When Lava and Wine Mix
Here’s what happens when lava and wine mix. by MJ Skegg Seventeen million years ago, a major fracture in the North American continental crust caused torrents of lava to pour into the Willamette...
View ArticleMarilyn Rondón at 1000 Percent
The multimedia artist’s images stick with you. by Kathleen Marie I first learned about Marilyn Rondón after she lost a fight in the ring. Along with a selfie, she shared her honest feelings about loss...
View ArticleThis Week in Vaginas
That thing where you’re a dick and don’t realize it. by Courtenay Hameister Last week when I posted this column to my Facebook page (yes, I still have one and no, I’m not your Aunt Sylvia who watches...
View ArticleTaking the Leap with Tiffin Asha
From a food cart space to a destination place. by Thomas Ross Sometimes I drive up N Mississippi on my way home from work, rather than stay on I-5. It’s not faster. I do it because at least that way...
View ArticleSneaker Wave
The latest in Portland hip-hop. by Jenni Moore Whew! Now that I’ve gotten some feminist concerns off my chest [Sneaker Wave, “We’ve Got to Talk Misogyny in Hip-Hop,” March 8], received overwhelmingly...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Portland Cop Let Off the Hook, Kevin the Geek Hits the...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Should've cherished me, listening to friends. Now it's the end and again, no story can end without it. LET'S GO TO PRESS.The Portland police officer who...
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Stop Crying! The Thorns are Back!
by Erin O'Regan Look! Someone who is not debilitated by the insane winter we have experienced in Portland. So glad Tobin Heath is back!Photo courtesy Portland Thorns FCThis inordinate amount of rain...
View ArticleLake O Conservative "Kevin the Geek" Driven Out of Town by First Amendment
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey As the old saying goes, "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." And according to the Oregonian, Lake Oswego business owner and vocal Trump supporter Kevin "the...
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Weed Tales from the Road: Texas Two-Step
by Josh Jardine GETTY / EU TOUCHI’ve written about how my work in the music and cannabis industries have been complementary—how cannabis saved my sanity during the numerous tours I managed, and how...
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Open Mike Eagle Says He’s Ready to Make “Big Boy Records”
by Robert Ham OPEN MIKE EAGLE A much better rapper than his cousin, Open Faced Sandwich.Andy J ScottAt this point in his career, Open Mike Eagle (born Michael W. Eagle II in Chicago) regularly books...
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Blazers Recap: Fear the Deer
by Arthur Bradford The Blazers arrived back in Portland riding high on an impressive 4-1 road trip. This season had nearly been written off, but with the arrival of "Nurkic Fever" things changed and...
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Portland Brown Berets to Lead Candlelight Vigil for Victims of Guatemalan...
by Emilly Prado Courtesy YouTubeEarlier this month, 40 teenage girls died in a fire set ablaze at Guatemalan shelter, Hogar Seguro Virgen de la Asución, following a riot in response to the institute’s...
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A Private-Sector Group Wants to Pay to Move Right 2 Dream Too Into the Pearl
by Dirk VanderHart Centennial Mills, the drab white property on the right, is being floated by some as a temporary home for Right 2 Dream Too.As a deadline for the removal of homeless rest area Right...
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The World's Best Pop Songs
by Ben Salmon TEENAGE FANCLUB Fannies on the rocks.Donald MilneHere’s Teenage Fanclub’s formula: Three Scots write their own songs, bring them to the group, and weave them together into a winsome...
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Quanice Hayes' Mom Criticizes Police, Prosecutors After Officer Who Killed...
by Doug Brown Venus Hayes talks to reportersDoug BrownA grand jury declined yesterday to indict Portland Police Officer Andrew Hearst, who shot and killed 17-year-old Quanice Hayes last month. The...
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HUMP! 2017 Call For Submissions!
by Dan Savage HUMP! 2017 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONSAmateur filmmakers, actual filmmakers, sex-positive singles/couples/throuples/quads, wannabe porn stars, kinksters and other creative types are hereby...
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A Complaint About a Cop Spurred Amanda Fritz's Opposition to Experimental...
by Dirk VanderHart Portland's lone remaining multi-stall, gender-neutral bathroom is on the second floor of the Portland BuildingEarlier this month, City Commissioner Amanda Fritz caught hell for her...
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Disjecta Has a New Executive Director, the Art Gym's Blake Shell
by Megan Burbank Blake ShellCourtesy of DisjectaTake a break from panicking at your Twitter timeline, I've got art news: Disjecta has a new executive director, Blake Shell, most recently of Marylhurst...
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Good Morning, News: the Oregon Freedom Rally, Capitalistic Teens, and the...
by Doug Brown Good morning, Portland. It's game day, and if you see someone wearing a Michigan basketball jersey around town today, that may be me. Sorry. Jahn TeetsovOut in print as of yesterday (you...
View ArticleCheck Out the First Full-Length Trailer for the New Season of Fargo
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Have you caught up on your Fargo binging yet? YOU HAVEN'T? Then by all means spend your near future checking out seasons one and two (on Hulu, Amazon, or the FX app) of this...
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