If you like history, airplanes, or daring acts of thievery, then there is a very large non-zero chance that you will enjoy yourself at the Hollywood Theater tomorrow night.Doug Kenck-Crispin of Kick-Ass Oregon History is putting on a D.B. Cooper Movie Night, celebrating the 41st anniversary of Portland’s most daring act of sky piracy. (Full […]
Joe Streckert
Joe Streckert is the author of Storied & Scandalous Portland, Oregon: A History of Gambling, Vice, Wits, and Wagers. He writes about books, history, and comics.
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Science, Bitches
Why Your Hippie Friends Are Filled with Wrong
It’s not just conservatives who are guilty of anti-scientific thought.
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A Grown Man Yelling at Dust and Air: My Night With Zak From Ghost Adventures
I did not enjoy myself last night. You probably did. You were probably doing something amusing, like watching television or having sex. I was not. Much to my chagrin, noted sadist and Mercury arts editor Alison Hallet thought it would be funny if I went on a tour of the “Shanghai Tunnels” hosted by Zak […]
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Wordstock for Writers
Learn How to Stalk an Editor without Getting Arrested
Learn how to stalk an editor without getting arrested.
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Locals Only:
It’s a Portland-y Year at Wordstock
Navigating the Portland of Wordstock.
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Tonight at Holocene: Davy Rothbart
For the past ten years Davy Rothbart has been publishing notes, letter, scraps of paper, odd photos, and other ephemera in Found magazine. The publication celebrates its tenth anniversary tonight at Holocene, where Rothbart will debut Found‘s eighth issue. I interviewed Rothbart last week about Found’s tenth anniversary, and his new memoir My Heart is […]
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My Heart Is an Idiot
Found‘s Davy Rothbart Is Sad About Girls
Davy Rothbart’s new essay collection is meandering, but occasionally inspired.
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Bartering for Booze
Coming-of-Age in a Bar-slash-Pawnshop in Ivan Doig’s The Bartender’s Tale
Coming of age in a bar-slash-pawnshop in Ivan Doig’s The Bartender’s Tale
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The Biggest Nerd Prom in the Northwest: A PAX Dispatch
I spent my Labor Day weekend mostly at the Washington State Convention Center, wherein I was surrounded by motley and colorful crowds. Men with goatees and fedoras abounded, as did girls with candy-pink and Smurf-blue hair. Countless enthusiastic fans were dressed as either David Tennant or Matt Smith’s version of the Doctor. Last weekend downtown […]
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Dear The Newsroom: I Hate Myself For Loving You
The Newsroom is a terrible show. Despite (or maybe because of) its glaring flaws I have watched and enjoyed the entirety of the first season, which wrapped up last Sunday night. I will very probably watch and enjoy the second season as well. This isn’t because The Newsroom has great characters (it doesn’t, except for […]
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Winter Journal‘s Cheery Look at Imminent Death
You’re Going to Die. So Is Paul Auster.
You’re going to die. So is Paul Auster.
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Block Buster
The “Rich Block” Aims to Make Old Town More Like the Pearl
Will new development turn Old Town into the Pearl?