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May. 11
Print Edition for the week of
May. 11 - 17, 2016
Vol. 16, No. 52
Amandine Urruty
News
Without Permission, Advocates Just Built a New Homeless Camp for Victims of Sexual Assault
And It's One Portland Desperately Needs
by Dirk VanderHart
There's Another Rate Hike on Businesses in Charlie Hales' Budget
And It'll Probably Mean Lots More Trash Cans for You
by Dirk VanderHart
Hall Monitor: A Tax Switcheroo?
Charlie Hales' Biz Tax Hike Looks Dead. Will a Construction Tax Take Its Place?
by Dirk VanderHart
Music
Richmond Fontaine's Final Lap
With a Brilliant Final Album, Portland's Best Americana Band Calls It a Day
by Ned Lannamann
The Uncomfortable Beauty of Cate Le Bon's
Crab Day
The Welsh Musician Exalts Absurdity on Her New Album
by Ciara Dolan
Karl Blau Gets a Little Bit Country
The Experimental Songwriter Makes His Foray into Accessibility on
Introducing
by Joshua James Amberson
Julianna Barwick's Wordless Religion
On
Will
, the Experimental Artist Builds a Gossamer House of Worship
by Anna McClain
Violent Femmes Revisit Old Times
The Band Resurrects Outsider Punk
by Ryan J. Prado
The Song Isn't Over—Not for the Who, Not Quite Yet
The British Band Brings Their Amazing Journey to a Close
by Ned Lannamann
Up & Coming
This Week’s Music Previews
Movies & TV
The Meddler
Will Annoy You. Then You'll Love It.
Especially if You Love Unlikeable Women!
by Megan Burbank
Kelly Reichardt's Unearthed
River of Grass
The Director's Little-Seen 1994 Debut Gets Re-Released
by Marjorie Skinner
Being Charlie
and the Reiner Family Overshare
This Movie Means a Lot to Rob Reiner! We Don't Need to See It.
by Marjorie Skinner
Film Shorts
This Week:
the Long Goodbye
and
East of Eden
—and Ben Wheatley's
High-Rise
, Previously Available Only on Demand, Hits the Big Screen
Not Even George Clooney Grinding Can Save
Money Monster
Jodie Foster's First Movie in Five Years Is Toothless and Pedantic
by Andrew Wright
Cannabis
Cannabuzz: A Dip in the Arc Tank
What Last Week's Investor Pitch Forum Was Like
by Josh Jardine
Ask a Pot Lawyer: Edibles Are Coming Your Way
Here's What You Need to Know About the New Rules for Edibles, Topicals, and Concentrates
by Vince Sliwoski
Food and Drink
Is the New Chesa Worth the Early Accolades?
The Tapas Joint Has Been Getting a Lot of Buzz
by Andrea Damewood
Books
Fonograf Editions' All-Vinyl Library
A New Record Label (for Writers) Debuts with Eileen Myles
by Joshua James Amberson
Andi Zeisler Goes Beyond "Is it Feminist?"
We Were Feminists Once
Asks Better Questions
by Megan Burbank
Theater & Performance
Peter and the Starcatcher
's Cross-Dressing Mermaids and Stardust
Portland Playhouse Takes on Peter Pan—with Less Flying and More Swashbuckling!
by Katie Pelletier
Feature
Shop Local or Shop Wrong
Our Favorite Local Shops in Portland That You Simply Must Try
Portland Dating Dispatch
You Said You Were a Chef
by Anonymous
Gettin' Wiggy with It
Blogtown
The Donald Trump Show Comes To Eugene (Photos, Videos)
by Doug Brown
Everything as Fuck
Steph Curry? Fuuuuuuck.
by Ian Karmel
One Day at a Time
One More Reason Not to Get Married to Ted Cruz! (As if You Needed a Reason.)
by Ann Romano
New Column!
One Hulk's Opinion: Editorial Opinion from the Incredible Hulk
by The Incredible Hulk
Letters
Letters to the Editor
"It's People Like You That Make Stupid People Vote for Trump."
I, Anonymous Blog
You're not Evil, You're Not Stupid...
by Anonymous
Shit Talk
by Anonymous
To the Snot Rocket Cyclists
by Anonymous
Hello My Name is Benny and I'm a Transplant
by Anonymous
Seriously
by Anonymous
Bending the Rules of "On Sale"
by Anonymous
Finally an Arrest
by Anonymous
The People in Black
by Anonymous
Your Dog is an Asshole
by Anonymous
My Ballot for Clackamas City Elections
by Anonymous
Scam Magazine Salesman Isn't So Nice
by Anonymous
Portland Amnesia
by Anonymous
All I Need is a Beeracle, All I Need is You
by Anonymous
Sign, Sign Everywhere a Sign (But Not in My Yard)
by Anonymous
In Defense of Cougars
by Anonymous
I Know, I Know, You Called My Bluff
by Anonymous
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Mating Games
by Dan Savage
Lush Life
Spring Is in Session IPAs
by Brian Yaeger