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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings and Marc Broussard With hot kicks and greasy licks, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings are the current crownholders for the funkiest, grooviest, most soulful band on the planet. You might feel like you're traveling back in time with their classic, retro vibe, but more likely you'll find that their timeless brand of rhythm 'n' blues—and Jones' powerful wail—carries no expiration date. NL Oregon Zoo, 4001 SW Canyon Rd, $17, 7:00 PM Flicks on the Bricks: The Goonies A gang of dorky boys with nicknames straight out of 1985 (Data, Mouth, Chunk) go on a madcap search for pirate treasure with their new friend Sloth (ex-footballer John Matuszak). It's The Goonies, and it's the perfect movie to kick off the Flicks on the Bricks outdoor movie series. SM Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Broadway and SW Yamhill, free, 8:00 PM PDX Pop Now! For true music lovers, the PDX Pop Now! Festival is hands-down Portland's best music event. Back for its fifth year, it's not only all ages and all local, it's all FREE. The lineup's huge, and it sincerely does not get any better than this, so don't miss it! WSH Rotture, 315 SE 3rd, free, 6:00 PM

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- This week's letters to the editor.
New Column!
- Editorial Commentary from Thor, God of Thunder
One Day at a Time
- ... in 1988!
  YEAR IN REVIEW
- by Ann Romano
I Love Television
- Let's get apoplectic!
- by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
Savage Love
- Plug Ugly
- by Dan Savage
I, Anonymous
- Please stop sticking your semi-turgid wiener through a dye-cut children's book.
Sold Out
- Popina Swimwear's Pamela Levenson guides you through the swimsuit jungle, and Souchi expands in time for fall.
- by Marjorie Skinner

Visual Art

Ben Buswell

Tilt Gallery’s Final Exhibit
- by John Motley
- Jul 24, 2008
Melody Owen

Travel snapshots from Owen's Alexandria, I'm Waiting.
- by John Motley
- Jul 17, 2008
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Books

My Custom Van

Michael Ian Black's first book is funny but insubstantial.
- by Ned Lannamann
- Jul 24, 2008
All About Lulu

Jonathan Evison's freshman effort explores its options.
- by Alison Hallett
- Jul 24, 2008
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Theater

Man to Man

Tilt Gallery's Final Exhibit
- by Alison Hallett
- Jul 24, 2008
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News

Whitewashed

Tensions are high at the city's racial profiling committee, which has met for a year without making a dent.
- by Matt Davis
- Jul 24, 2008

In Other News

Tender chunks of the news you need.
- by Mercury staff
- Jul 24, 2008
In the Shadows

Saving lives—and golfing—with the firefighters at Station 28.
- by Matt Davis
- Jul 24, 2008
Hall Monitor

City hall's taking a summer nap—except for Commissioner Nick Fish
- by Amy J. Ruiz
- Jul 24, 2008

Music

From the Crowd to the Stage

Portland's Finest Music Festival Celebrates Its Fifth Year
- by Ezra Ace Caraeff
- Jul 24, 2008

Our Town Could Be Your Life

Penny Jam and Lost Gospel prove that music belongs everywhere.
- by Cary Clarke
- Jul 24, 2008
Once More with Feeling

MTV covers Portland music scene. Panic!
- by Ezra Ace Caraeff
- Jul 24, 2008
UP & COMING

This week's live music previews.
- Jul 24, 2008

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Film

Super Bad

Step Brothers: New brothers. Same old bullshit.
- by Zac Pennington
- Jul 24, 2008

This Week on Television

The best programs on TV this week.
- Jul 24, 2008
I Would Prefer Not to Believe

I Want to Believe ensures that no one, anywhere, will remember The X-Files fondly.
- by Alison Hallett
- Jul 24, 2008
The Rooskies are Watching

Sputnik Mania details the start of the arms race between the USA and those no-good commie bastards.
- by Ned Lannamann
- Jul 24, 2008

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Food and Drink

Fairyland

Hold the Trolls. A Fantasyland of Boozy Goodness Grows in the Heart of SE Portland
- by Patrick Alan Coleman
- Jul 24, 2008

Food News

A local Absinthe is set to take over the world and a food hub in North Portland is set to take over the local food scene.
- by Patrick Alan Coleman
- Jul 17, 2008

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