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Letters
- You said it: The best letters of 2009.
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My, What A Busy Week!
- My, what a busy new year!
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New Column!
- "What's Out"/"What's In" For 2010
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One Day at a Time
- 2009: The year in disappointment!
- by Ann Romano
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I Love Television
- Don't just sit there! Atrocities are happening!
- by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
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Savage Love
- Flirting with Disaster
- by Dan Savage
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I, Anonymous
- Rose City Refuse
- by Anonymous
- 8 comments »
Sold Out
- The year in Portland fashion.
- by Marjorie Skinner
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Destination Fun
- OUR NEW YEAR'S PARTY PICKS!
- by Ali Reingold
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Visual Art

The Art-cession

The recession's impact on the arts community in 2009.
- by Matt Stangel
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- Dec 31, 2009
Visual Art Listings »

Books

You Could See it Coming from a Mile Away

Who could have seen ebooks coming?
- by Paul Constant
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- Dec 31, 2009
Book Listings »

Theater

So... 2009.

Glib judgments on the 2009 theater scene.
- by Alison Hallett
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- Dec 31, 2009
The Year in Comedy

Andrew R Tonry examines Portland's burgeoning comedy scene.
- by Andrew R Tonry
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- Dec 31, 2009
Theater Listings »

News

The Year We Wish it Were: Historical Revisions to 2009

The Year We Wish it Were: Historical Revisions to 2009

The Mercury's Historical Revisions to Portland, 2009.
- by Matt Davis and Sarah Mirk
- 5 comments »
- Dec 31, 2009

Quotes of the Year

Quotes of the year, as reported by the Mercury's news team.
- by Matt Davis and Sarah Mirk
- 1 comment »
- Dec 31, 2009
Bearly Legal

Strip club applicant hosted man vs. bear matches at former bar.
- by Sarah Mirk
- 12 comments »
- Dec 24, 2009
Hall Monitor

City council honors former State Senator Margaret Carter by naming a day after her.
- by Matt Davis
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- Dec 24, 2009

Music

The <i>Mercury</i>'s New Year's Eve Flowchart

The Mercury's New Year's Eve Flowchart

The Mercury's New Year's Eve Flowchart
- by Ezra Ace Caraeff and Ned Lannamann
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- Dec 31, 2009

Illadelph for Life

The Roots are more than a house band.
- by Jalylah Burrell
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- Dec 31, 2009
Up & Coming
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- Dec 31, 2009
Once More with Feeling

My top five albums of 2009.
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- Dec 24, 2009

Film

The 35 Most Something-Something Films of the Aught-Aughts

Thirty-five of the decade's most significant and noteworthy films.
- by Erik Henriksen
- 4 comments »
- Dec 31, 2009

Geek Out

The most prestigious and sought-after awards in the videogame industry. Also, period jokes!
- by Earnest "Nex" Cavalli
- 1 comment »
- Dec 31, 2009
Film Shorts

In which we hit it and quit it.
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- Dec 31, 2009
This Week on Television

Yet another excuse for your husband to drink beer and eat Doritos.
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- Dec 31, 2009

Food and Drink

Best of 2009

The top dishes from the last 31 reviews. In chronological order, natch.
- by Patrick Alan Coleman
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- Dec 31, 2009

It's Happening Tonight

Fri 1 Jan 2010

in SPORTS

Rose Bowl

"Quack!...Quack!...Quack!... GOOOO DUCKS!" MORE…
in FILM

Secret Cheesy Movies

Hangover cure: a secret line-up of cheesy movies. MORE…

Happening This Week »

Event Calendar

Questionland

Where in Portland can I buy green ginger wine?

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Most Emailed Stories

Confessions of a Teenage Prostitute

A teenage prostitute's story shows how Portland teens are being forced into the oldest profession.
- by Rachael Marcus
- 33 comments »
- Sep 3, 2009
The Different Kinds of People that There Are

Would you like to know what kind of different kinds of people there are? Okay.
- by Lindy West
- 56 comments »
- Aug 6, 2009
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