Yesterday, this happened: With a 5-0 vote today, Portland City Council approved the purchase of two new streetcars from @BrookvilleCorp https://t.co/p8T9cX4RhP Thanks for your support @dansaltzman , @tedwheeler , @AmandaFritzRN , @ChloeEudaly and @CommishFish We can’t wait to get these in service!โ Portland Streetcar (@PDXStreetcar) March 21, 2018 Well, before everyone celebrates too boisterously, it […]
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Snowpocalypse 2016: The Day Portland Abandoned Their Cars
The National Weather Service is predicting 1-2 inches of snow this afternoon around rush hour for the Portland metro area. Snow tda & tngt for nw OR sw WA. Expect a few inches inland & locally <=1" at the coast. Heavier snow will likely spread from n to s during the aftn and evng hours, […]
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Portland’s Newest Web Series Smashes the Imperialist, White Supremacist, Capitalist Patriarchy
Luann Algoso is a professional do-gooder with a masterโs degree in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution. Since moving to Portland nearly a decade ago, sheโs busied herself with making the world a better place. After landing a job at one of Oregonโs largest nonprofits, she was thrilledโbut soon saw that while the organizationโs mission was […]
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Media News: LA Times Sells, Local Alt-Weekly Departures
Here and Now: Hey, we’re famous! HBO Here are some newsy tidbits about national and local media. Hope you like reading news about news! โข Media company Tronc, which evolved from the Chicago Tribune media company, is selling its asset the Los Angeles Times to Patrick Soon-Shiong, an LA-based billionaire in biotech and a Tronc […]
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A Peek at Portlandโs Alternative Universe
Nothingโs inevitable. Had it not been for a storm, the Spanish Armada would have beaten up England. Lincolnโs evening may have been more enjoyable had he canceled his theater plans. A better-designed Florida ballot mightโve given us President Al Gore. You get the idea: According to the popular theory, a butterfly flaps its wings, and […]
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Things to Do Tonight Instead of Watching the State of the Union
GETTY IMAGES Some dumb president is giving some dumb speech tonight, and when it’s over, we will all be collectively dumber for having watched it. In solidarity with Mercury pal Earl Blumenauer (Hi, Earl!) and 12 other Democratic representatives, I’m skipping it. We know all that turd cares about are the ratings, so let’s tune […]
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On the Scene at Portland’s Impeach Trump March and #MeToo Rally
Natalie Behring Donald Trump has been president for one year, and OH WHAT A MESS HE’S MADE. While I originally figured he’d eventually be impeached for his campaign’s probable collusion with Russia, I had no idea he’d build up a wealth of reasons why he should be kicked out of office. And so, here we […]
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Save the Date: Portland’s World Naked Bike Ride 2018 is June 23
Via World Naked Bike Ride Portland Facebook The official World Naked Bike Ride Portland Facebook page has announced the 2018 date for one of the city’s weirdest, nudie-ist, and most well-attended events. Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 23! Here’s everything you need to know about the WNBR, you’ve got the next six months to […]
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You Should Vote “Yes” on Measure 101โHere’s Why
CSA IMAGES / GETTY IMAGES WE DON’T DO THIS for the accolades, but holy shit should you be thankful that we sat through a debate over Measure 101 so you donโt have to. As the President of the USA discovered, like, a week ago, health care is extremely complicated, and the folks pushing both sides […]
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How the Vice Clique Scandal of 1912 Exposed Portlandโs Gay Underground
Levi Hastings Once upon a time, Portland was the Wild West. In the early 1900s, the city teemed with bawdy saloons and street-fighting roughnecks who shared an uneasy coexistence with Gilded Age progressivism and Victorian pearl clutching. In response to rapid growth and urbanization, progressive reforms were coming to a swell; attempts to control venereal […]
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Feel Like Crying? Boy Have I Found the Tonya Harding Profile For You!
Getty / w-ings Today, in Tonya Harding news: Taffy Brodesser-Akner has written a wonderful profile of Harding for the New York Times, and it’s a good read if you feel like crying. It also does a wonderful job of contextualizing Harding’s struggle with the skating judges even before her career was destroyed by her ex-husband’s […]
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The Operators of Portlandโs Independent Movie Theaters Weigh in on MoviePass: โAnything That Sounds Too Good to Be True Probably Is.โ
DOMINIC DEVENUTA By the time you read this, MoviePass will have over one million subscribersโand, quite possibly, will change the way people go to the movies. Yet you, a well-informed moviegoer currently reading the film section of a reputable alt-weekly, might have no idea what MoviePass is. Thatโs because last July, the service only had […]