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Portland’s Speed Limits Ignore Cyclists and Pedestrians
But as Road Deaths Spike, That’s About to Change
by Dirk VanderHart
Out of Pocket: Portland’s Last Pay Phones
Coin-Operated Telephones Are Hard to Find in Portland—But They Can Still Be Necessary
by Ned Lannamann
Latino Metal Night Unifies Through Volume
The Annual Gathering Builds Community Through Cultural Swap Meets
by Aris Hunter Wales
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Portland’s Speed Limits Ignore Cyclists and Pedestrians
But as Road Deaths Spike, That’s About to Change
by Dirk VanderHart
Hall Monitor: Putting Out Fires At Terminal 1
Recent Conflicts Over the Contentious Property Are Smaller Than They Appear
by Dirk VanderHart
The City Might Not Wall Off Police Discipline Appeal Hearings, After All
by Dirk VanderHart
Music »
Y La Bamba’s Luz Elena Mendoza Overcomes Darkness Through Art
Ojos del Sol Responds to Pain with Boundless Love
by Emilly Prado
Raz Simone’s Soulful Sincerity
The Seattle Rapper Touches Down for We Take Holocene IV
by Jenni Moore
Film »
Equity: The Tale of a Doomed Wall Street Man Shouldn’t Be About a Man at All
It’s Like The Wolf of Wall Street if The Wolf of Wall Street Had Actually Tried!
by Megan Burbank
In Don't Breathe, the Fact That Stephen Lang Cannot See You Does Not In Any Way Mean That He Will Not Destroy You
Watch Out, Idiots, He Is Going to Fuck You Up
by Andrew Wright
Food and Drink »
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Missing Burger Week? Try Six Days of Beef Ribs!
You Can Get Big, Beefy Ribs, But You’ve Gotta Know When to Go
by Andrea Damewood
Portland’s Nanobreweries Are Thinking Small—and Big
Can Garage Brewers Make It in the Big Time?
by Brian Yaeger
Cannabis »
Ask a Pot Lawyer: Hot Federal Weed Law Action!
No Rescheduling Cannabis, But Plenty of Other Activity
by Vince Sliwoski
Ask a Pot Lawyer: Weed Fraud at a Portland Dispensary
Of Pot, Felons, and Duped Canadians
by Vince Sliwoski
Fashion »
Sold Out: Style Events for August and September
Native Fashion Now and Much More!
by Elizabeth Mollo
Boutique Alert: Gem Gem
Talking to Jewelry Enthusiasts Allison Bartline and Heidi Lieberman
by Cassie Ridgway
Visual Art »
Project Art: Biennial Edition
A Look at Muscle Beach, One of the Portland2016 Biennial’s Only Venues Inside a Garage
by Eleanor Ford
Comedy »
Poking the Hornets’ Nest with Eric Andre
Fresh off His RNC Antics, the Provocative Comedian Comes to Portland
by Robert Ham
Books »
Stranded in the Land of Enchantment
Leigh Stein’s New Memoir Names Abuse for What It Is
by Meryl Williams
Study Group Takes Comics Seriously
The Local Magazine Applies a Critical Lens to the Art Form
by Suzette Smith
On the Road to Nowhere in Utopia Drive
Erik Reece’s Book Shows What Utopian Societies (Past and Present) Can Teach Us About Reality
by Rich Smith
Please Kill Me Turns 20
Revisiting Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain’s Essential History of Punk
by Santi Elijah Holley
Theater »
Crazy Exes in Annapurna
At Third Rail Rep, a Frustratingly Incomplete Look at Codependency
by Rachel Sandstrom
The Maids: Existential Desperation with a Dash of Dark Humor
Genet’s Social Critique Is Still Relevant in Public Citizen Theatre’s Debut
by Katie Pelletier
Theater Has a Well-Documented Diversity Problem. One Local Company Has a Possible Solution.
For the Next Three Seasons, Profile Theatre Will Only Produce Plays by Women and People of Color.
by Megan Burbank
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