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Jan. 31
Print Edition for the week of
Jan. 31 - Feb. 6, 2018
Vol. 18, No. 38
Jenn Liv
News
Portland Has a Brand New Houseless Community
Advocates Say the Village of Hope is a Sanctuary, But the City’s Planning a Crackdown
by Thacher Schmid
Portland’s Bet on Forcing Developers to Build Affordable Housing Is Getting Lackluster Results
Now, Mayor Ted Wheeler Wants to Offer a Sweeter Deal
by Dirk VanderHart
Music
Record Review
Drunken Palms,
Later
by Cameron Crowell
Welcome to Kyle Craft’s
Full Circle Nightmare
The Portland Singer/Songwriter Releases His Swaggering Sophomore Album
by Ben Salmon
The 18 Best Concerts to See in Portland This Week: January 31-February 6
Katy Perry, the Thesis, and the Drive-by Truckers
Movies & TV
The 25 Best Films to Catch in Portland Theaters This Week: February 2-8
Starring the Clock-Cleaning Queen of Cock-Knock Cynthia Rothrock!
by Mercury Staff
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
Review: Jamie Bell + Annette Bening 4-Ever
A Hollywood Tearjerker with a Subversive Twist
by Megan Burbank
Hostiles
Review: A Western for Western Fans
Don’t Let the Big-Name Cast Fool You—the Real Stars Are Mud, Guns, and Regret
by Ned Lannamann
The Insult
Review: An Examination of Hate
Ziad Doueiri’s Oscar-Nominated Film Has No Easy Answers
by Ciara Dolan
Comedy
Lawyering Up with Guy Branum
The Comedian Discusses the Law, Broken Souls, and Rejecting Comedy’s Male-Dominated Power Structure
by Megan Burbank
Books
Remembering the Extraordinary Ursula K. Le Guin
A Storyteller Who Defies Generalization
by Ned Lannamann
Feature
A Peek at Portland’s Alternative Universe
What If Portland Were Completely Different? (You’d Still Complain About It, Right?)
by Joe Streckert
I, Anonymous
This Week’s Featured I, Anonymous!
The Power of Prime
by Anonymous
Comics
Orange Thief
Makes the Case for Published Sketchbooks
The Unsettling, Imaginative Illustrations of Sophie Franz
by Suzette Smith
Drink This
The Trail Blazers Have Their Own Kombucha
How Fitting
by Andrea Damewood
Last Supper
Sammich, Stoopid Burger, and People’s Pig Bring the Mess to Kerns
Now It's the Finger-licking-est Neighborhood in Portland
by Thomas Ross
Ask a Pot Lawyer
Can Medical Professionals Lose Their License for Using Cannabis?
And Under What Grounds Can They Face Disciplinary Action?
by Will Patterson
Cannabuzz
How to Get Your “Old School” High Back
The Thrill Is Gone? This Might Help
by Josh Jardine
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Lesborama
by Dan Savage
I, Anonymous Blog
Street Parking in the M-Class NW Neighborhood.
by Anonymous
Who's Been Pooped On?
by Anonymous
The Other Side
by Anonymous
Next Holiday Please
by Anonymous
Food Delivery Drivers
by Anonymous
Old Town Woes
by Anonymous
Intersectionalism of Emoji: Theory and Practice
by Anonymous
Barbie and Ken
by Anonymous
If You Don't Like It, GTFO!
by Anonymous
Non-Passionate Applicants Need Not Apply
by Anonymous
You. Horrible woman on the MAX this morning
by Anonymous
State of the Boom-Boom
by Anonymous
Letters
Letters to the Editor
This Week: Trump Voters, Homeless Shelters, and Scully and Mulder are NOT TOGETHER ANYMORE!
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One Day at a Time
What’s This? News That’s Actually...
Good
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by Ann Romano
Sold Out
Your Guide to Portland's February Style Events
by Elizabeth Mollo
What’s She Mad About Now?
Blame the Snakes in My Head
by Courtenay Hameister
From Slacktivism to Activism
The 11 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: January 31-February 6
Support Affordable Housing in Gresham with CAT and Pueblo Unido, Party for a Good Cause at the Resistance Ball, and Volunteer with Operation Nightwatch
by Emilly Prado
Around and Around (A Vinyl Column)
Murray Head’s
Nigel Lived
Is a Concept Album in the Grand Old Tradition
And It’s Best Heard on a Double-Disc Reissue by Gig Harbor's Intervention Records
by Ned Lannamann