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- More than a little bit ridiculous.
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My, What a Busy Week!
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- The Return of…HECKLEVISION™!
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One Day at a Time
- Chris Brown vs. Miranda Lambert, seagulls, and THE WORLD.
- by Ann Romano
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I Love Television
- It's the Fashion Police! Spread 'em!
- by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
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Savage Love
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I, Anonymous
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Sold Out
- Elizabeth Mollo's rock 'n' roll fashion show grows up to Fade to Light.
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Visual Art

Worlds Apart

Two Blue Sky exhibits explore Mexico's drug trade and the Hoover Dam.
- by Matt Stangel
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- Feb 16, 2012
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Crash Course

Comics crash course: Five new titles you should know about.
- by edited by Alison Hallett
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- Feb 23, 2012
Conspiracy Theories

International intrigue and tabloid trashiness collide in Alan Glynn's perfectly plotted Bloodland.
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- Feb 23, 2012
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Theater

Day of the Docent

An aspiring screenwriter takes a page from Misery in CoHo's Day of the Docent
- by Jessie Drake
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- Feb 23, 2012
Circle Mirror Transformation

Artists Rep's play about the transformative power of theater is less wanky than it sounds.
- by Alison Hallett
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- Feb 16, 2012
Theater Listings »

News

Culture Change

New Seasons workers protest the "Friendliest Store in Town."
- by Sarah Mirk
- 1 comment »
- Feb 23, 2012

Great Leap Forward

Portland's call to "Shut Down the Corporations" helps drive the national Occupy agenda.
- by Denis C. Theriault
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- Feb 23, 2012
Gimme Shelter

Lawsuit questions how to employ people with disabilities.
- by Sarah Mirk
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- Feb 23, 2012
Hall Monitor

Avoiding the "third rail": Putting police accountability in Portland's charter.
- by Denis C. Theriault
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- Feb 23, 2012

Music

Welsh Rare Beat

Welsh musician Cate Le Bon draws rings around the world.
- by Ned Lannamann
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- Feb 23, 2012

The Power of Failing

The Jealous Sound stay together for the adults.
- by Ezra Ace Caraeff
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- Feb 23, 2012
With Endless Fire

Ilyas Ahmed's music comes from the place where memories are forged.
- by Chris Cantino
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- Feb 23, 2012
Cancer Beware!

Industrial performance-art bands Gashdig and Threscher reunite to help friends in need.
- by Aris Wales
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- Feb 23, 2012

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Film

Bleak as Fuck

... and nothing in particular happens. It's Bullhead!
- by Ben Coleman
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- Feb 23, 2012

Greed Energy

Windfall: the downside of wind power.
- by Erik Henriksen
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- Feb 23, 2012
Freeze Framed

Fear of freezing is the greatest thrill in On the Ice.
- by Marjorie Skinner
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- Feb 23, 2012
Film Shorts

In which we hit it and quit it.
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- Feb 23, 2012

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Food and Drink

Do One Thing and Do It Well

Suzette is born again, better than ever.
- by Chris Onstad
- 1 comment »
- Feb 23, 2012

The Hog and Halo

Tambayan's solid and affordable Filipino cuisine travels the pig path.
- by Chris Onstad
- 14 comments »
- Feb 16, 2012
All Shook Up

Nostrana's Cathy Whims serves Italian comfort food at Oven and Shaker.
- by Alison Hallett
- 2 comments »
- Feb 9, 2012

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Feature

It's Not About the Bikes

Pinning the North Williams uproar on bikes misses the point—and the history.
- by Sarah Mirk
- 41 comments »
- Feb 16, 2012
SMOOCH! IT'S MERCURY READER VALENTINES!

Mushy-gushy valentines of love... written by YOU! The Mercury reader!
- 5 comments »
- Feb 9, 2012
The Nothing Eaters

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

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Columns

Two Blue Sky exhibits explore Mexico's drug trade and the Hoover Dam.

Comics crash course: Five new titles you should know about.

International intrigue and tabloid trashiness collide in Alan Glynn's perfectly plotted Bloodland.

An aspiring screenwriter takes a page from Misery in CoHo's Day of the Docent

Artists Rep's play about the transformative power of theater is less wanky than it sounds.

New Seasons workers protest the "Friendliest Store in Town."

Portland's call to "Shut Down the Corporations" helps drive the national Occupy agenda.

Lawsuit questions how to employ people with disabilities.

Avoiding the "third rail": Putting police accountability in Portland's charter.

Welsh musician Cate Le Bon draws rings around the world.

The Jealous Sound stay together for the adults.

Ilyas Ahmed's music comes from the place where memories are forged.

Industrial performance-art bands Gashdig and Threscher reunite to help friends in need.

... and nothing in particular happens. It's Bullhead!

Windfall: the downside of wind power.

Fear of freezing is the greatest thrill in On the Ice.

In which we hit it and quit it.

Suzette is born again, better than ever.

Tambayan's solid and affordable Filipino cuisine travels the pig path.

Nostrana's Cathy Whims serves Italian comfort food at Oven and Shaker.

Pinning the North Williams uproar on bikes misses the point—and the history.

Mushy-gushy valentines of love... written by YOU! The Mercury reader!

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

It's Happening Tonight

Wed 22 Feb 2012

The Wrong Guy First, Clifton Brooks is assaulted by two strangers. Then, he's Tasered by the cops. Tough day.

It's Not About the Bikes Pinning the North Williams uproar on bikes misses the point—and the history.

Bleak as Fuck ... and nothing in particular happens. It's Bullhead!

I, Anonymous Headlines

I, Anonymous F Your Uncle

I, Anonymous Breeder on Board

I, Anonymous The Unwashed

I, Anonymous Fine Swine

I, Anonymous Red Hands

I, Anonymous Wherefore Art Thou, Portland?

I, Anonymous To See Another Sunrise

Fur Fighters Arrests Cap Saturday's Anti-Fur Protest

The Triumphant Return of The Mercury Twice-Failed Newspaper Makes Heroic Attempt at Revival

We Have Enough Humans, Thanks. Young people make the ultimate choice—to never, ever procreate.

SEX SURVEY 2002 RESULTS! Pullout: 2002 Sex Survey & Reader Valentines

From Where I Sit News from Inside the Portland Mercury Office

"Portland's Meanest Gay" EVIL, SADISTIC ASSHOLE EXPLAINS WHY HE'S THE ONE

Take Your City and Shove It! The Best Complaints to City Hall

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A teenage prostitute's story shows how Portland teens are being forced into the oldest profession.

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