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Aug. 23
Print Edition for the week of
Aug. 23 - 29, 2017
Vol. 18, No. 15
Paige Mehrer
News
Why the Larry O'Dea Shooting Still Matters
His Lies (and Lies by Omission) Linger as Portland Awaits a New Police Chief
by Dirk VanderHart
Public Transit Racism Is Once Again in the Spotlight
Are Cops Doing Enough to Curb Bigoted Behavior?
by Doug Brown
Hall Monitor: Nick Fish’s Next Fight
Faced with a Cancer Diagnosis, the City Commissioner is Staying on the Job—And Mulling Next Steps
by Dirk VanderHart
In Other News
Homelessness Services Are Up! PBOT Swoosh Artist Pays!
by Mercury Staff
Resistance & Solidarity
From Slacktivism to Activism
Resistance Events for the Week of August 23-29
by Emilly Prado
Music
Okkyung Lee’s Force and Physicality
by Robert Ham
Record Review
EMA, Exile in the Outer Ring
by Joshua James Amberson
The Best of Project Pabst
Our Picks for the Festival
by Ciara Dolan
Secret Drum Band Is Inspired by the Rhythms of the Natural World
The Portland Percussion Ensemble Releases Its Debut LP,
Dynamics
by Ben Salmon
Record Review
Shelley Short,
Pacific City
by Ciara Dolan
Things to Do Music: August 23-29
Noteworthy Shows This Week
Movies & TV
Things To Do Film: August 25-31
This Week:
Stand By Me
,
The Dark Crystal
, and
Spring Breakers
, the Greatest Film of Our Generation
by Mercury Staff
The Lamebrained Heist of
Good Time
It’s Like a Knucklehead Fractal!
by Vince Mancini
The Only Living Boy in New York
Will Make You Hate New York
The Big Apple? More Like the Big Crapple.
by Ned Lannamann
Michael Winterbottom Remembers His
Trip to Spain
Going on Vacation with Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, and David Bowie
by Marc Mohan
Comedy
Meet The New and Improved Minority Retort
The Showcase Returns—with New Personnel and Headliner Debbie Wooten
by Jenni Moore
Books
The Future Is Still Female in
Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud
Bend the Knee to Anne Helen Petersen’s Unruly Women
by Megan Burbank
Feature
How Portland Is Driving Away New Residents of Color
The City Wasn’t Giving Me What I Needed—Which Is Why I Left
by Zahir Janmohamed
Last Supper
Want Some Sustenance with Your Caffeine?
Guilder and Proud Mary Serve More Than Just Coffee
by Thomas Ross
Comics
My Pretty Vampire
’s Cartoonish Violence
Katie Skelly’s Love Letter to ’70s Woman-Centric Vampire Cinema
by Suzette Smith
I, Anonymous
This Week’s Featured I, Anonymous!
I Voted for Trump
by Anonymous
Ask a Pot Lawyer
Is Jeff Sessions Taking on Oregon Weed?
Yep, and He’s Found Some Black Market Activity to Use as Ammo
by Will Patterson
Cannabuzz
Cannabis Communion
A Church in Denver Offers Fellowship Through Weed
by Josh Jardine
One Day at a Time
Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, and the Wu-Tang Clan: One of These Things Is Worth Your Respect!
by Ann Romano
New Column!
Get Your Tickets Now for... the Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy 2017!
Letters
Letters to the Editor
“There Is No Proof That the World Is Round, Just NASA CGI Cartoons and Fakery.”
I, Anonymous Blog
Dick-Head-Fake-Bike-Messenger Directing Traffic
by Anonymous
Impolitely Correct
by Anonymous
Patriot Prayer Haters
by Anonymous
Visitor Parking - 1 Hour Limit
by Anonymous
What We Can't Have
by Anonymous
Hi, Chick on the bus who won't end her phone call
by Anonymous
Weather Forecast for Tonight - DARK
by Anonymous
It's Not About Who You Like
by Anonymous
Dear Vegan Couple
by Anonymous
To the Muttering Woman on the Streetcar...
by Anonymous
My Old Friends
by Anonymous
Friends who keep trying to push products
by Anonymous
I Had To Do It (And I'd Do It Again)
by Anonymous
The Promised Land
by Anonymous
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Don't Fuck Nazis
by Dan Savage
The Party Review
Trucker Family Pig Roast
by Mx. Dahlia Belle
The Waiting Game
Why a Restaurant Shouldn’t Have to Seat Your Large Party When Most of It is Late
by Chad Walsh
Portland’s Pretty
Pickathon 2017
by Marissa Sullivan