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Sep. 2
Print Edition for the week of
Sep. 2 - 8, 2015
Vol. 16, No. 16
Jeremy Eaton
News
Ticketless to Ride
TriMet's About to Go Digital. What's That Mean for Its Poorest Users?
by Garrett Andrews
Blocking Out the Sun
The State's Second-Largest Energy Provider Is at War with Solar Power
by Dirk VanderHart
Hall Monitor
That First Commute Is A Doozy
by Dirk VanderHart
Music
Return to Toyland
Babes in Toyland Make the World a (Slightly) Better Place
by Mark Lore
Pop Rocks
The Cairo Gang: Trust What You Like
by Ryan J. Prado
Teen Idol Training Ground
Ariana Grande: She's No Debbie Gibson, and Here's Why
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Up & Coming
This Week's Music Previews
All-Ages Action!
This Week in All-Ages Music
by Morgan Troper
Movies & TV
The Unexpected Journey of
A Walk in the Woods
These Old Dudes Are Probably Going to Die in the Woods!
by Erik Henriksen
Meru
Tops the Average Mountain-Climbing Doc
Terror, Ice, and Solitude—at 20,000 Feet
by Marjorie Skinner
A New York Scenester's Life Is Retold in
Danny Says
The History of Rock 'n' Roll, New York, and Danny Fields
by Ned Lannamann
Film Shorts
In Which We Hit It and Quit It
Food and Drink
Put a Beret on It
Coquine Is a French-Infused, Lady-Helmed Gem on Mt. Tabor
by Andrea Damewood
You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Wine
Winemakers Who Are Keeping It Real
by MJ Skegg
Visual Art
Not-So-Precious Cargo
Artist Jessica Jackson Hutchins Upends Portland's Cutesy Crafting
by Jenna Lechner
Books
Word of Mouth
The Abstract, Tender Comics of Jason Overby
by Suzette Smith
More Like Great American
Nahhhh
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Purity
Is a Long, Unhappy Slog Through Franzenland
by Megan Burbank
Theater & Performance
Making Space
Bad Reputation's Shelley McLendon Unveils Plans for a New Theater in Old Town/Chinatown
by Megan Burbank
Feature
The Return of... WORST. NIGHT. EVER!
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Writers Forced to Attend Their Most Feared Events
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Savage Love
The Asexual Dom
by Dan Savage
Letters
Letters to the Editor
One Day at a Time
The Week in Review
by Ann Romano
Sold Out
On to West Daily
by Marjorie Skinner
Everything as Fuck
Cheaper ≠ Better
by Ian Karmel
Cannabuzz
Cannabuzz: The Week in Cannabis
Minorities and Marijuana
by Josh Jardine
I, Anonymous
Dying or Aging?