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- Tough love.
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My, What a Busy Week!
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One Day at a Time
- Demi Moore is collapsing like a 15-year-old!
- by Ann Romano
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I Love Television
- There's NO business like SHOW business...
- by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
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Savage Love
- Full Dick-Closure
- by Dan Savage
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I, Anonymous
- The Unwashed
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Sold Out
- The inspiring tableau of A Novel Romance.
- by Marjorie Skinner
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Visual Art

The Tyranny of Basements

Experiencing the tyranny of Bruce Nauman's video work in Basements.
- by Jenna Lechner
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- Feb 2, 2012
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Books

Heart-Shaped Box

Remembering heartbreak with Daniel Handler's new YA novel Why We Broke Up.
- by Courtney Ferguson
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- Feb 2, 2012
Tragic Songs of Life

Satan Is Real documents the Louvin Brothers' harmonious music and discordant lives.
- by Ned Lannamann
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- Feb 2, 2012
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Theater

Gossip Girl

Tawdriness and violence take center stage in (I Am Still) The Duchess of Malfi.
- by Jessie Drake
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- Feb 2, 2012
Heroics, Big and Small

Two storytellers talk childhood dreams in Big Plastic Heroes.
- by Alison Hallett
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- Feb 2, 2012
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News

Cabbie Crackdown

Paid less than minimum wage, disgruntled Portland cabbies join forces.
- by Nathan Gilles
- 2 comments »
- Feb 2, 2012

Sexual Politics

Beloved queer youth nonprofit joins forces with Q Center.
- by Sarah Mirk
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- Feb 2, 2012
This Just Isn't Working

Bradley Morgan's shooting raises a question: Stop sending cops to suicide calls?
- by Denis C. Theriault
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- Feb 2, 2012
Hall Monitor

Mayor Sam Adams should stand up for transparency in terror task force report.
- by Denis C. Theriault
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- Feb 2, 2012

Music

The Lawless Frontier

Laura Gibson finds inspiration—and confidence—in a small Oregon town.
- by Raquel Nasser
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- Feb 2, 2012

Loyal Sinners of Rock and Roll

The Golden Bears' second album captures the darkness and sweetness of domesticity.
- by Ned Lannamann
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- Feb 2, 2012
Living Landscapes

Lost Lander explores inner and outer space.
- by Raquel Nasser
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- Feb 2, 2012
A Different Drum

Neal Morgan's drum-and-voice pieces follow his first impulses.
- by Rebecca Wilson
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- Feb 2, 2012

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Film

Pacing the Drama

The rippling effects of A Separation.
- by Marjorie Skinner
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- Feb 2, 2012

Freaks and Geeks

Chronicle: With great power comes great emo.
- by Erik Henriksen
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- Feb 2, 2012
American Gothic

Director Ti West's The Innkeepers is too slow to scare.
- by Courtney Ferguson
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- Feb 2, 2012
Beer and Movies, Together Again

The Beer and Movie Fest returns with great 35mm offerings, plus some stuff on Blu-ray.
- by Erik Henriksen
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- Feb 2, 2012

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Food and Drink

Tanuki's Second Act

Tanuki's new Montavilla digs offer more of a great thing.
- by Tony Perez
- 29 comments »
- Feb 2, 2012

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Feature

The Nothing Eaters

How floating in a sensory-deprivation tank made me feel... well... nothing. (And that's good!)
- by Matt Stangel
- 3 comments »
- Feb 2, 2012
Trafficking Trust

Portland's new shelter for sex-trafficked youth focuses on honest relationships rather than restraints.
- by Alex Zielinski
- 13 comments »
- Jan 26, 2012
Drinking: A Portland Romance

The Mercury's Booze Issue.
- by edited by Tony Perez
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- Jan 19, 2012

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Experiencing the tyranny of Bruce Nauman's video work in Basements.

Remembering heartbreak with Daniel Handler's new YA novel Why We Broke Up.

Satan Is Real documents the Louvin Brothers' harmonious music and discordant lives.

Tawdriness and violence take center stage in (I Am Still) The Duchess of Malfi.

Two storytellers talk childhood dreams in Big Plastic Heroes.

Paid less than minimum wage, disgruntled Portland cabbies join forces.

Beloved queer youth nonprofit joins forces with Q Center.

Bradley Morgan's shooting raises a question: Stop sending cops to suicide calls?

Mayor Sam Adams should stand up for transparency in terror task force report.

Laura Gibson finds inspiration—and confidence—in a small Oregon town.

The Golden Bears' second album captures the darkness and sweetness of domesticity.

Lost Lander explores inner and outer space.

Neal Morgan's drum-and-voice pieces follow his first impulses.

The rippling effects of A Separation.

Chronicle: With great power comes great emo.

Director Ti West's The Innkeepers is too slow to scare.

The Beer and Movie Fest returns with great 35mm offerings, plus some stuff on Blu-ray.

Tanuki's new Montavilla digs offer more of a great thing.

How floating in a sensory-deprivation tank made me feel... well... nothing. (And that's good!)

Portland's new shelter for sex-trafficked youth focuses on honest relationships rather than restraints.

The Mercury's Booze Issue.

Our Guide to Drinking Games (Or How to Make Alcohol Abuse Fun) Pullout: Drinking Issue 2008 Drunk Olympics

THE BOOK OF US VS. THEM A Christian guide to other inferior religions that will obviously burn in Hell.

WHERE DOES MY POOP GO? The Sordid Life of Human Waste

Now We're Cooking... with Pot! There's really no better way to get through a holiday than flying high on baked goods

The Different Kinds of People that There Are Would you like to know what kind of different kinds of people there are? Okay.

Confessions of a Teenage Prostitute A teenage prostitute's story shows how Portland teens are being forced into the oldest profession.

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