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Feb. 22
Print Edition for the week of
Feb. 22 - 28, 2017
Vol. 17, No. 41
Jeremy Okai Davis
News
Quest for Rest
Oregon Lawmakers Are Focused on Renter Protections. Will They Ignore a Push to Help the Homeless?
by Dirk VanderHart
Roughed UP
Portland Police Arrest 13 in Crackdown of “Unpermitted” President’s Day Protest
by Doug Brown
Hall Monitor: Staying Power
An Imperiled R2DToo Might Have One More Trick Up Its Sleeve
by Dirk VanderHart
Music
The Southern Salvation of Adia Victoria
The Nashville Musician Plays the Dark and Dangerous Blues of Yesteryear
by Santi Elijah Holley
These Hallowed Walls: Celebrating Two Decades of Jackpot!
This Month Marks the 20th Anniversary of Portland’s Premiere Recording Studio
by Morgan Troper
Stevie Nicks Will Make You Fall in Love with Words
Here Are Some of the Legendary Fleetwood Mac Singer’s Best Lyrics
by Ciara Dolan
Things to Do Music: February 22-28
Noteworthy Shows This Week
Facing Tomorrow with Weyes Blood
Los Angeles Musician Natalie Mering’s
Front Row Seat to Earth
Is Doomsday Folk
by Ciara Dolan
Resistance & Solidarity
From Slacktivism to Activism
Resistance Events for the Week of Feb 22–28
by Emilly Prado
Movies & TV
Things To Do Film: February 24-March 2
A
Zombie Nightmare
, Latin American Animation, and More!
by Mercury Staff
Get Out
of White Suburbia
Jordan Peele’s Directorial Debut Hits Horror, Satire, and Race
by Eric D. Snider
King Kong Lives
Kong: Long Live the King
: A Tribute to All Things Kong
by Erik Henriksen
The Simple, Beautiful Fable of
The Red Turtle
Alternate Title:
WHEN TURTLES ATTACK!
by Marc Mohan
Blood and Desperation
I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore
: A Portland-Shot, Sundance-Winning Comedy Thriller
by Ned Lannamann
Ask a Pot Lawyer
Fact Checking the DEA
The ASA Forced the DEA to Correct Its Bad Pot Info
by Vince Sliwoski
I, Anonymous
Postage Stamps
by Anonymous
Lush Life
Nips and the Quandary of the Craft 12-ounce Bottle or Can
22s vs. 12s: The Quandary of Beer Formats.
by Brian Yaeger
Last Supper
A Visit to Shawarma Square
A Single City Block in SW Portland Offers 10 Shawarma Food Carts
by Zahir Janmohamed
Cannabuzz
Love Weed? Get a Job!
Serious Tips for Landing Employment in the Cannabis Industry
by Josh Jardine
Sold Out
Sparking Winter with the Salt Empire
by Cassie Ridgway
One Day at a Time
Cheer Up, America! We Aren’t as Fucked Up as North Korea! (Yet.)
by Ann Romano
New Column!
Don’t Miss HIGHBALL: One Week... Over 40 Specially Crafted Cocktails... Only $5 each!
by Mercury Staff
Letters
Letters to the Editor
“Many Voters Thought Ted Wheeler Was a Progressive. They Were Suckered.”
I, Anonymous Blog
Didn't Mean to Startle You
by Anonymous
Free Speech Shouldn't Be Costly
by Anonymous
Neighborhood Nursery, Not So Neighborly
by Anonymous
Old Portland New Portland - Us vs. Them
by Anonymous
A Million Dead-End Streets
by Anonymous
Don't Feed The Troll
by Anonymous
Roommates
by Anonymous
Portland, The City that Works?
by Anonymous
10%
by Anonymous
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Fantasy Scenarios
by Dan Savage
The Party Review
Theater People: Part Two
by Mx. Dahlia Belle
Spring Arts 2017
Spring Forward
The Sun is Returning. Put Down Your Dystopian Literature and Get Out There with Our Guide to Arts and Culture
by Megan Burbank
To the Shire!
Appreciating John Yeon, Portland’s Unsung Hero of Architecture
by Robert Ham
In
The Black
, Intisar Abioto Documents Connection, Community, and Place
The Black Portlanders
Photographer Traces Black Roots in Portland and Beyond
by Emilly Prado
The Shirley Jackson Project
is Like a Collection of Ghost Stories
Portland Comic Artists Share Their Passion for Shirley Jackson, Queen of Gloom
by Suzette Smith
Inside Stream PDX’s Mobile Recording Studio
How an Airstream Trailer on NE MLK is Making Podcasting More Accessible
by Kjerstin Johnson
Rethinking the Canon
Portland Writer/Artist Dao Strom Discusses a New Local Effort to Showcase Authors of Color
by Kjerstin Johnson
Laura E. Hall, Escape Artist
Get Trapped With Portland’s Leading Escape Room Designer
by Ben Coleman
Move Over, Maru. Make Way, Lil Bub!
It’s Oregon Cats’ Time to Shine at a New Cat Video Festival
by Kjerstin Johnson