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2017
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May. 24
Print Edition for the week of
May. 24 - 30, 2017
Vol. 18, No. 2
Matt Wong
News
Cops Insist On Bringing Guns into Portland’s New Mental Health Hospital
Some See That As Cause for Concern in a City That’s Seen Past Tragedy
by Dirk VanderHart
Hall Monitor: Hall Pass Revoked
Why Too Much Poop in Portland’s Water’s Going to Cost Us Millions
by Dirk VanderHart
Resistance & Solidarity
From Slacktivism to Activism
Resistance Events for the Week of May 24-30
by Emilly Prado
Music
How Ishmael Butler Fused the Past and the Future to Change Hip-Hop Forever
Why Would Butler Revive Digable Planets? Because He’s Cool Like That
by Dave Segal
Girlpool’s
Powerplant
Is an Album of Uncommon Depth
The Duo Takes Risks Without Losing Their Radical Vulnerability
by Nathan Tucker
Record Review
Máscaras
,
El Mor
án
by Ben Salmon
Things to Do Music: May 24-30
Noteworthy Shows This Week
Movies & TV
Things To Do Film: May 26-June 1
The Fine Works of Hayao Miyazaki, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and the Garbage Pail Kids
by Mercury Staff
Eat, Pray, Drug
The Last Shaman
: Where’s Elizabeth Gilbert When You Need Her?
by Megan Burbank
Playin’ in the Band: The Grateful Dead’s
Long Strange Trip
Emphasis on “Long,” But It’s a Trip Worth Taking
by Ned Lannamann
Who Is
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
for?
It Is Not for You. It Is Not for Anyone.
by Erik Henriksen
Sovereignty Struggles
Promised Land
Examines How the Government Systematically Prohibits Tribal Recognition
by Emilly Prado
With Netflix’s
War Machine
, David MichĂ´d and Brad Pitt Take on Afghanistan
Not All Wars Are Created Equal
by Ned Lannamann
Baywatch
Sucks
Sorry.
by Ciara Dolan
Visual Art
Portland Art Galleries are the Distraction We Need!
Whether It’s Corey Arnold’s Blind Eagles or Nationale’s Social Justice Print Initiative, It’s Time to Look at Something That Isn’t Your Phone
by Megan Burbank
Books
Men Without Women
’s Dick Lit
Men’s Insecurities Are Exposed in Murakami’s Latest
by Suzette Smith
Theater & Performance
Portland Playhouse Delivers the World’s Saddest TED Talk
Dead Languages and Smart Contradictions in
The Language Archive
by Thomas Alexander Ross
Lush Life
Alt Wines of Oregon
The Willamette Valley Offers More Than Just Great Pinot
by MJ Skegg
I, Anonymous
This Week's Featured I, Anonymous!
Voting for Rent Hikes
by Anonymous
Ask a Pot Lawyer
Are You Paying Too Much Tax on Your Weed?
Not Necessarily, and You Might Be About to Pay More
by Vince Sliwoski
Cannabuzz
Rapid-Fire Reviews for Real Cannabis Products
(And a Fake One)
by Josh Jardine
Sold Out
Inside
Boutique Guide Portland
by Cassie Ridgway
One Day at a Time
Trump Betrays the United States, and—OH GOD WATCH OUT THERE’S A MUMMY!
by Ann Romano
New Column!
New Column
Ask the Mystical Saudi Orb
by The Mystical Saudi Orb
Letters
Letters to the Editor
“Dying Is a Lot More Than Getting Rid of a Body.”
I, Anonymous Blog
Fool Me Once
by Anonymous
The Bias is On The Other Side
by Anonymous
Painful Truth
by Anonymous
The Flags of Forest Grove
by Anonymous
SJWs
by Anonymous
Literal Appeal to Get Along
by Anonymous
Freeway Jumper Hero
by Anonymous
Birds And....
by Anonymous
Ricky's and Taliesin's blood is on your hands
by Anonymous
When at a concert, Portland, shut the fuck up
by Anonymous
Something I Read Last Year
by Anonymous
The Wall of Death
by Anonymous
Another Bus Stop Hero
by Anonymous
Time For Granny To Step Up
by Anonymous
And Voids
by Anonymous
Open Relationship Experience #1
by Anonymous
Something to Consider...
by Anonymous
I Support The Mayor
by Anonymous
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Breathless
by Dan Savage
The Party Review
Showbiz Birthday
by Mx. Dahlia Belle
The Last Best Summer Ever
A Guide to Going Freaking Nuts During this Last Summer Under Trump
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Apocalyptic Patios
The Best Summertime Rooftops for Mushroom Cloud Viewing
by Jagger Blaec
Gimmee Shelter
Sharon “The Afrovivalist” Ross is Prepared for the Worst. Why Aren’t You?
by Santi Elijah Holley
Last Supper’s Last Supper
The Most Decadent Shit to Eat This Summer Since We’re All Going to Die Anyway
by Andrea Damewood
Waterslide Hacks for Adults
Why Should Kids Get to Have All the Fun?
by Jenni Moore
Keeping Cool with Booze
How to Eat, Slurp, and Lick your Alcohol
by Claire Holley
Is That Skin Cancer, or Just a Bug?
The Helpful ABCDEs (and Less Helpful LMNOPs) of Checking Yourself Out
by Ned Lannamann
Portland’s Best Outdoor Summer Concerts
by Ciara Dolan
Hiking Highway 26
The Freeways Are Only Getting Worse. Time to Find Another Way Out of Town
by Erik Henriksen
Corn Doggy Style
A Comprehensive Corn Dog Power Ranking
by Heather Arndt Anderson
In Praise of the Summertime Shame Drink
The Time Has Come for Pleasurable Consumption Without Apology
by Megan Burbank
Portland Finally Has a Mountain Bike Park
It’s Sandwiched Between Two Freeways, and It’s Probably Just the Beginning
by Dirk VanderHart
Comics Artist, Cyclist, Activist
Eleanor Davis Took a Bike Ride That Awakened Her to Injustice.
by Suzette Smith
Our Picks for Pedalpalooza 2017
Ride the Lightning!
by Dirk VanderHart