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Apr. 26
Print Edition for the week of
Apr. 26 - May. 2, 2017
Vol. 17, No. 50
News
The Oregon Supreme Court Just Neutered a Controversial Police Tactic
Defense Attorneys and Civil Liberties Advocates Are Ecstatic
by Doug Brown
Chloe Eudaly Wants to Look Into A City-Owned Bank
Here’s What That Means
by Dirk VanderHart
It’s Time to Decide the Fate of Our Schools (and Some Other Stuff Too)
Here’s How to Vote on Portland’s Hottest Ballot Measures
by the
Mercury
Endorsement Strike Force
Resistance & Solidarity
From Slacktivism to Activism
Resistance Events for the Week of April 26–May 2
by Emilly Prado
Music
Get Off David Crosby’s Lawn
The Legendary 75-Year-Old Songwriter Found Twitter (And We Are All in His Crosshairs)
by Morgan Troper
Cram for the Kehlani Tsunami
Essential Songs by the Oakland-Raised R&B Singer
by Jenni Moore
Things to Do Music: April 26-May 2
Noteworthy Shows This Week
Whitney Ballen’s New EP Recognizes That
Being Here Is Hard
The Seattle Musician’s Latest Is All About Leaving
by Ciara Dolan
Movies & TV
Things to Do Film: April 28-May 4
This Week:
Chasing Trane
,
Graduation
, and *grimaces*
Escape from L.A
.
by Mercury Staff
Starz’s Sumptuous and Slow
American Gods
Gaiman, Gods, and Gay Genies
by Ned Lannamann
Dear White People
Is Much Better as a Netflix Series
Time to Enroll in Race 101.
by Jenni Moore
Hulu’s All-Too-Relevant
Handmaid’s Tale
It Isn’t Terrifying Because It Could Happen. It’s Terrifying Because It Already Did
by Megan Burbank
Talking with Dash Shaw About
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
And Q-Tips.
by Suzette Smith
The Overlook Film Festival Shines
Horror Movies in the Woods? WHAT COULD GO WRONG
by Ben Coleman
Changing the World with
The Reluctant Radical
They Tried to Make a Movie. Then They Got Arrested.
by Emilly Prado
Theater & Performance
Andrea Stolowitz’s Journey Will Jolt You Awake
Charting Genocide, Diaspora, and Family Histories in
Berlin Diary
by Megan Burbank
Spiritrials
Reveals the Reach of the War on Drugs
Dahlak Brathwaite Explores Racism in a Time of Mass Incarceration
by Katie Pelletier
Reviving the Horror and Humanity of
Medea
Imago Brings the Classic Play to Its Famous “Floating” Stage
by Thomas Alexander Ross
Feature
Obamacare Lives to See Another Day, But the GOP Could Still Fuck with Your Health Care
Here’s How It Might Happen—and Why the Improbable Beauty of Republican Incompetence Should Give You Hope
by Megan Burbank
Last Supper
Dialing in Chinese
Danwei Canting is Off to a Decent (If Not Amazing) Start
by Andrea Damewood
Lush Life
Aerating wine
Why You Should Get Some Air into Your Wine
by MJ Skegg
I, Anonymous
This Week's Featured I, Anonymous!
The Eyes Are On Your Mangy Ass
by Anonymous
Ask a Pot Lawyer
Just How Terrible Will Trump’s New Drug Czar Be?
His Name’s Tom Marino, and Pretty Terrible
by Vince Sliwoski
Cannabuzz
Resist... with Cannabis
Some Ideas for Cannabis Users to Help the Resistance
by Josh Jardine
Sold Out
Rock & Rose Turns 10!
by Cassie Ridgway
One Day at a Time
You Realize It’s Only a Matter of Time Until Vin Diesel Punches the Easter Bunny, Right?
by Ann Romano
New Column!
Huzzah! Renaissance Faire Seasonne Doth Approach!
But Firste, Somme Apologies
by Kevin Kittkens, King of the Realm of Gresham
Letters
Letters to the Editor
A Requiem for the Portland Goats
I, Anonymous Blog
If You Want to be Righteous, Actually Do Something
by Anonymous
Food Cart Play by Play
by Anonymous
Ironic Body
by Anonymous
Cheese Puffed Out
by Anonymous
Preoccupied TV
by Anonymous
Inept Anarchists
by Anonymous
Stopping To Not Say Thanks
by Anonymous
Smoking Patio Replacement
by Anonymous
Parade Rain
by Anonymous
Smoking Time
by Anonymous
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Restless
The Party Review
Awards Ceremony
by Mx. Dahlia Belle