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- This week isn't going to busy itself, you know.
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- Jon Gosselin + Octomom = EWW!
- by Ann Romano
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- by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
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- by Dan Savage
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- by Anonymous
Sold Out
- What the week has in store.
- by Marjorie Skinner

Visual Art

The Object Narrative

Appendix Project Space lives up to its promise to present challenging conceptual work with Material Affair.
- by Matt Stangel
- Nov 5, 2009
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Books

Running with Christmas

Augusten Burroughs takes on the holidays in You Better Not Cry.
- by Jane Carlen
- Nov 5, 2009
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Theater

Singing Songs of the Dead

Don't miss the minor annual triumph that is the Miracle Theatre's Day of the Dead production.
- by Alison Hallett
- Nov 5, 2009
Trek in the Dark

Atomic Arts plays it straight with a by-the-book Nosferatu.
- by Alison Hallett
- Nov 5, 2009
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News

Black and Blue

Gresham's only black cop resigns post, alleging discrimination.
- by Matt Davis
- Nov 5, 2009

Portland's Newest Joint

A pot-friendly café plans to open for medical marijuana users in Northeast Portland.
- by Sarah Mirk
- Nov 5, 2009
Hall Monitor

Mayor Sam Adams hops on yet another plane to woo investors to the city—and good for him.
- by Matt Davis
- Nov 5, 2009
Testing Craigslist

Undercover with Portland's housing discrimination police.
- by Sean Breslin
- Nov 5, 2009

Music

God Is in the Ground

David Bazan and God don't speak much anymore.
- by Ezra Ace Caraeff
- Nov 5, 2009

The Funnest Band in the Universe

Seattle's BOAT will put a dopey grin on your face.
- by Ned Lannamann
- Nov 5, 2009
Beyond Bleeps and Bloops

I'm sorry Mario, but the princess is in another symphony.
- by Erik Henriksen
- Nov 5, 2009
Goat Stories

The Bible according to the Mountain Goats
- by Mark Lore
- Nov 5, 2009

Film

More Than a Feeling

The Men Who Stare at Goats: Of Boston and George Clooney.
- by Erik Henriksen
- Nov 5, 2009

I'm Staying Home

Recoil in terror from our dead-eyed, soulless CG overlords!
- by Erik Henriksen
- Nov 5, 2009
I Shall Not Want

A Christmas Carol: Unnecessary! And creepy!
- by Zac Pennington
- Nov 5, 2009
Art Smart

(Untitled) calls bullshit on the arbiters of the cutting edge.
- by Marjorie Skinner
- Nov 5, 2009

Food and Drink

Vodka Harvest

While not necessarily healthier for you, Highball Distillery's Elemental Vodka blends organic booze with a philosophy of sustainability.
- by Patrick Alan Coleman
- Nov 5, 2009

It's Happening Tonight

Sat 7 Nov 2009

in MUSIC

Dinosaur Jr., Lou Barlow & The Missingmen and Violent Soho

Enough volume to puncture an eardrum. MORE…
in MUSIC

Art Auction

A raucous and well-boozed benefit auction at art space Disjecta. MORE…

Happening This Week »

Event Calendar

Questionland

Going to St. Helens. Anything I should look for? Fruit? Chairs?

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The Sellwood Garden Club is slowly turning urban Southeast Portland into a sustainable farm. One lawn at a time.
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