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Print Edition for the week of
May. 25 - 31, 2016
Vol. 17, No. 2
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News
Bullseye Glass Took a Risky Bet on Toxic Lead
It Didn't Count on State Regulators Snapping to Attention
by Daniel Forbes
Left for Dead?
A New Lawsuit Alleges a Vulnerable, HIV-Positive Woman Was Abandoned in a State-Mandated Facility
by Doug Brown
Hall Monitor: Are O'Dea's Days Numbered?
The Police Chief Shot a Guy. That's Not Even the Worst Part.
by Dirk VanderHart
Music
We Take Holocene III Celebrates the Women of Portland Hip-Hop
The "Portland Female Cypher" Reunites
by Jenni Moore
Record Review: Post Moves,
Mystery World Science Show
Twelve Songs of Delicately Moody Guitar Pop
by Ciara Dolan
The "Real" Tim Heidecker
The New Sincerity of the Comedian's
In Glendale
by Morgan Troper
La Sera's Pop Songs in Nudie Suits
The Band's New Album Two-Steps into Country
by Ciara Dolan
The Cure's Sweet and Sour Remedy
After Four Decades, They Still Balance Gloom and Knavish Glee
by Robert Ham
The Melting Pot of Paul Simon
There Are Three Paul Simons, but They All Point to the Same Place
by Ned Lannamann
Up & Coming
This Week's Music Previews
All-Ages Action!
This Week in All-Ages Music
by Morgan Troper
Movies & TV
X-Men: Apocalypse
Plays Catch-Up
Welcome to the Superhero Pajama Jam, X-Men!
by Bobby Roberts
Better Get Married! Or Else You'll Turn Into
The Lobster
No Pressure or Anything.
by Erik Henriksen
The Astounding Visual Language of Kurosawa's
Ran
Ran
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Captain Ron
by Ned Lannamann
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Makes You Want to Smash the Mirror
The Sequel to Tim Burton's
Alice in Wonderland
Is Ass Backward
by Ned Lannamann
Love & Friendship
and Jane Austen
Of 18th Century Feminism. And Peas!
by Marjorie Skinner
Film Shorts
This Week:
Sunset Song
,
Belladonna of Sadness
, and Duff McKagan's Tale of How Being in Guns N' Roses Nearly Got His Skinny Ass Killed
Cannabis
Cannabuzz: Who Hates Cannabis? And Why?
It's Easy to Forget about Anti-Weed Prohibitionists. Don't.
by Josh Jardine
Ask a Pot Lawyer: State of the Rest of the State
Not All of Oregon Supports Legal Weed
by Vince Sliwoski
Food and Drink
The
Chirashi
of Pause Japanese Bistro
Healthy, Super Tasty—and Available from a Cart
by Andrea Damewood
Eat This: Welcome to the Torta Chamber
A Roundup of Mexican Sammies
by Heather Arndt Anderson
Books
Joe Hill's Still on Fire with New Novel
The Fireman
The Author Talks Plague Novels and Comic Books
by Courtney Ferguson
Theater & Performance
The Vanport Mosaic Festival Preserves the Past
The New Arts Festival Takes on Black History in Oregon
by Megan Burbank
Grown-Up Toddlers & Tiaras in
Francesca, Isabella, Margarita
A Pageant of Cringe-Comedy Antics at Imago Theatre
by Katie Pelletier
Feature
Death of the Mall Rat
Portland Is Changing—Can the Lloyd Center Mall Keep Up?
by Morgan Troper
I, Anonymous
Violent Femme
Sold Out
Portland's Pretty
Portland Shop Boys
by Marissa Sullivan
One Day at a Time
Kim K Wins "Award," Tom Cruise Is Florida Man, and a Whitney Houston G-G-G-Ghost?!?
by Ann Romano
New Column!
Get Your Tickets Now for the Amazingly Delicious Tacos 'n' Tequila!
Letters
Letters to the Editor
This Week: Serious Conversations About Urban Density! And Politics! And Vasectomies.
I, Anonymous Blog
Not the Deep End
by Anonymous
Faith in Humanity Renewed Again!
by Anonymous
Curious about Two Mysterious Portland Characters
by Anonymous
Wasn't Somebody Supposed to Stop Trump by Now?
by Anonymous
You: 0 / Snookums: 10000000000000000000000000000!!
by Anonymous
To the Long, Dark-Haired, Juggling Guitarist
by Anonymous
Another Crazy Vietnam Sniper Story
by Anonymous
Tom McCall Waterfront "Pay To" Park
by Anonymous
I Just Want a Cuckold
by Anonymous
Honey Bucket Blues
by Anonymous
The Artist Has Entered the Building
by Anonymous
I Have All Kinds of Friends on FB
by Anonymous
Dear Servers Who Don't Smile
by Anonymous
On Being a Woman Getting Her Car Fixed
by Anonymous
Oregonian Homelessness Event Despite Peer Panelist
by Anonymous
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Identity Cards
by Dan Savage
Sports
Everything As Fuck
Why Vikings?
by Ian Karmel