It’s pretty. “Almost the entire film was shot in Portland, though it’s supposed to take place in rural Oregon,” first-time director Justin Koleszar tells me. One Foot in the Gutter is about Marshall (Geoff Stewart), a dude trying to move out of his logging town, only to get bogged down in… you know… drama. It’ll […]
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Somber Anniversary: A Decade Since the Police Shooting of Jose Mejia Poot
Jose Santos Mejia Poot On a day—April Fools! Oh no!—filled with a lot of ridiculousness and phony news stories, a pair of Portland police accountability advocates have kindly reminded us about something a bit more serious: that today also marks 10 years since Jose Santos Mejia Poot was shot by police officers inside a now-shuttered […]
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The City Bureaus Portlanders Hate (Or Just Complain About) the Most
The city auditor’s office just put out its annual ombudsman report. It’s nothing juicy—that sort of thing usually is saved for audits. But it does round up a few cases when the auditor’s office was able to help regular Johnny and Jane Lunchpails like yourself extract some answers from the city’s sprawling, often faceless bureaucracy, […]
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It’s Not Your Imagination: This Has Been the Grimmest Winter Ever
Being still relatively new to town, and having made most of my trips here in fairer months, I just assumed the unrelenting run of cold days we’ve had since December was normal. Shitty and gray, but normal. And not too far off from the foreboding clucks of “Just you wait, California boy!” doom I heard […]
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Attn. Cheapskates: There’s a Groupon for the Roseway
Hey, cheap-ass Portland cinephiles! Groupon’s got a deal going for the excellent Roseway Theater: $12 for two tickets and a popcorn. Honestly, that’s not a huge price break—the Roseway’s concessions are already reasonable, and normal admission for non-3D movies is only $7 a ticket to begin with—but maybe it’s worth getting in on if you’ve […]
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Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon Coming to Town
Earlier this afternoon, the Portland Rose Festival put out a press release on a big announcement planned for tomorrow morning—something involving a “new sporting event” headed this way. So… want to know what all the hullabaloo is about? Portland, apparently, is getting its own version of something more than a dozen other cities already have: […]
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Massive Rally/March Downtown to Mark Anniversary of Iraq War
Portland’s Peace and Justice Works has built up a decent pile of community partners for a rally and march tomorrow that will mark the eighth anniversary of the “shock and awe” that announced the beginning of the Iraq War. Organizers are invoking protests in Africa, the Middle East, and Wisconsin—and note that the event comes […]
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Workers at Dosha Fighting for Their Union Cards
Apparently amid some pressure from their bosses, more than 150 workers at Dosha Salon and Spa’s four Portland locations will be deciding March 29 and 30—that’s less than two week—whether they ought to unionize and sign up with Communications Workers of America’s Local 7901. Northwest Labor Press has the scoop right here. Employees at Dosha, […]
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VOTE FOR PORTLAND! VOTE FOR SALMON!
Hey, you like Portland, right? And you like the idea of having clean watersheds and happy salmon spawning in our creeks, right? Then take literally one-and-a-half minutes to vote for Portland so we can receive a grant that will help promote and protect a salmon habitat running from the Willamette and up Johnson Creek in […]
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning! (According to the Lady Outside My Window)
So I just heard a lady outside my office window say to some of my co-workers, “There’s supposed to be a severe thunderstorm heading this way, so be careful!” My co-workers replied, “Yeah… whatever… I’ll get an umbrella or something whatever smoke some pot.”Anyway, I’ve come to trust random voices I hear outside my window, […]
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PSU is a Nazi Liberal Alien Conspiracy!
And much more! My friend just moved here to get her masters at Portland State University. Last night she and I did an internet search on the comically named current PSU president, Wim Wiewel. Little did we expect that the first site we clicked on would clue us in to the REAL truth about PSU! […]
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I, Anonymous: A (Super) Delayed Retort From the Makers of Leverage!
Remember way, way, way back when this I, Anonymous ran in June? Jesus Christ, Leverage! How many fucking parking spots does your crew need to take out of downtown lots to film your piece of shit sorry excuse for a third-rate cable network void of a fucking show? I rarely drive to work, but when […]