Portlanders’ ballots are due at 8 pm tonight, and this election—though it might not seem like it—is a pretty big one. As we wrote in our big endorsement feature (“The Outsiders Want In,” April 30), That water supply everyone went insane over last year? Its governance is very much in question. The mental health care […]
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ADX x Stargazer Farm
Last night I attended the monthly Association dinner at Union/Pine, wherein guest speakers are invited to lead and intimate evening of conversation over great food, flowers, drinks, and decor that all showcase the work of small local businesses. I was invited to this edition by Kelley Roy of ADX and Portland Made, who used the […]
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Netflix Raises Their Prices, and You’ll Keep Paying Them
HOUSE OF CARDS Remember when they tried to make us give a shit about a hamster subplot? If you’ve already got Netflix, you’re fine—the $8 you’re currently paying a month for all the streaming video you can cram into your eye sockets will be be your rate through May 2016. If you don’t have Netflix, […]
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Did You Lose (or Need) a “Blue Balls” Ice Tray?
Sharp-eyed commenter Todd spotted this at a local bus stop—and rightly knew to bring it to the attention of Blogtown right away! Wrote Todd: Amongst some other crap left in the bus shelter at 25th & Hawthorne, this “Blue Balls” ice tray, along with a receipt showing it was bought at Spencer Gifts in Clackamas […]
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Our Portland Story Wants YOU
Our Portland Story is best understood as a sort of community yearbook or time capsule. Its organizers invite Portland residents of all stripes to submit short missives about things they enjoy about the city—not big, sweeping laundry lists, but the specific, sometimes small things that help patch together an overview of what the experience of […]
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Oregon, Race, and a Kickstarter for Whitelandia
Oregon: NOT THE BEST TRACK RECORD WHEN IT COMES TO RACE. Then or now. Which is probably something we should start figuring out how to deal with. Despite the constant deluge of “Please publicize my horribly conceived film-related Kickstarter/Indiegogo/jar of nickels that I’m desperately shaking in your face” emails that hit my inbox, I don’t […]
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“Prairie Porn” and Product: Kinfolk‘s Ouur
It’s been somewhat difficult to keep track of all the ways Portland’s been made fun of in the national media over the past couple weeks between our urine-phobic water management and twee adverts for failed insurance web sites, so don’t feel too bad if you missed the NYT‘s shot aimed at the Portland-based Kinfolk magazine: […]
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The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Portland Fashion Week, Reviewed
My issues with Portland Fashion Week are well-documented. Put as succinctly as possible, I think the used of its (very official sounding) name is a power grab that isn’t backed up by its content; it’s not all bad, but it’s a long way from being the event that it should be: one that represents the […]
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Tom Peterson Has Parkinson’s (Gloria’s Doing Great)
If you grew up in the Portland area, you remember Tom Peterson’s commercials. The always-hustling furniture and appliance salesman gave out free haircuts at his stores and plastered his face on promotional watches and alarm clocks (“Wake up!”). And of course, everyone remembers when he declared bankruptcy and returned as “Tom Peterson… and Gloria’s, Too!” […]
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This Week’s Letters Section!
WARNING: There are traces of fluoride in this week’s Letters Section! There’s also some dog poop! And sticky nugs! Better wear gloves for this one. —I guess dentists aren’t specifically a demographic we go out of our way to target, but we’re glad that Dr. J.T. Eilers, D.M.D., and staff finally read our notorious fluoride […]
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Blue Rider Design: The World-Class Textile Library in Portland That You’ve Probably Never Seen
Though Caleb Sayan, the manager of Blue Rider Designs, has made sporadic public appearances in Portland over the years, in general the Old Town-based textile library that “houses and maintains an international collection of over 40,000 textiles and original artwork” maintains a low profile. It doesn’t keep public hours, for starters, and rather quietly moved […]
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The City Club Completes a Triumvirate of Local Fashion Concern Coming in May
These are exciting times for those of us who’ve been advocating support of localized apparel production. As mentioned briefly last week on MOD, the May 2 City Club of Portland is taking as its focus “Moving Fashion Forward in Portland.” Portland is home to an abundance of boutiques, designers, and 5 Project Runway winners. Since […]