May, which means tonight is the First Friday Art Walk. Downtown, the Old Mill District, and Northwest Crossing art galleries stay open late with receptions for guest artists and special presentations of new exhibits, and often feature live music and refreshments (wine!). It all goes … Continue reading

Completely random link of the day

“Founders of 10 Barrel beer to be in TV pilot.” A California-based production company will film 10 Barrel partners Garrett Wales, Chris Cox and Jeremy Cox Monday through Wednesday to produce the pilot of a reality television show about a group of young beer brewers, which the company hopes to … Continue reading

Cinco de Mayo

It’s time (again) for one of America’s favorite co-opted [drinking] holidays—Cinco de Mayo! I’ve been looking around online for specific Cinco de Mayo-related events, and have thus far found a surprising scarcity of them. The Mexican restaurants will of course be celebrating the day and will be good destinations. Here … Continue reading

“Jason Evers” and the OLCC’s mess

So, with “Jason Evers” sitting in a jail in Idaho, accused of stealing the identity of a three-year old murder victim who died almost three decades ago (the Bulletin has a good summary) and up on federal charges, it certainly begs the question: what’s the OLCC (Oregon Liquor Control Commission) … Continue reading