Parker Day
News
It’s Already Bouncing the Boiler Room, and Others Are Worried
by Dirk VanderHart
Here’s Where the Cuts Might Be Coming From
by Doug Brown
A Proposed Homeless Shelter in Northwest Portland Is Making for Strange Bedfellows
by Dirk VanderHart
Music
The Portland Band’s Pure Plush Bone Cage Is Clean and Chaotic
by Mac Pogue
The Portland Musician’s First Solo Record Goes Black and White
by Ryan J. Prado
This Week in All-Ages Music
by Emma Burke
Noteworthy Shows For the Week of August 17-23
by Mercury Music Staff
Movies & TV
Histories, Prophecies, and Reveries of the Connected World
by Erik Henriksen
Watch Jonah Hill Get Punched in the Face!
by Ben Coleman
Hollywood Theatre Celebrates the Film’s Birthday with Live Score
by Robert Ham
Laika’s Newest Is Sooooo Pretty
by Courtney Ferguson
Post-Soviet, Postnatal
by Kjerstin Johnson
This Week: Grindhouse Eastwood, Clashing Titans, and Penelope Spheeris' Punk Rock Summer Bummer
by Mercury Staff
Remake Tightens Things Up, to Little Avail
by Andrew Wright
Cannabis
What to Read Before—and After—You Get High
by Josh Jardine
Of Pot, Felons, and Duped Canadians
by Vince Sliwoski
Food and Drink
You Can Get Big, Beefy Ribs, But You’ve Gotta Know When to Go
by Andrea Damewood
Comedy
It’s a Major Loss for Portland Stand-Up. But Maybe He’ll Get a Sandwich Named After Him?
by Megan Burbank
Books
Erik Reece’s Book Shows What Utopian Societies (Past and Present) Can Teach Us About Reality
by Rich Smith
Theater & Performance
At Third Rail Rep, a Frustratingly Incomplete Look at Codependency
by Rachel Sandstrom
On the Cover
The Weird and Wonderful Magic Society Move to Portland
by Kathleen Marie
Sports
A Look Inside Portland’s Underground Pro Wrestling Scene
by Morgan Troper
Comics
The Local Magazine Applies a Critical Lens to the Art Form
by Suzette Smith
Sold Out
Native Fashion Now and Much More!
by Elizabeth Mollo
Letters
“The Best Sparkling Water Is Kroger Brand Club Soda.”
Lush Life
Can Garage Brewers Make It in the Big Time?
by Brian Yaeger