Portland Mercury

Same Old Song and Dance

Dirty Rotten Scoundrel's genuine charm is swaddled in one too many lengthy musical numbers.

• by Alison Hallett
• Tags: Broadway Rose, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Leif Norby, Wade Willis

Hitting the Wrong Notes

North Williams neighbors cringe as developers ring out the old and move in the new.

• by Sarah Mirk
• Tags: House of Sound, Albert Apartments, North Williams, North Portland, Jack Menasche, tax abatement

Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

Growing up with Michael Jackson (who never grew up).

• by Dave Segal
• Tags: Michael Jackson, dead, Motown, The Jackson 5

BARISTA

6 am, Northwest Portland: The Barista
Barista, 539 NW 15th

• by Matt Davis

Taxicab Confessions

Laila's Birthday: Like Night Cabbie, but a little bit interesting!

• by Alison Hallett
• Tags: Laila's Birthday, Rashid Masharawi, Mohamed Bakri

PIE VENDOR

Late Night, Southeast Portland: The Pie Vendor Whiffies, SE 12th & Hawthorne

• by Sarah Mirk

Sold Out

Two stores on NW 23rd, two ways to think about shopping.

• by Marjorie Skinner
• Tags: IDOM, Sweet Jayne, Modi Soondarotok

DISHWASHER

10 am, Southwest Portland: The Dishwasher
Clyde Common, 1014 SW Stark

• by Patrick Alan Coleman

Letters to the Editor

In which we let the readers make snarky commentary.

• Tags: Troubletown, mental illness, Sam Adams, boobies, Transformers, Randy Leonard, spel cheker

Armed and Dangerous

Public Enemies: Johnny Depp's got a tommy gun!

• by Erik Henriksen
• Tags: Public Enemies, Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, John Dillinger, Melvin Purvis, Michael Mann, Miami Vice, Heat, The Last of the Mohicans, Collateral, The Insider

Price of Justice

County to settle its stake in the Chasse lawsuit for a record $925,000.

• by Matt Davis
• Tags: James Chasse, death in custody, Portland Police Bureau, Ted Wheeler, Jason Renaud, Kyle Nice, Christopher Humphreys

My, What A Busy Week!

A week's worth of summer.

BARTENDER

10 pm, Southeast Portland: The Bartender Roscoe's, 8105 SE Stark

• by Patrick Alan Coleman

When Creativity Goes Extinct

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: You've got nothing to worry about, Pixar.

• by Jane Carlen
• Tags: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Carlos Saldanha, Mike Thurmeier, Ice Age, Ray Romano, who is depressing even when he's a woolly mammoth

PREP COOK

3 pm, Northeast Portland: Prep
Ciao Vito, 2203 NE Alberta

• by Sarah Mirk

This Week on Television

Merlin: It's like The O.C., but in Camelot!

Hall Monitor

Amanda Fritz proposes a controversial pay freeze for some city employees.

• by Matt Davis
• Tags: Amanda Fritz, city hall, pay freeze, Sam Adams, Randy Leonard, Nick Fish, Dan Saltzman

The Flower and the Machine

Experimental Dental Schools vs. the World

• by Ezra Ace Caraeff
• Tags: Experimental Dental School, Shoko Horikawa, Jesse Hall, Forest Field

RACC's Grant Process

An explanation of the RACC's grant process

• by Matt Stangel
• Tags: Regional Arts and Culture Council, RACC, Ingrid Carlson

Going with Whatever Works

Woody Allen's latest is called Whatever Works. Yep, that pretty much sums it up.

• by Ned Lannamann
• Tags: Whatever Works, Woody Allen, Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Zero Mostel