The Skanner News’ longtime photographer Julie Keefe has been named as Portland’s first-ever Creative Laureate by Mayor Sam Adams. Read the complete article
The Second Annual Eddie Barnett Jr. Memorial Tournament is this weekend, Dec. 7-8 at Grant High School. Read the complete article
(CNN) -- Jazz fans, as with their counterparts in rock 'n' roll, tend to enthralled with the outlaws, renegades and mystics in their artistic realm. The further "out" jazz musicians or composers are in their personal lives, goes the myth, the more visionary and transcendent their output. Who creates great, or even good art by playing it safe? Read the complete article
(CNN) -- Katt Williams announced the end of his stand-up comedy career Monday, a day after a bizarre incident in Seattle that landed him in jail. Read the complete article
(CNN) -- Joe Jackson, the Jackson family patriarch, suffered a stroke Thursday morning and is being treated in a Las Vegas hospital, a source close to the Jackson family said. Read the complete article
Oregon Ballet Theatre Artistic Director Christopher Stowell today cited a change in the organization’s business model as the reason for submitting his resignation after nine years as the popular and successful leader of the company. Read the complete article
(CNN) -- Facebook will hold a vote, possibly later this week, in which it will ask users to abolish their right to vote on changes to the social network's privacy policies. Read the complete article
(CNN) -- Chris Brown has deleted his Twitter account after getting into a vulgar war of words with comedian and writer Jenny Johnson on Sunday. Read the complete article
Roger Mooking, chef, musician and author, visited Portland recently to film a show for his popular Cooking Channel series, "Man Fire Food". Read the complete article
In this age of mega-churches and prosperity theology, it is natural to wonder how many members of the black clergy even bother to minister to the needs of the least of the their brethren anymore Read the complete article
