Author Polly Dugan on ambiguity, loss, and how Tin House taught her to write.
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Time’s Gonna Pass
Polly Dugan on Ambiguity, Loss, and How Tin House Taught Her to Write
Alison Hallett
Alison Hallett served nobly as the Mercury's arts editor from 2008-2014. Her proud legacy lives on.
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MUSIC—It is empirically impossible for the reunited Afghan Whigs to put out too much music, come through town too often, or sing the word “baby” too many sexually charged times. That’s what’s called science. Greg Dulli and the boys are back for a two-night run at the Doug Fir, after blowing the roof off the […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MUSIC—As How to Dress Well, Tom Krell makes melted-sundae R&B and broken-jack-in-the-box pop that’s uncommon and exhilarating. How to Dress Well’s latest, “What Is This Heart?” is an assured, polished effort that doesn’t underplay Krell’s avant approach, but solidifies and consolidates it into something that’s melancholy, moving, and hard to shake. NLw/DJ Portia; Holocene, 1001 […]
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Emo Philips: This Weekend!
Our interview with the brilliant comedian Emo Philips is a thing of wonder and delight. A few highlights: What were you like as a kid? I was an underweight asthmatic bookworm in a sedate suburb of Chicago. But since it was the ’60s, I was Huck Finn compared to any American child today.Who got you […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MUSIC—When Beck’s music first shuffled into your ’90s-era life, I bet you didn’t realize how excited you’d still be to see him two decades later. The shaggy-haired weirdo turned out to be capable of a surprisingly eclectic and consistently pleasing career, and that Jenny Lewis gal ain’t so bad either. MSEdgefield, 2126 SW Halsey, Troutdale, […]
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Thoughts on the Stumptown Improv Fest
Pat Moran The founders of the Stumptown Improv Festival: Jed Arkley, Leon Anderson, Erin Jean O’Regan Took me a few days to get this up—sorry, we were making an arts guide. (The fall issue of Agenda comes out on Wednesday! Get so excited!) The Stumptown Improv fest debuted last weekend; with two shows a night […]
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Another Dimension
The One I Love Gives Away Too Much—and Too Little
The One I Love takes you into the hipster Twilight Zone.
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Race Relations
The Best Novel about the Blazers You’ll Read All Year
Ride Around Shining is the best novel about the Trail Blazers you’ll read all year.
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Win Tickets to the Stumptown Improv Fest
I’m looking forward to the Stumptown Improv festival this weekend, which kicked off last night at the Miracle Theatre and continues through Saturday night. I think a lot of comedy fans are unaware of how much improv talent Portland has, and the fest’s organizers have booked some top-notch out-of-town acts—like Vancouver BC’s Sunday Service—to perform […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
FILM—Taking place on top of the parking lot at downtown’s Hotel deLuxe, NW Film Center’s “Top Down: Rooftop Cinema” series hits a high point tonight with the fantastic Vanishing Point, the rubber-burning car-chase flick from 1971. Kowalski (Barry Newman) has to get a supercharged Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco—and the cops who’re chasing […]
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“What the Fuck, Missouri?”
A friend of mine is from Missouri; this morning in a group email someone asked for his perspective on what’s going on in Ferguson. I found his response really useful so I’m sharing it here with his permission: Where to start? I think twitter has it pretty well figured out: a) you have a poorer, […]