NATALIEBEHRING.COM Via the Mercury‘s Letters to the Editor… RE: “Eating Old Portland: SE Powell” [Last Supper, Jan 20], Heather Arndt Anderson’s tour of her favorite haunts on SE Powell. As an inner-Southeast Portlander for 51 of my 71 years, I enjoy memories (mostly stoned) of these very first places I ate when I moved here. […]
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Blazer Recap: The Blazers Sting the Hornets!
Going into last night’s game, the Trail Blazers were ranked 8th in the west. Albeit only by a 0.003 sliver above the Sacramento Kings, it still counts. Now that the Blazers have settled in to a playoff slot, odds are they aren’t gonna let it slip away easy. The boys have already surpassed expectations of […]
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Gym Shower Shenanigans
Listen, this is petty as fuck and I know it. That said, why is gym shower etiquette so beyond you? When there are 8 open showers, pick ANY shower except the one next to the only other person showering! Your stall gap spray is the literal worst. Also next time I am going to “accidentally” […]
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Ok Stupid
We met on a website. I found you attractive yet a little “off”. We flirted and texted for about a week then we decided to meet in person, on a date. My first red flag was the nag champa smell. Yuck! I went along with it knowing that if we did hit it off, we […]
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I am a Liberal, but I Also Sometimes Hate Liberals
And here’s why: Some students at the U of O believe Dr. Martin Luther King’s call for all people to be judged equally was not inclusive enough. “Diversity is so much more than race,” a sophomore told the school paper. “Obviously race still plays a big role. But there are people who identify differently in […]
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Fertile Ground Review: Confronting the Mediterranean Refugee Crisis in BoomArts’ Noise in the Waters
Mercy Corps For Fertile Ground this year, Boom Arts programmed a one-time-only performance that, in combination with its pre-show lecture and post-show Q&A, felt more like a symposium on the Mediterranean Refugee Crisis than simply a play. The afternoon brought together a doctoral candidate from PSU working on migration; international development workers who had spent […]
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Win Tickets to Stand Up for SMYRC—Featuring Whitney Streed, Kirsten Kuppenbender, and More!
SMYRC Virtuous laughter alert! On Wednesday, comedian Andie Main hosts Stand Up for SMYRC (aka Sexual and Gender Minority Resource Center), which, can you think of a better cause? I CAN’T. Even better, the lineup is fantastic, featuring some of Portland’s most delightful comedians. Among them? Whitney Streed, Kirsten Kuppenbender, JoAnn Schinderle, and Jason Traeger, […]
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It’s Happening This Weekend!
FRIDAY, JANUARY 29 COMEDY—If you’re a lover of comedy that’s smart, culturally and politically aware, AND gut-bustingly funny, then murder whomever you have to in order to get tickets to either tonight or tomorrow’s sold-out Hari Kondabolu shows. His calm, logical delivery takes the air out of idiotic conservative viewpoints like a surgeon’s blade, and […]
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Homeless Advocates Almost Weren’t Invited to an Upcoming Meeting On Homelessness Because it Might “Take Attention” From Middle Class
Dirk VanderHart Portland police and city employees sweeping camps near the Springwater Corridor in 2014 One week ago, a collection of SE Portland neighborhood advocates met to discuss the ongoing difficulties neighbors are reporting with homeless camps along the Springwater Corridor. In particular, camping and problematic activity near the Cartlandia food cart pod, where the […]
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Ask a Pot Lawyer: Weed and Taxes
I’m just starting to sell my first crop of the year, and I’m not sure how much federal tax to pay and how to report it. I’m just trying not to end up like Capone. Ryan Alexander-Tanner CONGRATULATIONS on your harvest and sale. By law, you are required to report your weed income in the […]
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45 Years Is Complex, Compelling, and Features a Tremendous Performance from an Old Racist
45 YEARS “Okay, this 50 Shades book is pretty good.” Fans of writer/director Andrew Haigh know that it’s only a matter of time until he catches on big. We True Believers have been waiting very patiently until the rest of you learn his name, dead certain it’ll happen—the proof is in 2011’s Weekend, a romantic […]
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: Debt and the Maiden
I’m a 27-year-old male engaged to a 26-year-old female. We have been together 6 years. We met at college. We’ve lived together for almost three years. We have been saving to buy a house together. Well, I have been. She makes less than me and has a lot more debt than me. We got pre […]