So last night in Portland, there was a top-secret test screening of Michael Mann’s Public Enemies. Mann’s latest doesn’t come out until July 1, but it sounds like it’ll be worth the wait: Set in the ’30s, it stars Johnny Depp as bankrobber John Dillinger, Christian Bale as FBI agent Melvin Purvis, and about a […]
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Human Rights Commission ‘Hasn’t Decided How [it’s] Going To Decide Yet…’
Buried in the cavernous depths of the Portland Building on SW 5th, the human rights commission is meeting to agree on its bylaws this afternoon: Mayor-elect Sam Adams walked in at around 4:50, just as committee chair, Multnomah County Commissioner Jeff Cogen was asking members to take a quick vote on whether to remove the […]
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Today In PDX
As seen in the aisle at Safeway: Don’t forget, you can submit your own photos to the Mercury photo lottery.
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Giving Thanks for Clone-A-Willy
A few weeks ago at a party, we were all standing around in the kitchen, awkwardly introducing ourselves and talking about our jobs. Then a guy named Todd spoke up. “I’m a lab tech for Empire Labs,” he said. “What’s that?” I asked. “We sell kits that allow anyone to make a rubber mold of […]
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DON’T TOUCH PRINCESS LEIA.
So I take back everything even remotely nice that I ever said about The Clone Wars. Last weekend’s episode was an excruciating 20-minute-long endurance test in which C-3PO and Jar Jar Binks formed an unholy alliance with the single-minded goal of annoying the shit out of anyone unfortunate enough to be watching. The following image […]
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Today in PDX
Spotted at NE Failing and Vancouver: From the website, places where “you notice white privilege in your daily life.” I notice my white privilege when I walk into a cute new coffee shop in an up and coming neighborhood and I feel like I’m part of the crowd. Reactions by most everyone around me, at […]
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Gus Van Sant Hearts Mary’s Club.
“Gus Van Sant guest starred on the Entourage season five finale last night and sported a Mary’s Club jacket,” reports Daily Absurdities. Thanks to Matlock for the heads up. (No, not that Matlock. A different one.)
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The Mercury‘s Blogtown Food Drive!
empty shelves at the Oregon Food Bank warehouse Since I wrote the piece detailing the woes of the Oregon Food Bank, things have only gotten worse. Due to recent economic conditions and job losses, the number of people who have begun requesting emergency food boxes has skyrocketed in many areas of Oregon. Just this week, […]
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Annie Leibovitz Tonight
Update: The talk is sold out. You might like to try showing up in the rain and scalping a few tickets. But I’m sorry to say that might be futile. Sorry to have baited your taste and then to have to stomp on it. Photographer Annie Leibovitz is in town tonight, giving a talk as […]
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Black Rose Collective Faces Steeper Rent in Gentrifying North Portland
via Flickr Eli–a man who doesn’t believe in last names, or taxes–sits in a broken down sofa chair. A mess of half-read political zines lay spread on a table in front of him. “People are always surprised,” he says. “They come in here and they’re like, ‘I didn’t know anarchists gave away free clothes and […]
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James Chasse, Circa 1982.
Before he fell victim to schizophrenia, and ultimately, death in police custody. These photos were just developed yesterday by his childhood friend, Steve Doughton, who shot them on a Rolleiflex camera and never got the shots developed. It’s an honor to post them on Blogtown. And there are, like, 20 more.
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Win Tickets to the Portland Premiere of Milk!
This Friday, local charity Outside In is putting on a red carpet premiere of Milk, Gus Van Sant’s eagerly anticipated biopic about San Francisco activist and politician Harvey Milk. This film’s got some seriously great buzz on it, and this event sounds like it’ll be a blast–it’ll be at the Schnitz, 100 percent of the […]