via Pictured: taxi cabs in an actual city I’d like to to apologize to all of you, en masse, for the fact that I pay for your services with my debit and/or credit card. I’m going to keep doing it—no matter how heavy your sighs, no matter how hard your eye rolls. For years, you’ve […]
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The Last Time I’m Going to Remind You About the Academy’s Indiegogo Campaign
I’ve mentioned it a bunch already—here, here, here—and I don’t really feel like going into all of it all over again, so I’ll just say this: You know part of what makes Portland awesome? That we have a slew of independent movie theaters, not just shitty corporate chains. And some of those independent theaters show […]
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Now That We’ve Entered Umbrella Season, Here’s Some Umbrella Etiquette to Consider
LJUPCO SMOKOVSKI/SHUTTERSTOCK 1. Don’t hit someone in the face with your umbrella. Be aware of your umbrella’s edges at all times. When walking down a busy sidewalk, lift the umbrella up to allow others to pass under it safely. Others reserve the right to yell UMBRELLA! very loudly at anyone who does not do this. […]
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An Early Look at Cinema 21’s Expansion
CINEMA 21 Owner Tom Ranieri in a new auditorium. It’ll be cooler once there’s a screen. On October 11, venerable Portland movie theater Cinema 21 will be getting a major expansion. Two new auditoriums, a new lobby, new options, and two new bathrooms will bring the theater—a fixture of Northwest Portland since 1926—into the 21st […]
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Nope, Nothing Creepy About Scientology’s Portland Ad Campaign
To get people to check out their new “Ideal Org”/L. Ron Hubbard’s Ghost Office, the Church of Scientology’s put some sweet new ads up around town! This one’s at SW 2nd and Oak. THERE IS NOTHING CREEPY ABOUT THEM AT ALL.
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Good News for the Drive-in, and Now’s the Time to Help the Academy
Facebook Over the weekend came the news that—as the result of a Honda ad campaign—Newberg’s 99W Drive-in will receive a free digital upgrade. This means, essentially, that the drive-in will stay in business, so score! Cool. The whole Honda thing was a marked difference from the strategies other local independent theaters have used to pay […]
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So Here’s What’s Happening at OMSI
via wikimedia commons “The theater is scheduled to reopen in mid- to late November,” says OMSI’s associate vice president of retail, Russ Repp. Following some rumors and vague statements about OMSI’s currently closed dome theater, we’ve finally got some details. OMSI’s new movie screen will be flat rather than curved—with final dimensions, according to Repp, […]
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This Is Portland in 1971
Well, this is charming. Here’s a film shot in 1971 on black-and-white 16mm film by Portland filmmaker Tim Smith when he was 15 years old. It’s called This Is Portland, and aside from being a goofy spoof of a travelogue, it’s an immaculate visual time capsule of the city more than 40 years ago. Here’s […]
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Unicycling Darth Vader Struggles to Keep Portland Weird—with Flaming Bagpipes
You know… at first I was going to write, “This guy is trying too hard.” But you know what? THE REST OF US ARE NOT TRYING HARD ENOUGH! Keep up the good fight, Unicycling Darth Vader with flaming bagpipes!!
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A Brief History Lesson on the Name “Portland”
We all know our fair city is named after Portland, Maine. “Blah blah blah three pennies blah blah thank god we’re not called Boston, OR.” But it occurred to me that everything on the East Coast is named after something in Europe, so I decided to learn a bit more about the Portland Namely Tree. […]
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Spruce Apothecary
In this week’s Sold Out column, I stopped talking about clothes for one goddamn minute long enough to turn my attention to… soap! Or, more broadly, the delectable—and delectably packaged—range of bath, hair, skincare, and fragrance products on offer at the new Spruce Apothecary in downtown’s quickly filling Union Way complex. The most succinct way […]
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Five More Acts of Unadulterated Awesomeness
Another “Five Small Acts of Unadulterated Awesomeness Around Portland” In my ongoing goal to be more positive, I’ve collected another list of small, but completely great things I’ve seen around Portland recently. [1] Panda Express Will Tow You T-shirt from Coffeehouse NWFor as long as I’ve been going there, Coffeehouse NW had this paper sign […]