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As homelessness spikes, hundreds of new shelter beds are being put to use. by Dirk VanderHart WHEN YOU CREATE more shelter space, people use it.After months upon months of speculation on what the...
View ArticleHall Monitor: Teddy Wheels and the Mayoral Dagger
The Mayor just issued a damning judgment, even if his office won’t admit it. by Dirk VanderHart IN A CITY slavishly committed to its dusty commission form of government, Ted Wheeler’s announcement...
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Big’s Chicken: A good choice for a last supper. by Andrea Damewood The second day of this accursed year of 2017, I was in a nasty car crash coming back from snowshoeing at Trillium Lake, in which a...
View ArticleWine Quest: Return to Walla Walla
Exploring the wines of Walla Walla. by MJ Skegg I’m always ready to have my perceptions of reality recalibrated (which isn’t quite the same as admitting I’m wrong). For instance, I’ve been pretty mean...
View ArticleFrom Slacktivism to Activism
Resistance events for the week of June 21-27 by Emilly Prado THURSDAY, JUNE 22Roses for Portland Commemorate your time in the City of Roses by tattooing a blossom onto your skin. (That’s what I did!)...
View ArticleWhat’s She Mad About Now?
Paul Ryan’s statement about Trump doing a lot of serial murdering. by Courtenay Hameister STATEMENT BY HOUSE SPEAKER PAUL RYAN ON DONALD TRUMP’S SERIAL MURDERSWashington, DC—House Speaker Paul Ryan...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
“I am also an actor with over 30 years in the theater.” TOTALLY LEGITRE: “Fair Trade Fatties: Introducing the Cannabis Certification Council: Prefer to Support Fair Trade Coffee? You Can Soon Do the...
View Article"Burn the Town Down"
The striking similarities between Portland's 1967 race riot and our city's current relationship with people of color. by Santi Elijah Holley Tensions had been building for weeks.Portland Police,...
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True Portland: Our town through the lens of Tokyo. by Andrea Damewood If Japan were to launch an intercontinental bullet train, odds are good it would run straight to Oregon.Portland and Tokyo are in...
View Article26 Miles: Get Out of Here, Jack Kerouac
Quiara Alegría Hudes and the Dream of the Female Road Narrative by Megan Burbank “Lewis and Clark, Jack Kerouac, and me: hitting the road!” That’s the cheesiest line in Quiara Alegría Hudes’26 Miles,...
View ArticleThis Week’s Featured I, Anonymous!
Why don’t you people have goals? I’ve lived here a decade, and I’m still shocked by how many people in Portland have absolutely no goals. Some own homes, have pets, have good jobs—but that’s it. They...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Montavilla Steps Up for Homeless, the Attorney General's...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Can I get a little closer so I can get to know you, and exchange names and thangs before the night is over. LET'S GO TO PRESS.Here's a switch: The...
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Top Chef Buds Mei Lin and Doug Adams Will Make You Dinner Sunday
by Andrea Damewood Courtesy Doug and MeiPortland Chef Doug Adams is between gigs: he's finished up his legendary time at Imperial, and is in the process of opening his own restaurant downtown,...
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Timbers v. Minnesota Match Preview
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersThe Portland Timbers are in the midst of their first trip north to Minnesota for an MLS game, where they'll play Minnesota United this evening at TCF...
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One Day at a Time: Trump and the GOP’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad...
by Ann Romano DONALD TRUMP"What, is it 4 am already? Well, time to write an unhinged tweet."Pool / GettyMONDAY, JUNE 12Greetings, loved ones! You know, as Donald Trump—who lost the popular vote by...
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A New Bill Is Pitting Recreational Growers Against Medical Growers
by Josh Jardine MORRISON1977 / GETTY IMAGESTwo weeks ago, I wrote a column about two Oregon legislative bills: one that had just been signed into law, and another that was imminent in passage. I...
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The Prince of Darkness Returns to Portland After Releasing 2016's Skeleton Tree
by Santi Elijah Holley NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS Wed 6/21 Arlene Schnitzer Concert HallKerry BrownThroughout his four-decade career as a songwriter, poet, and novelist, Nick Cave has conjured up a...
View ArticleHave You Ever Considered NOT Bagpiping?
by Anonymous I get it. We all need to make some cold hard cash to get by. That's why I spend the nicest, most beautiful days of summer cloistered in a soulless downtown office. An office where, almost...
View ArticleGo Back Home!
by Anonymous My original Go Home post grabbed some attention. Some people railed that they couldn't go home—they were political refugees escaping cultures that had become unsafe for non-majority...
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This Week's Best All-Ages Shows
by Delaney Motter HEMINGWAY MICHAEL HAIGHTFRI JUNE 23Hemingwayw/Longclaw, PhantomFamily, Chain Planet Damn; American Legion Post 134, 2104 NE AlbertaTonight Hemingway celebrates the release of their...
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