Waydowntown dir. Burns, Sinclair Fri May 31 Hollywood Theater Waydowntown begins with a fantasy. The main character, Tom (Fab Filippo), a 20-something, recent college grad, imagines completely lifting the downtown section of Calgary out of the landscape. He watches as it hovers above earth. This fantasy seems possible to him because the network of buildings […]
Katia Dunn
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Move Along!
The Battle Begins Over City’s Sit/Lie Ordinance
J.P. Smith has been homeless since he was 14, since his parents kicked him out of the house for being gay. After sleeping on the streets of Daytona, Florida, where he grew up, J.P. was tired of cycling in and out of prison, due to the city’s strict anti-homeless laws. “If the police catch you […]
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Nomy Lamm
Intercourse 2002: a Sex and Gender Spoken Word Recipe for Revolution Nomy Lamm May 25 Hollywood Theater It’s rare that one artist can venture into more than one medium and still stay sharp, but somehow Nomy Lamm has done it. She’s working on her first book, has written a fantastic play/musical collaboration with The Need […]
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Camden Joy
Book Review
Camden Joy Reading Frenzy Thurs, May 16 Some rock critics are good because they’re knowledgeable, or funny, or cutting. Camden Joy is good because he writes about himself. But it’s not just that, like a lot of writers, Joy occasionally references himself or uses the first person; he superimposes himself onto the rockstars and cultural […]
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Pullout: Gambling
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Opera vs. the Starving Artist
Is Katz Taking from the Poor and Giving to the Rich?
In a response to the City’s massive budget shortfall, Mayor Vera Katz has proposed seven percent budget cuts across the board for General Fund-supported programs. But apparently not all organizations are being treated equally: In a reversal of Robin Hood logic, Katz’s budget plan will take from at least one small arts organization and give […]
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PROSTITUTION: PRO OR CON?
Two Local Groups Argue Over the Age-Old Question: Is Professional Sex Work a Matter of Choice or a Matter of Oppression?
Melissa Farley, a clinical and research psychologist, is one of the nation’s leading researchers on prostitution. According to her 1998 study of 475 prostitutes from five different countries–including women, men, and transgendered individuals–62 percent of prostitutes reported having been raped in prostitution, 73 percent reported having experienced physical assault in prostitution, 72 percent were currently […]
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Be Very Afraid
Did Boots Riley Sell Out?
For a long time, Boots Riley and The Coup have been admired by myself and others for their rock-solid principles. “A lot [of America] is controlled by the United States, by capitalism,” Boots told me in an interview. “Specifically, what needs to change is the economic side of it, the fact that all the wealth […]
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Surprise!
Woody Makes Another Film About Woody
Hollywood Ending dir. Allen Opens Fri May 3 I think at some point, most writers make the mistake of thinking every detail of their own life is incredibly interesting and should be the primary focus of their work. I certainly did. Hopefully, writers who are lost in this arrogant mess will be confronted by a […]
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Yuki
Yuki 1337 NE Broadway 281-6804 Sushi, like capitalism, breeds a very classist system, and as I see it, there are four categories of sushi-dining establishments. 1) The lowest common demoninater: The rotating sushi-mobiles and the grocery store sushi. 2) Mediocrity marketed to the masses: restaurant sushi that’s all California rolls and cream cheese 3) Good […]
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As Sick as Your Secrets
Two Groups Focus on Taking the Shame Out of Rape
Last year, there were 305 rapes reported to the police in Portland. This year, there have already been 76–a four-percent increase over the number reported at this time last year. Recently, several Portland groups have decided to take rape awareness into their own hands. “Originally, the Bad Date Line started as a phone tree between […]
