Things to Do Music: April 5-11
Noteworthy shows for the week of April 5-11. Super Pick: Monday 4/10JAY SOM, THE COURTNEYS (Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside) It’s wise to be wary of buzz bands. These days it hardly matters how much time you...
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Things to Do Film: April 7-13
Donnie Darko, Miller’s Crossing, and the Hollywood Theatre's 70mm Sci-Fi Weekend. by Mercury Staff 70mm Sci-Fi Weekend The Hollywood Theatre is the only theater in the state—and one of the few theaters...
View ArticleAfter the Storm’s Emotional Packrats
Families and stuff. by Suzette Smith It’s hard to watch someone gamble until they bottom out, so I was relieved, in After the Storm, to find that the scenes of failed novelist Ryôta (Hiroshi Abe)...
View ArticleHyperNormalisation and the Origins of Trumpism
How we got to where we are now. by Marc Mohan You can bet that Adam Curtis was one of the few people unsurprised by Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential election.The British documentarian’s...
View ArticleWin It All Wants You to Win, Too
With his latest, Joe Swanberg bends toward conventionality. by Ned Lannamann When Joe Swanberg emerged in the mid-’00s, his approach to filmmaking was downright refreshing. Working with unbelievable...
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MusicfestNW Presents: Project Pabst Announces 2017 Lineup
by Ciara Dolan MusicfestNW Presents: Project Pabst—which Senior Editor Ned Lannamann rightfully dubbed "ProjaMusaPabstFestNW"when the two festivals first announced their merger in late 2015—just...
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A City Council Attendee Just Rushed Mayor Ted Wheeler With A Pepsi
by Dirk VanderHart This was probably unavoidable. It was also super uncomfortable. Toward the end of this morning's City Council meeting, as the body was taking up an ordinance that would allow...
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Season Two of Aziz Ansari's Master of None Arrives May 12
by Sean Nelson Dev wants to ride his bicycle, Dev wants to ride his bike.Netflix just released the trailer for the second season of Aziz Ansari's much loved series Master of None. It looks like Dev's...
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Police Arrest Activist Accused of Punching Grant Chisholm at the PDX Airport...
by Doug Brown Antagonistic "Bible Believers" preacher got knocked out at PDX on January 29Doug BrownPortland police officers arrested a local activist at City Council Wednesday morning and handed him...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: After 15 Years, Her Husband Still Looks Like A...
by Dan Savage 34-year-old woman here, married for 10 years, with my husband since I was 19. I had very little sexual experience before I met him, and he was also in the same boat. When we started...
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If You Give A Cop A Pepsi...
by Ijeoma Oluo Ijeoma Oluo: "Basically a kid gives a mouse a cookie and it leads to all these unforeseen consequences."Harper and RowMany people are outraged at Pepsi’s new ad (which was pulled as...
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Portland's All Done Investing in Corporations—And That Will Cost Us
by Dirk VanderHart Commissioner Dan Saltzman is tired of talking about which corporations the City of Portland should or shouldn't invest in. "There are a lot of issues I’m not getting work done on...
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Good Morning, News: The ACLU, Wheeler's Pepsi Scare, and the Portland Pickles
by Doug Brown Good morning, Portland. These stories will be perfect to read while you're stuck on the Morrison Bridge. Molly MendozaFirst up, out in print as of yesterday (pick up a copy!), is our...
View ArticleAs Republicans Head for "Nuclear Option," Twitter Gets Hot
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey As expected, Senate Democrats have successfully filibustered Trump's pick for the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch—which has Republicans and in particular, Mitch McConnell, moving...
View ArticleFragile and White
What the woman who invented the term “white fragility” thinks about Trump. by Alissa Greenberg Robin DiAngelo spends more time than your average white female thinking about race. Professionally,...
View ArticleSparks Fly
Swordguild Portland brings historical swordplay into the modern era. by Ciara Dolan The first time I heard the clangor of a real-life sword fight, I visibly winced. It’s loud—somehow movies don’t do...
View ArticleWeed from Warm Springs May Be on the Way
Oregon tribes hope to enter the cannabis market. by Vince Sliwoski Dear Pot Lawyer,Are the local tribes going to start selling weed?Yes, I think so. Recently, in the Cannabis Law and Policy class I...
View ArticleBREAKING: Dominic Toretto Has Just Gone Rogue
“I choose to make my own fate,” he said, shortly after doing a bunch of awesome shit. by Erik Henriksen “I choose to make my own fate,” Vin Diesel growls at the start of The Fate of the Furious, the...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: FBI Investigates Carter Page, United Airlines (Not...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Baby, I don't understand just why we can't be lovers. Things are getting out of hand. Trying too much, but baby we can't win. LET'S GO TO PRESS.The...
View ArticleGetting Dragged Off a United Airlines Flight? Here's How To Kick That...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Everyone has seen the horrifying video of an Asian doctor being dragged off a United Airlines flight, because the company wanted his seat for their own employee. And if you're...
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