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2015
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Dec. 16
Print Edition for the week of
Dec. 16 - 22, 2015
Vol. 16, No. 31
Jimmy Edgar
News
Think Portland's Homelessness Problem Is Bad?
Talk to the Mayors of Other West Coast Cities.
by Dirk VanderHart
A New Hope for Affordable Housing
Will Oregon Lift the Ban on Inclusionary Zoning in 2016?
by Shelby R. King
Hall Monitor
Portland's Nonexistent Surplus
by Dirk VanderHart
In Other News
Music
In Constant Motion with Eskimeaux
Gabrielle Smith Spends Life on the Road
by Cameron Crowell
J Fernandez Isn't Your Typical Bedroom-Pop Auteur
Modest Tunes from Planet Analog Fuzz
by Ben Salmon
Nick Lowe's Second Coming
The Power-Pop Master Is Still the Jesus of Cool
by Morgan Troper
All-Ages Action!
This Week in All-Ages Music
by Morgan Troper
Up & Coming
This Week's Music Previews
Movies & TV
Star Wars Is for Everyone
Want to Enjoy
The Force Awakens
? It's Easy.
by Bobby Roberts
REVIEW:
The Force Awakens
Is a Damn Good Star Wars Mixtape
There's Not Much New Here. But It Sure Is
Fun
.
by Bobby Roberts
Those
Sisters
Are Mouthy Broads
Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, That Is
by Megan Burbank
The Danish Girl
Is Tragically Trans
Stop Encouraging Eddie Redmayne
by Alison Hallett
Youth
: We're All Going to Die!
It Shoulda Been Called
Oldth
!
by Ned Lannamann
Film Shorts
In Which We Hit It and Quit It
Food and Drink
High Noon Is the Downtown Destination for Frybread Freaks
The Song of the Southwest in Southwest Portland
by Thomas Alexander Ross
The Year in Beer
A Gangbuster Year for Local and Regional Breweries
by Brian Yaeger
Books
From a Tent in the Wallowas, a Gallery of Decay
Justin Hocking on Book Arts, Memoir, and Global Warming
by Joshua James Amberson
The Exploitation
Machine
John Seabrook on How Your Top 40 Sausage Gets Made
by Megan Burbank
Theater & Performance
Dancing at the End of the World
11: Dance Co's Post-Apocalyptic
Library
by Katie Pelletier
Feature
The Best of the Worst of I, Anonymous!
Featuring the Most... Umm...
Interesting
Rants and Confessions of 2015
by Anonymous
Ask a Pot Lawyer
The Pot Lounges Are Closing!
by Vince Sliwoski
Cannabuzz
The Cannabis Holiday Gift Guide
by Josh Jardine
Everything as Fuck
My Favorite Things
by Ian Karmel
Sold Out
Portland Made
by Marjorie Skinner
One Day at a Time
One Drake at a Time
The Week in Drake
by Mercury's Drake Advisory Board
New Column!
Frank Cassano's Imbecile Parade
This week's question: Are
you
looking forward to
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
?
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Roughly Speaking
by Dan Savage
I, Anonymous
Confession à la Cart