TERRY GROB, R.I.P. TO THE MERCURY: You guys are great for printing the nice blurb about Terry Grob [Obituary, Sept 7]. He was amazing. Thank you. Alex Steininger THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE DIRTY TO THE EDITOR: Your article on body piercing [“Dirty Needles,” Aug 31] made an important first step. Here’s what was […]
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I, Anonymous
First off, let me say most cops are cool people, and that more than a few realize the hypocrisy of a country that has legal alcohol and cigarettes (both of which kill millions) but illegal pot. But you, Officer, are a hypocrite of the worst sort. My friend and I were peacefully sitting in a […]
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My, What a Busy Week!
THURSDAY, SEPT 14 MUSIC–Undoubtedly, Mos Def is an icon of hip-hop culture these days. Though some say he’s lost his core, you should see him if for no other reason, out of a love of the music and a desire to understand him. Opener Slum Village is undoubtedly a good time as well. KD Pine […]
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Live Music Listings
THURSDAY 9/14 ASH STREET SALOON-Signals, Action Detectives * BERBATI’S PAN-Sean Morey, Lava Demure, Tiny Kings * BIJOU CAFE-Improvised Music Series with Charlie Smyth, Steve, JP Jenkins, Travis McAllister, Mark Burdon BRASILIA RESTAURANT & BAR-Grooveyard Jazz R&B BUFFALO GAP-Kenny Lavitz & Scott White Trio CAFE LENA-Lorna Miller & Friends CANDLELIGHT CAFE AND BAR-Norman Sylvester WOW HALL […]
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Up & Coming
THURSDAY 9/14 MINK, SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, TRY AND STEP ON HER (Medicine Hat) Try and Step on Her are not all that original, but you know when a band is so energetic and tight and passionate about what they’re doing that it doesn’t really matter all that much? Well, that’s the case with these guys. […]
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DJ Listings
THURSDAY 9/14 1201 CAFE & LOUNGE-Imix/StarBass BALZER’S-R&B, Reggae BAR 71-DJ Cameron COBALT LOUNGE-Xotica Go Go * CRYSTAL BALLROOM –Celebrity VIP Birthday Bash for NBA All-Star Rasheed Wallace. Dress up. FERNANDO’S HIDEAWAY-Salsa Dancing LOTUS CARDROOM & CAFE-DJ Groove OHM-DJ Izm (afterhours) QUEST-DJ Mafia & Madd 1 THE CLUB-Hip-hop, R&B with DJ George TONIC LOUNGE-Disc Jockey Gregarious […]
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Club Directory
1201 Club 1201 SW 12th, 225-1201 Aladdin Theater 3017 SE Milwaukie, 233-1994 Andrea’s Cha Cha Club 832 SE Grand Ave, 230-1166 Arnada Cafe 1717 Broadway, 360-750-9596 Ash Street Saloon 225 SW Ash St, 226-0430 Atwater’s 111 SW 5th Ave, 275-3600 Bar 71 71 SW 2nd Ave, 241-0938 Berbati’s Pan 231 SW Ankeny, 248-4579 Beulahland 118 […]
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Theater Listings
Opening This Week The Duck Variations Two friends meet in a park and discuss everything from philosophy to ducks in this play by David Mamet. AASYLUM THEATRE, AT THE RUSSELL STREET THEATRE, 116 NE Russell, 775-4324, Fri-Sat, 10 pm, ends Oct. 14, $8 The Fantasticks Jones and Schmidt’s musical about young love that remembers that […]
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Readings Listings
THURSDAY 9/14 * William T Vollma See review. POWELL’S CITY OF BOOKS, 1005 W Burnside St, 228-4651, 7:30 pm, Free Sharon McCrumb The PMS Outlaws is a comedic look at love and beauty, working the idea that “insanity” is the ultimate liberation. TWENTY-THIRD AVENUE BOOKS, 1015 NW 23rd Ave, 224-6203, 7:30 pm, Free FRIDAY 9/15 […]
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Visual Arts Listings
Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park Ave, 226-2811 Let’s Entertain is an international extravaganza showcasing a wide range of artists. Sculpture, painting, video, installation, sound, the Internet, fashion, AND interactive games! The show explores the complex relationship between pleasure, spectacle, popular culture, and contemporary art. Through Sept 17 Alberta Street Fair Stroll through Portland’s budding […]
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Film Shorts
OPENING BAIT BOOK WARS BUTTERFLY DUETS GIMME SHELTER MY AMERICAN GRANDMOTHER TERROR FIRMER ZORBA THE GREEK MOVIES & EVENTS The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle Once upon a time, a badly-drawn cartoon dependent upon pained sarcasm was shown on national television. This was clearly a horrible idea, appealing only to the least ambitious adults and […]
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No Exit
Imago Theatre, 231-9581 Through Oct 15 Finally, an intellectually challenging, brilliantly conceived production of an important play exists here in Portland. The only problem is that the show’s not new. Imago first mounted this adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit a couple of years ago. But the production was so clever, there was simply no […]