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Portland Thorns Dupe Houston Dash, 2-1!
by Erin O'Regan The Riveters present Tyler Lussi with her commemorative goal-scoring rose.Photo courtesy Portland Thorns FCEverything’s coming up roses! The Portland Thorns cinched another win on...
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A Prominent Oakland Civil Rights Attorney Dishes on Portland's New Police Chief
by Doug Brown Danielle OutlawAfter nearly two decades with her hometown police department, Oakland Deputy Police Chief Danielle Outlaw, 41, is headed north to lead the Portland Police Bureau (PPB)....
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Angry Portlanders Have Forced Changes to Contentious Police Oversight...
by Dirk VanderHart Sometimes outrage works. Last week, Portland City Council took up three proposed changes to police oversight in the city. As tends to happen with these things, most of those changes...
View ArticleThings to Do Music: August 9-15
Noteworthy shows for the week of August 9-15.WEDNESDAY 8/9GOLDEN RETRIEVER, VISIBLE CLOAKS, DOLPHIN MIDWIVES, ILYAS AHMED, DANIELLE ROSS AND CHLOE ALEXANDRA (Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison) Read our story...
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Things To Do Film: August 11-17
This week: An American Werewolf in London, Jackie Chan, and the worst movie ever made, Space Jam. by Mercury Staff ★An American Werewolf in London John Landis is what some might consider a...
View ArticleOld-Timey Horror in Annabelle: Creation
Welcome to the doll house. by Joule Zelman The setting: A midcentury Andrew Wyeth landscape with an Edward Hopper house. A busload of orphans and a kindly nun move into a mansion run by the saturnine...
View ArticleAll Hail The Midwife’s Queens of French Cinema
Catherine Deneuve and Catherine Frot should be in every movie! by Megan Burbank For reasons I probably shouldn’t think about too deeply, my favorite subcategory in the wide field of coming-of-age...
View ArticleThe Dark Pulp of Taylor Sheridan’s Wind River
Starring Jeremy Renner as a guy who doesn’t say much. by Andrew Wright Actor Taylor Sheridan certainly came bolting out of the gate as a screenwriter, with his scripts for 2015’s Sicario and last...
View ArticleSipping on Clouds
Beat the Heat with Egg White Cocktails—No, Really! by Thomas Ross It’s too hot. The sky is a bright, flat blue, without a cloud in sight to intercept those rays. This heat wave has people speaking in...
View ArticleThis Week’s Featured I, Anonymous!
“I can’t win for losing.” by Anonymous I’m a single dad who’s a minority (POC), and I’ve noticed a few double standards in the workplace. Whenever I have to adjust my schedule due to my kids’ school,...
View ArticleThe Party Review
I attended a grilling in St. Johns. by D. Martin Austin Would I like to attend a grill-out in St. Johns? Yes, and I did. This gathering around a grill was hosted by a couple I had met through the web...
View ArticleThe Punch Policy
Portland police disavow trump’s pro-brutality speech—then argue it’s okay to punch suspects in the face. by Doug Brown “Please don’t be too nice” to criminal suspects, President Donald Trump said at a...
View ArticlePortlanders Just Forced Changes to Contentious Police Oversight Proposals
But the outcome is still up in the air. by Dirk VanderHart SOMETIMES outrage works.Last week, Portland City Council took up three proposed changes to police oversight in the city. As tends to happen...
View ArticlePortland’s New Police Chief
She’s respected by civil rights advocates by Doug Brown Portland Police Chief Mike Marshman is getting the boot.Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler announced Monday afternoon that he’s handing the reins of the...
View ArticleHall Monitor: The End of Saltzman’s Easy Streak?
One of next year’s council races is shaping up to be a doozy. by Dirk VanderHart IT'S BEEN nearly 20 years since Dan Saltzman faced a truly tough political contest.In 1998, Saltzman battled with Tanya...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
“I’m confused about how you square your concern about climate change with your advocacy for Burger Week.” THE COST OF BURGERSRE: “An Inconvenient Sequel Makes a Convenient Argument for Capitalism”...
View ArticleFrom Slacktivism to Activism
Resistance events for the week of August 9-15. by Emilly Prado WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 99th Annual Pink Party! Nothing says “family planning” quite like a well-executed, all-ages affair celebrating the...
View ArticleHer Own Wings Remakes a Local Icon
At Land Gallery, visions of the Portlandia that could have been. by Megan Burbank When downtown’s Portlandia sculpture was commissioned by the city in 1985, she was originally intended to be a...
View ArticleTreat Yourself with Girls Gone Mild
Presenting The Siren’s New Brunch Comedy Show. by Suzette Smith “Portland loves their stand-up and they love their brunch!” says Siren Theater owner Shelley McLendon, explaining the Siren’s newest...
View ArticleIn Our Hot, Choked City, Third Rail’s Lungs Resonates
Just don’t read the program first. by Thomas Ross If you see Third Rail Repertory Theatre’s production of British playwright Duncan Macmillan’s Lungs—and you should—don’t read the program first. If...
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