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Dec. 4
Print Edition for the week of
Dec. 4 - 10, 2013
Vol. 14, No. 29
James Mitchell
News
Hall Monitor
A Show with a Message
by Denis C. Theriault
Down the Drain?
Why Did the City Spend Sewer Money on Jazz? Efficiency.
by Dirk VanderHart
Green Herring
The Sheriff's Spending Is Problematic, But Don't Blame Overtime
by Dirk VanderHart
Music
Out of the Wilderness
Genders Get Lost, and Found
by Ned Lannamann
Building
Monuments
Fanno Creek's Dream Songs
by Rachel Milbauer
A Life of Possibilities
The Dismemberment Plan Becomes Un-Dismembered
by Matthew W. Sullivan
Up & Coming
This Week's Music Previews
Movies & TV
Queen of the Neighborhood
A Love Letter to Kathleen Hanna
by Alison Hallett
Page by Page
Bettie Page Reveals All
: An Ode to the Queen of the Pin-ups
by Marjorie Skinner
Hicksploitation
The Slow Burn of
Out of the Furnace
by Erik Henriksen
Japan, Currently
Your Annual Update on Japanese Film
by Marjorie Skinner
Film Shorts
In Which We Hit It and Quit It
Food and Drink
Sok Sab Bai: Cambodian Goes B&M
Do the Clothes Make the Man?
by Chris Onstad
Theater & Performance
"Feminist Slob Poetry"
We Like Emily Heller—and You Should Too
by Alison Hallett
This Ain't
A Christmas Carol
Christmas Theater You'll Actually Enjoy
by Dylan Meconis
A Filthy Little Xmas
Roasting Chestnuts with
A John Waters Christmas
by Courtney Ferguson
Empress of Yule
Ithica Tell Presides Over
Portland Revels
by A.L. Adams
I, Anonymous
That Guy
by Anonymous
Sold Out
The December Calendar, Part One
by Marjorie Skinner
One Day at a Time
The Week in Review
by Ann Romano
New Column!
Letters
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Slam Bam
by Dan Savage
I Love Television
I Love Television™
The Rudolph Pop Quiz
by Wm. Steven Humphrey