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Mar. 5
Print Edition for the week of
Mar. 5 - 11, 2009
Vol. 9, No. 40
Ryan Berkley
News
Greenwashing the Columbia
Sam's Big Bridge Moves Forward... So Where Are the Environmental Activists?
by Sarah Mirk
Hard Knocks
Hurt by Recession, Canvassers Organize
by Sarah Mirk
Hall Monitor
Another Fine State
by Matt Davis
Anatomy of a Recall
Who's Behind the Effort to Oust Mayor Sam Adams—and Will They Succeed?
by Matt Davis
Moving the Goalposts
Fans Push Council for Major League Soccer Support
by Matt Davis
Music
Sharing Sucks
M. Ward Is Still Ours
by Courtney Ferguson
Floating Toward Home
Peter Broderick's Musical Odyssey
by Ned Lannamann
Redemption Rhymes
Luck-One Makes Up for Lost Time
by Graham Barey
Peter Pan Is Punk
Japanther's DIY Blueprint
by Andrew R Tonry
Up & Coming
Movies & TV
Men in Tights
Watchmen
: The Unfilmable Book, Now in Convenient Film Form!
by Erik Henriksen
He Raps!
Will the Real Joaquin Phoenix Please Stand Up?
by Marjorie Skinner
Before Home Video
American Movies of the 1970s
by Ned Lannamann
I'M GOING OUT!
by Marjorie Skinner
Film Shorts
This Week on Television
Food and Drink
No Jitters
Alex Pond and the Quest for National Coffee Greatness
by Patrick Alan Coleman
Food News
Sweet Moves and Boozy Additions
by Patrick Alan Coleman
Visual Art
I know nothing of the weather when I know it is either raining or not raining
A group show at PNCA aims to disrupt the false absolutes of language.
Books
The Cult of Self-Mutilating Monks
Last Days
returns horror and detective fiction to their dark roots.
by Paul Constant
Web + Novel
Portland's Underland Press Ventures into the Brave New World of Online Publishing
by Alison Hallett
Whitewashed
Little Bee
's do-good message comes in an insultingly accessible package.
by Alison Hallett
Theater & Performance
Wildean Froth
The Importance of Being Earnest
is a frothy, mid-season diversion. That's not a good thing.
by Alison Hallett
I, Anonymous
Nazi Nice
Sold Out
Frocky, Crafty, Wordy
by Marjorie Skinner
One Day at a Time
by Ann Romano
New Column!
What Can We Do For You Now, Vancouver?
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Suppressed Memory Lane
by Dan Savage
I Love Television
I Love Television™
Why I'm Recession-Proof
by Wm. Steven Humphrey