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At Last, Hawthorne Gives Portland Its Very Own Hard-Boiled Lady Detective
by Megan Burbank Hawthorne actively resists the squeaky-clean, quirky-dumb depiction of Portland seen, you know, everywhere.PAT MORANThere's a particular subcategory featuring flawed, hard-boiled lady...
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Timbers v. Vancouver Match Preview
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersFor a third year in a row, the Portland Timbers have had a frustrating spring. But beyond the numbers—12 points from their first twelve games for a...
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Eric Bachmann Puts Emphasis on the Here and Now
by Ned Lannamann ERIC BACHMANN In “oldies” camouflage.Jeremy LangeERIC BACHMANN returned to Asheville, North Carolina, to record his latest album. It was a homecoming of sorts; Asheville is where his...
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A Most Delightful Chat with Delightful Comedian Myq Kaplan
by Megan Burbank A master of Twitter puns and a peddler of extra-dry wit, Myq Kaplan is a clever and endearing person, and I'm glad his comedy exists. He also claims to enjoy doing interviews via...
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The Venue Formerly Known as Slabtown Was Demolished Yesterday
by Ciara Dolan RedditLast night Reddit user SharkRancher (great name) posted this photo of endearingly divey former all-ages venue Slabtown being demolished. Many commenters wistfully reminisced,...
View ArticleBest Case Scenario
by Anonymous I've never been friends with my ex's (except a high school boyfriend, but ya know, we were kids). All of my partners have been abusive or crazy and I want nothing to do with them, but...
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Neighbors 2: In Which Seth Rogen and His Four Male Co-Writers Try to See the...
by Vince Mancini How much you enjoy Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising depends on how much leeway you give it for having its heart in the right place—even when its brain is slightly addled, and even when...
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Restaurant and Developer Groups Are Piling Onto A Camping Lawsuit Against the...
by Dirk VanderHart The list of people suing the city over new camping policies is growing. In a motion filed today, a group of organizations that believe Mayor Charlie Hales' lenient stance on camping...
View ArticleThings To Do This Weekend!
by Bobby Roberts FRIDAY, MAY 20'80s Video Dance Attack: Prince Tribute NightHalf the fun of the late, great Prince's music is watching him perform it. Long-standing dance night '80s Video Dance Attack...
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Friends of Noise Will Host Citywide All-Ages Shows
by Ciara Dolan "I THINK there's definitely a divide between youth culture and adult culture," says Hannah Ginsberg, a junior at St. Mary's Academy. Ginsberg is also a youth committee member at Friends...
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Former Executive Director of Defunkt Theatre Arrested on Charges of Theft
by Megan Burbank On Tuesday, a grand jury indicted Lori Sue Hoffman on 10 counts related to theft.Multnomah Country SheriffToday, the board of Portland theater company Defunkt has posted the following...
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Police Chief Larry O'Dea Mistakenly Shot His Friend In the Back Last Month
by Dirk VanderHart Ashley AndersonSo apparently Portland Police Chief Larry O'Dea mistakenly shot a "very close friend" out in Harney County last month, but kept it largely on the down low. Willamette...
View ArticlePortland Dating Dilemma
by Anonymous I've been single for a little over a year now, but it isn't for a lack of trying; I've gone on too many dates to count. I don't know if it's due to the influx of transplants (I'm a...
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Tale of Tales is Gorgeous... and Lifeless
by Ned Lannamann On paper, Tale of Tales has more than enough to recommend it: John C. Reilly killing a napping sea dragon. Salma Hayek eating the dragon's bloody heart in order to impregnate herself....
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Can I Patent My New Strain of Weed?
by Vince Sliwoski Ryan Alexander-TannerDEAR POT LAWYER,I cultivated an innovative new strain of weed. Can I patent it?Yes, you probably can.The first weed strain patent was issued last August to a...
View ArticleMathsplaining
by Anonymous To the recent poster, and all their philosophical cohorts, lamenting their inability to find a one in a million human to date: Portland's 145 square miles have an estimated population of...
View ArticleI Need to See the Sights
by Anonymous I am sort of afraid to take trips by myself. Before I moved here, I just pretty much gave up on traveling. I got real lucky, and found this to be a chance to expand my travel just a...
View ArticleOf Donuts and Men
by Anonymous Hordes of people waitand wait...and waitfor donuts in the pouring rain.Is their lust in vain?Will they leave emptyand in emotional pain?Or from torn ligaments, abrasions?From below a...
View ArticleIce Cream Incident on Alberta Street
by Anonymous My tiny dog is named Purse n' Boots and he goes everywhere with me. I often times will put him in my purse and that's how he got the name. My friends love him, but nobody loves him more...
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News You May Have Missed This Week!
by Mercury staff CITY OFFICIALS and Portland's rank-and-file police union were recently on the threshold of a deal that could have changed up Portland's controversial 48-hour rule, but it might be...
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