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Dec. 2
Print Edition for the week of
Dec. 2 - 8, 2015
Vol. 16, No. 29
David Doran
News
Sorry, GOP. Pretty Sure Terrorism Was Already Political.
Attacking an Abortion Clinic Is the Definition of Domestic Terrorism. And It's Always Political.
by Megan Burbank
Say Goodbye to Two Pieces of Portland History
The City's "Demolition Epidemic" May Soon Claim Two Century-Old Downtown Buildings
by Shelby R. King
Some of Portland's Lowest-Paid Workers Want a Raise
And They Say Mayor Charlie Hales Promised Them One
by Dirk VanderHart
Hall Monitor
Closed Bridges and Close Calls
by Dirk VanderHart
In Other News
Music
Dumblonde Rises from the Ashes of Danity Kane
Oregon Native and Former Blazers Dancer Forms New Dance-Pop Project
by Ben Salmon
The Thesis Celebrates One Year of Portland Hip-Hop
Monthly Event Welcomes Up-and-Coming Artists
by Skyler A. Walrath
Alex Bleeker and the Freaks' Farmhouse Rock
Real Estate Spinoff Channels the Band and the Grateful Dead
by Andrew R Tonry
Wrekmeister Harmonies' True Horror Stories
Doom-and-Drone Collective Explores Real-Life Evil
by Mark Lore
Up & Coming
This Week's Music Previews
All-Ages Action!
This Week in All-Ages Music
by Morgan Troper
Movies & TV
Portland Gets a Genre Film Fest with PDXtreme
Put On Your Splatter Poncho.
by Courtney Ferguson
Weird Movies from Japan!
Strange vibes and Japanese Currents.
by Marjorie Skinner
Heart of a Dog
Is Good for You
Laurie Anderson's Story of Life, Loss, and a Dog
by Marjorie Skinner
Chi-Raq
Is an Insult
Everything About Spike Lee’s Latest Is Awful
by Ijeoma Oluo
Film Shorts
In Which We Hit It and Quit It
Food and Drink
Mussel Flexing at La Moule
The St. Jack Chef Brings Seafood to SE Clinton
by Andrea Damewood
Kick Your Sick with Something Spicy
Heat Beats the Cold
by Heather Arndt Anderson
Visual Art
Project Art: The City’s Alternative Gallery Spaces
In a Gentrifying Portland, Making Art is Expensive. Grants Like PICA's Can Help.
by Eleanor Ford
Books
Kliph Nesteroff's Entry-Level Intro to Comedy
The Comedians
Is a Welcome Installment in the History of Jokes
by Robert Ham
Theater & Performance
A Very Portland Christmas
In
Viva's Holiday
, A Stripper Goes Home for the Holidays. Also, It's an Opera.
by Megan Burbank
Feature
Portland Mercury
Sex Survey Results 2015!
We Asked, You Answered! The Only Survey That Tells How Portlanders "Do It"!
by Bri Pruett
Ask a Pot Lawyer
Can Oregon Cities Tax Dispensaries?
by Vince Sliwoski
Cannabuzz
Hemp, Hemp, Hooray
by Josh Jardine
Everything as Fuck
Loudmouth Liberals
by Ian Karmel
Sold Out
All December's Pop-Ups
by Marjorie Skinner
One Day at a Time
Justin Bieber Wears Nirvana, Planned Parenthood Tragedy, and Bowls of Cigarettes
by Ann Romano
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