Pullout: Sex in Review
Evan James
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Coswell’s Guide to Tambralinga
Coswell’s Guide to Tambralinga by Scott Landers (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), appearing at Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway, Tuesday July 20, 7 pm S omething about most contemporary fiction really rubs me the wrong way. Authors scatter their formal efforts and fail to provide appropriate weight to character development or engaging story conflicts. The stories […]
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Woman In Revolt
The Mother Has Nothing To Lose
The Mother dir. Michell Now Playing Various Theaters Independent film proves its worth in works like The Mother. Director Roger Michell takes risks that challenge the audience, addressing mortality, elderly sex, and the passage of time with a naked eye–themes that mainstream cinema usually sanitizes with heavy doses of oversimplified poetic spin. To its immense […]
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The New Soul Food
Tibet Kitchen Comforts Mind and Body
Tibet Kitchen 103 NW 21st 971-244-0805 Tibetan fare developed from a necessity for warmth and survival in the high mountains, and its contemporary forms continue to highlight the natural taste of each food. Though a departure from other Asian cuisine, the earthy simplicity of Tibet Kitchen brought me back to my senses and left them […]
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Here, Queer, and going somewhere!
Celebrity Survivors Face Sexual Renaissance
In 1962, Packy put Portland on the map for celebrity culture. Now the largest Asian elephant in the U.S., he was the first to be born in the Western hemisphere in over 40 years. Visitors flocked to see him, sending zoo attendance records zooming to an all-time high. Packy was literally born into celebrity, making […]
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Pride Week
You’re Here, You’re Queer, Now What?
In the time-honored tradition of replacing words that sound like “queer” with the actual word “queer,” this year’s Pride theme is “Queer We Go Again!” With a theme like that, I just couldn’t help but smear my queer all over this page. Puns! Puns! PS: Sunday beats the pants off Saturday. Saturday: 1:20 pm–Vivian’s Keeper: […]
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Get Thee To A Dancery
Portland’s Greatest Queer Dance Nights!
Hey, you wanna dance? Night falls, all your queer friends are waiting for you–and they want you to snark a move at these places: THURSDAYS Booty at Porky’s packs a mean pirate theme, with DJs playing hot post-punk, rock, disco, and pop. Don’t be shy—your timbers need shiverin’. The place is packed with queers of […]
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So Not Cool
Dan Bejar Goes His Own Way
Destroyer Fri May 2 8:00 Berbati’s Pan – 10 SW 3rd “I bought some books on the road, but I just threw them out the window.” Such is the reckless wonder of Dan Bejar, the brain and body behind Destroyer. He’s been receiving a lot of attention lately for supposedly scholarly songwriting, and his erudite […]
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Celluloid Overload
From Secret Abortions to California Raisins
Welcome to a maximum-capacity week of film. Whether they split your side or blow your mind, the following events are all worth two hours of ass paralysis. Film Jeopardy: Final Round They’ve been separating the idiots from the idiot savants in preparation for the epic finale of Film Jeopardy. Make your presence known in the […]