Letters to the Editor
“Do what you do best—advising people on how to pee on each other.” RESISTANCE IS FUTILERE: “Move Over, Burnside 26! The New Apartment Building You’ll Love to Hate Is the Yard” [Blogtown, July 18], in...
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We're having a party on the roof, and you're invited. by Ian Karmel I want to say this: I fucking love Bernie Sanders. I love him in the dumb ways, the smart ways, the emotional ways, the cultural...
View ArticleBe Cool, Ramen, Be Cool
Everyone’s favorite winter soup gets a summer makeover. by Andrea Damewood SUMMER’S BEEN OFF to a slow start, heat wise, but Portland’s finally getting hot enough to declare pants optional. You might...
View ArticleBowled Over
Get bowled over by Portland’s best bowls. by Heather Arndt Anderson THERE’S SOMETHING innately comforting about eating out of a bowl, and bowls Instagram like a fucking dream. Where would chili or...
View ArticleI, Anonymous
Shavings of Me ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, I started saving my finger and toenail clippings. At first I put them in an old Dixie cup, but when that got too full, I doubled down and kept it going, putting them...
View ArticleThe Italian Girl in Algiers: Giving New Life to a 200-Plus-Year-Old Opera
New twists on old stories in Portland Opera’s season finale. by Rachel Sandstrom PORTLAND OPERA'S season finale rounds out this week with the end of one opera's run and the continuation of another....
View ArticleThe Warm and Welcoming Comedy of Ron Funches
The former Portlander stops by on his way to the top. by Robert Ham YOU’D HAVE TO be a monster not to root for Ron Funches. Everything about the 33-year-old stand-up and actor—his toothy smile, his...
View ArticleBruce Nauman’s Humor and Meaning
Language Body: An evocative glimpse into the artist’s expansive career. by Suzette Smith THE DOROTHY LEMELSON Innovation Studio sits at the end of a long marble entrance hall in the Arlene and Harold...
View ArticleSavage Love
Interabang by Dan Savage I’m 28 years old and live in the Midwest. I'm intersex, but I identify as female. I am not out about being born intersex. Due to surgeries and hormones, I look like a fairly...
View ArticleAsk a Pot Lawyer: CBD Pet Treats Are a Thing?
Yep, CBD treats for your pet are a thing. by Vince Sliwoski What’s the dealwith cannabidiol (CBD) pet treats? Are they really a thing?YES, CBD-INFUSED pet treats are definitely a thing. They are often...
View ArticleCannabuzz Cocabuzz: The Week in Cocaine! Yeah!
What if Measure 92 had legalized cocaine? by Josh Jardine WHEN MEASURE 91 passed, I heard more than one prohibitionist sneer at the idea and ask, “What’s next, legalizing all the other drugs?” And...
View ArticleBlesst Chest’s Prog ’n’ Roll Party
Blesst Chest’s mutant rock defies labels. by Mark Lore INSTRUMENTAL BANDS have a tendency to sometimes get wrapped up in themselves. This all has its place, of course, but it comes at the cost of...
View ArticleSneaker Wave
The latest in Portland hip-hop. by Jenni Moore IF YOU’RE A REGULAR at hip-hop shows and events around town, you’re probably familiar with Jordan Carter’s friendly face. He’s usually posted up with a...
View ArticleRecord Review: Marisa Anderson, Into the Light
The album sounds like one long ride into the sunset. by Ciara Dolan PORTLAND GUITARIST Marisa Anderson’s newest full-length, Into the Light, sounds like one long ride into the sunset—a journey that...
View ArticleBJ the Chicago Kid Is a New Star with an Old Soul
BJ the Chicago Kid’s Motown debut is timeless R&B. by Jenni Moore THESE DAYS it feels like the world is in complete chaos. Every week there’s a new catastrophic death toll, police shooting, rape,...
View ArticleRecord Review: Cool American, You Can Win a Few
Their new album is terrific, top to bottom. by Ben Salmon “WHO THE FUCK said my band sounds like pavement,” Cool American’s Nathan Tucker tweeted on July 11, “i’ll fight them.”Fair enough. For two...
View ArticleThings to Do Music
Noteworthy shows for the week of July 27-August 2. WEDNESDAY 7/27SYNDICATE, KAPITAL, STEEL CHAINS, MR. WRONG (Black Water Bar, 835 NE Broadway) Mr. Wrong sort of came out of nowhere—the Portland duo...
View ArticleWoody Allen’s Café Society Is a Pancake of a Movie
It’s an okay pancake. by Ned Lannamann WOODY ALLEN makes movies with the speed and precision of a short-order breakfast cook. Year after year, he churns out pancake after pancake for an undemanding...
View ArticleBeing Empowered (Sort Of) (Not Really) with Bad Moms
Alas, some problems can’t be solved with binge drinking. by Kjerstin Johnson INBAD MOMS, Amy (Mila Kunis) is a working mother of two who, out of exhaustion, rejects the perfect-mom paradigm. She joins...
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Things to Do Film
This week: Nerve, The Innocents, the 35th anniversary of Raiders of the Lost Ark, and more. by Mercury Staff Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie The film achieves the same high-pitched, broad humor of the...
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