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Dec. 7
Print Edition for the week of
Dec. 7 - 13, 2016
Vol. 17, No. 30
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News
Advocates Are Making Their Strongest Pitch Yet for New Homeless Villages
The City’s Top Architects Are on Board. Will It Matter?
by Dirk VanderHart
Higher Scrutiny Leads to Lower Morale For Local Cops
A New Survey Details a Disconnect Between the Police Bureau and Reform Efforts
by Doug Brown
Hall Monitor—In Under the Wire
Facing Serious Time Constraints, This City Council Faces Its Most Hectic Week Ever
by Dirk VanderHart
In Other News
2016’s First Fatal Police Shooting. Reading Frenzy Is Closing.
by Mercury Staff
Music
Mijo's Magnetic and Mutated House Music
The Mexico City Producer Speaks to Third World Experiences Through Techno
by Daniela Serna
My Body’s Fragmented Identities
The Portland Duo’s Forthcoming EP,
Seven Wives
, Is Classical Pop
by Morgan Troper
The Pylon Reenactment Society Revives the Past
The Athens, Georgia Group Builds on Pylon’s Enduring Legacy
by Robert Ham
Things to Do Music
Noteworthy Shows for the Week of December 7-13
by Mercury Staff
Movies & TV
You’ve Been to Worse Parties Than This
Office Christmas Party
Is a Surprisingly Fun Time
by Ned Lannamann
Ages of
Aquarius
Where the Past Clashes with the Present
by Ciara Dolan
The Deceptive Simplicity of
Torrey Pines
Seattle Filmmaker Clyde Petersen on His Coming-of-Age Tale
by Joshua James Amberson
Things To Do Film
This Week: Jet Li,
Christmas Vacation
, and
Spartacus
and
Sleeping Beauty
in 70mm!
by Mercury Staff
Cannabis
Coalition Brewing’s CBD-Infused Beer
Beer and Cannabis Go Great Together. Who Knew?
by Josh Jardine
Will Trump Kill Legal Weed?
The New Administration Sucks, But There Are Profits to Consider
by David Schmader
Food and Drink
Eat This!
Hot Shit for the Chilehead on Your Holiday Shopping List
by Heather Arndt Anderson
Books
Justin Hocking Goes Underground
In
Reclamation,
the Portland Writer Explores the Subterranean
by Joshua James Amberson
Theater & Performance
A Cure for Holiday Theater Season
Scroogey, Cheer Up! With Strippers, Christmas Elves, and the Case for Ballet
by Megan Burbank
Feature
Justice Delayed
Oregon is Finally Processing Its Rape Kit Backlog, But That’s Just the Beginning for Changing the Way We Handle Sexual Assault Cases
by Megan Burbank
Last Supper
Afuri’s High Concept, High Dollar Izakaya
Swank, Ambitious Japanese Outpost Is A New Chapter In Portland Dining
by Andrea Damewood
I, Anonymous
FK You Too
Sold Out
Portland’s Pretty
Seattle’s Pretty, Too!
by Marissa Sullivan
One Day at a Time
Hey, At Least Your Thanksgiving Was Better Than Brad Pitt’s. (JK. No It Wasn’t.)
by Ann Romano
New Column!
One Hulk's Opinion: Hulk Broke... So Hulk Write Fake News!
by The Incredible Hulk
Letters
Letters to the Editor
The Breeders Strike Back
I, Anonymous Blog
Already Boomed
by Anonymous
Two Roommates Who Don't Pay Rent
by Anonymous
I Want UK Friends But Not In A Weird Way
by Anonymous
To the Jerky Jogger
by Anonymous
Fucketiquette
by Anonymous
Lack of Success Equals Right-wing Views
by Anonymous
Rubbed Too Many Off
by Anonymous
Your Cartopia Doesn't Exist
by Anonymous
Wipe it Off
by Anonymous
Now I Assume You are a Horrible Person
by Anonymous
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Husbandry
by Dan Savage
I’m Just Visiting
Just Visiting
A Brief History of Logan Lynn
by Hutch Harris