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May. 18
Print Edition for the week of
May. 18 - 24, 2016
Vol. 17, No. 1
Jack Teagle
News
Portland's Got a New Mayor!
Ted Wheeler Dominated, But a Lot's Up in the Air
by Dirk VanderHart
Hall Monitor: The Budget Boiling Point
Charlie Hales' Somber Crystal Ball Backfires, Fireworks Ensue
by Dirk VanderHart
In Other News
Smooching Fire Chief! The 48-Hour Rule Lives! Cops Bungle Their Own Rules! Crime Is Down!
Music
Friends of Noise Includes and Empowers Portland's Youth
The New All-Ages Group Will Host Citywide All-Ages Shows
by Ciara Dolan
Charles Bradley's Selfless Candor
The "Screaming Eagle of Soul" Still Loves You
by Anna McClain
Getting Serious with Andrew Bird
A Conversation with the Looping Maestro
by Robin Bacior
Eric Bachmann's Nostalgia Sneak-Attack
The Former Archers of Loaf Frontman's New Solo Album Puts Emphasis on the Here and Now
by Ned Lannamann
All-Ages Action!
Supermoon's
Playland
Is Sinister Pop
by Ciara Dolan
Up & Coming
This Week's Music Previews
Movies & TV
Shane Black Returns, and He's Brought Along
The Nice Guys
And Also: Sex, Murder, Booze, Bullets. And Yoo-hoo.
by Erik Henriksen
Get Smart with QDoc
An Excellent Collection of Documentaries. Plus: Dancing!
by Elinor Jones
Tale of Tales
' Gruesome Fairy Tales Are an Antidote to Disney
But They're Less the Stuff of Dreams and More a Fancy Sketchbook
by Ned Lannamann
Good Ideas and Bad Ones in
A Bigger Splash
The Amount of Full Frontal Might Trick You into Thinking This Is a Very Serious Film
by Ned Lannamann
Film Shorts
This Week:
Chained Heat
,
Mean Streets
,
Francofonia
, and a Goddamn
Angry Birds
Movie
Neighbors 2
: They Actually Tried This Time!
Sure, It's an Unnecessary Sequel—But It's a Pretty Good Unnecessary Sequel
by Vince Mancini
Food and Drink
The Lowdown on Han Oak and Fusspot Chicken
The Quest for Fine Korean Food within City Limits
by Andrea Damewood
Cannabis
Cannabuzz: Consume with Care
You Can't Overdose on Pot—But Don't Eat Too Much of It
by Josh Jardine
Ask a Pot Lawyer: Can I Patent My New Strain?
Patenting Isn't Easy, But It Can Be Done
by Vince Sliwoski
Visual Art
Allie Hankins' Art Machine
Stand-Up Meets Performance in
Now Then
by Suzette Smith
Comedy
Scott Aukerman on Seven Years of
Comedy Bang! Bang!
The Live Podcast Hits Town
by Courtney Ferguson
Theater & Performance
Hawthorne
Gets Its Noir Antiheroine Right
At Action/Adventure, Portland's Very Own Hard-Boiled Lady Detective
by Megan Burbank
Feature
Portland's Improv and Sketch Comedy Scenes Are on the Verge of Something Big
Why Aren't More of Us Paying Attention?
by Megan Burbank
Portland Dating Dispatch
Best Date Ever
Everything as Fuck
Blazers Forever
by Ian Karmel
Sold Out
Sold Out: Dea Dia
A Q&A with Jeweler Jessica Lawson
by Cassie Ridgway
One Day at a Time
Hillary Clinton: Presidential Candidate. Alien Investigator.
by Ann Romano
New Column!
Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour Deleted Customer Reviews
Letters
Letters to the Editor
A Magickal Confluence of People Who Should Never Write Us Again
I, Anonymous Blog
An Honest Mistake?
by Anonymous
The Apocalypse is Now
by Anonymous
Mathsplaining
by Anonymous
The Harney County Incident
by Anonymous
Making Things Worse
by Anonymous
Best Case Scenario
by Anonymous
Ice Cream Incident on Alberta Street
by Anonymous
Honk if You Tip Your Gas Attendant
by Anonymous
Anyone Never Fooled by the Press Raise Your Hand
by Anonymous
First Time for These Eyes
by Anonymous
I Need to See the Sights
by Anonymous
Attention Late Night Diners!!
by Anonymous
A Thank You From The City That Works
by Anonymous
Portland Dating Dilemma
by Anonymous
Zippy, My Crazy Little Chimp
by Anonymous
Serious Bicycle Riders
by Anonymous
Revealing posts
by Anonymous
Of Donuts and Men
by Anonymous
I Can Tell We Won't be Friends
by Anonymous
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Guilt Ridden
by Dan Savage
Lush Life
Is Orange Wine the New Rosé?
Let's Taste It and See
by MJ Skegg