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Oct. 16
Print Edition for the week of
Oct. 16 - 22, 2013
Vol. 14, No. 22
Emily Martin
News
Coding for Quakes
Novick's Ready to Fight for Seismically Safer Buildings—Will It Be Enough?
by Nathan Gilles
Fingers Crossed
The County Knew the Morrison's Decking Had Problems, Used It Anyway
by Dirk VanderHart
The Cop Shop Sweats
More Oversight Sought in Code Changes
by Denis C. Theriault
Hall Monitor
It's Harder Than It Looks
by Denis C. Theriault
Music
Now You See Your First Mistake
Some Thoughts on Elliott Smith from Afar
by Lisa Wells
Sister Act
Three's a Charm with Haim
by Ned Lannamann
Seeing Red
Goblin Comes for America
by Mark Lore
Up & Coming
This Week's Music Previews
Movies & TV
Nightmare on Main Street
Escape from Tomorrow
: Disney's Dream Debased
by Zac Pennington
The Governor's Blowjob
Stallone. Schwarzenegger. Prison.
Escape Plan.
by Denis C. Theriault
Fifth
Isn't Great
Hold Out for a Better WikiLeaks Movie
by Alison Hallett
First Comes the Blood
Carrie
and the Horror of Female Sexuality
by Zac Pennington
Game of Groans
Zero Charisma
and the Dark Side of Geeks
by Erik Henriksen
What They're Having
The Cocktail Mythology of
Hey Bartender
by Marjorie Skinner
Film Shorts
In Which We Hit It and Quit It
Food and Drink
The Genuine Article
Dar Salam: Hospitality in the House of Peace
by Chris Onstad
Visual Art
Regionalism
Parsing the Contemporary Northwest Art Awards
by Jenna Lechner
Oregon Arts Project
A Wiki-Based Approach to Local Arts Coverage
by Alison Hallett
Books
Square Pegs
Metaphor and Myth in
XO Orpheus
by Thomas Alexander Ross
Theater & Performance
Hierarchy of Oppression
The Submission
Pits a Gay Man Against a Black Woman
by Alison Hallett
Feature
Girls' Club
The Lady-Centric All Jane No Dick Comedy Festival Has Nothing to Prove
by Alison Hallett
Do We Really Need Women-Only Festivals?
Portland's Female Comics Share Their Thoughts
by Alison Hallett
Fest Highlights
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Tragedies Come in Threes
by Dan Savage
Letters
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
New Column!
One Day at a Time
The Week in Review
by Ann Romano
Sold Out
FashioNXT 2013
by Marjorie Skinner
I, Anonymous
Deaf and Dumb
by Anonymous
I Love Television
I Love Television™
This Week... in History!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey