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Dec. 21
Print Edition for the week of
Dec. 21 - 27, 2016
Vol. 17, No. 32
Sara Andreaason
News
From Massive Sweeps to Legal Camping, No Portland Mayor Has Wrestled with Homelessness Like Charlie Hales
So How’d He Do?
by Dirk VanderHart
Portland’s 911 System Has a Gaping Flaw
If You Get Disconnected While On Hold, the City Has No Idea You Called
by Doug Brown
Music
Things to Do Music
Noteworthy Shows for the Week of December 21-27
by Mercury Staff
The Best Records of 2016
As Selected by
Portland Mercury
Music Writers
by Mercury Music Staff
The Best of 2016
Here’s to the Moments When Music Lessened the Impact of This Terrible Year
by Mercury Music Staff
Movies & TV
Stuck on
Passengers
' Busted Spaceship
At Least Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt Are Stuck Onboard Too?
by Erik Henriksen
Elle
and Paul Verhoeven’s Twisted Return
All Hail Isabelle Huppert!
by Andrew Wright
Lion
: Get Ready To Cry!
😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠ðŸ˜
by Eric D. Snider
Things To Do Film
Reviews of
Assassin's Creed
,
Why Him?
, and More!
Comedy
Matt Braunger is
Made of Mistakes
Examining Life’s Fuck-Ups with the Portland-Raised Comedian
by William Kennedy
Books
Murakami’s Book of Conversations with Conductor Seiji Ozawa Disappoints
Absolutely on Music
Isn’t Likely to Satisfy Fans of Either Person
by Ned Lannamann
Laura Jane Grace’s True Trans Soul Rebellion
The Against Me! Singer’s New Memoir Arrives at a Critical Time
by Santi Elijah Holley
Feature
The New Year’s Party Mega List
Say Farewell to the Sad Old Year with our Citywide New Year’s Eve Guide
by Mercury Staff
Cannabuzz
The Cannabis Year in Review
The Highs and Lows of Weed in 2016
by Josh Jardine
I, Anonymous
Making People Smile During the Holidays
Lush Life
In Defense of McMenamins
A Look at the Specs of Oregon's Most Saturated Brewery Chain
by Brian Yaeger
Sold Out
Portland’s Pretty
Lookin’ Ho-Ho-Hot at the
Mercury
Holiday Party
by Marissa Sullivan
One Day at a Time
The Best News and Gossip (Yes, There Was Some) of 2016!
by Ann Romano
New Column!
You’re Wrong About That: Trump Supporters Edition
by Francine Colman-Gutierrez
Letters
Letters to the Editor
“If It Isn’t Twee, It Isn’t Worth Funding.”
I, Anonymous Blog
I Dispense As Well
by Anonymous
No, YOU'RE Ruining Portland!
by Anonymous
I Bid You A Fond Fuck You!
by Anonymous
Our Dog is an Idiot But You Are Fucking Satan
by Anonymous
I Bought Your Porn
by Anonymous
Social Media is Toxic and Poisonous
by Anonymous
Tipless in Seattle pt 2
by Anonymous
The Grotto Gave Me a Little Hope
by Anonymous
You're Right, Top Shelf Makes Me a Snob
by Anonymous
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
The Intern
by Dan Savage
This Week in Vaginas
Introducing Senate Bill # S 3434: The Grabbification Act.
by Courtenay Hameister