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Print Archives
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2016
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Dec. 14
Print Edition for the week of
Dec. 14 - 20, 2016
Vol. 17, No. 31
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News
Multnomah County Was Supposed to Decrease Jail Spending
But It’s Pumping Half a Million Dollars into Keeping Prisoners Locked Up
by Doug Brown
The City Knows How to Curb Deaths on Outer Division
So Why Hasn’t It?
by Dirk VanderHart
Hall Monitor—A Dull Blade?
The City’s About to Require Affordable Units. It Might Not Pay Off for Years.
by Dirk VanderHart
Music
Red Fang Dig Deep into Their Emotional Roots
On
Only Ghosts
, the Portland Metal Heroes Deal with Anger Issues
by Ben Salmon
The Year the Music Died
Looking Back on Some of the Late Greats of 2016, Song by Song
by Ciara Dolan and Ned Lannamann
Things to Do Music
Noteworthy Shows for the Week of December 14-20
Movies & TV
Collateral Beauty
Demands the Sacrifice of Your Human Tears
Dead Cancer Kids, Gaslighting, and Other Holiday Traditions
by Ned Lannamann
Things To Do Film
Star Wars! Star Wars! Star Wars! (Also: Some Movies That Aren't Star Wars)
by Mercury Staff
Jackie
and the Illusion of Truth
The Magic of Camelot Never Existed.
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Rage Against the Machine
The Old Hope of
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
by Bobby Roberts
La La Land
Is Beautiful and Good
Just Like Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone!
by Megan Burbank
Books
A Bad Year of Good Books
2016 Was a Nightmare. Here Are the Books We Escaped Into.
by Megan Burbank
Feature
The Original Portland Challenger
The Life of William A. Hilliard, Portland’s Pioneering Black Newspaperman
by Santi Elijah Holley
Ask a Pot Lawyer
Can Obama Change Weed Law Before Leaving Office?
Unfortunately, a Hail Mary Is Unlikely
by Vince Sliwoski
I, Anonymous
To the Person Who Ran Over My Cat Last Night
Lush Life
Put Some Sherry in Your Life
Nate Tilden's New Spanish-Inspired Venture is Bar Casa Vale
by MJ Skegg
Drink This
Bull Run’s Oregon Single Malt Whiskey
by Andrea Damewood
Last Supper
Aim for Monday Nights at Deadshot
Holdfast’s Once-A-Week Bar Night Is Your Reason to Start the Week
by Andrea Damewood
Cannabuzz
Holiday Gifts for Stoners!
Get Something Special for the Pothead in Your Life
by Josh Jardine
Sold Out
The Last Style Events of 2016!
by Elizabeth Mollo
One Day at a Time
This Week: Jennifer Lawrence Apologizes to the Internet, and Lindsay Lohan Insults Everyone in Kettering, England
by Ann Romano
New Column!
Don’t Miss
THE I, ANONYMOUS SHOW
—This Monday December 19!
Letters
Letters to the Editor
“Make Better Choices, Because Your Choices Matter.”
I, Anonymous Blog
Snow is Not a Problem (For Me)
by Anonymous
Church Lady
by Anonymous
Special Message to the Special You
by Anonymous
Meh. Who Cares? Nobody.
by Anonymous
Dear Clap Happy Audience
by Anonymous
Snowy Rant; Happy Holidays
by Anonymous
Keep Calling Me Sweetie
by Anonymous
Been Single Too Long
by Anonymous
Thank You TriMet driver (12/16 @1:25pm).......
by Anonymous
Abandoned Cars? Come On, Guys.
by Anonymous
Booger Sweater
by Anonymous
You Should Sue PBOT
by Anonymous
No Sympathy for the Carrier
by Anonymous
Your Vote Doesn't Count
by Anonymous
Savage Love
Slouching Toward 2017
by Dan Savage
The Party Review
This Week: I Attend a Four-Year-Old’s Party
by Mx. Dahlia Belle